§ 33-82. Short title and applicability.

(a)

This article shall be known as the "Sign Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida" and shall be applicable in the unincorporated areas of Miami-Dade County, and specifically in the incorporated areas of Miami-Dade County. When the provisions of this article are applicable to a municipality, the municipality shall be responsible for enforcement.

(b)

If property in the unincorporated area fronting a street right-of-way forms a common boundary with a municipality, and if the zoning classifications on both sides of the boundary are comparable, the property in the unincorporated area shall comply with the provisions of the municipal ordinance, provided the municipality has a sign ordinance with stricter standards than this article. In such event Miami-Dade County shall apply and enforce the provisions of the municipal ordinance in the unincorporated areas of the County. No variance from this section shall be permitted without the prior express consent of the affected municipality.

(c)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this article shall not apply in the City of Miami Urban Core, as defined in this article, so long as the City of Miami has, by ordinance, opted out of this article as to that area and has established its own regulations of signs, provided, however, that any portion of the City of Miami Urban Core as to which the City of Miami has opted out of this article shall nevertheless remain subject to the regulations in this article governing illumination and murals, including, but not limited to, sections 33-84, 33-86, 33-94, 33-95, 33-96, 33-96.1, and 33-107. A copy of any municipal ordinance opting out of this article as to the City of Miami Urban Core, or establishing regulations differing from this article as to the City of Miami Urban Core, shall be filed with the Director within 15 days after adoption by the City of Miami.

(Ord. No. 85-59, § 2, 7-18-85; Ord. No. 96-163, § 1, 11-12-96; Ord. No. 19-05, § 2, 1-23-19)