An initiative to overhaul the sweeping Miami 21 zoning code turned contentious with the appointment of developers' attorneys to the review committee.
The state Ethics Commission in a draft advisory opinion determined the Miami 21 task force members are public officers subject to the state code of ethics. With two exceptions, it prohibits public officers from having a contractual relationship with any business before an agency on which the officers serve.
The Ethics Commission considered a hypothetical before members were appointed. The opinion stopped short of finding a conflict of interest for task force members representing big-name developers seeking approval of pending projects.
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Lidia Dinkova
Lidia Dinkova covers South Florida real estate for the Daily Business Review. Contact her at [email protected] or 305-347-6665. On Twitter @LidiaDinkova.
