57-80 ORDINANCE NO. 57-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 27 "TREES AND SHRUBS" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH BY
REPEALING SECTION 27-17 TO DISCONTINUE INOCULATION BY THE
CITY OF ALL PALM TREES WITHIN THE CITY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
LETHAL YELLOWING; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
has found that inoculation of palm trees by the City to prevent lethal
yellowing has proven ineffective; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach, Florida,
deems it to be in the best interests of the residents and citizens of the
City of Delray Beach to repeal Section 27-17, of the Code of Ordinances o~
the City of Delray Beach, Florida, discontinuing the inoculation by the
City, of all palm trees within the City, susceptible to lethal yellowing,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY O~
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 27-17 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, is hereby repealed.
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 decisior
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 readin¢
on this the 28th day of October , 1980.
M A y O~R
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
- / Ci%y Clerk
First Reading October 14, 1980
Second Reading October 28~ 1980