601ORDINANCE NO. 601
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1, 2 AND
3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 567 PROVIDING FOR THE
CLEARING OF TRASH AND OTHER DEBRIS AND THE
CUTTING OF GRASS AND WEEDS OF EXCESSIVE
HEIGHT; DECLARING THE ACCUMULATION OF TRASH
AND OTHER DEBRIS AND GRASS TO AN EXCESSIVE
HEIGHT TO BE OF A PUBLIC NUISANCE; DECLARING
THE DUTIES OF OWNERS OF LAND TO MAINTAIN
THEIR LAND IN A SAFE AND SANITARY CONDITION;
PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR; PROVIDING FOR
THE ABATEMENT OF SAID NUISANCE BY THE CITY;
PROVIDING A LIEN IN FAVOR OF THE CITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That SECTION 1. of Ordinance No. 567 of the
Code of Edgewater, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of every
owner lying in the corporate limits
of the city to keep the same clear and free
from rubbish, debris, trash, garbage and
other unsightly accumulation, and it shall
be the duty of every owner of land lying in
the corporate limits of the city to keep the
grass and weeds on the said land cut so that
the same never exceeds the height of twenty
four (24) inches.
SECTION 2. That SECTION 2. of Ordinance No. 567 of the
Code of Edgewater, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. The allowing of debris, rubbish,
gar age,trash, tin cans, papers or other
unsanitary accumulations or the allowing of
weeds and/or grass in excess'of twenty-four
(24) inches in height from the ground to
develop on any lot, tract, or parcel of land
in the city to the extent that it constitutes
or may reasonably become a menace to life,
property, health, the public welfare, or pro-
vide a nest and/or breeding ground for mosquitoes,
rats, mice, other rodents, snakes and other types
of pests and vermin shall be unlawful and hereby
prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance.
SECTION 3. That SECTION 3. of Ordinance No. 567 of the
Code of Edgewater, Florida is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the City
ounl�ciioT the City of Edgewater to appoint
a Sanitation Officer who shall serve at the
will of the City Council.
It shall be the duty of the Sanitation Officer
to make periodic inspections of the City of
Edgewater for the purpose of determining
whether debris, rubbish, garbage, trash, tin
cans, papers, or other unsanitary conditions
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have accumulated, or whether weeds and/or
grass in excess of twenty-four (24) inches
in height from the ground has developed
on any lot, tract, or parcel of land within
the city to the extent that it constitutes
or may reasonably become a menace to life,
property, health, the public welfare or
provides a nest and/or breeding ground for
mosquitoes, rats, mice, other rodents,
snakes, and other types of pests and vermin.
If the said Sanitation Officer determines that
any of the above innumerated conditions exist
on any lot, tract, or parcel of land within
the City he shall forthwith direct a notice to
the owner of record of such property by certified
mail, return receipt requested, at his last known
mailing address as shown by the records of the
City Clerk of the City of Edgewater, advising
that the aforementioned condition or conditions
have been found to exist on the property
described on said notice and demand that
such owner cause condition or conditions to
be remedied within ten (10) days if the said
owner resides in the State of Florida as re-
flected by the records of the City Clerk or
within fifteen (15) days if the said owner
resides without the State of Florida as re-
flected by the records of the City Clerk.
The said notice shall specify that the failure
of the owner to remedy the condition described
within the time allowed shall authorize the City
to do or have such work done on behalf of the
owner at the owner's cost and that the cost of
said work, together with any interest, shall be
taxed to the owner and shall become a lien
against the property.
If there is an occupied dwelling on the property,
a copy of said notice shall be served by the
Sanitation Officer or a Police Officer upon the
occupant of said property, or upon any agent of
the owner thereof. The mailing of the notice
to the owner aforementioned shall be sufficient
proof thereof and the delivery of notice to an
occupied dwelling shall be equivalent to mailing,
if the owner and occupant are known to be the
same. If the mailing address of the owner is
not known and the property is occupied, and the
owner has no agent in the City, the notice shall
be posted upon said property as notice to the
owner thereof, who shall be considered an owner
without the State of Florida and a copy of said
notice shall also be posted at an appropriate
location at the City Hall of the City of Edgewater,
Florida.
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SECTION 4. That all other sections of Ordinance No. 567
that are not in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
readopted and reaffirmed.
SECTION 5. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. That this Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its passage by the City Council and approval
by the Mayor.
The foregoing Ordinance was read in full and passed by
vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater, Florida
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on June 17, 1968.
Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the require-
ment of reading said Ordinance upon second reading was waived
and the Ordinance was ordered put upon final passage.
Passed by vote of the City Council of the City of Edgewater,
Florida at a regular meeting of said Council held on June 17,
1968, and approved as provided by law, the vote of said Council
being as follows:
Approved this 17th day of
June A.D., 1968.
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