0411 (Waste Management)LAW OFFICE
DAVID CONLON
POST OFFICE BOX 1086
110 N.E. 3RD AVENUE
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA 33472
TELEPHONE (8131 763 -5555
ORDINANCE #411
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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.:324 ; BEING AN ORDINANCE DE-
FINING AND REGULATING WASTE MATERIALS AND DISCARDED AND ABANDONED
ITEMS ON PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE. PROVIDING A NEW
DEFINITION OF WASTE MATERIAL; PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF WASTE
MATERIALS AND DISCARDED AND ABANDONED ITEMS ON PROPERTY WITHIN THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Ordinance No.324 ; which regulates waste mat-
erials and discarded and abandoned items on property within the
City of Okeechobee is repealed.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause
or permit junk, scrap metal, scrap lumber, wastepaper products,
discarded building materials, or any unused abandoned vehicle,
vehicles, oil drums, ice boxes, or abandoned parts, machinery, or
machinery parts, or other waste materials, to be in or upon any
lot, yard, garden, lawn, or premises, in the City of Okeechobee
for a period of time exceeding 30 days unless in connection with a
junk yard enterprise lawfully situated and licensed for the same.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful to permit any accumulation
of any materials mentioned in Section 2 upon any lot, yard, lawn,
garden, or premises, in the City of Okeechobee, if the same con-
stitutes a fire hazard, a hazard to the safety of persons or pro-
perty, or to the public health.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to discard
or abandon any of the waste materials mentioned in Section 2 here-
of, upon a lot or premises not owned or occupied by such person
without the consent of the owner thereof.
Section 5. Any person, firm, or corporation, violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance, upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars
($300.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding Thirty
(30) days, or by both such fine or imprisonment.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall become effective immediate-
ly upon final passage.
ATTEST:
Passed this 10th day of
July
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PRESIDENT City Coun'il
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