1109 ORDINANCE NO. 1109
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OFSANFORD, FLOR!DA
AF~N~ING ORDINANCE NO. 109.8, CITY OF S/~qFORD,
FLORIDA, SAID ORDINANCE BEING THE"CHARTER OF
TF~ CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, SAID AMENDMENT
ENDING iCERTAIN PORTIONSOF ARTICLE II AND
VIII OFSAID ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CRE-
ATION OF COMMISSION DISTRICTS AND ELECTION
PROCEDURES FOR THEU ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY TEE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That LSeCtion 2..01, Article II of Ordinance
No. 1098 be and it is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE II
CITY COMMISSION
SeCtion 2.~01.~ Composition, eIigibilityL, election and terms.
SeCtion (a). city commission--
That there 'is hereby created a City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida, to consist of five (5) members; four (4) Comm-
issioners and a Mayor, who shall also be known as a Commissioner,
each of wh0mshall be elected for terms hereinafter specified. The
City Commissioners now holding office shall continue in office until
their present ~e~ms of office expire, unlesls vacancies therein other-
wise occur. There shall bean election in 19~3on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in DeCember at which time one Commissioner
shall be elected for a three year term to succeed the Commissioner
whose term is about to expire. That Commissioner shall be elected
from District 1, said District being hereinafter described in Section
(d). There lshall be an election in 1974 on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in ~ecember at which time two Commissioners shall be
elected for four (4) year terms to succeed the two Commissioners
whose terms are labout to expire. Th0seCommissioners shall be elected
from Districts2 and 3, said Districts being hereinafter described
in SeCtion (d). There lshall be an election in 1976 on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in December at which time the Mayor
and two Commissioners shall beeleered for four (4)year terms to
succeed the Mayor and Commissioners wh0seterms are about to expire.
TheCo~issionersshall be eieCted from Districts~ One (t) and Four
(4), said DiStricts being he~einafter described in SeCtion (d). On
the first LTuesday after the first Monday in December of every even
numbered year thereafter there shall be an election for terms of
four (4.) years each, to succeed the]Commiss'ioners and Mayor whose
terms of office are about to. exp'ire.
(b) Eligibility:
Only qualified votersof the City shall be eIigibIe to
hold officeLof Commissioner and Mayor. In addition thereto, in order
to beeligible to hold the office of Commissioner, a Commissioner
must bea bona fide reslident of. theDistrictfor whichhe is elected
at the time he' takes office for whichhe is eiected. In order to be
eIigibIeto hold the office?Of Mayor, the Mayor may resLide in any of
the Districts of the City.
(C) EleCtions:'
Questions may bevoted upon at DeCembe[ eiections;
how candidates]qUalify--An eleCtion'shall be holed on thefirstTuesday
after the:first Monday in DeCember in1973 'and each even numbered
year thereafter for the election of a Mayor and/or City Commissioners,
as the case may be. The candidate shall announce whether he is a
candidate fGr the. Office of Mayor or Commiss'ioner. Where more 'than
one (t) Commissioner is to be elected, ;the candidateS for Commissioner
shall be. grouped by .District numbe~ as to each vacancy to befilled
and each~candidate shall announce the District:for which 'he is a
candidate. Thecandidatefor Mayor and the'candidate for Commissioner
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of a particular District shall be Yoted on by all of the qualified
voters of the 'City, and the candidate for Mayor or Commissioner
for a particular District receiving a majority of the votes cast shall
be eIected. In case no candidate for Mayor receivesa majority of the
votes cast for Mayor in such election, a second election shall be
heid two t2) weeks following such eIeCtion, at which election only
the two (2) candidates for Mayor receiving the highest vote in the
first election shall be ]candidateS, and the candidate for Mayor re-
ceiving a majority of the votes cast for Mayor shall be elected. In
case no candidate for Commissioner in a District receives a majority
of the votes cast in such election, a second election shall be held
two {2)weeks following such election, at which election only the
two (2) candidates receiving the highest vote in the first election
shall be candidates, and the candidate receiving a majority of the votes
cast shall be elected. WriteKin votes shall beallowed and counted
only in the first eIection on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in December. The names of unopposed candidates shall not appear on
the general eIeCtion ballot in accordance with the General Laws,
State of Florida.
Any matter which, bY the terms of this charter may be
submitted to the electors of the City at any special election may be
submitted and voted upon at the election held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in DeCember.
Any person who is a qualified elector in the City of
Sanford, and otherwise qualified, may become a candidate for the
office of Mayor or City Commissioner upon filing with the City Clerk
a written notice of his or her intention to become a candidate for
Mayor or for Commissioner of a particular District in accordance
with Article VIII, requesting that his or her name be printed upon
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the ballot and depositing with such wEitten notice a sum equal
to fi~e percent (5%) of the then effective annual salary of the
officehe seeks as qualifying fee, said sum to be place~ in the
general fund of the City of Sanford and allocated toward the cost
of City eleCtions~ The period within which a candidate may qualify
as above stated shall begin 90 days prior to tile election and shall
terminateat 12:00 noon on thelast normal worki~ day for the City
Clerk's office thirty-five ~35) days in advance of the eleCtion date,
and such qualification can be effeCted only during normal working
hours for the City~ ~lerk's office.L
(d) Districts:
The City shall be divided into four (4)Districts. and
each District shall be represented by the Commissioner eIeCted to
represent that particular District as specified in this Article
hereinabove. The Districts shall be designated as Districts 1, 2, 3
and 4 and are described and identified on the Exhibit attached to
this Ordinance and made a part hereof.
