HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD 84/05ORDINANCE NO. 84 -5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COMMISSION OF
THE TOWN OF GULF STREAM, FLORIDA,
PROHIBITING DEBRIS, NOXIOUS GROWTHS,
ETC. ON PROPERTY AND DECLARING SAME
TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING
FOR NOTICE TO REMOVE; AND PROVIDING
AUTHORITY TO THE TOWN TO ABATE UPON
FAILURE OF OWNER TO COMPLY; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFI-
CATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF
GULF STREAM, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. The presence of debris, rubbish, trash,
containers, paper, stagnant water, vines or underbrush, weeds,
wild growths or grass in excess of twelve (12) inches in height
located on any lot, tract or parcel of land, or upon the exterior
of any building or structure within the Town shall be unlawful
and is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance
to the extent that it constitutes a menace to life, property,
the public health, the public welfare, creates a fire hazard,
or provides a nest or breeding ground for sandflies, mosquitoes,
rats, mice, other rodents, snakes or other types of pest and
vermin.
Section 2. The town manager is hereby authorized
and empowered to notify, in writing, the owner of any such
lot, place or area within the town, or the agent of such owner,
to cut, destroy, remove or alleviate conditions existing on
such lot, place or area within the town as described in Section 1.
Such notice shall be by registered or certified mail, addressed
to the owner or the agent of the owner, at his last known address.
Section 3. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal
of any owner or agent notified pursuant to Section 2 to remove
and eliminate the conditions described in Section 1 the town
manager is authorized, upon approval by the town commission,
to contract and pay for such maintenance and bill the property
owner or his agent as provided in the Code of Ordinances.
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Section 4. If any section, paragraph, clause, phrase
or term of this Ordinance be declared invalid, the same shall
not operate to invalidate any other provisions.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be codified and
made a part of the official Code of Ordinances of the Town
of Gulf Stream, Florida.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage and approval according
Ito law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON'j;tc ,'p READING THIS I a-t�
DAY OF �� , 1984
ATTEST:
Deputy Town erk
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