HomeMy WebLinkAbout926 ORDINANCE NO. 926
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA, CREATING THE SCENIC IMPROVE-
MENT BOARD OF SANFORD, FLORiDA.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created and constituted a Scenic
Improvement Board of Sanford for the City, which shall consist of seven
(7) persons to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City
Commission, one of whom shall be the Director of Parks and Recreation.
SECTION 2. The members of said Board shall be appointed for
a term of three (3) years; three of the initial Board members shall be
appointed for a term of three (3) years, two of the initial Board members
shall be appointed for terms of two years, and two (2) of the initial Board
members shall be appointed for the term of one year; thereafter, the
terms shall be three years.
No member except the Director of Parks and Recreation of the
City o[ Sanford shall serve for more than two consecutive three year
terms or parts thereof; immediately upon appointment, the members
of the Scenic Improvement Board shall meet and organize and shall elect
from among the membership a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary,
whose terms of office shall be for the period of one year or until their
successors are elected by the members of the Board. The Scenic Im-
provement Board shall conduct such meetings as may be necessary to
properly perform its duties and functions and shall establish rules or
bylaws to govern the manner in which its meetings and affairs are
conducted.
SECTION 3. The Scenic Improvement Board is empowered
and directed to consider and study the entire field of beautification in
the City of Sanford. The Board shall advise, counsel and consult with
the City Commission of the City of Sanford and the City Manager of the
City of Sanford in connection with the beautification and preservation of
natural beauty of the City of Sanford. The Board shall consider all
matters submitted to it by the City Commission of the City of Sanford
or the City Manager of the City of Sanford. It shall offer suggestions
and recommendations on its own initiative in regard to the beautification
and cleanliness of city properties. It shall receive petitions and suggestions
from the citizens of the City of Sanford, and shall cooperate with civic
groups, garden clubs, governmental agencies and other organizations
regarding beautification, conservation of natural beauty and related
subjects.
The members of the Scenic Improvement Board of the City of
Sanford shall receive no compensation and may spend only such sums as
may be authorized and appropriated by the City Commission.
SECTION 4. It is the purpose of this Board to prepare a
master plan for the over-all beautification of the City of Sanford with
regard to those areas owned by the City and recommendations to private
owners. This Board shall work with other civic groups and governmental
agencies within the environmental limits of the City, i.e.,
1. Approaches to the City.
2. Lake Monroe.
3. Surrounding County areas which affect the
impressions of visitors and citizens of the area with
regard to the City.
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The Board shall recommend to the City Commission such
overall projects as seem warranted, but shall refrain from making
individual specific recommendations. The Board shall not concern
itself with the thy-to-day affairs of normal city functions, but shall,
upon request of the City Commission, make specific recommendations.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25rd day of October
A.D. 1967.
Cit~ C~leYk '
As the-City Comm~sion of the
City of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. L. Whelchel, City Clerk of the City of
Sanford~ Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct
copy o£ the foregoing Ordinance No. 926, PASSED and ADOPTED
by the City Commission of the City o£ Sanford, Florida, on
the 23rd day of October, 1967, was POSTED at the front door
of the City Hall Jn the City of Sanford, ?lorida, on the
27th day of Octobe~~, 1967.
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