3440 ORDINANCE NO. 3440
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 18~20 OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
PARKING, STORAGE OR USE OF MAJOR RECREATIONAL
EQUIPMENT, TO CREATE A SECTION PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF
THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 18-20 UPON SUBMITTAL BY THE
PROPERTY OWNER OF SUFFICIENT AND ACCEPTABLE
DOCUMENTATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Sanford finds that it is in the best interests
of the citizens of the City of Sanford to amend the City Code regarding the parking of major
recreational equipment to provide waivers to property owners who can demonstrate through
documentation that they are entitled to grandfathering and that the impact of the current code creates
undue hardship not of their own creation.
NOW, TBEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY TIlE PEOPLE OF TIlE CITY
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Section 18~20 is hereby amended to include a new Section 6 which shall
read as follows:
(6) Property owners within the City may request a waiver of this section and the
City Commission shall have the authority to waive this section for situations
that meet criteria set forth below. Further, it shall be the responsibility of the
property owner to provide documentation that is sufficient and acceptable to
address the following criteria:
(a) Demonstrate that there are special conditions and circumstances
peculiar to the land, structure or building involved and that such
special conditions and circumstances did not result from the action or
negligence of the property owner/applicant;
(b) Demonstrate and document that storage of major recreational
equipment has been ongoing and continuous since prior to January 1,
1989;
(c) Demonstrate that such recreational equipment cannot be otherwise
reasonably stored on the site due to the location of major physical
impediments including major existing buildings/structures, existing
solid block walls, large existing specimen trees or other large-scale
existing improvements, but excluding typical wooden fences,
shrubbery and minor landscaping;
(d) Provide evidence and reasons that the storage of such recreational
equipment does not cauie undue harm or detriment to the
neighborhood in general and the properties immediately adjacent to
the property in question;
(e) Through the use of pictures and other appropriate means, demonstrate
that the site is well-kept, well-maintained and otherwise not
considered a detriment to the neighborhood and surrounding area;
(f) Identi& the exact location upon the property where the recreational
equipment is to be stored. The City Commission may require that the
recreational equipment be located on pavement and may require other
reasonable improvements, conditions or stipulations upon an approval;
(g) The property owner shall agree in writing that, if requested, he/she
shall remove or cause to be removed immediately such recreational
equipment from the premises/property in question if requested to do
so by the City.
SECTION 2: SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, phrase, word, or portion of this
Ordinance is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, said determination shall not be
held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section, sentence, phrase, word,
or portion of this Ordinance not otherwise determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: CONFLICTS. All ordinances or resolutions or parts of ordinances or
resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of any conflict.
SECTION 4: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
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passage and adoption.
ATTEST:
h Larry A. Dale, MAYOR
AS THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA
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CERTIFICATE
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. 3440, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 26th day of
October, 1998, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the
City of Sanford, Florida, on the.~9th day of October, 1998.
City of Sanford, Florida