45-81 ORDINANCE NO. 45-81
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 13 "HEALTH
AND SANITATION", ARTICLE II "NUISANCES ON PROPERTY" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY AMENDING SECTION 13-13 "EXCESSIVE OR OFFEN-
SIVE UNDERGROWTH, WEEDS, ACCUMULATIONS DECLARED
NUISANCE" TO PROVIDE THAT ANY VEGETATION WHICH INTER-
PERES WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY OR WITH THE USE OF STREET-
LIGHTS, SIDEWALKS OR OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS SHALL
BE DECLARED A PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING A SAVING
cLAUSE;' PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section L That Chapter 13 "Health and Sanitation", Article II "Nuisances on Property",
Section 13-13 "Excessive or offensive undergrowth, weeds, accumulations declared nuisance" of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-13. Excessive e~ ~undergrowth~ and vegetation wcc~c,
declared nuisance.
(a_/) The existence of excessive accumulation or untended growth of weeds, under-
growth or other dead or living plant life upon any lot, tract or parcel of land,
improved or unimproved, within the city, to the extent and in the manner that such
lot, tract or parcel of land is or may reasonably become infested or inhabited by
rodents, vermin or wild animals, or may furnish a breeding place for mosquitoes, or
threatens or endangers the public health, safety or welfare or may reasonably
cause disease, or adversely affects and impairs the economic welfare of adjacent
property is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance. Further the
accumulation of garbage and trash in violation of Chapter 12 of this Code is hereby
prohibited and declared to be a public nuisance.
(b_J) The existence of any kind of vegetation~ including trees and shrubs~ upon any lot,
tract7 or parcel of land~ improved .or unimproved~ within the city~ to the extent
that such vegetation impairs or interferes with traffic safety is hereby prohibited
and declared to be a public nuisance.
(e) The existence of any kind of vegetation including trees and shrubs~ upon any lot~
tract~ o.r parcel of land~ improved or unimproved~ within the 'city~ to the extent
that such vegetation interferes with the use of streetlights~ sidewalks~ or other
public improvements is hereby prohibited and declared to be a public 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 on second
and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this the 23rd
day of June ., 1981.
MAYOR
ATTEST: LEON M. WEEKES
City Clerk
First Reading June 9, 1981
Second Reading. June 23, 1981