AB Code Supplement 12SUPPLEMENT NO. 12
August 1992
CODE OF ORDINANCES
City of
ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
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PART I
CHARTER
Charter 1
Art. I. Incorporation; Form of Government; Powers 1
Art. II. The Commission 5
Art. III. The City Manager 9
Art. IV. City Comptroller, City Clerk, City Treasurer and
City Tax Assessor 10
Art. V. Department of Public Safety 11
Art. VL Budget 11
Art. VII. Department of Finance 11
Art. VIII. Department of Personnel 11
Art. IX. Elections 12
Art. X. Initiative and Referendum 15
Art. XI. Recall 17
Art. XII. Franchises 18
Art. XIII. Tax Administration 18
Art. XIV. Zoning 18
Art. XV. Issuance of Bonds 18
Art. XVI. Municipal Court and Department of Law 18
Art. XVII. Suits Against the City 23
Art. XVIII. General and Miscellaneous Provisions 23
Art. XIX. When Act Takes Effect 28
Charter Comparative Table—Special Acts 79
Charter Comparative Table—Ordinances 91
PART II
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Chapter
1. General Provisions 103
2. Administration 155
Art. I. In General 155
Art. II. City Commission 157
Art. III. City Manager 162
Art. IV. Departments 162
Div. 1. Generally 162
Div. 2. Police Department 163
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Div. 3. Fire Department 163
Div. 4. Department of Finance 165
Div. 5. Department of Public Works 166
Art. V. Boards and Commissions 166
Div. 1. Generally 166
Div. 2. Code Enforcement Board 167
Div. 3. Public Nuisance Control Board 171
Art. VI. Employee Benefits 172.1
Div. 1. Generally 172.1
Div. 2. Old -Age and Survivors Insurance 172.2
Div. 3. Retirement System 174
Art. VII. Finance 187
Div. 1. Generally 187
Div. 2. Purchasing 188
Div. 3. Uniform Travel Policy and Procedure 191
Div. 4. Service and User Charges 195
3. Alcoholic Beverages 245
4. Animals 299
Art. I. In General 299
Art. II. Dogs and Cats 301
5. Beaches and Parks 353
Art. I. In General 353
Art. II. Beach Safety Zone 354
Art. III. Public Parks 355
6. Buildings and Building Regulations 405
Art. I. In General 405
Art. II. Building Code 405
Art. III. Electrical Code 410.7
Art. IV. Plumbing Code 412
Art. V. Mechanical Code 413
Art. VI. Swimming Pool Code 415
Art. VII. Numbering of Buildings 416
Art. VIII. Housing Code 418
7. Fire Prevention and Protection 469
Art. I. In General 469
Art. II. Fire Prevention Code 469
8. Flood Hazard Areas 521
Art. I. In General 521
Art. II. Administration 526
Art. III. Flood Hazard Reduction Standards 530
9. Human Relations 577
Art. I. In General 577
Art. II. Fair Housing 577
10. Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles 631
11. Noise 683
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12. Nuisances 735
13. Offenses 787
Art. I. In General 787
Art. II. Minors on Streets and in Public Places 791
14. Planning/Zoning/Appeals 839
Art. I. In General 839
Art. II. Community Development Board 839
15. Police 891
Art. I. In General 891
Art. II. Disposition of Confiscated or Lost Property 891
16. Refuse and Garbage 943
17. Signs and Advertising Structures 995
Art. I. In General 995
Art. II. Permit 1003
18. Solicitors 1055
Art. I. In General 1055
Art. II. Permit 1056
19. Streets, Sidewalks and Other Public Places 1107
20. Taxation 1157
Art. I. In General 1157
Art. II. Public Service Tax 1157
Div. 1. Generally 1157
Div. 2. Telephone Service 1159
Art. III. Occupational License Tax 1160
Art. IV. Insurance Premium Taxes 1182
21. Traffic and Motor Vehicles 1221
Art. I. In General 1221
Art. II. Stopping, Standing and Parking 1222
Div. 1. Generally 1222
Div. 2. Enforcement 1229
Art. III. Wrecker Service 1231
22. Utilities 1277
Art. I. In General 1277
Art. II. Waterworks System 1277
Art. III. Wastewater system 1284
Div. 1. Generally 1284
Div. 2. Use of Public Sewers Required 1286
Div. 3. Private Wastewater Disposal
Div. 4. Building Sewers and Connections 1288
Div. 5. Use of Public Sewers 1290
Div. 6. Powers and Authority of Inspectors 1294
Div. 7. Sewer User Rates and Charges 1294.1
Div. 8. Sewer System Extensions 1299
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Art. IV. Stormwater Management 1301
Div. 1. Generally 1301
Div. 2. Rates and Charges 1305
23. Vegetation 1351
Art. I. In General 1351
Art. II. Tree Protection 1351
Art. III. Accumulation of Weeds 1357
24. Zoning and Subdivision Regulations 1403
Art. L In General 1403
Art. II. Language and Definitions 1404
Art. III. Zoning Regulations 1420
Div. 1. Generally 1420
Div. 2. Administration 1420
Div. 3. Application Procedures 1424
Div. 4. General Provisions and Exceptions 1430
Div. 5. Establishment of Districts 1433
Div. 6. Planned Unit Development (PUD) 1446.1
Div. 7. Supplementary Regulations 1452
Art. IV. Subdivision Regulations 1464
Div. 1. Generally 1464
Div. 2. Application Procedure 1466
Div. 3. Required Improvements 1473
Div. 4. Assurance for Completion and Maintenance of
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Div. 5. Design and Construction Standards 1477
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Statutory Reference Table 2053
Charter Index 2081
Code Index 2101
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Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION*
Art. I. In General, §§ 2-1-2.15
Art. II. City Commission, §§ 2-16-2-30
Art. III. City Manager, §§ 2-31-2-40
Art. IV. Departments, §§ 2.41-2.130
Div. 1. Generally, §§ 2-41-2-50
Div. 2. Police Department, §§ 2-51-2-60
Div. 3. Fire Department, §§ 2-61-2-70
Div. 4. Department of Finance, §§ 2-71-2-78
Div. 5. Department of Public Works, §§ 2-79-2-140
Art. V. Boards and Commissions, §§ 2-131-2-225
Div. 1. Generally, §§ 2-131-2-140
Div. 2. Code Enforcement Board, §§ 2-141-2-160
Div. 3. Public Nuisance Control Board, §§ 2-161-2-225
Art. VI. Employer Benefits, §§ 2-226-2-2-310
Div. 1. Generally, §§ 2-226-2-240
Div. 2. Old -Age and Survivors Insurance, §§ 2-241-2-260
Div. 3. Retirement System, §§ 2-261-2-310
Art. VII. Finance, §§ 2-311-2-366
Div. 1. Generally, §§ 2-311-2-330
Div. 2. Purchasing, §§ 2-331-2-355
Div. 3. Uniform Travel Policy and Procedure, §§ 2-356-2-366
Div. 4. Service and User Charges, §§ 2-367, 2-368
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 2-1. Defense of civil actions against public officers, employees or agents; pay-
ment of judgments or settlements.
(a) Defense of civil actions. The city shall provide an attorney to defend any civil action
arising from a complaint for damages or injury suffered as a result of any act or omission of
action of any of its officers, employees, or agents for an act or omission arising out of and in the
scope of his or her employment or function, unless, in the case of a tort action, the officer,
employee or agent acted in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or in a manner exhibiting willful
disregard of human rights, safety, or property. Defense of such civil action includes, but is not
limited to, any civil rights lawsuit seeking relief personally against the officer, employee, or
Charter references—Form of government, § 3; general powers, § 4.
Cross references—Planning/zoning/appeals, Ch. 14; community development board, §
14-16 et seq.; police, Ch. 15; taxation, Ch. 20; utilities, Ch. 22; administration of zoning
regulations, § 24-46 et seq.
State law references—Public records, F.S. Ch. 119; public meetings and records, F.S. §
286.011.
