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. 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. No specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or applicant is stated. The scope is countywide. The ordinance revises the definition of health care facilities, adds facilities with emergency generators within a wellfield protection area to the operating permit requirement, and allows fuels for emergency generators for health care facilities or food stores required to maintain an alternate source of power under section 8B-17, 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 pursuant to section 24-15(5) with secondary containment (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; a groundwater monitoring plan approved by the Director for tanks exposed to the environment; and an operating permit obtained pursuant to section 24-18. The staff recommendation is approval. The ordinance is sponsored by Juan Carlos Bermudez. File Number: 261214. Introduced: 6/30/2026. Agenda Date: 7/21/2026, Agenda Item Number: 4H. Public comment sentiment is not stated.