CHAPTER 14 AMENDMENT

Safety and Health Committee · 2026-06-08 · ordinance

This document details a proposed ordinance (Legislative Item File Number: 260390) to amend Chapter 14 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, relating to fire prevention and life safety. The ordinance was introduced on March 3, 2026, and sponsored by Roberto J. Gonzalez. Key proposed changes include updating definitions, modifying requirements for owner's statements on fire investigations, amending appeal procedures for fire code violations, updating operating permit requirements, allowing recording of consent agreements and notices of violation, requiring notification of corrected violations, authorizing utility disconnections for buildings with pending fire code violations, making technical amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code, updating the false fire alarm ordinance, regulating the sale of exempt fireworks, providing for the designation and posting of structures sharing a street address, updating emergency action plan requirements, mandating testing and maintenance of exit and emergency lighting, requiring reporting of fire protection system maintenance, regulating emergency power systems, and updating water supply requirements for firefighting outside the Urban Development Boundary. The ordinance also involves modifying civil penalties. The Safety and Health Committee withdrew the ordinance on June 8, 2026, referencing Substitute Item 261040. The Board of County Commissioners adopted it on first reading on April 21, 2026.