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agent for an act or omission under color of state law, custom or usage, wherein it is alleged that
such officer, employee, or agent has deprived another person of his rights secured under the
Federal Constitution or laws. Legal representation of an officer, employee, or agent of the city
may be provided by the city attorney. However, any attorney's fees paid from public funds for
an officer, employee, or agent who is found to be personally liable by virtue of acting outside
the scope of his employment, or was acting in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or in a manner
exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property, may be recovered
by the city in a civil action against such officer, employee, or agent. If the city fails, pursuant
to this section to provide an attorney to defend a civil action arising from a complaint for
damages or injury suffered as a result of any act or omission of action of any of its officers,
employees, or agents and fails to provide such attorney, the city shall reimburse the defendant
who prevails in the action for court cost and reasonable attorney's fees.
Cb) Payment of judgments or settlements against certain public officers or employees.
When the city fails to provide insurance coverage for action set forth in subsection (a) and
is not participating in the State Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund it will pay:
(1) Any final judgment, including damages, costs, and attorney's fees, arising from a
complaint for damages or injury suffered as a result of any act or omission of action of
any officer, employee, or agent in a civil or civil rights lawsuit described in subsec-
tion (a). If the civil action arises under section 768.28, Florida Statutes, as a tort
claim, the limitation and provision of section 768.28 governing payment shall apply.
If the action is a civil rights action arising under 42 U.S.C. 1983, or similar federal
statutes, payments for the full amount of the judgment may be made unless the
officer, employee, or agent has been determined in the final judgment to have caused
the harm intentionally.
(2) Any compromise iii settlem ur, (Zany claim or litigation as described in paragraph (1)
subject to the limitations set forth in that paragraph.
(3) Any reimbursement required under subsection (a) for court costs and reasonable
attorney's fees when the city has failed to provide an attorney and the defendant
prevails.
(Ord. No. 95-88-34, §§ 1, 2, 3-14-88)
Editor's note—Ord. No. 95-88-34, §§ 1, 2, adopted March 14, 1988, did not specifically
amend the Code; therefore, inclusion as § 2-1 was at the discretion of the editor.
Sec. 2-2. Charitable contributions prohibited.
The city shall not contribute city funds to any charitable, nonprofit, or other worthy
causes.
(Ord. No. 95-91-50, § 1, 10-28-91)
Editor's note—Ord. No. 95-91-50, § 1, adopted Oct. 28, 1991, amended the Code by adding
§ 1-5(b). For purposes of classification, § 1-5(b) has been codified as § 2-2 at the discretion of the
editor.
Secs. 2.3-2.15. Reserved.
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ARTICLE II. CITY COMMISSION*
Sec. 2-16. Time and place of regular meetings.
The regular meetings of the city commission shall be held on the second and fourth
Mondays of each month, except December, in city hall, at 7:15 p.m. If the second or fourth
*Charter reference—The commission, § 5 et seq.
State lav reference—Code of ethics for public officers and employees, F.S. § 112.311 et
seq.
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contributions and pensions, and all other monies received by the retirement system the dis-
position of which is not specifically provided. There shall be transferred from the reserve for
undistributed investment income all amounts required to credit regular interest to the reserve
for employer contributions, and the reserve for retired benefit payments. Whenever the board
of trustees determines the balance in the reserve for undistributed investment income is more
than sufficient to cover current charges to the account, the excess or any part thereof may be
used to provide contingency reserves, or to meet special requirements of the other reserve
accounts of the retirement system. Whenever the balance in the reserve for undistributed
investment income is insufficient to meet the current charges to the account, the amount of the
insufficiency shall be transferred from the reserve for employer contributions.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 29, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2.290. Investment of retirement system assets.
The board of trustees shall be the trustee of the monies and assets of the retirement
system, The board shall have full power and authority to invest and reinvest such monies and
assets subject to all terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions imposed by the state on the
investments of public employee retirement systems. The board shall employ an outside in-
vestment adviser to advise the board in making and disposition of investments. All monies and
assets of the retirement system shall be held for the sole purposes of meeting disbursements
authorized in accordance with the provisions of this division, and shall be used for no other
purposes. The board of trustees may invest and reinvest the assets of the retirement trust fund
in:
(a) Time or savings accounts of a national bank, a state bank insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, or a savings and loan association insured by the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
(b) Obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to principal and
interest by the United States.
(c) Bonds, stocks, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by a corpora-
tion organized under the laws of the United States, any state, or organized territory of the
United States, or the District of Columbia, provided:
(1) The corporation is listed on any one or more of the recognized national stock ex-
changes that holds a rating in one of the three (3) highest classifications by a major
rating service.
(2) The board of trustees shall not invest more than five (5) percent of its assets in the
common stock or capital stock of any one issuing company, nor shall the aggregate
investment in any one issuing company exceed five (5) percent of the outstanding
capital stock of the company; nor shall the aggregate of its investments under this
paragraph exceed fifty (50) percent of the fund's assets.
Investments shall not be made in any stocks, bonds, or other securities owned or con-
trolled by a government other than that of the United States or of the several states. The
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board of trustees by ordinance approved by a two-thirds vote of the city commission may provide
for investments of greater than thirty (30) percent in equity stocks.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 30, 12-22-75; Ord. No. 58-85-5, § 1, 7-22-85; Ord. No. 58-92-17, § 1, 1-27-92)
Sec. 2-291. Divisions.
The retirement system shall consist of three (3) divisions, one (1) for members who are
police officers, or one (1) for members who are firefighters, and one (1) for all other members.
Separate accounting of the transactions of the retirement system shall be maintained for each
division and shall clearly indicate the equity of each division in the assets of the retirement
system. The account separation shall be effective as of June 1, 1976. Each division shall be
regarded as a separate trust fund. The provisions of this section refer only to the accounting
records of the retirement system and shall not be construed as requiring a physical segrega-
tion of the assets of the retirement system between the divisions.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 31, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-292. Expenses.
The expenses of administering the retirement system shall be paid by the city.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 32, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-293. Insurance coverage for retirants and beneficiaries.
The board of trustees shall pay the premiums applicable to insurance coverage, provided
retirants and beneficiaries to the extent not paid by deductions from the pensions of retirants
and beneficiaries. Such payment shall be made only in those fiscal years authorized by
specific resolution of the ray rnmniaauen, poy..A..,ad.1...__ua is the
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balance in the reserve for undistributed investment income. If the unencumbered balance be
insufficient, the deficiency shall be charged to the reserve for employer contributions.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 33, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-294. Method of making payments.
All payments under this division shall be made according to the provisions of the City
Charter and city ordinances governing the disbursement of city monies. No payment shall be
made that has not been authorized by a specific or continuing resolution of the board of
trustees.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 34, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-295. Assignments prohibited.
The right of a person to a pension, any optional benefit, and any other right accrued or
accruing to any person under the provisions of this division, and any monies and assets
belonging to the retirement system, shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attach-
ment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency law, or any other process of law whatsoever,
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ARTICLE VII. FINANCE*
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 2-311. Fiscal year.
§ 2-314
The fiscal year of the city is hereby established to begin on October first of each year and
end on September thirtieth of the following year.
(Code 1970, § 8-1)
State law reference—Mandate for fiscal year, F.S. §§ 166.241, 218.33.
Sec. 2-312. Allotments,constitute basis of expenditures and are subject to revision.
The city manager shall authorize all expenditures for the offices, departments and agen-
cies to be made from the appropriation on the basis of approved allotments and not otherwise.
An approved allotment may be revised during the budget year in the same manner as the
original allotment was made. If, at any time during the budget year, the city manager shall
ascertain that the available income, plus balances, for the year will be less than the total
appropriations, he shall reconsider the work program and allotments of the several offices,
departments and agencies and revise the allotments so as to forestall the making of expendi-
tures in excess of such income.
(Laws of Fla., Ch. 57-1126, § 65)
Sec. 2-313. Transfers of appropriations.
