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The government of Miami-Dade County is defined and authorized under the Constitution of Florida, Florida law, and the Home Rule Charter of Miami-Dade County. [ 1] Since its formation in 1957, Miami-Dade County, Florida has had a two-tier system of government. Under this system, Miami-Dade comprises a large unincorporated area and 34 ...
Two items on the Nov. 8 ballot would alter Miami-Dade County’s charter to beef up the county’s legal defenses of its “home rule” autonomy against some state action.
Effectively, the rule appears to spell the end of exclusively single-family zoning — long a sacred cow in suburban Miami and the rest of the country — across unincorporated Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade County has operated under a metropolitan system of government, a "two-tier federation", since 1957. This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter.
Municipal Home Rule Law [55] Ohio: Cuyahoga, [56] Summit [57] Alternative County Government Law [58] Pennsylvania: Allegheny, [59] Erie, [60] Lehigh, [61] Northampton [62] Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law : Tennessee: State law provides that counties are headed by an elected county executive who uses the title of "County Mayor."
The July 28 editorial, “Shrinking Middle: Miami’s middle-class is hurting,” misses two very important issues affecting us all in Miami-Dade County. First, residents are being squeezed with a ...
A city organizing under Home Rule adopts a Home Rule Charter, which must be consistent with and is subject to the Constitution and laws of Nebraska. Lincoln and Omaha are Nebraska's only current Home Rule cities. [6] Grand Island adopted a Home Rule charter in 1928; it was repealed by the voters on April 2, 1963.
The latest numbers from the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser’s Office show the total value of properties countywide increased 12% this year to nearly $380 billion. The county budget had forecasts ...