CHAPTER 14 AMENDMENT

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

This document details a proposed ordinance (Legislative Item File Number: 260390) to amend Chapter 14 of the Miami-Dade County Code, focusing on fire prevention and life safety. The ordinance was withdrawn from consideration. It proposed numerous changes including updating definitions, modifying requirements for owner 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 disconnections for pending fire code violations, updating the false fire alarm ordinance, regulating the sale of exempt fireworks, designating structures sharing a street address, updating emergency action plan submittals, and specifying requirements for exit/emergency lighting, emergency power systems, and water supplies for firefighting outside the Urban Development Boundary. It also proposed modifications to civil penalties. The ordinance was introduced on March 3, 2026, and withdrawn by the Safety and Health Committee on June 8, 2026. A substitute ordinance (Legislative File No. 261040) was referenced.