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 Code of Ordinances

CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES - CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA  

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    Adopted: July 29, 1986
    Effective: August 6, 1986

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    Published in 1986 by Order of the Board of County Commissioners

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    OFFICIALS

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    CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA

    AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION

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    Joseph A. Tringali
    Chairman

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    Richard L. Holt
    Lee Eure
    Paul E. Monroe, Jr.
    Franz H. Ross, Sr.
    Commissioners

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    William D. Moore
    County Attorney

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    Barbara T. Scott
    Clerk to Board

    PREFACE

    This Code constitutes a complete recodification of ordinances and resolutions of the County of a general and permanent nature and special acts of the legislature.

    Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the special acts affecting the County, the 1973 County Code, as supplemented through July 9, 1974, and ordinances and resolutions subsequently adopted by the Board. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of this Code, the reader can locate any ordinance, resolution or statute included herein.

    The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in a topical order and the various sections within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state laws have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this Code.

    Numbering System

    The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of three component parts separated by dashes, the first figure referring to the part number, the second figure referring to the chapter number and the third figure referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1-4 is numbered 1-4-1 and the fifth section of Chapter 3-4 is 3-4-5. Under this system, each section is identified with its part and chapter and at the same time new sections or even whole parts or chapters can be inserted in their proper place simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 10-1-1 and 10-1-2 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 10-1-1.1, 10-1-1.2, and 10-1-1.3, respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 2-3 and 2-4, it will be designated as Chapter 2-3.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters within parts is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

    Indices

    The indices of the Code have been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the indices themselves which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

    Looseleaf Supplements

    A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into this Code, may be cited as a part hereof.

    The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

    Acknowledgments

    The publication of this Code was under direct supervision of Milton E. Lefkoff, Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

    The publishers are most grateful to Mr. William D. Moore, County Attorney, and Ms. Marianne B. Dill, Senior Minutes Specialist, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Laws and Ordinances which will make the active law of the County readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the County's affairs.

    MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
    Tallahassee, Florida

    ORDINANCE NUMBER 86-29

    An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code for Charlotte County, Florida; Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein; Providing for the Manner of Amending and Supplementing Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

    Be It Ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Charlotte County, Florida:

    Section 1.  The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1-1 to 4-7, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Laws and Ordinances, Charlotte County, Florida," which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the County adopted on or before September 17, 1985, to the extent provided in section 2 hereof.

    Section 2.  All provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the County adopted on final passage on or before September 17, 1985, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of such Code.

    Section 3.  The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

    Section 4.  Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of such Code or any provision of any other County ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment as provided in section 1-1-8 of such Code.

    Section 5.  Any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board to make the same part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code, so that reference to such Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

    Section 6.  In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty, as provided in section 4 of this ordinance and in section 1-1-8 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

    Section 7.  Any ordinance adopted after September 17, 1985, which amends or refers to ordinances which have been codified in such Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of such Code.

    Section 8.  This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall become effective upon receipt of acknowledgement of the filing of this ordinance in the office of the secretary of state, State of Florida.

    Passed and duly adopted this 29th day of July, 1986.

    Board of County Commissioners
    of Charlotte County, Florida
    By ;hg;Joseph A. Tringali
    Chairman

    Attest:

    Barbara T. Scott, Clerk of Circuit Court
    and Ex-officio Clerk to the Board of
    County Commissioners.

    By ___________
    Deputy Clerk

    Approved as to form
    and legal sufficiency:

    /s/ William D. Moore
    County Attorney