EMERGENCY GENERATORS INSTEAD OF EQCB

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

Ordinance File Number 261214, introduced 6/30/2026, amends Sections 24-5, 24-18, and 24-43 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, to authorize administrative approval of emergency generators for healthcare facilities and food stores within a wellfield protection area, subject to certain conditions. The ordinance was adopted on first reading by the Board of County Commissioners on 7/21/2026, and forwarded to the BCC with a favorable recommendation following a public hearing by the Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee on 9/9/2026. Agenda date is 10/6/2026. Prime sponsor is Juan Carlos Bermudez. The scope is countywide. No specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or dollar amount is stated. The ordinance allows administrative approval in lieu of a public hearing before the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) for emergency generators using fuel (a hazardous material) for healthcare facilities and food stores (food stores over 40,000 square feet required to maintain alternate power per Section 8B-17) within the basic wellfield protection area, provided conditions are met: property served by utility water and sanitary sewers; located more than 30 days travel time from any utility water supply well; not within Northwest Wellfield protection area or West Wellfield Interim protection area; within the Urban Development Boundary; fuel contained in an above-ground storage facility approved per Section 24-15(5) with double-walled tanks and piping; food store fuel not exceeding 1,500 gallons per facility; healthcare facility fuel volume not exceeding regulatory requirements; a groundwater monitoring plan approved by the Director for tanks exposed to the environment; and an operating permit obtained per Section 24-18. The ordinance also revises the definition of health care facilities to include doctor's offices and free standing emergency facilities. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.