This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of the Miami Shores Village Charter, being Chapter 26036, Florida Statutes, Special Acts of 1949, and pursuant to Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes (Section 163.3202) relative to land development regulations, for the protection and promotion of the safety, health, comfort, morals, convenience, peace, prosperity, appearance and general welfare of the village and its inhabitants, and more specifically for the following purposes:

(1)

To protect the distinctive character of Miami Shores Village that has resulted from:

a.

The comprehensive basic planning according to which the village was first laid out as an urban community

b.

The application and careful administration of protective regulations, in the form both of private agreements and of municipal ordinances and requirements imposed pursuant thereto, under which the development of the village has been guided since its establishment,

c.

The excellent quality of the private development that has taken place in the village, and of the public facilities that have been provided for the service of the people of the village and of their use of the land thereof, and

d.

The sense of stewardship and the community pride that have motivated the property owners and residents of the village in their improvement and maintenance of property in the village;

(2)

To assure that future development in the village will be in conformity with the foregoing character, with respect to type, intensity and the design and appearance of buildings;

(3)

To aid in bringing about a proper relationship between the uses of land in the village and traffic serving such uses, as well as traffic passing through the village, so as to protect property values, assure the most satisfactory use of land, avoid traffic congestion, and protect the public safety against traffic hazards;

(4)

To protect property values and the enjoyment of property rights by minimizing and reducing conflicts among various land uses through the application of regulations designed to assure harmonious relationships among land uses;

(5)

To aid Miami Shores Village in the efficient provision of public facilities and services and the administration thereof, as the ability to make such provision is both facilitated by orderliness of development in the village and sustained by stability and enhancement of the tax base of the village.

The regulations set forth herein and applied to the various districts that are established hereby and which are delineated on the zoning map adopted hereby constitute a comprehensive zoning plan that (a) is made in consideration of the suitability of the various parts of the village for particular kinds and intensities of land use, taking into account both (1) the existing conditions and potentialities of land use within the village itself, and (2) the physical situation of the village in the metropolitan area of Miami-Dade County and its functional relationships to the other communities of the metropolitan area, and that (b) as a result of such consideration, recognizes the predominantly one-family residential character of the village, with all other uses of land either being incidental and convenient thereto or, if existing as a result of extraneous factors, being secondary thereto. It is the intention of this ordinance to preserve and enhance the one-family residential character of the village, making provision for such other uses as will contribute to this end, prohibiting such uses as would be in conflict therewith, and strictly limiting the intensity and extent of permitted uses the intensification and expansion of which would detract from the predominantly one-family residential character of the village, impair property values, or disturb the sense of security of community character that is an inseparable part of the enjoyment of the ownership of property.

This ordinance may be referred to and cited as the "Miami Shores Land Development and Zoning Code."