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ORDINANCE 2025 - /0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING ARTICLE VII IN CHAPTER 256 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, ENTITLED, "SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS IN SCHOOL ZONES," TO AUTHORIZE THE PLACEMENT, INSTALLATION, AND OPERATION OF SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS ON ROADWAYS MAINTAINED AS SCHOOL ZONES, TO ESTABLISH TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES WHEN SPEED DETECTION SYSTEMS ARE UTILIZED, AND TO CREATE HEARING PROCEDURES RELATING TO SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION; PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on July 1, 2023, House Bill 657, codified as Chapter 2023-174 of the Laws of Florida and, and in part, Section 316.008, Florida Statutes, went into effect, authorizing municipalities to use speed detection systems to enforce school zone speeding violations in excess of 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit, during certain designated times and days of the week (the "SDS"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 316.008(9)(c), Florida Statutes, prior to utilizing SDS to enforce eligible school zone speeding violations, municipalities are required to adopt an ordinance authorizing the placement and installation of SDS and creating traffic enforcement procedures relating to the enforcement of school zone speed limits through the use of SDS; and WHEREAS, Section 316.008(9)(c), Florida Statutes, also requires the governing body of the municipality to first determine whether a school zone constitutes a heightened safety risk that warrants additional traffic enforcement measures based on traffic data collected prior to utilization of the SDS in any particular school zone; and WHEREAS, the required traffic data analysis has been completed and reported in a School Zone Speed Study for consideration by the City Commission, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and WHEREAS, after consideration of the traffic data provided in the School Zone Speed Study and other relevant evidence presented, the City Commission has determined that the following school zones constitute a heightened safety risk that warrants additional enforcement measures pursuant to Section 316.008(9), Florida Statutes: (1) Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8, at 182nd Drive at Atlantic Blvd.; (2) Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8, at 183rd Street; (3) Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8, at 182nd Drive; (4) Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8, at 181St Drive at Atlantic Blvd.; and (5) Norman S. Edelcup Sunny Isles Beach K-8, at North Bay Road (collectively "School Zones"); and WHEREAS, in order to mitigate the heightened safety risks in the School Zones, the City Commission desires to adopt this Ordinance to, among other things, make findings that the School Zones constitute heightened safety risks that warrant additional enforcement measures 02025 Speed Detection Systems in School Zones Page 1 of 7