"We want to support the arts, but we don’t want to destroy our neighborhood."
Miami may seek demolition of an art museum’s jumbo digital billboard after city commissioners voted Thursday to repeal the law that allowed its construction.
For now, the Pérez Art Museum of Miami’s jumbo digital billboard remains in compliance with city regulations because it already received a Miami permit under the legislation that passed in 2023 and more than doubled the size allowed for advertising signs in a few areas downtown.
Commissioners voted 4-1 to repeal that law but agreed that removing the ordinance from Miami’s code wouldn’t force PAMM to remove the existing sign. The lone no vote came from Commissioner Manolo Reyes.
“We can’t revoke a permit,” said Commissioner Damian Pardo, who was elected in November and soon after launched the effort to repeal the 2023 law that allowed PAMM to construct its 1,800-foot digital billboard earlier this year.
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