The city manager may at any time transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance, or
portion thereof, between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department
or agency. At the request of the city manager, the city commission by resolution may at any
time transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance, or portion thereof, from one office,
department or agency to another office, department or agency.
(Laws of Fla., Ch. 57-1126, § 66; Laws of Fla., Ch. 61-1863)
Sec. 2-314. When contracts and expenditures prohibited.
No officer, department or agency shall, during any budget year, expend or contract to
expend any money or incur any liability, or enter into any contract which by its terms
involves the expenditure of money, for any purpose, in excess of the amounts appropriated
*Cross references—Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing payment of money for the
city or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the city or any evidence of the city's indebted-
ness or any contract or any obligation assumed by the city saved from repeal, § 1-5(1); any
annual tax levy, appropriation or budget saved from repeal, § 1-5(2); department of finance, §
2-71 et seq.; taxation generally, Ch. 20.
State law references—Municipal finance and taxation, F.S. § 166.201 et seq.; municipal
borrowing, F.S. § 166.101 et seq.; financial matters pertaining to political subdivisions, F.S.
Ch. 218.
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pursuant to this Code. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this Code shall be
null and void. Any officer or employee of the city who shall violate this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall cease to hold his office or employment.
Nothing in this section contained, however, shall prevent the making of contracts or the
spending of money for capital improvements to be financed in whole or in part by the issuance
of bonds, nor the making of contracts of lease or for services for a period exceeding the budget
year in which the contract is made, when the contract is permitted by law.
(Laws of Fla., Ch. 57-1126, § 67)
Sec. 2-315. Lapse of appropriations.
All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the budget year to the extent that they shall
not have been expended.
(Laws of Fla., Ch. 57-1126, § 68)
Sec. 2-316. Fees shall be paid to city government.
All fees received by an officer or employee shall belong to the city government and shall
be paid daily to the city treasury.
(Laws of Fla., Ch. 57-1126, § 69)
Sec. 2-317. Dishonored checks.
The director of finance shall add a ten -dollar service fee to the amount due on any check,
draft or other order for the payment of money in payment of any licenses, fees, taxes, utility
charges, commissions or charges of any sort authorized to be made under the laws of the state
and this Code or other ordinances of the city and deposited in the city treasury as provided by
law, which may be returned unpaid for any reason by the bank or other payor upon which the
check shall have been drawn. The service fee for the collection of a dishonored check, draft or
other order for payment of money to the city shall be in addition to all other penalties,
remedies and circumstances imposed by law.
(Code 1970, § 14-2.1)
Secs. 2.318-2.330. Reserved.
DIVISION 2. PURCHASING
Sec. 2-331. Bids—When required.
All supplies and contractual services, except for the enterprise funds, or as otherwise
provided in this division, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500.00) shall be purchased by formal, written contract from the lowest
responsible bidder after due notice inviting proposals. For the enterprise funds, all supplies
and contractual services, when the estimated cost thereof shall exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000.00), shall be purchased by formal, written contract from the lowest responsible bidder
after due notice inviting proposals.
(Ord. No. 5-83-12, § 2, 2-13-84; Ord. No. 5-92-22, § 1, 4-13-92)
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Sec. 2.332. Same—Notices inviting.
Notice of inviting bids shall be published once in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation at least five (5) days preceding the last day set for the receipt of proposals. The
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Chapter 4
ANIMALS*
Art. I. In General, §§ 4-1-4-20
Art. II. Dogs and Cats, §§ 4-21-4-30
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 4.1. Appointment of animal control officer.
The city manager may appoint and employ a suitable person as the official animal control
officer for the city, and shall cooperate with the Jacksonville Animal Control, county health
officer and the city or county rabies control program.
(Code 1970, § 4-6(a))
Sec. 4-2. Interfering with officers.
No person shall interfere with, hinder or molest any police officer, health officer or im-
pounding officer in the performance of any duty required by the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1970, § 4-6(b))
Sec. 4-3. Animal shelter or impounding vehicles; breaking open fences, etc., of; re-
moval of animals.
No person shall break open or assist in the breaking open of any of the fences, gates,
fastenings or enclosures of the animal shelter or impounding vehicles and no unauthorized
person shall remove or let loose any animal from the shelter or impounding vehicles.
(Code 1970, § 4-6(c))
Sec. 4-4. City designated bird sanctuary; shooting, molesting, etc., of birds prohib-
ited; exception.
(a) The entire area embraced within the city is hereby designated as a bird sanctuary.
(b) It shall be unlawful to trap, hunt, shoot or attempt to shoot or molest in any manner
any bird or wild fowl or to rob birds' nests or wild fowl nests; provided, that if starlings or
similar birds are found to be congregating in such numbers in a particular locality that they
constitute a nuisance or a menace to health or property, in the opinion of the proper health
authorities of the city, then the health authorities shall meet with representatives of the
Audubon Society, bird club, garden club or humane society, or as many of the clubs as are
*Cross references—Riding of animals in beach safety zone, § 5-17; occupational license
tax on kennels, § 20-59.
State law reference—Game and freshwater fish, F.S. Ch. 372.
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found to exist in the city, after having given at least three (3) days' actual notice of the time
and place of the meeting to the representatives of the clubs.
(c) If as a result of the meeting no satisfactory alternative is found to abate the nuisance,
then the birds may be destroyed in such number and in such manner as is deemed advisable
by the health authorities under the supervision of the chief of police of the city.
(Code 1970, § 4-1)
Sec. 4-5. Cruelty to animals.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to overload, overdrive, torture, torment or deprive
of necessary sustenance, food or drink, or unnecessarily or cruelly beat, mutilate or kill any
animal or cause or permit either of such offenses to be committed.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously steal, kill, wound or
injure any animal which is the property of another or willfully and maliciously administer
poison to any animal or expose any poisonous substance with intent that the same shall be
taken and swallowed by any animal which is the property of another.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously mistreat or abandon
any animal within the limits of the city.
(Code 1970, § 4-7(a))
State law reference—Cruelty to animals, F.S. Ch. 828.
Sec. 4-6. Nuisance animals.
(a) Any animal or fowl which persistently makes noises or otherwise conducts itself in a
manner which unduly excites and generally annoys citizens of the city is hereby declared to be
a nuisance injurious to the public peace, order and welfare, and any person found guilty of
keeping, maintaining or aiding and abetting in the keeping or maintaining of any such
nuisance within the city, after three (3) days' notice from the city manager or any police officer
of the city to abate the same shall be punished as provided in this Code.
(b) A nuisance shall be presumed where at least three (3) different persons have witnessed
an animal committing an act referred to in this section and where said animal has committed
the act on at least three (3) different occasions.
(Ord. No. 1970, § 4-7(d); Ord. No. 95-88-33, § 1, 4-25-88; Ord. No. 95-91-49, § 1, 6-10-91)
Cross references—Animal or bird noises, § 11-9; nuisances generally, Ch. 12.
Sec. 4-7. Maintaining stables; keeping of hogs.
(a) No stable or premises may be maintained in the city for the housing and keeping of
horses, mules, cows, cattle, hogs, chickens, poultry or goats.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep a hog or hogs upon any property or premises
located within the limits of the city.
(Code 1970, § 4-7(e), (f); Ord. No. 95-88-33, § 1, 4-25-88)
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Sec. 4-8. Removal and disposal of dead animals.
Whenever any animal shall die within the corporate limits of the city the owner of the
animal shall cause the dead body thereof to be removed outside of the city limits and disposed
of as directed by the city manager.
(Code 1970, § 4-7(h))
Secs. 4-9-4-20. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. DOGS AND CATS*
Sec. 4-21. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Cat shall mean all domestic felines.
Dog shall mean all members of the canine family including pet foxes, wolves, etc.
Owner shall mean any person having a right of property in a dog or cat, or who keeps or
harbors a dog or cat, or who has it in care or in custody.
