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Council asks staff to craft 'limited retail' rules and pauses enforcement on current business tax receipt denials
Summary
Vice Mayor Moreira proposed a new 'limited retail' use to let small, primarily online businesses operate showrooms in office zones; the council paused enforcement on current business tax receipt (BTR) cases for 180 days while staff and the vice mayor draft ordinance language.
The Miami Lakes Town Council directed staff to work with Vice Mayor Tony Moreira on a proposed ordinance to create a new 'limited retail' land-use category for certain office (RO-13 and RO-50) zones, and unanimously approved a temporary pause on enforcement for existing business tax receipt (BTR) cases for 180 days.
Vice Mayor Moreira said the post-pandemic rise of primarily online small businesses – ‘showroom’ operations with limited in-person customers – has left them priced out of…
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