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ORDINANCE NO. 4087
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 102-271(15)(a), GENERAL DISCHARGE PROHIBITION OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANFORD;
PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, finds it
necessary and immediately legislatively desirable to amend the language and legislative
intent for a portion of Division 2. Regulations, Section 102-271 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Sanford; and
WHEREAS, The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has reviewed
the existing content of the aforementioned section and has suggested that the section
be amended to eliminate potential conflicts with other sections of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission intends for this Ordinance to eliminate
conflicting interpretations within the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanford and
advance the health, safety, and welfare of the general public and not to protect
particular individuals, organizations of a particular group of persons affected by the
terms of this amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission does not intend this Ordinance to conflict with
any State Law, Regulation or Administrative Code germane to the regulation of the
limits for oil/grease in the City's system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The statements contained in the above
Whereas clauses are adopted and ratified as the legislative findings and intent of the
City Commission as if fully set forth herein as the legislative intent and findings of the
City Commission.
SECTION 2. Section 102-271(15) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Sanford, Florida entitled "Regulations, General Discharge Prohibitions" is hereby
vacated and subsection (a) thereof is specifically deleted and the new Section 102-
271 (15) shall read as follows:
I. DIVISION 2. REGULATIONS
Sec. 102-271. General discharge prohibitions.
(15) Detergents, surface-active agents, or other substances
which may cause excessive foaming in the VVWF.
SECTION 3. CONFLICTS. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict with
this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. Should any section, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase, or other part of this Ordinance be declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a
whole or any portion thereof, other than the part so declared to be invalid.
SECTION 5. CODIFICATION. Only Section 2 of this Ordinance shall be codified
and become a legislative declaration of the City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Florida and become a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanford, Florida.
SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The provisions of this Ordinance shall take
effect immediately upon enactment.
Ordinance No, 4087
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 2008.
Attest: CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
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Linda Kuh~, Mayor
Approved as to form and legality:
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Kenneth W. Mcintosh, Assistant City Attorney
CERTIFICA TE
I, Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do hereby certify
that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance No, 4087, PASSED AND
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 14th day of
January, 2008, was posted at the front door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford,
Florida, on the 16th day of January, 2008.
Ordinance No. 4087
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