Vaccination against rabies shall mean the proper administration of antirabies inoculation
or vaccination by a veterinarian licensed by the state board of veterinary medicine.
(Code 1970, § 4-2)
Cross reference—Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.
Sec. 4-22. Registration and tagging required.
(a) No dogs or cats shall be owned or kept in the city unless properly registered and tagged
as provided in this section.
(b) No person shall be allowed to keep any dog over four (4) months of age or cat over four
(4) months of age in the city unless the person shall first register the animal at City Hall in
Atlantic Beach and purchase a permanent nontransferable identification tag for each animal
in the following sums:
(1) Five dollar ($5.00) fee for cats and dogs which have been spayed or neutered.
(2) Fifteen dollar ($15.00) fee for dogs or cats which have not been spayed or neutered
(upon proof of spaying and neutering of an animal, the city will rebate $10.00 of the
fee).
(c) Tags lost or stolen can be re -issued at City Hall for one dollar ($1.00). Registration tags
shall be bought at City Hall immediately upon acquisition of an animal. Rabies vaccinations
*State law references—Right to be accompanied by dog guides in public accommoda-
tions, F.S. § 413.08; damage by dogs, F.S. Ch. 767.
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shall be updated every twelve (12) months for all animals over four (4) months of age. Both tags
shall be on the animal at all times when the animal is off the owner's property.
(Code 1970, § 4-3; Ord. No. 95-86-30, § 1, 7-28-86; Ord. No. 95-88-33, § 2, 4-25-88)
Sec. 4.23. Impoundment.
Any unregistered dog or cat found in the city shall be picked up by the city or the
designated authorized agent of the city and placed in a shelter for a period of not less than
three (3) days nor more than seven (7) days, except the animal may be released sooner upon
identification and compliance with the registration requirements contained herein, and upon
the payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee for the redemption of said animal. The registration
fee for unregistered dogs or cats that have been picked up shall be double the fee in effect on
the date the dog or cat is picked up.
(Code 1970, § 4-4(a); Ord. No. 95-86-30, § 2, 7-28-86; Ord. No. 95-88-33, § 3, 4-25-88; Ord. No.
95-92-51, § 1, 2-10-92)
Sec. 4-24. Running at large.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or cat to permit or allow the dog or cat to
commit a nuisance or to be found running at large on any of the public streets, parks, play-
grounds, alleys, beaches or vacant lots in the city and such dog or cat shall be picked up by the
city or the designated authorized agent of the city and placed in a shelter for a period of not
less than three (3) days nor more than seven (7) days, except the animal may be released sooner
upon proper identification and compliance with the registration requirements contained herein,
and upon the payment of a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee for the redemption of said animal. The
registration fee for unregistered dogs or cats that have been picked up shall be double the fee
in effect on the date the dog or cat is picked up.
(Code 1970, § 4-4(b); Ord. No. 95-86-30, § 2, 7-28-86; Ord. No. 95-92-51, § 1, 2-10-92)
Sec. 4.25. Leashing.
No dog muzzled, unmuzzled or inoculated against rabies shall be allowed in public places
such as streets, parks, playgrounds, alleys, vacant lots, etc., the beach or upon property other
than that of its owner unless the dog shall be fastened to a suitable leash of dependable
strength not to exceed twelve (12) feet in length. On Atlantic Beach if dog and owner are in the
Atlantic Ocean together, the dog shall be allowed to swim unleashed and then immediately
put back on the leash before returning to the beach.
(Code 1970, § 4-4(c); Ord. No. 95-88-33, § 4, 4-25-88)
Sec. 4-26. Damaging property.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who shall own or be in control or in charge of any
dog or cat, to allow or permit the dog or cat to wander or stray upon the property of another
and damage the property.
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(b) If any dog or cat shall wander or stray upon the property of any person within the
corporate limits of the city and shall cause damage thereon, proof of the damage and the
identity of the dog or cat shall be sufficient to convict the person owning or having charge of
or control of the dog or cat violating the terms and provisions of this article.
(c) If any dog or cat shall defecate on or cause damage to any of the public streets, parks,
playgrounds, alleys, or beaches in the city, the owner of said dog or cat shall be subject to the
penalties of this article unless such defecation or damage is immediately removed. Dog owners/
handlers shall carry some sort of material or utensil in all cases where their animals are being
walked on the beach in Atlantic Beach and shall be required to remove from the beach (not
bury) any and all defecation taking place. This provision shall also apply to dog owners whose
dogs defecate on people's lawns, on the street ends to the beach, in the public parks, and public
rights-of-way.
(d) Anyone who takes an animal on the beach must have an Atlantic Beach tag.
(Code 1970, § 4-4(d); Ord. No. 95-86-30, § 3, 7-28-86; Ord. No. 95-88-33, § 5, 4-25-88)
State law reference—Damage by dogs, F.S. Ch. 767.
Sec. 4.27. Disturbing the peace.
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether owner, or anyone having charge, custody or
control thereof, to keep any dogs or cats within the limits of the city which bark or howl so as
to disturb the sleep or peace and quietude of any inhabitants of the city unless otherwise
provided by state law.
(Code 1970, § 4-4(e))
Sec. 4-28. Vicious dogs.
It shall be unlawful for any owner or keeper of any vicious dog to permit such dog to run
at large or without the enclosure of the owner or keeper thereof within the corporate limits of
the city without being properly muzzled. Any dog known to have bitten any person is hereby
defined as a "vicious dog" but the term vicious dog" shall not be limited to only those dogs who
are known to have bitten any person.
(Code 1970, § 4-5(d))
Sec. 4-29. Rabies suspected.
(a) If a dog or cat is suspected of having rabies, or has been bitten by a dog or cat suspected
of having rabies, such dog or cat shall be confined by a chain on the owner's premises and the
humane society or licensed veterinarian notified at once. The dog or cat shall then be removed
to the proper place for observation for a period of two (2) weeks at the expense of the owner.
(b) If any person is scratched or bitten by a dog or cat within the corporate limits of the
city then it shall become the duty of the person or the owner of the dog or cat with knowledge
thereof, to report the incident to the police department within twenty-four (24) hours there-
after.
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(c) Any animal reported to have bitten a person shall be kept in quarantine for such
period of time and place as may be designated by the city manager for the purpose of testing
the dog for disease. Any animal suspected of being infected with rabies shall be released by its
owner or custodian to the city manager for laboratory analysis by a licensed veterinarian. No
liability for compensation to the owner of the animal shall attach to the city by virtue of any
procedure in this article by the city manager. All costs in connection with this section shall be
borne by the owner of the animal.
(Code 1970, § 4-5)
State law reference—Authority of state department of health and rehabilitative services
to adopt rules regulating quarantine or destruction of domestic pets or wild animals infected
with rabies, F.S. § 381.031(1)(g)1.
Sec. 4-30. Citations authorized; penalties provided.
(a) The city animal control officer or his designee as approved by the city manager shall
have the authority to issue citations to those people whose pets are found to be in violation of
this article and sections herein.
(b) Violations of this article shall be punishable by fines as follows: Twenty-five dollars
($25.00) for the first offense, forty dollars ($40.00) for the second offense, and seventy-five
dollars ($75.00) for the third and subsequent offenses each and every occasion wherein a
citation is issued.
(Ord. No. 97-86-30, § 4, 7-28-86)
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(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, display, or brandish any replica or
facsimile of a firearm in the presence of a law enforcement officer.
(Ord. No. 57-89-13, § 1, 2-13-89)
Sec. 13-10. Recyclable materials; removal prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful for anyone to take, steal, carry away, or otherwise remove any
contents from any bin or container designed for the purpose of recycling solid waste and
marked with the logo adopted by the City of Atlantic Beach for the recycling program.
(b) Exemptions: Only those persons authorized in writing by the city manager shall be
exempted from the provision of this section.
(c) Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred
dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both fine and
imprisonment.
