40-81 ORDINANCE NO. 40-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 , "HEALTH AND SANITATION" , OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA,
BY AMENDING SECTION 13-12 (b), "LANDS TO BE KEPT FREE OF DEBRIS,
VEGETATION, MATTER CONSTITUTING HAZARDS; DECLARED NUISANCE",
TO ADD THE WORD GARBAGE AND CLARIFYING THE INTENT OF SAID
SUBSECTION; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
wishes to clarify the ordinances relative to requiring lands to be free of
trash and filth, by including the word garbage as defined in the Code of such
prohibition,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 13-12(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) All lands in the city shall be kept free from any kind
of garbage, trash or filth, and including specifically, but
without limitation, any bro e-~tree limbs, leaves or branches,
any uncontained garbage or refuse, or any other type of material
which might conceal pools of water which create breeding grounds
for mosquitoes. The existence of any such garbage, trash or
filth is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
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 of 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