USEFUL LINKS FOR GROVE BUSINESSES
Info and Business support
FLORIDA DEPT. OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Need a license, check on the status of an application or obtain important information about Florida's licensure requirements? Go here: www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/businesses.html
COUNTY CLERK - Pay parkng and traffic tickets, search records, get code enforcement records, info on jury service, find tax deed sales, acquire form online, etc. www.miami-dadeclerk.com/dadecoc/
CITY OF MIAMI CODE ENFORCEMENT
Need to know if your business is in violation? Not sure about hanging a banner?(scroll down and see info on sign regulations) Are you responsible for the trash on your curb, even if it isn't yours? Learn more at www.miamigov.com/Codeenforcement/pages/
CITY OF MIAMI BUSINESS INFORMATION
Find out about Business Opportunities, Doing Business with the City, Vendor registration and more by going here www.miamigov.com/cms/business.asp
MIAMI DADE COUNTY SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO HELP YOU DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY
Learn more at miamidade.gov/wps/portal/business
MIAMI DADE COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The Miami-Dade County Department of Small Business Development (SBD) works to increase the participation of small businesses on County contracts. The department coordinates and implements various small business programs to provide business opportunities and technical assistance to aid these firms in their growth and contribution to South Florida's economy. Learn more at www.miamidade.gov/sba/
US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Programs and services to help you start, grow and succeed.
Visit in person at
100 S. Biscayne Blvd - 7th Floor
Miami, FL 33131
(305)536-5521
FAX (305)536-5058
or online at : www.sba.gov/localresources/district/fl/south/index.html
SIGN REGULATIONS (City of Miami)
Sec. 10.1. Purpose of sign regulations; applicability; criteria.
10.1.1. Purpose.
The purpose of these regulations is to provide a comprehensive system of regulations for signs visible from the public right-of-way. The intent of these regulations is to provide a set of standards that is designed to optimize communication and quality of signs while protecting the public and the aesthetic character of the City. It is further intended that these regulations promote the effectiveness of signs by preventing their over-concentration, improper placement, deterioration and excessive size and number. These regulations are specifically intended to be severable, such that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of Article 4 and/or 10 is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of Article 4 and/or 10.
10.1.2. Intent of regulations.
The intent of the application of these regulations is to:
1. Regulate and control sign structures in order to preserve, protect and promote the public, health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the City of Miami and prevent property damage and personal injury from signs that are improperly constructed or poorly maintained.
2. Promote the free flow of traffic and protect pedestrians and motorists from injury and property damage caused by, or which may be fully or partially attributable to, cluttered, distracting, and/or illegal signage.
3. Control and reduce visual clutter and blight.
4. Prevent an adverse community appearance from the unrestricted use of signs by providing a reasonable, flexible, fair, comprehensive and enforceable set of regulations that will foster a high quality, aesthetic, visual environment for the City of Miami, enhancing it as a place to live, visit and do business.
5. Assure that public benefits derived from expenditures of public funds for the improvement and beautification of streets and other public structures and spaces shall be protected by exercising reasonable control over the character and design of sign structures.
6. Address the business community's need for adequate business identification and advertising communication by improving the readability, and therefore, the effectiveness of signs by preventing their improper placement, over-concentration, excessive height area and bulk.
7. Coordinate the placement and physical dimensions of signs within the different land use zoning districts.
8. Protect property values, the local economy, and the quality of life by preserving and enhancing the appearance of the streetscapes that affects the image of the City of Miami.
9. Acknowledge the differing design concerns and needs for signs in certain specialized areas such as tourist areas.
10. Require that signs are properly maintained for safety and visual appearance.
11. Provide cost recovery measures supporting the administration and enforcement of Article 10.
12. Protect noncommercial speech such that any sign allowed herein may contain, in lieu of any other message or copy, any lawful noncommercial message, so long as said sign complies with the size, height, area and other requirements of this Article, Article 4 or the City of Miami Code.
13. Provide no more restrictions on speech than necessary to implement the purpose and intent of this Article.
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