0394 (Fire Control)ORDINANCE NO. 394
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROMOTING THE CONTROL OF
FIRE HAZARDS, REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, USE AND
MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT; REGULATING THE USE OF ST-
RUCTURES, PREMISES AND OPEN AREAS IN THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT OF
FIRE HAZARDS: ESTABLISHING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND
PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT: SETTING FORTH STANDARDS
FOR COMPLIANCE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF OR-
DINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
WHEREAS, it is necessary, desirable and in the best interest of
the City of Okeechobee, Florida, and its inhabitants that an Ordinance
adopting the Standard Fire Prevention Code be adopted by the City
Council of the City of Okeechobee, and,
WHEREAS, this Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the provisions of
Section 166.031 Florida Statutes, and other applicable provisions of
law.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF STANDARD FIRE PREVENTION CODE. There
is hereby adopted by the City of Okeechobee, Florida, for the purpose
of prescribing regulations to improve public safety by promoting the
control of fire hazards regulating the installation, use and main-
tenance of equipment, regulating the use of structures, premises and
open areas in the City, in the interest of the public health, safety,
convenience and welfare, that certain code known as The Standard Fire
Prevention Code, 1976 Edition, save and except such portions as are
hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which code not less than
three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the
City Clerk of the City of Okeechobee, and the same are hereby adopted
and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from
the date on which this Ordinance shall take effect, the provisions there-
of shall be controlling within the Municipal limits of the City of
Okeechobee.
SECTION 2. FIRE OFFICIAL. The Fire Chief of the City of Okee-
chobee is hereby designated as the Fire Official. The Fire Official
shall enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and all State Laws under
his jurisdiction, pertaining to the prevention, suppression or extin-
guishing of fires. The Fire Official has the powers of a police
office in performing his duties under this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. APPEALS. Any person whose application for any
permit has been refused, or who feels aggravated by any decision
or action of the Fire Official, may appeal to the Board of Adjustments
and Appeals.
SECTION 4. VALIDITY. Should any section, paragraph, sentence,
or word of this Ordinance or of the Code hereby adopted be declared
for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that
it would have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent
of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid.
SECTION 5. AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to
the provisions of Section 166.031 Florida Statutes, and other ap-
plicable provisions of law.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect
upon its passage by the City Council and approval by the Mayor.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 7th day of December, 1976.
President City Council
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED BY ME THIS 7th day of December, 1976.
Mayor
City of Okekchobee, Florida
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
Notice is hereby fiven that the Ordinance described below
by title only will be placed on third and final reading at the
Meeting of the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
to be held on December 7, 1976, at 7:00 P.M., at the City Hall
or as soon thereafter as such Ordinance may be read and considered
for passage:
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH RULES AND REGULATIONS TO
IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY BY PROMOTING THE CONTROL OF
FIRE HAZARDS, REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, USE AND
MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT; REGULATING THE USE OF ST-
RUCTURES, PREMISES AND OPEN AREAS IN THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ABATEMENT OF
FIRE HAZARDS: ESTABLISHING THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND
PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT: SETTING FORTH STANDARDS
FOR COMPLIANCE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION
THEREOF; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF OR-
DINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
Said Ordinance may be inspected in the office of the City
Clerk at the City Hall, City of Okeechobee, Florida, interested
parties may appear at said meeting and be heard with respect to
the enactment of said Ordinance.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
City Clerk
PUBLISH: Okeechobee News November 18, 1976.
STATE OF FLORIDA
SS
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CHAIRMAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
THE CITY CLERK, of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, do here-
by certify that the foregoing and above Ordinance No. 394,
was duly advertised by title only in the Okeechobee News on
the 18th day of November, 1976, was duly intorduced, read and
passed on first reading by the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, on the 9th day of November, passed on
second reading by title only on the 23rd day of November,
1976, copy of said Ordinance was made available at the office
of the City Clerk to the public upon request during the time
between the first and third reading of the Ordinance, and was
duly read and passed on third and final reading on the 7th
day of December, 1976, by the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida.
IN WITNESS HEREWITH, we hereunto set our hands and affix
the official seal of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, this the
7th day of December, 1976.
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City Clerk
(City Seal)
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE * BEEF AND DAIRY CAPITAL OF FLORIDA
The Okeechobee News
A Division .A Sunshine Newspapers, Inc.
P.O. Be. 638
Okeechobee, Florida 33472
Published Weekly
Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF OKEECHOBEE
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
J. David Fleming
who on oath says he is Pub 1 i s h e r of the
Okeechobee News, a weekly newspaper published at
Okeechobee, in Okeechobee County, Florida; that the
attached copy of advertisement, being a
Notice of Proposed Ordinance
in the matter of
An Ordinance setting forth rules
and reiTulations to i ',,prove public
i ifCLy by promoLirw, t, LonLrol of
fire h 'ards. etc.
in the City Clerk's Office - City of
Okeechobee
iii of Okeechobee
County, Florida, was published in said newspaper in the
issues of
November 18, 1976
Affiant further says that the said Okeechobee News is a
newspaper published at Okeechobee, in said Okeechobee
County, Florida, and that said newspaper has heretofore
been published continuously in said Okeechobee County,
Florida, each week and has been entered as second class
mail matter at the post office in Okeechobee, in said
Okeechobee County, Florida, for a period of one year next
preceding the first publication of the attached copy of
advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither
paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any
discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of
securing this advertisement for publication in the said
newspaper.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1'th
day of November AD 19 76
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Notary Public, State of Fa4S,at..Larga
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MY COMMISSION EXPIR @5 MAR 26, 1978
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BY OROER OF THE CITY
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