(Ord. No. 95-89-42, § 1, 9-11-89)
Sec. 13.11. Flea markets.
(a) A garage sale (see section 24-17 for definition of garage sale) operating for more than
three (3) consecutive days in duration, or occurring more than three (3) times within a calendar
year, shall be considered a flea market.
(b) It shall be unlawful to conduct, promote, or otherwise engage in operating a flea
market within the municipal boundaries of the city.
(Ord. No. 95-92-52, § 1, 5-26-92)
Secs. 13-12-13-150. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. MINORS ON STREETS AND IN PUBLIC PLACES*
Sec. 13-151. Short title.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Ordinance Regulating the Presence
and Conduct of Minors on Streets and Public Places."
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 1, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-152. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, 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,
*Editor's note—Ord. No. 57-89-14, §§ 1-7, adopted February 27, 1989, did not specifi-
cally amend the Code; therefore, inclusion as §§ 13-151-13-158 was at the discretion of the
editor.
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and words in the singular number the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
City. The City of Atlantic Beach.
Custodian. Any person over the age of eighteen (18) who is in loco parentis to a juvenile.
Guardian. Any person other than a parent, who has legal guardianship of a minor.
Minor. Any person under the age of eighteen (18).
Parent. The natural or adoptive parent of a minor.
Public place. Any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, park, playground or place to which the
general public has access and a right to resort for business, entertainment, or other lawful
purpose. A public place shall include but not be limited to any store, shop, restaurant, tavern,
bowling alley, cafe, theater, drug store, pool room, shopping center and any other place
devoted to amusement or entertainment of the general public. It shall also include the front or
immediate area of the above.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 2, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-153. Curfew for minors.
It shall be unlawful for any minor to remain, idle, wander, stroll or play in any public
place either on foot or to cruise about without a set destination in any vehicle in, about or
upon any place in the city between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Sunday through
Thursday, and between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Friday through Saturday,
unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, custodian or other adult person having custody or
control of such minor or, unless the minor is on an emergency errand or specific business or
activity direotod or porn -lifted by his parent, r„arr fan or other adult porson hording tl':o c:'ro
and custody of the minor or where the presence of such minor is connected with or required by
some legitimate employment, trade, profession or occupation.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 2, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-154. Responsibilities of owners of public places.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation operating or having charge of any
public place to knowingly permit or suffer the presence of minors under the age of eighteen
(18) between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 3, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-155. Parents' responsibility.
It shall be unlawful for the parent, guardian or other adult person having custody or
control of any minor under the age of eighteen (18) to suffer or permitor by inefficient control
to allow such person to be on the streets or sidewalks or on or in any public property or public
place within the city between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. However, the provisions of
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this section do not apply to a minor accompanied by his parent, guardian, custodian or other
adult person having the care, custody or control of the minor, or if the minor is on an
emergency errand or specific business or activity directed by his parent, guardian, custodian
or other adult having the care and custody of the minor or if the parent, guardian or other
adult person herein has made a missing person notification to the police department.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 4, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-156. Special functions.
Any minor attending a special function or entertainment of any church, school, club, or
other organization that requires such minor to be out at a later hour than that called for in
section 13-153 shall be exempt from the provisions of section 13-153 of this article provided,
however, the chief of police or his designee may verify said special function or entertainment
with the minor's parents or by contact with said church, school, club or other organization.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 5, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-157. Procedures.
(a) Any police officer upon finding a minor in violation of section 13-153 shall ascertain
the name and address of such minor and warn the minor that he is in violation of curfew and
shall direct the minor to proceed at once to his or her home or usual place of abode. The police
officer shall report such action to the shift supervisor of the police department who in turn
shall notify the parents, guardian, or person having custody or control of such minor.
(b) If such minor refuses to heed such warning or direction by any police officer or refuses
to give such police officer his correct name and address, or if the minor has been warned on a
previous occasion that he or she is in violation of curfew, he or she shall be taken to the police
department and the parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of
such minor shall be notified to come and take charge of the minor. If the parent, guardian or
other adult person above cannot be located or fails to come and take charge of the minor, the
minor shall be released to the juvenile authorities.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 6, 2-27-89)
Sec. 13-158. Penalties.
Any minor violating the provisions of this article shall be dealt with in accordance with
the juvenile court law and procedure. Any parent, guardian, or other adult person having the
care and custody of a minor violating this article shall, after having been previously notified
under section 13-157 be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.
(Ord. No. 57-89-14, § 7, 2-27-89)
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Chapter 15
POLICE*
Art. I. In General, §§ 15-1-15-15
Art. H. Disposition of Confiscated or Lost Property, §§ 15-16-15-22
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 15-1. Additional court costs assessed for police training.
There is hereby assessed by the city, in compliance with F.S. § 943.25(8)(a), an additional
two -dollars (42.00) as court cost against every person convicted for violation of a municipal
ordinance in any proceedings, except for violations relating to parking of vehicles. Further,
two dollars ($2.00) shall be deducted from every bond estreature or forfeited bail bond related
to the penal ordinances for any offense, except that relating to parking of vehicles. Such funds
as levied and assessed as additional court costs or taken from the bonds shall be used exclu-
sively for law enforcement education expenditures for members of the police department.
Secs. 15-2-15-15. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. DISPOSITION OF CONFISCATED OR LOST PROPERTYt
Sec. 15-16. Sale of confiscated property.
When requested by the chief of police, and in the time and manner ordered by the county
court, any personal property entered into evidence or otherwise coming into the custody of the
court during the progress of any case, and not claimed by or returned to the owner or any
person claiming interest therein within sixty (60) days, shall, if of any appreciable value, be
sold or offered for sale at public sales conducted by the city clerk. If no claim is made within
thirty (30) days after a sale, proceeds shall be paid over to the general fund.
(Code 1970, § 2-1.2(a))
Sec. 15-17. Sale of lost and found property.
All lost and found properties which have come into the possession of the police department
and have not been claimed by the owner or any person claiming an interest therein within
*Cross references—Administration, Ch. 2; police department, § 2-51 et seq.; offenses,
Ch. 13; traffic and motor vehicles, Ch. 21.
tState law references—Seized, abandoned, wrecked or derelict property, F.S. Ch. 705;
supplemental procedure for removal and destruction of abandoned property of nominal salvage
value only, F.S. § 705.16; Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act, F.S. § 932.701 et seq.
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ninety (90) days may, at the request of the chief of police and upon order of the county court,
be disposed of by sale in the same manner as described in section 15-16.
(Code 1970, § 2-1.2(b))
Sec. 15-18. Notice of sales.
Notice of all sales shall be given by the city clerk by advertising once each week for two
(2) successive weeks in a newspaper published within the county.
(Code 1970, § 2-1.2(c))
Sec. 15-19. Hours of sales.
All sales of property shall take place between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. any
day of the week as designated by the city clerk.
(Code 1970, § 2-1.2(d); Ord. No. 5-83-13, § 1, 12-12-83)
Sec. 15.20. Destruction.
If any of the confiscated, lost and found properties described in sections 15-16 and 15-17
are of no appreciable value, the city commission may order the destruction of same by the chief
of police.
(Code 1970, § 2-1.2(0)
Sec. 15-21. Transfer of _unclaimed or confiscated property for use by city or other
governmental. agency.
Any property unclaimed or confiscated for a period of ninety (90) days or mora that
save a useful productive service to the city or to another governmental agency may be placed
on the city inventory and transferred to any department within the city or transferred or sold
to another governmental agency upon approval of the city commission.
(Code 1970, § 2-1.2(g); Ord. No. 5-83-13, § 2, 12-12-83)
Sec. 15-22. Disposal of confiscated or lost firearms.
(a) For purposes of this section, the term "firearm" means any weapon (including a
starter gun) which will, is designated to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by
the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or
firearm silencer; any destructive device; or any machine gun. The term "firearm" shall not
include an antique firearm unless the antique firearm is used in the commission of a riot; the
enticing or encouraging of a riot; or the commission of a murder, an armed robbery, an
aggravated assault, an aggravated battery, a burglary, an aircraft piracy, a kidnapping,
sexual battery or other felony, misdemeanor or illegal shooting.
