23-81 ORDINANCE NO. 23-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 12 "GARBAGE AND TRASH",
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY AMENDING SECTION 12-2(b), "VIOLATIONS; PENAL-
TIES", TO PROVIDE FOR SET FINES FOR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
CONVICTIONS AND FOR REVOCATION OF PRIVILEGES OF USING THE
CITY'S DISPOSAL AREA FOR THE FOURTH CONVICTION .OF FALSIFYING
THE STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 12-21(a) IN ANY ONE YEAR
PERIOD OF TIME; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, repeated violations of the City's ordinances regarding no
fees charged to persons hauling trash generated from real property within
the City limits results in large losses of money to the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach wishes to
encourage compliance with the ordinances regarding fees for trash hauling
by instituting certain fines for repeated violations and revocation of
privileges for persons who are convicted of violating such laws four times
in any one year period;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 12-2(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Any person who falsifies a statement required by
Section 12-21(a) shall upon conviction thereof be fined
one hundred dollars ($100) for the first conviction,
two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for a second conviction,
and'five hundred dollars ($500) for a third conviction in
any one year period of time and such person shall be fined
five hundred"dollars ($500) and have all privileges of
using th.e city's disposal area revoked indefinitely for a
fourth conviction in any one year period of time. ~e~-~ess
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordinance
or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence or word be declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than
the part declared to be invalid.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 9th day of
June , 1981.
MAYOR
~/ City Clerk
First Reading May 26, 1981
Second Reading June 9, 1981