98-01 ORDINANCE NO. 98-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA
ADOPTING AND ENACTING A CITY CODE FOR THE CITY
OF AVENTURA; PROVIDING FOR GENERAL PROVISIONS;
ADMINISTRATION; ANIMALS; BUILDINGS AND BUILDING
REGULATIONS; BUSINESS REGULATIONS; LICENSES
AND PERMITS; CABLE COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTIONS;
ENVIRONMENT; PLANNING AND ZONING; SOLID WASTE;
STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES;
PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDING
FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE;
PROVIDING FOR WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, City of Aventura, Florida,"
published by Municipal Code Corporation and consisting of Chapters 1 through 42, each
inclusive, is hereby adopted.
~ That unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person
convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation
adopted or issued in pursuance thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00
or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such
violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this
section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any
Code section, whether or not such penalty is re-enacted in the amendatory ordinance. In
addition to the penalty prescribed above, the City may pursue other remedies such as
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abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits. The Code
shall also be subject to enforcement in accordance with Section 162, F.S. et seq., the Local
Government Code Enforcement Act, as amended.
Section 3. That additions or amendments to the Code, when passed in the form as
to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of the Code, shall be
deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the
additions or amendments.
Section 4. That Ordinances adopted after April 1, 1997 that amend or refer to
ordinances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer
to like provisions of the Code.
Section 5. ~ The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be
severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any
reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance
but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall
stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 6. ~L~o.~E. Any scriveners error in the Code hereby adopted
shall be hereafter subject to correction by the City Clerk and no person shall acquire any
rights thereunder.
~. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately after
adoption on second reading.
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The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Councilmember Rogers-Libert, who
moved its adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Councilmember
Perlow, and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Councilmember Arthur Berger yes
Councilmember Ken Cohen yes
Councilmember Harry Holzberg yes
Councilmember Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Councilmember Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Jay R. Beskin yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Councilmember Rogers-Libert, who
moved its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by Councilmember
Cohen, and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Councilmember Arthur Berger yes
Councilmember Ken Cohen yes
Councilmember Harry Holzberg yes
Councilmember Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
Councilmember Patricia Rogers-Libert yes
Vice Mayor Jay R. Beskin yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED on first reading this 16th day of December, 1997.
PASSED AND ADOPTED second
on readir~,this 6th day f January, 1998.
A~T~UR I: SN~ )EI~, MAYOR
ATTEST: , ~ ,
TERESA M. SMITH, CMC
CITY CLERK
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