(b) In any case involving violation of law or ordinance, the firearm shall be held until such
time as the offense is disposed of or as otherwise provided by law.
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(c) If the person arrested for an offense involving a firearm is convicted of the offense, such
firearm shall be forfeited to the city without any order of forfeiture being necessary unless the
court having jurisdiction over the offense orders a contrary disposition.
(d) If the person arrested as aforesaid be acquitted of the offense involving the firearm,
said firearm shall be released to the owner upon presentation of proper proof of ownership;
however, if the owner fails to call for or receive the same within six (6) months from and after
the acquittal or dismissal of the charges, said firearm shall become forfeited to the city.
(e) Any firearm found, abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded within the city and coming
into the hands of the city police department shall be retained for a period of sixty (60) days. If
said firearm has not been identified as to ownership and/or reclaimed by the owner upon
proper proof of ownership, said firearm shall become forfeited to the city and no action or
proceeding for their recovery shall thereafter be pursued.
(f) Any firearms coming into the possession of the police department, pursuant to the
above sections, shall be documented by serial number when known or by general description
when unknown and kept and held in the evidence/property section until such time as released
or disposed of.
(g) All firearms forfeited to the city, pursuant to the foregoing sections, shall be disposed
of as follows:
(1) All firearms having been forfeited which are not needed or are useless or unfit for use
shall be destroyed.
(2) Any firearms which are needed and deemed useable for law enforcement use will be
retained and added to the police department inventory upon approval of the chief of
police.
(3) Rifles, shotguns, and handguns, except short barreled shotguns and short barreled
rifles as defined in Chapter 790, Florida Statutes; and curio and relic firearms as
defined by Part 178, 27 CFR, may be sold or traded to licensed firearm dealers upon
approval of the chief of police.
(Ord. No. 57-9147, § 1, 9-26-91)
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Chapter 16
SOLID WASTE*
Sec. 16.1. Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings
respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Commercial A unit shall mean any business establishment required to have a commercial
dumpster. Within this classification are, by way of example, stores, shops, grocery stores, food
stores, amusement houses, drug and sundry stores, dry goods and hard goods stores, package
stores, filling stations, shopping centers and restaurants.
Commercial B unit shall mean any businesses, professions or occupations not required to
have a commercial dumpster.
Garbage shall mean every refuse accumulated from cooking, cleaning and housekeeping.
Garbage container shall mean a metal or plastic container of the type commonly sold as a
garbage container in good condition with a tight seal. A plastic bag at least one and three (1.3)
millimeters thick which is tightly sealed shall also be considered a garbage container.
Recyclable items shall include but not be limited to metal cans, glass bottles and jars, and
plastic (including soft drink, milk, water, juice and detergent) bottles and jugs, newspapers,
magazines, telephone books, corrugated cardboard, metal coathangers and any other mate-
rials which are designated by the director of public works.
Garden trash or yard trash or trash shall mean all the organic refuse accumulated from
the care of lawns, shrubbery, vines and trees.
Residence A unit shall mean a residence occupied by and the place of abode of a single
family where one (1) kitchen only is provided and maintained.
Residence B unit shall mean duplex residences under a single roof, or apartments con-
sisting of two (2) and not more than ten (10) housekeeping units under a single roof, or a
primary and secondary dwelling on the same lot.
Residence C unit shall mean a group of more than ten (10) housekeeping units where it is
not feasible to have garbage picked up from each individual residence and where a dumpster
is required for central pickup of garbage and trash.
Solid waste shall mean the solid portion of the waste stream including, but not limited to,
garbage, refuse, rubbish, recyclable items and garden trash.
*Editor's note—Ordinance No. 55-92-26, § 1, adopted April 13, 1992, amended Ch. 16,
Refuse and Trash, in its entirety, to read as set out herein. Prior to such amendment, Ch. 16
consisted of §§ 16-1-16-11, a derivation of which is located in the Code Comparative Table of
this Code.
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White goods shall mean appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, washing
machines, dryers, water heaters, air conditioners, compressor units, microwave ovens, televi-
sion sets and the like.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-2. Solid waste collection.
All solid waste accumulated in the city shall be collected, transported and disposed by the
city or a contractor designated by the city manager. No person shall collect, transport through
the streets or alleys of the city, or dump, incinerate, or in any other manner dispose of solid
waste originating in the city except through written agreement with the city manager. Each
residence and commercial unit shall separate the solid waste it generates into garbage, yard
trash and recycl_abl_es for collection. All garbage containers shall be emptied and the contents
thereof shall be disposed of at least twice each week in residential districts. Dumpsters in
residential districts and in the business districts shall be collected as designated by the city
manager. All yard trash shall be picked up and disposed of at least once each week. All
containers for recyclable items shall be emptied at least once each week. The number of days
per week of solid waste collection shall be set by resolution of the city commission.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-3. Garbage and trash containers.
(a) Containers. No garbage shall be collected unless it is placed in a closed garbage
container. Said container shall be waterproof and shall in no event exceed the dimensions of
a standard thirty -two -gallon (32) garbage can or bag. Nothing shall be picked up, collected or
removed by the city public works department unless it is within a garbage container as defined
herein.
(b) Set out and storage. No person shall place a container in front of a residential unit in
which he does not reside. Garbage containers set out for garbage collection shall be placed at
the curb of the street from which garbage service is rendered except as otherwise provided
herein. Garbage containers shall be set out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day prior to collection
and shall be returned to their regular place of storage no later than 12:00 midnight on the day
of collection. Garbage container blinds, which are in architectural harmony with the building,
or underground containers, may be placed anywhere between the building and the street from
which garbage service is rendered, but in no case shall they be located on public property. If
garbage is stored underground or behind a garbage container blind which is not located at the
curb, the garbage container must be moved to the curb for pickup. Any residence or commer-
cial unit to which this section creates a hardship to either the resident of the property or the
city sanitation department for placement of containers for garbage service shall apply to the
director of public works or his designee, who shall thereupon determine the location at which
garbage containers shall be placed. Garbage containers located other than as described in this
section shall not be emptied. In cases where lots run from street to street, the provisions of this
section applicable to front yards shall also apply to rear yards.
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(c) Inspection and approval. All garbage and trash containers shall be subject to inspec-
tion and approval or condemnation by the director of public works. Appeals of his decisions
may be made to the city manager.
(d) Dumpsters required. All commercial A and residence C type units shall be required to
have a commercial dumpster for disposal of garbage and trash. It shall be the duty of the
director of public works to determine the size dumpster required. Appeals of his decisions may
be made to the city manager.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16.4. Alternate disposal of recyclable items.
Any person may donate or sell their own recyclable items referred to herein to any person,
partnership or corporation, whether operating for profit or not for profit.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-5. Leaves and grass clippings; tree trunks.
Leaves and grass clippings shall be placed for collection at the curb in either a receptacle
meeting the standard for garbage collection or a disposable plastic or waterproof paper bag
securely fastened at the opening. Tree trunks, stumps, limbs, trimmings or waste -building
materials shall be collected; these items shall not exceed five (5) feet in length nor shall any
single item exceed a weight of fifty (50) pounds.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-6. Burial of solid waste.
No solid waste shall be buried upon the premises of the person by whom the solid waste
is accumulated. No solid waste shall be buried elsewhere in the city except upon written
permission of the city manager. Composting shall not be considered burial or disposal.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-7. Depositing on vacant lots, streets, parks, etc., prohibited; compost piles.
