EMERGENCY GENERATORS INSTEAD OF EQCB

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

The document is a legislative item for an ordinance amending Miami-Dade County Code sections 24-5, 24-18, and 24-43 to allow 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. The scope is countywide. The ordinance revises a definition, authorizes administrative approval in lieu of a public hearing before the Environmental Quality Control Board, and adds conditions including location outside the 30-day travel time of any utility water supply well, not within the Northwest Wellfield or West Wellfield Interim protection areas, within the Urban Development Boundary, served by utility water and sanitary sewers, fuel in an approved above-ground storage facility with double-walled tanks and piping, fuel limits (1,500 gallons for food stores, volume needed for compliance for healthcare facilities), a groundwater monitoring plan for exposed tanks, and an operating permit. The applicant/owner is not stated. The case/file number is 261214. The decision is adopted on first reading, pending public hearing. Key dates: introduced 6/30/2026, first reading 7/21/2026, public hearing 9/9/2026. The business opportunity is for contractors and trades to install emergency generators for healthcare facilities and food stores within wellfield protection areas, with administrative approval instead of a public hearing, reducing costs and time. The grounding note is that the document is a legislative item with no specific project site, address, parcel, or size stated.