CHAPTER 14 AMENDMENT

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

This document is an ordinance amending Chapter 14 of the Miami-Dade County Code related to Fire Prevention and Life Safety. It was introduced on March 3, 2026, and subsequently withdrawn. The ordinance proposed numerous changes including updating definitions, modifying requirements for owner's statements on fire investigations, amending appeal procedures for fire code violations, updating operating permit requirements, allowing recording of consent agreements and notices of violation, requiring notification of violation correction, authorizing utility disconnection for buildings with pending fire code violations, making technical amendments to the Florida Fire Prevention Code, updating the false fire alarm ordinance, providing for the sale of exempt fireworks, designating structures sharing a street address, updating emergency action plan requirements, and specifying testing/maintenance for exit and emergency lighting, fire protection systems, and emergency power systems. It also addressed water supplies for firefighting outside the Urban Development Boundary and modified 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2026, and was scheduled for a public hearing before the Safety and Health Committee on June 8, 2026, but was ultimately withdrawn.