(a) It shall be unlawful to deposit garbage, trash, recyclable items or any other solid waste
including old furniture, appliances, bedsprings, tires, building materials or auto parts upon
any vacant or unoccupied premises of the city, or upon any street, alley or park.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit garden trash upon any adjoining lot or
premises, whether vacant or improved, occupied or unoccupied, or upon any other lot or
premises, or a street, plaza, alley or park, or in any canal, waterway, lake or pool within the
city. Garden trash containing no combustible matter or matter which will, during decay, give
off offensive odors, may be accumulated by the owner as a mulch or compost pile in the rear
of the premises upon which accumulated.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
State law reference—Florida Litter Law, F.S. § 403.413
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Sec. 16-8. Fees for collection.
All residents, occupants and owners of premises in the city shall have accumulations of
solid waste removed and disposed of by the sanitation division of the city, and for the service
of solid waste removal shall pay the city the sums shown below for each type of service:
(1) Residence A unit. For each residence A unit there shall be a charge of forty-eight
dollars ($48.00) per quarter, payable to the city for each residence A unit.
(2) Residence B unit. For each housekeeping unit in a residence B unit there shall be a
charge of forty-eight dollars ($48.00) per quarter, payable to the city for each such
housekeeping unit.
(3) Residence C unit. A container or dumpster will be furnished and maintained by the
city and there shall be a charge of one hundred sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents
($167.50) per cubic yard per quarter for each container or dumpster.
(4) Commercial A unit. For each commercial A unit, there shall be a charge of one
hundred sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($167.50) per cubic yard per quarter for
each dumpster.
Note: Charge includes dumpster maintenance and replacement.
(5) Commercial B unit. All businesses, professions and occupations not required to have
a commercial dumpster. There shall be a charge of forty-eight dollars ($48.00) per
quarter, payable to the city for each commercial B unit.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-9. Annual review of fees.
A review of residential and commercial solid waste rates shall be conducted annually by
the director of finance and completed by August 31 of each year.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-10. Noncompliance.
The city shall not be required to collect any garbage, recyclable items or garden trash
which does not comply with this chapter.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-11. Removal of lot clearing, contractors' debris; oil and grease.
Trash and debris caused from the operation of lot cleaning or clearing and contractors'
debris caused from building, rebuilding or otherwise altering of buildings or structures shall
be removed by the owner or contractor performing the work. Spent oils or greases accumulated
at garages, filling stations or similar establishments will not be removed by the city.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
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Sec. 16.12. Prima facie evidence of production of garbage; duty of city to inspect
premises.
Any place of abode or any place of business occupied or in operation shall be prima facie
evidence that garbage is being produced and accumulated on the premises. It shall be the duty
of the proper representatives of the city to inspect and supervise the premises and remove all
refuse and garbage found on the premises, provided the required fees as required by this
chapter have been paid by the resident or occupant, or to notify the proper persons if the
removal is not the duty of the city.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-13. White goods, procedure and fees for removal.
All residents, occupants and owners of residential premises in the city who have not
arranged for private disposal of white goods as elsewhere authorized in this chapter shall have
said white goods removed and disposed of by the sanitation division of the city according to the
following procedure:
(1) For each separate white good, the person wishing to dispose thereof shall provide to
the city, either in person or by telephone, a sufficient description of the white good in
order for city to adequately identify said white good.
a. The city shall obtain from any person wishing to dispose of any white good that
person's name, address, and telephone number, together with a description of the
white good, and said information will be placed on a list for removal and disposal
by the sanitation division.
b. The city shall inform each person wishing to dispose of any white good of the date
to place any white good at curbside for removal and disposal by the city, and all
persons must provide the above information and be placed on the list for removal
of white goods prior to placing any white good at curbside.
c. It shall be unlawful to place any white good at curbside unless the above proce-
dure is complied with; it shall also be unlawful to places any white good upon
vacant or unoccupied premises in the city, or upon any street, alley or park.
(2) The city may collect a fee for the removal and disposal of each white good if deemed
necessary by the city manager. The amount of such fee shall be approved by resolu-
tion of the city commission.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 16-14. Enforcement.
This chapter shall be enforced by the city police department, the city public works de-
partment, the city commission, the city manager or his designee, the building inspector and
the code enforcement officer. All parties herein referred to are hereby authorized to sign
complaints for violation of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
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§ 16-15 ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Sec. 16-15. Violations and penalties.
The violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days, or by both
fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. No. 55-92-26, § 1, 4-13-92)
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TAXATION § 20-59
044 BANKS, state or national 250.00
046 BAR, LOUNGE, or TAVERN selling alcoholic beverages intended
for consumption on the premises, with sale of food items or
nonalcoholic beverages 45.00
048A BARBERSHOP (includes one operator) 45.00
048B Each additional chair 9.00
050A BEAUTY SHOP (includes one operator) 45.00
050B Each additional operator 9.00
050C Manicurist, each 9.00
050D Cosmetologist, each 9.00
050E Tanning facilities 20.00
(Requires licensing by Dept. of Professional Regulation.)
050F Beauty supply shop 45.00
BICYCLES:
052A Rentals only 18.50
052B Repair shop and 'rentals 28.00
052C Sales and service 45.00
054A BILLIARDS (3 tables) 37.50
054B Each additional table 37.50
056 BOAT SALES, new or used, with or without service 45.00
058 BOOKKEEPING or TAX SERVICE 28.00
060 BOOK STORES or STATIONERS 45.00
061 BREWERY, MICRO 45.00
(Requires licensing by the department of business regulation,
division of alcoholic beverages and tobacco.)
BROKERS:
062A Mortgage/moneylenders 300.00
062B Stocks and bonds 45.00
064 BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 45.00
066 BUILDING SUPPLIES 18.50
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§ 20-59 ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
068 BUTCHER or MEAT DEALER, selling fresh meats at retail and
paying no other license 45.00
070 CABINET or CARPENTER SHOPS, sales and installations 18.50
072 CANDY or POP CORN SHOPS 45.00
CARPET CLEANERS, see Cleaning or Janitorial Service.
074 CATERING 45.00
076 CEMENT or ARTIFICIAL STONE, manufacture or installation45.00
078 CEMETERY 187.50
080 CERAMICS, SCHOOLS or SALES 45.00
CHILD CARE: See Day Nursery.
082 CLEANING, JANITORIAL or MAID SERVICE, this classification
includes carpet cleaning, window -washing and pressure -washing
services 45.00
084 CLOTHING STORE, men, women or children 45.00
CLUBS:
866
uoor� Private club 93.00
086C Country club 93.00
COIN-OPERATED VENDING MACHINES, AMUSEMENT MA-
CHINES or ARCADE: (Definition: Pinball, marble, electronic,
music, etc. are classified as amusement machines.)
088A Arcade 250.00
088B Amusement, each machine 28.00
088C Vending: each machine 9.00
090 COMPUTER HARDWARE or SOFTWARE, sales and service 45.00
091 COMPUTER/WORD PROCESSING SERVICE 45.00
CONSIGNMENT or THRIFT SHOP, see Secondhand Merchandise
092 CONSULTANT, not otherwise classified 45.00
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TAXATION
CONTRACTORS:
094A General: 1— 10 employees
094B 11— 20
094C 21— 30
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§ 20-59
9.00
16.00
25.00
TAXATION § 20-59
TRAILER PARK or TOURIST CAMP:
342A 1-10 trailer spaces 45.00
342B 11-20 trailer spaces 65.00
342C 21 or more trailer spaces 93.50
344 TRAVEL AGENCY 50.00
TREE SERVICE or TREE SURGEON: See Contractor.
346 TROPHY or AWARDS sales with or without engraving service 45.00
TRUCKS: See Automobiles or Other Vehicles.
348 TYPEWRITER or OTHER OFFICE MACHINE repairman not in-
cluded in other licensed business 25.00
TYPEWRITERS: See Office Equipment.
UNDERTAKER: See Funeral Home.
350 UPHOLSTERER 45.00
352 VACUUM CLEANER sales, service or repair 45.00
VARIETY STORE: See Department Store.
VAULTS: See Security Systems.
