CHAPTER 14 AMENDMENT

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

This document details a proposed ordinance (Legislative Item File Number: 260390) by the Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Department to amend Chapter 14 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, relating to fire prevention and life safety. The ordinance was introduced on March 3, 2026, and was ultimately withdrawn. The proposed amendments covered a wide range of fire safety regulations, including updating definitions, changing requirements for owner's statements on fire investigations, amending appeal procedures for fire code violations, updating operating permit requirements, authorizing utility disconnections for pending fire code violations, 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 and maintenance for exit/emergency lighting, emergency power systems, and water supplies for firefighting outside the urban development boundary. It also involved modifying civil penalties. The Safety and Health Committee withdrew the ordinance on June 8, 2026, referencing Substitute Legislative File No. 261040. The ordinance was adopted on first reading by the Board of County Commissioners on April 21, 2026.