08-90 A~! ORDINanCE OF TH~E CI~""f COM~ISSION OF THE CIT"f OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ~2:ENDING TITLE IX, "GENERAL
REGULATIONS", CHAPTER 96, "FIRE PREVENTION;
FIREWORKS" , SUBCHAPTER, "GENERAL PROVISIONS" ,
SECTION 96.05, "FIRE HYDRANTS", OF T~E CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY
REPEALING SUBSECTION 96.05(C), AND ENACTING A NEW
SUBSECTION 96.05(C), TO PROVIDE THAT NO OBJECT,
STRUCTURE, OR PLANTING SHALL OBSTRUCT A FIRE
HYDRANT, PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN CLEAR DISTANCES TO
ENSURE ACCESS TO FIRE HYDRANTS; PROVIDING A G~NERAL
REPEALER CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF TRE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Title IX, "General Regulations", Chapter 96,
"Fire Prevention~ Fireworks", Subchapter, "General Provisions", Section
96.05, "Fire Hydrants", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, be, and the same is hereby amended, ~ repealing
subsection 96.05(C) and enacting a new subsection 96.05(C) to read as
follows:
(C) No object, structure, planting, or obstruction of any
kind shall be permitted within a five (5) foot radius of
any fire hydrant or fire department connection. A three
(3) foot wide opening, free of all obstructions, shall be
maintained at all times.
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 all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective within
ten days (10) upon its passage upon second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final
reading on this the 27th day of March . 1990.
ATTEST:
City Clerk -
F[rst Reading March 14, 1990
Second Reading March 27~ 1990