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• This ordinance proposed
bt, Morris Glicksman
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. �- p
AN ORDINANCE, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 70-29A OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC,
FLORIDA, BEING SECTION 17-3 OF THE TAMARAC CITY
CODE; BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL STANDARDS REGARDING
THE PROHIBITION OF DEPOSITING RUBBISH, FILTH, OR
POISONOUS DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANCES
INTO THE WATERS OF THE LAKES, CANALS, PONDS, DITCHES,
AND CATCHBASINS IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITII
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it has come to the attention of the City
Council of the City of Tamarac, Florida that certain persons, firms,
companies, corporations or associations have been depositing in the
waters of the lakes, ponds, canals, ditches and catchbasins in the
City of Tamarac, Florida, rubbish, grass cuttings, trimmings,
garbage, litter and construction debris; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac,
Florida is further aware that certain persons, firms, companies,
corporations or associations are depositing grass cuttings and
other material along the streest, the swales of streets or on
lawns contiguous to said swales for a period of time sufficient so
as to allow same to be blown by the wind or washed by the rain so
as to be scattered and to clog catchbasins which results in substantial
blockage of the secondary or tertiary drainage system of the City of
Tamarac, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tamarac,
Florida, further concludes that as a direct and proximate result of
the aforesaid practice a flood hazard is created in the City of
Tamarac, Florida injurious to the public health, safety and welfare
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• of its citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Any person, firm, company, corporation,
or association, or the managing agent of any person, firm, company,
corporation or association, or any duly elected, appointed or
lawfully created officer of the City of Tamarac, Florida who shall
deposit, or shall permit or allow any person or persons in their
employ, or under their control, management or direction, to deposit
in any of the waters of the lakes, ponds, canals, ditches, or
waterways within the City of Tamarac, Florida, any rubbish, filth,
construction debris, litter, garbage, grass cuttings, or poisonous
or deleterious substance or substances liable to affect the health,
safety and welfare of persons or fish within the said waterways;
or place or deposit any such rubbish, filth, construction debris,
litter, garbage, grass cuttings or other material along the streets
or the lawns within the city in any place where the same may be
washed, blown or infiltrated into the catchbasins which empty into
said lakes, ponds, canals, ditches or waterways herein named, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding the
sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment for not
more than ninety (90) days or both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances'; in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 3: Should any section or provision of this
ordinance or any portion thereof, or any paragraph, sentence or
word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder thereof
as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part declared to be
invalid.
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SECTION 4•
This ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its final passage.
PASSED FIRST READING this /-4/,t& day of 21975.
PASSED SECOND READING this�day of 71975.
PASSED THIRD READING this
day ofTc.� ,1975.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
hECCRD OF COUNCIL VOTE
MAYOR - D. 10HR-SM o,& ,
C / M - 0. TUCKER
C / M - M. GLICKSMAN
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