2027 ORDINANCE NO. 2027
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
ENDING CHAPTER 4, ANIMALS AND FOWL, OF THE
CITY CODE TO REGULATE THE KEEPING OF RABBITS,
PET BIRDS AND PIGEONS; AMENDING CHAPTER 11,
GARBAGE, TRASH, WEEDS AND SOLID WASTE TO
REGULATE LOT MOWING, UNLAWFUL ACCUMULATION OF
DEBRIS, RUBBISH, TRASH, ETC., AND THE KEEPING
OF JUNK CARS, PARTS AND DEBRIS IN COMMERCIAL
AREAS; AMENDING CHAPTER 18, OFFENCES AND
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS TO REGULATE
ABANDONED ICEBOXES, REFRIGERATORS, AND
FREEZERS; AMENDING CHAPTER 23, STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS TO REGULATE THE DUTY OF ABUTTING
OWNERS TO TRIM GRASS, SHRUBBERY AND TREES,
DELETING CERTAIN PERMIT REQUIREMENTS;
AMENDING CHAPTER 25, SWIMMING POOLS TO DEFINE
AND REGULATE WADING POOLS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida, to amend Chapter 4, Article I, In
General, Sections 4-1, 4-10, 4-13 of the Sanford City Code; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida to amend Chapter 11, Sections 11-25, 11-
27, and 11-30 of the Sanford City Code; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida to amend Chapter 18, Section 18-8 of the
Sanford City Code; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida to amend Chapter 23, Sections 23-44 and
23-41 of the Sanford City Code; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Florida to amend Chapter 25, Section 25-2 of the
Sanford City Code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE
CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: Chapter 4, Article I, Section 4-1, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4-1. KEEPING OR MAINTAINING HORSES,
MULES, COWS, ETC.
No person shall keep or maintain any
horses, mules, cows, rabbits or other grazing
animals on any land within the city without
first obtaining a permit from the
administrative official of the city.
SECTION 2: Chapter 4, Article I, Section 4-10, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec.4-10. FOWL --- RUNNING AT LARGE
It'F'~alT'5~ unlaw"~F~i'f~ t"~'~'owner or
keeper of domestic fowl, including pet birds,
to permit the same to go at large in the
city.
SECTION 3: Chapter 4, Article I, Section 4-13, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4-13. PIGEONS
to keep or harbor
one or more pigeons within the corporate
limits of the city, or to create a nuisance
by feeding wild pigeons.
SECTION 4: Chapter 11, Section 11-25, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 11-25. Section 11-25 through 11-29.3
s'~l~'~F~wn and referred to as the "City
of Sanford Lot Mowing Ordinance".
SECTION 5: Chapter 11, Section 27 is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 11-27. UNLAWFUL ACCUMULATION
Allowing debris, rubbish, trash, cans or
papers to accumulate, or allowing vines,
underbrush, weeds and/or wild growth in
excess of eighteen (18) inches in height from
the ground or grass in excess of twelve (12)
inches in height from the ground to develop
on any lot, tract or parcel of developed land
in the city, to the extent and in the manner
that it constitutes or may reasonably become
a menace to life, property, the public
health, the public welfare, creates a fire
hazard, or provides a nest and/or breeding
ground for sandflies, mosquitoes, rats, mice,
other rodents, snakes, and other types of
pests and vermin, shall be unlawful and is
hereby prohibited and declared to be a public
nuisance.
SECTION 6: Chapter 11, Section 30 is deleted in its
entirety.
SECTION 7: Chapter 11, Section 30 is added as follows:
Sec. 11-30. KEEPING OF JUNK CARS, PARTS
AND DEBRIS IN COMMERCI~ AREAS PROHIBITED
E'XCEPT AS REGU'EATED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS.
For the purpose of this section, a "junk
car" shall be defined as one which remains in
a nonoperating condition for a period of
thirty (30) days, and "parts" shall be
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defined as any part of an automobile.
