36-81 ORDINANCE NO. 36-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 15, "LICENSES", OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, BY AMEND-
ING SECTION 15-8, "FARMERS GROWING AND MANUFACTURING OWN
PRODUCTS EXEMPT", TO SUBSTITUTE THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFI-
CIAL OR HIS DESIGNEE FOR THE CITY CLERK FOR PURPOSES OF
RECEIPT OF AFFIDAVITS, AND REGISTRATION AND ISSUANCE OF
PERMITS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 15-8, "Farmers growing and manufacturing
own products exempt", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
All produce and truck farm and grove products, and produce
manufactured therefrom except intoxicating liquors, wine
or beer shall be exempted from all forms of license tax by
the city when the same is being offered for sale or sold
by the farmer or grower producing the products.
Provided such farmer or grower shall present to the
e~e~k Chief Building Official or his designee sufficient
proof, by affidavit, that the produce he offers for sale
was produced on his own farm or grove, or from the waters;
(The buyer of produce in ground or fruit on trees, or the
buyer or lessee of trees bearing fruit in the course of
maturing shall not be construed as a farmer or grower);
whereupon the e~-e~e~ Chief Building Official or his
designee shall register such farmer or grower in a book
kept for that purpose, showing the number of such regis-
tration, the name, age, place of residence and location of
the farm or grove of such farmer or grower, and issue to
him a permit signed by the e~-e~e~ Chief Building Offi-
dial or his designee showing such registration. The per-
mit must be displayed by the farmer or grower in a con-
spicuous place on the vehicle from which he offers produce
for sale.
Section 2. That should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance 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 second and final reading
on this the 9th day of June , 1981.
MAYOR
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
City Clerk
First Reading ,May 26, 1981
Second Reading June 9, 1981