§ 2-116.5. Area planning reports—Preparation.

The Department of Planning and Zoning shall prepare a proposed area planning report in cooperation and coordination with other County departments and municipal governments (where applicable) and with residents and owners of property in the area. Following the preparation of a proposed area planning report, the Department of Planning and Zoning shall hold at least one (1) public meeting in the area or its vicinity. An advertisement of such public meeting, including the meeting time and place, a map depicting the area being studied and the purpose of the meeting shall be published in the newspaper of largest general circulation in Miami-Dade County not less than seven (7) days prior to the public meeting. Additionally, written courtesy notices of said public meeting, containing the time, place, description of the area being studied, and a brief summary of the contents of the preliminary area planning report shall be mailed to any individual or group representative who has made a written request to the Department of Planning and Zoning for such notice. Failure to mail or to receive written notice shall not affect the validity of the public meeting or any other matter to which this ordinance pertains.

The Department of Planning and Zoning shall seek to obtain concurrence with the proposed area planning report from the residents, owners of property, and residents or property owner associations and other organizations having an interest in the study area. Such concurrence may be determined by the submission to the Department of resolutions from said groups, letters or petitions from residents and owners of property in the area. Summaries of the public meeting(s), which shall be prepared by the Department, should indicate the number of persons attending the meetings and the level of their support for the proposed area planning report.

If the Department believes that substantial revisions to the proposed report are appropriate and would facilitate obtaining greater concurrence with the report by the residents, owners of property, resident and property owner associations in the area, the department may hold another public meeting. Such additional public meeting may either be announced at the conclusion of the prior public meeting or advertised and noticed in the same manner provided in this section.

Following the public meeting(s), the Department of Planning and Zoning shall complete the preparation of the proposed area planning report and submit it to the Miami-Dade County Planning Advisory Board.

(Ord. No. 92-46, § 1, 6-2-92; Ord. No. 95-215, § 1, 12-5-95; Ord. No. 98-125, § 1, 9-3-98)