City of Miami v. Save Brickell Ave., Inc.

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• holding that, in statutory construction, the word \may\ when given its ordinary meaning denotes a permissive term rather than the mandatory connotation of the word \shall.\
• in statutory construction, word \may\ when given its ordinary meaning denotes a permissive term rather than the mandatory connotation of the word \shall\
• in statutory construction, the word \may\ denotes a permissive term rather than a mandatory connotation
• word \may\ when given its ordinary meaning denotes permissive term rather than mandatory connotation of work \shall\
• “[I]f definite standards are not included in the ordinance, it must be deemed unconstitutional as an invalid delegation of legislative power to an administrative board.”

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