0324 (Waste Management)1
ORDINANCE NO. 323
AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND REGULATING WASTE MATERIAL
AND DISCARDED AND ABANDONED ITEMS ON PROPERTY WITHIN
THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
Section 1. 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 2. It shall be unlawful to permit any accumulation
of any such waste materials to be in or upon any lot, yard, lawn,
garden, or premises, in the City of Okeechobee, if the same
constitutes a fire hazard, a hazard to the safety of persons or
property, or an unsanitary or unsightly condition, or detrimental
to neighboring property.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to discard
or abandon any of the waste materials mentioned in Section 1
hereof, upon a lot or premises not owned or occupied by such
person without the consent of the owner thereof or the person
occupying the same.
Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation, violating any
of the provisions of this Ordinance, upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
or imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by
both such fine and imprisonment. Each day upon which the viola-
tion shall occur or continue shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon final passage.
assed this 5th d'
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City Council
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Approved by me this
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