The Commission shall within one (1) year of each federal
decennial census determine whethe~ or not the CityshOuld~'edistricted,
and in the event it is determined that the City should be redistricted
this Ordinance shall be amended to designate the Districts.
SECTION 2. That Section 2.06 (a) of Article II of
Ordinance No. 1098 be and it is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE II
CITY COMMISSION
Section 2.06 (a). The office of Commissioner shall become
vacant upon his removal of his residence from the District to which
he is elected, his death, resignation, or removal from office in any
manne~ authorized by law or forfeiture of his office.~
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SECTION 3. That SeCtion 8.01, Section 8.02 and
Section 8.03of Article ~III of Ordinance 1098 be and they are
hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
ELECTIONS
Section 8.01. EleCtion of Mayor and Commissioners -
Datesof regular and run-off Elections.
The regular municipal election of the City shall be held
on the First Tuesday after the First Monday of December of 1973
and every e~en numbered year thereafter.
City Commission seats are hereby designated as Districts
1, 2, 3 and 4. Candidates for the ~office of Commissioner shall file
to qualify for that specified District seat as provided in this Article.
When, in any regular election, there are more than two
candidates for the office of Mayor, or for a Commission District,
and when no candidate receives a majority of the total votes cast
in the regular municipal election for the office of Mayor or for a
Commission seat, a "run-off" municipal election shall be held on the
second Tuesday after the ~General Election in December of that year
only for the office of Mayor or Commission District for which no
candidate'received a majority of the total votes cast in the regular
municipal election.
No person shall run for more than one Commission District
in an eIection and no person shall run for Mayor and a Commission
District in the same election.
SeCtion 8.02. Same--Qualifications of Candidate--Form
of Oath:
Any person who is a resident of the City and has qualified
as an elector therein may become a candidate for nomination to the
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office of Mayor or to a commission District by filing with the City
Clerk, and payment of the fee prescribed, and by taking and sub-
scribing to an oath or affirmation in substantially ~he form as
required by the General Laws of Florida and filing the same, together
with the petition, with the City Clerk not earlier than ninety days,
nor latex than 12 o'Clock noon on the thirty-fifth (35th) day prior
to the day of holding the next regular election.
Section 8.03. Names to be placed on Ballo~ for Regular
Election.
The names of all candidates for the office of Mayor shall
be placed on the election ballot first and in alphabetical order.
The names of all candidates for Commission Districts shall
be placed upon the regular election ballot in alphabetical order for
Commission District to be voted upon. Commission Districts shall be
placed on the ballot in their numerical order.
Run-off election ball~s shall be in the same form as
prescribed herein for the regular municipal eIection ballot.
SECTION 4. That this 'Ordinanceshall be in full force
and effect upon ratification by a majority vote of tkequalified
electors voting thereon at a Special Election to be held on the 'Sth
day of May, 1973.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 26thday of ary, A.D., 19~3.
ATTEST:
Cityof Sanford, Florida.
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"EXHIBIT
District 1 is described as follows:
That area East of the centerline of Elm Avenue and the Northerly extension
of Elm Avenue to the North City Limits Line, and that area North of the
centerline of 20th Street and McKay Boulevard to the East boundary of
Washington Oaks Subdivision, Section One, and thence East to the City Limits
Line, and bounded on the North and on the East by the City Limits Line.
District 2 is described as follows:
That area West of the centerline of Elm Avenue and North of the centerline of
20th Street extended West to the West coundary line of the Country Club Manor
Subdivision then extended Southwesterly along the West boundary of the Country
Club Manor Subdivision until it intersects with the North right of way line or
Country Club Road, thence run Southwesterly along the East right of way line
of vacated railroad right of way until it intersects with the centerline of 25th
Street (SR 46-A) and then extending Westerly along the centerline or 25th Street
(SR 46-A) to the West City Limits Line and bounded on the North and on the West
by the City Limits Line.
District 3 is described as follows:
That area West of the centerline of Coronado Concourse extended South to its
intersection with the centerline of Elm Avenue and extended South to the inter-
section of the centerline of Orlando Drive and then extending in a Southwesterly
direction as the centerline of Orlando Drive (Highway 17-92) to the South City
Limits and the area South of the centerline of 20th Street extended West to the
West boundary line of the Country Club Manor Subdivision then extended South-
westerly along the West boundary line of the Country Ct~ub Manor Subdivision
until it intersects with the North right of way line of Country Club Road, thence
run Southwesterly along the East right of way line of vacated railroad right of
way until it intersects with the centerline of 25th Street (SR 46-A) and then
extending Westerly along the centerline of 25th Street (SR 46-A) to the West
City Limits Line and bounded on the South and on the West by the City Limits
Line.
District 4 is described as follows:
That area South of the centerline of 20th Street and McKay Boulevard East of
the centerline of Coronado Concourse extended to the East botuldary of Washington
Oaks Subdivision, Section One and thence East to the City Limits Line extended
South to its intersection with the centerline of Elm Avenue and extended South to
the intersection of the centerline of Orlando Drive and then extending in a South-
westerly direction as the centerline of Orlando Drive (Highway 17-92) to the
South City Limits and bounded on the South and East by the City Limits Line.
CERTIFICATE
I, H. No Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford,
Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the
foregoing Ordinance No. 1109, PASSED and ADOPTED by the City
Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 26th day of
February, 197__3, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall
in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 28th,day of February,
197__3.
Eity of Sinford, Florida