To the would-be developer of seven new houses, it was a routine “ministerial” decision.
To neighbors, it was a seal of approval on new “McMansions.”
But to South Miami city commissioners, a Tuesday night decision on whether to waive land-use regulations was a case study in confusion.
The City Commission cast six votes on the matter, with one commissioner switching sides twice — the second time after the city attorney said his first flip was invalid because it was based on a private conversation during a break in the quasi-judicial proceeding, in which commissioners are supposed to act like judges and base decisions only on facts presented in public.
Read more source:http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/09/3553331/south-miami-commission-gets-mixed.html
To neighbors, it was a seal of approval on new “McMansions.”
But to South Miami city commissioners, a Tuesday night decision on whether to waive land-use regulations was a case study in confusion.
The City Commission cast six votes on the matter, with one commissioner switching sides twice — the second time after the city attorney said his first flip was invalid because it was based on a private conversation during a break in the quasi-judicial proceeding, in which commissioners are supposed to act like judges and base decisions only on facts presented in public.
Read more source:http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/09/3553331/south-miami-commission-gets-mixed.html
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