0381 (Radioactive fallout)ORDINANCE NO. Al
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION FRO( RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
IN NEW CITY BUILDINGS AND IN ADDITIONS TO EXISTING CITY BUILDINGS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida:
SECTION 1. Every Officer, Board, Department, Commission or Agency of the
City of Okeechobee charged with the duty of preparing specifications, or award-
ing or entering into contracts for the design, erection or construction of bu-
ildings or other structures, for the City shall incorporate, or cause to be in-
corporated, in such buildings, or other structures, protection from radioactive
fallout, for at least its normal anticipated occupancy, which shall meet, or
exceed, the minimum space and protection criteria recommended by the Defense
Civil Preparedness Agency, United States Department of Defense, unless ex-
empted from such shelter requirements in accordance with Section (2) of this
resolution.
SECTION 2. The City Council may exempt buildings or other structures
from the requirements of this resolution where it finds that the addition of
fallout protection will create, in the buildings or other structures, an ad-
ditional net cost in excess of two per cent (2 %) in the construction of such
building, or that other factors make it unnecessary or impracticable to in-
corporate fallout protection in the design or construction of such building or
structure.
SECTION 3. It shall be the policy of the City Council of this City that
fallout shelter protection shall be incorporated into all City Buildings or
structures to the fullest extent practicable in order to provide protection
against the effects of radioactive fallout for the greatest possible number of
people in the event of nuclear attack upon the United States, or an accidental
nuclear explosion: and
Be it further resolved that this Ordinance shall take effect January 8,
1976: and
Be it further resolved that a certified copy of this Ordinance be filed
with the Okeechobee County, Florida, Director of Civil Defense.
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DAVID M. CONLON,. CITY ATTORNEY
DEWITT H. STAATS, CHIEF OF POLICE
SANDRA BENNETT, CITY CLERK
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RUSSELL Y. DOMER, 'PRES. COUNCIL
DAVID M. CONLON, CITY ATTORNEY
DEWITT H. STAATS, CHIEF OF POLICE
SANDRA BENNETT, CITY CLERK
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
P. 0. BOX 215
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA 33472
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