CHAPTER 14 AMENDMENT

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

This document details a proposed ordinance (Legislative Item File Number: 260390) by the Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Department to amend Chapter 14 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, relating to fire prevention and life safety. The ordinance was withdrawn. It proposed updates to definitions, owner's statements for fire investigations, appeals of fire code violations, operating permits, recording of consent agreements and notices of violation, notification of violation correction, utility disconnection authority for pending fire code violations, technical amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code, the false fire alarm ordinance, sale of exempt fireworks, designation of structures sharing a street address, emergency action plans, testing and maintenance of exit and emergency lighting, reporting of fire protection system maintenance, emergency power systems, and water supplies for firefighting outside the Urban Development Boundary. It also proposed modifications to civil penalties. The ordinance was adopted on first reading by the Board of County Commissioners on April 21, 2026, and was scheduled for a public hearing before the Safety and Health Committee on June 8, 2026, where it was ultimately withdrawn.