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Business Impact Estimate
Meeting Date March 12, 2024 Location City Commission Chamber
Time 7:00 p.m. Address 100 W Dania Beach Blvd, Dania Beach, FL
This Business Impact Estimate is provided in accordance with Section 166.041(4), Florida Statutes. If
one or more boxes can be checked below, a Business Impact Estimate is not required by state law for
the Proposed Ordinance.
☐ The proposed ordinance is required for compliance with Federal or State law or regulation;
☐ The proposed ordinance relates to the issuance or refinancing of debt;
☐ The proposed ordinance relates to the adoption of budgets or budget amendments, including
revenue sources necessary to fund the budget;
☐ The proposed ordinance is required to implement a contract or an agreement, including, but
not limited to, any Federal, State, local, or private grant or other financial assistance accepted by
the city;
☐ The proposed ordinance is an emergency ordinance;
☐ The ordinance relates to procurement; or
☐ The proposed ordinance is enacted to implement the following:
a. Part II of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, relating to growth policy, county and municipal
planning, and land development regulation, including zoning, development orders,
development agreements and development permits;
b. Sections 190.005 and 190.046, Florida Statutes, regarding community development
districts;
c. Section 553.73, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Building Code; or
d. Section 633.202, Florida Statutes, relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
If no boxes are checked, please continue.
Otherwise, there is no need to complete the remainder of this form.
Proposed Ordinance Title
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17, ENTITLED “OFFENSES –
MISCELLANEOUS” IN ORDER TO SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFY SECTION
17-11, ENTITLED, “RESERVED TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS
RELATING TO “OBSTRUCTING OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR
TRAFFIC” IN ORDER TO PROHIBIT SAME; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; FURTHER, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
City of Dania Beach
Business Impact Estimate
Meeting Date March 12, 2024 Location City Commission Chamber
Time 7:00 p.m. Address 100 W Dania Beach Blvd, Dania Beach, FL
Proposed Ordinance Title
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17, ENTITLED “OFFENSES –
MISCELLANEOUS” IN ORDER TO SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFY SECTION 17-
11, ENTITLED, “RESERVED TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATIONS RELATING
TO “OBSTRUCTING OF PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC” IN
ORDER TO PROHIBIT SAME; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; FURTHER,
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary of Proposed Ordinance (including public purpose to be served)
An amendment updating the City code relating to obstruction of pedestrian and vehicular traffic,
precluding same. The ordinance continued to ensure protected activities may continue. Protected
activities are acts authorized as an exercise of one's First Amendment right to demonstrate, picket or
to legally protest shall not constitute Obstructing of Pedestrian and Vehicular Traffic unless a nearby
adequate and available alternative forum is offered and provided, to which the subject or subjects
refuse to move.
Enforcement. Violation of the ordinance shall be enforced pursuant to Section 1-8 of the City Code
(Fine of $500 or 60 days in jail). If a law enforcement officer or other authorized official encounters a
person violating this Section who volunteers that he or she has no home or other permanent shelter, he
or she must be given an opportunity to voluntarily enter a homeless shelter or s imilar facility within
Broward County, if available to that person, or to accept other available government assistance for
which the person is eligible that would result in housing, including, but not limited to, mutually
consensual reunification with family or friends in any location, or consensual placement in any other
appropriate facility that provides housing within Broward County. If no homeless shelter or other
facility, or government assistance, that would result in immediate housing, is available for which the
person is eligible, an arrest may not be made.
Estimate of Direct Economic Impact on Private For-Profit Businesses
(a) An estimate of direct compliance costs that businesses may reasonably incur;
Undetermined at this time.
(b) Any new charge or fee imposed by the proposed ordinance or for which businesses will be
financially responsible; and
No new fine. The Code was re-written to meet constitutional requirements.
(c) An estimate of the city’s regulatory costs, including estimated revenues from any new charges or
fees to cover such costs.
Undetermined at this time.
Good Faith Estimate of Number of Businesses to be Impacted 0
Additional / Other Information
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Eve A. Boutsis
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