3247 ORDINANCE NO. 3247
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
DELETING SECTION 5.0, PARKING, STORAGE OR USE
OF MAJOR RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT; AMENDING
SECTION 18-20 OF THE SANFORD CITY CODE TO
PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR PARKING, STORAGE OR
USE OF MAJOR RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILiTY, CONFLICTS, AND EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the deslre of the City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida, to delete from the City Code of the City of
Sanford, Schedule F, Sectlon 5.0, Parklng, Storage or Use of Major
Recreational Equipment.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida, to amend Sectlon 18-20 of the Sanford City
Code to reflect:
1) one set of rules covering recreational vehicles;
2) RV storage provisions should be patterned after the
existing Land Development Regulation standards;
3) Temporary occupancy provisions should be clarified to
reflect one permit on an annual basis for up to three
weeks.
4) The location/parking of temporarily occupied RV's should
conform to general RV storage provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Florida, deems it necessary to delete Schedule F, Section 5.0 in
its entirety.
SECTION 2: The City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Florida, deems it necessary to delete Section 18-20 of the City
Code in its entirety.
SECTION 3: The City Commission of the City of Sanford,
Florida, creates a new Section 18-20 which shall read as follows:
SECTION 18-20 Parking, Storage or Use of Major Recreational
Equipment.
(a) Major recreational equipment includes boats and boat
trailers, pickup campers or coaches (designed to be mounted on an
automotive vehicle), motorized dwellings, collapsible camping
trailers or motorized dwellings, tent trailers and the like, and
cases or boxes used for transporting recreational equipment whether
occupied by such equipment or not.
(1) NO major recreational equipment shall be parked or stored in
any residential front yard in any residential district except
for less than forty-eight (48) hours during loading or
unloading.
(2) No such major recreational equipment shall be used for living,
sleeping, housekeeping, office, or commercial purposes when
parked or stored on a residential lot, or in any location not
approved for such use, except as provided in subparagraph (3)
below.
(3) The owner of a recreation vehicle may request and the City
Manager shall have the authority to grant permission to occupy
a recreational vehicle with appropriate conditions and
stipulations. Such permission shall be limited to one period
or permit on an annual basis for a maximum duration of three
(3) weeks. Such occupied recreation vehicle shall comply with
parking and storage provisions set forth in this section.
Regarding such occupied recreation vehicles only, the City
Manager shall have the authority to waive, with appropriate
stipulations and conditions, other requirements of this
section.
(4) If such equipment is a collapsible camping trailer, the
trailer shall be stored in a collapsed state.
(5) No automotive vehicles or trailers of any kind or type or any
recreational equipment without required current license plates
shall be parked or stored on any residentially zoned property
other than in an enclosed building, carport or behind a
barrier which obscures visibility from any public or approved
private street, or adjacent property provided the location is
not in any required yard are. This section shall not apply to
operative agricultural vehicles and equipment within an
Agricultural (AG) zoning district.
SECTION 4: Severability. If any section or portion of a
section of this Ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or
unconstitutional it shall not be held to impair the validity, force
or effect of any other section or part of a section of this
Ordinance No. 3247
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Ordinance.
SECTION 5: Conflicts. That all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 6: Effective Date. That this Ordinance shall become
effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this~7~ day of March, A.D. 1995.
ATTEST:
As the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
fore.goi.ng Ordinance .No.~j7, PASSED A. ND ADOPTED by the City
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City of Sanford, Florida, on the~2S day of March, 1995.
of Sanford, Florida
Ordinance No. 3247
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