1.) Section 11-30
Keeping of Junk Cars, Parts and Debris
in Commercial Areas Prohibited.
(a) For the purpose of this section, a
"junk car" shall be defined as one which
remains in a nonoperating condition for a
period of thirty (30) days, and "parts" shall
be defined as any part of an automobile.
(b) The keeping of junk cars, parts and
debris in commercial areas is prohibited
except as provided for in the City of Sanford
Land Development Regulations.
SECTION 8: Chapter 18, Section 8 is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 18-8. ABANDONED ICEBOXES AND
REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS.
It shall~' unlawful for any person to
leave or permit to remain outside of any
dwelling, building or other structure, or
within any unoccupied or abandoned building,
dwelling or other structure under his
control, in a place accessible to children,
any abandoned, unattended or discarded
icebox, refrigerator, freezer or other
container which has a door or lid equipped
with a snaplock or other locking device which
may not be released from the inside, without
first removing such door or lid, snaplock or
other device from such icebox, refrigerator,
freezer or container.
SECTION 9: Section 23, Chapter 44 is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 23-44. DUTY OF ABUTTING OWNERS TO TRIM
GRASS, SHRUBBERY & TREES.
All grass, s~ru"~'~Fy and trees now or
hereafter planted in the parkways of the
streets of the city shall be trimmed and kept
trimmed, by the occupants of the abutting
property, of limbs for a distance of not less
than six (6) feet from the ground. All
shrubbery now or hereafter planted in the
parkways of the streets of the city shall be
trimmed and kept trimmed, by the occupants of
the abutting property, to a height of not
more than three (3) feet from the ground.
The superintendent of streets of the city
shall, from time to time, notify occupants of
the abutting property when trees, shrubbery
and grass in the parkways do not confirm to
this section to trim such trees or shrubbery
and/or cut the grass and weeds to make the
same conform hereto within thirty (30) days
from such notice, and upon failure of the
occupants to comply with such notice, the
superintendent of streets shall cause the
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same to be done at occupant's expense.
SECTION 10: Chapter 23, Section 41 is deleted in its
entirety.
SECTION 11: Chapter 25, Section 2 is deleted in its
entirety.
SECTION 12: Chapter 25, Section 2 is added as follows:
Sec. 25-2. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this chapter the
following terms, phrases, words and their
derivations shall have the meaning given
herein. When not inconsistent with the
context, words used in the present tense
include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number and words
in the singular number include the plural
number. The word "shall" as used herein is
mandatory and not merely directory.
County sanitarian is the county
sanitarian of Seminole County.
Family swimming pool shall be any
swimming pool used or intended to be used
solely by the owner, operator or lessee
thereof and his family, and by guests invited
to use without charge or payment of any fee.
Public swimming pool shall be any
swimming pool other than "family pools" and
"wading pools" as defined in this section.
Swimming pool is a body of water in an
artificial or semiartificial receptacle or
other container whether located indoors or
outdoors, used or intended to be used for
public, semipublic or private swimming by
adults and/or children, whether or not any
charge or fee is imposed upon such adults or
children, operated and maintained by any
person as herein defined, and shall include
all structures, appurtenances, equipment,
appliances and other facilities appurtenant
to and intended for the operation and
maintenance of a swimming pool.
Wading pool shall be any swimming pool
with a surface area of less than two hundred
fifty (250) square feet or a volume less than
three thousand two hundred fifty (3,250)
gallons and is less than four (4) feet in
depth at any point.
SECTION 13: 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 this ordinance.
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SECTION 14: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 15: That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of May ,
A.D. 1989.
MAyOR~~ ~' ~
ACting,~City Clerk
City of Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I, Patricia A. Lee, Acting City Clerk of the City
of Sanford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and
correct copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 2027 PASSED
AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of
Sanford, Florida, on the 22nd day of May, 1989, was
POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the City
of Sanford, Florida, on the 23rd day of May, 1989.
As the Acting City Clerk
of the City of Sanford,
Florida
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