21-73 ORDINANCE NO . 21- 73 .
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRA¥ BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 14-25
PARKING NEAR FIRE HYDRANT AND ADDING SECTIONS
CONCERNING THE PLANTING AROUND FIRE DEPARTMENT
HYDRANTS AND CONNECTIONS AND THE SPACING OF FIRE
HYDRANTS ALL IN CHAPTER 14 "FIRE DEPARTMENT,
FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE REGULATIONS" CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF DELRAY BEACH, REPEALING ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the City Administrator has recommended amendments to the
fire code of the City to insure more safety tO its citizens,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 14-25 "Parking near fire hydrant" of
Chapter 14 "Fire Department, Fire Prevention and Fire Regulations" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-25 "Parking near fire hydrant or any
Fire Department Connection"
No vehicle or any matter shall be parked or
placed within fifteen (15) feet of any fire
hydrant or any fire department connection.
Section 2. That Chapter 14 "Fire Department, Fire Prevention and
Fire Regulations" as amended be further amended by adding the following
sections.
Sec. 14-26 "Plantings near fire hydrants and Fire Department Connections"
No planting of any kind shall be planted to
grow or extend within five (5) feet of any
fire hydrant or any fire department con-
nection and a three (3) foot opening shall
be maintained at all times for access
the re to.
Sec. 14-27 "Spacing of Fire Hydrants"
All fire hydrants shall be spaced at no
greater distance than five hundred (500)
feet between fire hydrants as measured by
road travel. The fire hydrants shall be
placed in a position so as to be accessi-
ble at all times from a paved road no less
than twenty-four (24) feet in width.
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 4. 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 23rd day of July , 1973.
City Cle rk/~
First Reading July 9, 1973.
Second Reading J~ly 23, 1973.
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Ord. No. 21-73.
DELRAY BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
PubU~hed Weekly
Delray Beach, palm Beach County, Florida
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
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Affiant further says that the said Delray Beach News-Journal is a newspaper publ/ahed
at Delray Beach, in said Pslm Beach County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has
heretofore been continuously published in said Palm Beach County, Florida, each week and
has been entered as second class moil matter at the post office in Delray Beach, in said
Palm Beach County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publicat/on
of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid
nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund
for the purpoee of securing this advertisement for public_~on in tl~ ~ new~paper.
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NOTARY PUBLIC STATE el~ FLORIDA AT LARC-~
MY COMMfSSION EXPIRES MAR. 19, 1978
BONDED THRU GENERAl. INSURANCE