3713 ORDINANCE NO. 3713
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF SANFORD AND ESTABLISHING
A POLICE OFFICER'S MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM;
PROVIDING FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR
THE CREATION OF A PROGRAM FOR MORTGAGE
ASSISTANCE TO CITY POLICE OFFICERS RESIDING IN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANFORD IN ORDER TO
BENEFIT THE CITY BY MEANS OF THE PRESENCE AND
ENHANCED RESPONSE TIMES OF POLICE OFFICERS;
PROVIDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICE
OFFICER'S MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BY MEANS
OF ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION;
PROVIDING FOR PERIODIC REVIEW; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the City of Sanford to protect the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Sanford and to provide a secure
environment for the families residing in the City of Sanford; and
WHEREAS, SeL--'tion 187.07(7), Florida Statutes, sets forth a part of the State
Comprehensive Plan and provides that it is a goal of the State of Flodda to "protect the public by
preventing, discouraging, and punishing criminal behavior, lowering the highway death rate, and
protecting lives and property from natural and manmade disasters"; and
WHEREAS, Section 187.07(7), Florida Statutes, also provides that the following policies
are adopted as official State policy:
(a) Provide incentives to attract and retain high-quality law enforcement and correctional
officers,
(b) Emphasize the reduction of serious crime, particularly violent, organized, economic, and
drug-related cdmes,
(c) Increase the level of training and technical assistance provided to law enforcement
agencies.
(d) Increase crime prevention efforts to enhance the protection of individual personal safety
and property; and
WHEREAS, the presence of law enforcement personnel residing in communities serves
many public purposes including enhanced law enforcement capabilities, providing sound role
models within communities for youth, and to enable the City's law enforcement personnel to
respond expeditiously to events and occurrences that necessitate public safety and law
enforcement responses to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION t. Le.Qislative FindinQs. The City Commission of the City of Sanford finds and
determines that it is in the public interest and serves a public purpose to create and establish a
program whereby police officers of the City of Sanford are encouraged to reside within the
corporate limits of the City of Sanford. The City Commission likewise finds that the expenditure
of funds to encourage police officers of the City of Sanford to reside within the City of Sanford
serves a valid and important public purpose. The City Commission further finds that the citizens
of the City of Sanford will be greatly benefitted by City of Sanford police officers residing in City
neighborhoods, being available to promptly address public safety emergencies as needed, and
serving as positive role models to the children residing in the City of Sanford. The City
Commission also finds that the Sanford Police Department Patrol Section is involved with
Community Oriented Policing and the City's Community Policing is a collaborative effort between
the police and the community that identifies problems of crime and disorder and involves all
elements of the community in the search to resolve these problems. The Program will advance
the goal of community policing and work to strengthen families and communities. The City
Commission has concluded that the Program needs to be implemented in a manner that reflects
highly upon police services and the value to residents of communities while also permitting
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administrative flexibility as needed to accomplish the day-to-day implementation of the Program.
Additionally, the City Commission adopts the recitals to this Ordinance as part of its legislative
findings pertaining to this Ordinance.
SECTION 2. Creation of Police Officer's Mort_aaae Assistance Pro_aram.
(a) There is hereby created and established a Police Officer's Mortgage Assistance
Program.
(b) The Program shall provide for specified monthly payments to eligible police officers who
maintain their primary and permanent residence within the corporate limits of the City of Sanford.
SECTION 3. Implementation of Police Officer's Mortaa_oe Assistance Prooram. The
Police Officer's Mortgage Assistance Program shall be implemented by the City Commission of the
City of Sanford by means of the adoption of a resolution specifically detailing the terms, conditions,
limitations, and benefits of the Program. Said resolution may be amended from time-to-time by the
City Commission to address the policies and administrative practices and mechanisms pertaining
to the Program.
SECTION 4. Periodic Review of Police Officer's Mortgaoe Assistance Pro_or-am. The
City Commission shall periodically review the Police Officers Mortgage Assistance Program as
may be deemed appropriate.
SECTION 5, 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
or any other section or part of a section of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. Conflicts. All ordinances or pads of ordinances in conflict herewith be and
the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. Codification. it is the intention of the City Commission of the City of
Sanford, Florida, and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shaft become and
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be made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanford, Florida; that the Sections of this
Ordinance may be renumbered or re-lettered to accomplish such intention; that the word,
"Ordinance," may be changed to "Section ," "Article," or other appropriate word; provided, however,
that Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall not be codified.
SECTION 8. Effective Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Ordinance shall
become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this/~:>"7~ day of ~f//"~(~ ,2002.
ATTEST: C~FOR?
As the City Commission of the
City of Sanford, Flodda
CERTIFICATE
I, Janet R. Dougherty, City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true
As~ee City Clerk of the ~
of Sanford, FIodda
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