City will seek action against existing sign at PAMM After hearing from more than 65 residents from all five city districts speak against the mega LED billboards on public land, and then taking a long break for lunch, Miami Commissioners voted Thursday 4-1 to rollback the ordinance that allows the mega signs in the downtown […]
Says liability, not lobbyist pal, swayed him The Miami City Commission will on Thursday again take up the proposed repeal of a 2023 ordinance that allows for giant LED billboards in public spaces downtown. And, despite the pleas of dozens of residents during at least four public hearings since January, it is poised to finally […]
He also has a conflict on redistricting map When the Miami City Commission meets this week to consider, once again, the repeal of the ordinance that allows giant LED billboards on public land, Commissioner Joe Carollo should sit it out. Carollo must recuse himself because he is too close to former Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, who […]
Miami can’t be trusted to run their own show. Just as the city of Miami grapples with the issue of giant LED billboards on public land in the downtown, Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins wants to take away the municipality’s ability to opt out of the county’s sign regulations. Higgins has sponsored an ordinance at Tuesday’s […]
But some signs that are already approved may stay Miami Commissioner Miguel Gabela was very indecisive at Thursday’s city commission meeting. First he voted to defer the item sponsored by Commissioner Damian Pardo to repeal the ordinance passed last year that allows for massive signs more than double the size of countywide regulations. Then, after […]
After several hours of discussion and passionate public comment, the city of Miami Commission deferred making a decision on the repeal of the ordinances that allow LED billboards on city parks and a moratorium on approving any such signage for 30 days while new rules are adopted. Basically, they passed the buck to the state, […]