EMERGENCY GENERATORS INSTEAD OF EQCB

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

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. File Number 261214. Introduced 6/30/2026. Adopted on first reading by the Board of County Commissioners on 7/21/2026, set for public hearing before the Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee on 9/9/2026. Sponsor: Juan Carlos Bermudez. Requester: Regulatory and Economic Resources. No specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or applicant is stated; the scope is countywide. Conditions include: property served by utility water and sanitary sewers, located more than 30 days travel time from any utility potable water supply well, not within Northwest Wellfield protection area or West Wellfield Interim protection area, within the Urban Development Boundary, fuel in approved above-ground storage with double-walled tanks and piping, food store fuel not exceeding 1,500 gallons, groundwater monitoring plan for exposed tanks, and an operating permit. Public comment sentiment is not stated.