EMERGENCY GENERATORS INSTEAD OF EQCB

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · ordinance

Ordinance amending Miami-Dade County Code sections 24-5, 24-18, and 24-43 to authorize administrative approval of emergency generators for healthcare facilities and food stores within wellfield protection areas, subject to conditions, instead of requiring a public hearing before the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB). The ordinance was adopted on first reading on 7/21/2026 and set for a public hearing before the Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee on 9/9/2026. The scope is countywide. No specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or applicant is stated. The ordinance revises the definition of health care facilities, adds facilities with emergency generators within a wellfield protection area to the list requiring an operating permit, and allows fuels for emergency generators for health care facilities or food stores (required to maintain alternate power per section 8B-17) within the basic wellfield protection area, subject to conditions including: property served by utility water and sanitary sewers; located more than 30 days travel time from any utility potable water supply well; not within the Northwest Wellfield protection area or West Wellfield Interim protection area; located within the Urban Development Boundary; fuels contained in an above-ground storage facility approved per section 24-15(5) with double-walled tanks and piping; food stores fuel not exceeding 1,500 gallons per facility; health care facilities fuel volume not exceeding that required by regulations; groundwater monitoring plan for tanks exposed to environment; and an operating permit per section 24-18. The staff recommendation is approval. The ordinance is sponsored by Juan Carlos Bermudez. The file number is 261214. The ordinance was introduced on 6/30/2026. The agenda date was 7/21/2026, agenda item 4H. The public hearing is scheduled for 9/9/2026 at 10:30 a.m. The effective date is ten days after enactment unless vetoed. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.