1677 ORDINANCE NO. 1677
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON ISSUING BUILDING PERMITS
FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR A PERIOD OF SIXTY (60)
DAYS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND
EFFECTIVE DATE,
WHEREAS, the Department of Environmental Regulation of the
State of Florida has determined that Ethylene Dibromide (EDB) in water in
quantities in excess of 0.1 parts per billion (PPB) is an unacceptable
level, and
WHEREAS, testing of the City's water supply has disclosed
concentrations of EDB in excess of accepted levels, and
WHEREAS, during the first fourteen (14) days of December, 1983,
water usage in the City water system averaged 4.482 million gallons per
day (MGD), and
WHEREAS, the City's total capacity to pump water in a 24 hour
period in all fifteen City wells is 9.172 MGD, and
WHEREAS,the discovery of unacceptable levels of EDB in six
of the City's wells reduces the City's actual capacity to 3.409 MGD,
approximately 37.169% of normal total capacity and approximately 1.i MGD
below anticipated demand for water, and
WHEREAS, the capacity of the City to furnish sufficient
quantities of water to its citizens has been diminished and the City
has determined that a state of emergency exists,
The City Commission of the City of Sanford finds that the health,
safety and welfare of its citizens is jeopardized by the lack of adequate
supplies of water for consumption for drinking, sanitary uses, and fire
protection,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF
SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: A moratorium is imposed on issuing building permits
for any and all new construction in the City of Sanford and the City
Staff is directed to cease issuing said building permits instenter.
SECTION 2: If any section or portion of a section of this
ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall
not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of
any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: This ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption and shall continue for a period of sixty (60)
days from date of its passage and adoption unless modified or amended
by subsequent legislative act of the City Commission.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of December , 1983 .
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of San-
ford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct
copy of the foregoing Emergency Ordinance No.
1677, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida, on the 27th day of December, 1983, was
POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the City of
Sanford, Florida, on the 28th day of December, 1983.
City of Sanford, Fl~'~ida