354 VENDING MACHINE dispensing merchandise of any kind not in-
cluding machines classified as Amusement Devices or Coin -
Operated Devices
9.00
356 VETERINARIAN or VETERINARY SURGEON, each
(Requires licensing by Dept. of Professional Regulation.) 37.50
VIDEO GAME CENTER: See Coin -Operated Machines.
358 VIDEO TAPE RENTALS AND CLUBS 45.00
VITAMINS: See Health Food Store or Drugstore.
360 WALL COVERING or WINDOW TREATMENT, sales or installa-
tion 45.00
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§ 20-59 ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
WAREHOUSE or STORAGE FACILITY LEASING: See Storage.
WATCH or CLOCK SHOP: See Jewelry, Watch or Clock.
362 WATER COMPANIES, BOTTLED or BULK, sale or delivery 45.00
364 WATER SOFTENING AND CONDITIONING equipment sales, ser-
vice or supplies 45.00
WELDING: See Machine Shop.
WELL DRILLING: See Contractor.
WINDOW WASHING: See Cleaning Service.
YARD MAINTENANCE: See Lawn Service.
(Code 1970, § 10-5; Ord. No. 45-80-4, 9-8-80; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84; Ord. No. 45-86-7, §
1, 1-12-87; Ord. No. 45-90-8, § 1, 6-25-90; Ord. No. 45-91-9, § 1, 1.28-91; Ord. No. 45-92-10, 1,
4-13-92)
Secs. 20.60-20-75. Reserved.
ARTICLE N. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAXES
Sec. 20-76. Casualty risks.
There is hereby assessed, imposed and levied on every insurance company, corporation or
other insurer now engaging in or carrying on, or which shall hereafter engage in or carry on
the business or insuring with respect to casualty risks, as shown by the records of the insur-
ance commissioner of the state, an excise or license tax in addition to any license tax or excise
tax now levied by the city, which tax shall be in the amount of one (1) percent of the gross
amount of receipts of premiums for policyholders on all premiums collected on casualty insur-
ance policies, covering property within the corporate limits of the city.
(Ord. No. 45-80-4, 9-8-80)
State law reference—Authority for this section, F.S. § 185.08.
Sec. 20-77. Property insurance.
There is hereby assessed, imposed and levied on every insurance company, corporation or
other insurer now engaging in or carrying on, or which shall hereafter engage in or carry on
the business of property insurance, as shown by the records of the insurance commissioner of
the state, an excise or license tax in addition to any license tax or excise tax now levied by the
city, which tax shall be in the amount of two (2) percent of the gross amount or receipts of
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Chapter 21
TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES*
Art. I. In General, §§ 21-1-21-15
Art. II. Stopping, Standing and Parking, §§ 21-16-21-49
Div. 1. Generally, §§ 21-16-21-35
Div. 2. Enforcement, §§ 21-36-21-49
Art. III. Wrecker Service, §§ 21.50-21-54
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 21.1. Adoption of Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law.
There is hereby adopted by reference the Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law, being F.S.
Ch. 316, as amended, which law shall be in full force and effect in the city as if fully set forth
herein, and shall be considered as part of this chapter.
(Code 1970, § 11-1)
Sec. 21-2. Permit required for parades and processions.
No procession or parade, except the United States armed services, the military forces of
this state and the forces of the police and fire department, shall occupy, march or proceed along
any street or roadway except in accordance with a permit issued by the chief of police and such -
other regulations as are set forth in this Code which may apply. The chief of police shall issue
the permit only after the approval for the issuance is given by the city manager, following a
recommendation for the issuance of the permit to the city manager by the chief of police.
(Code 1970, § 22-2)
Secs. 21-3-21-15. Reserved.
*Cross references—Any ordinance pertaining to traffic or parking regulations applying
to specific streets saved from repeal, § 1-5(10); use of vehicles prohibited in beach safety zone,
§ 5-17; mobile homes and recreational vehicles, Ch. 10; use of sirens, whistles, etc., on vehicles
prohibited, § 11-4; offenses, Ch. 13; police, Ch. 15; signs and advertising structures as traffic
hazards, § 17-4; streets, sidewalks and other public places, Ch. 19.
State law references—Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law, F.S. Ch. 316; powers of local
authorities, F.S. § 316.008.
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§ 21-16 ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
ARTICLE II. STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING*
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY.
Sec. 21-16. Manner of parking.
No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of
the roadway in the direction of the traffic. If a curb is present, the curbed side wheels of the
vehicle shall be within twelve (12) inches of the edge of the roadway, except as provided in the
following paragraphs:
(1) Angle parking upon a street which has been marked or signed for angle parking. The
vehicle shall be parked at the angles of the curb indicated by the mark or sign;
(2) Loading or unloading in a place where, and at hours when, stopping for the loading
or unloading of merchandise or materials is permitted. A vehicle is used for the
transportation of merchandise or material may be backed into the curb to take on or
discharge loads.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 1, 4-12-82)
State law reference—Similar provisions, F.S. § 316.195.
Sec. 21-17. Prohibited in specific areas.'
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic -control device
in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk or in a manner that any part of the vehicle is protruding over a
sidewalk or any part of the sidewalk area;
(2) In front of a public driveway, or private driveway upon complaint;
(3) Within twenty (20) feet of an intersection where posted;
(4) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, unless permitted to do so by
a zone or devices established in the area;
(7) Along side or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when the stopping, standing
or parking could obstruct traffic, and any place where any official sign prohibits
*Cross references—Off-street parking and loading, § 24-161; parking lots, § 24-162;
storage and parking of vehicles in residential districts, § 24-163.
State law references—Authority to regulate or prohibit stopping, standing or parking,
F.S. § 316.008(1)(a); stopping, standing or parking in specified places, F.S. § 316.1945; addi-
tional parking regulations, F.S. § 316.195.
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stopping or parking, and any parking place specifically designated and marked for the
disabled unless the vehicle displays a parking permit as required by state law.
a. A person who is chauffeuring a disabled person shall be allowed, without need for
an identification parking permit, momentary parking in the parking space for
the purpose of loading or unloading a disable person, and no penalty shall be
imposed upon the driver for this momentary parking.
b. A person convicted of violating these provisions regarding parking spaces desig-
nated for disabled persons shall be punished by a fine of two hundred and fifty
dollars ($250.00).
c. All fines collected for violations regarding parking spaces designated for disabled
persons shall be distributed as follows:
1. Thirty-five (35) percent shall be placed in a separate account of the city to be
expended only to improve accessibility and equal opportunity to qualified
physically disabled persons in the city and to provide funds to conduct public
awareness programs in the city concerning physically disabled persons. These
funds shall be appropriate by the city commission prior to expenditure, but
shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year and shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes stated herein.
2. The remaining percentage of the fines collected shall be distributed as pro-
vided by law.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 2, 4-12-82; Ord. No. 75-90-8, § 1, 2-26-90)
State law reference—Similar provisions, F.S. § 316.1945.
Sec. 21-18. Obstructing traffic.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a street in a manner or under such
conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of a roadway for free movement of
vehicular traffic, except a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading
of passengers or when necessary in obedience to a traffic regulation or traffic sign or signal or
a police officer.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 3, 4-12-82)
Sec.s 21-19. Compliance with signs prohibiting parking required.
When a sign prohibiting parking is erected, no person shall park a vehicle in such a
designated place.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 4, 4-12-82)
Sec. 21.20. Parking limitations.
When a sign is erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle
for longer than the respective times set forth in any schedule applicable thereto promulgated
and adopted by the city manager.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 5, 4-12-82)
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§ 21-21 ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Sec. 21-21. Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway or right-of-way for the principal
purpose of:
(1) Displaying it for sale; or
(2) Washing, greasing, or repairing the vehicle, except repairs necessitated by an emer-
gency.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 6, 4-12-82)
Sec. 21-22. Commercial, recreational, etc., vehicles; weight requirements.
(a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a commercial vehicle in excess of eighteen thou-
sand five hundred (18,500) pounds gross vehicle weight, or any combination thereof, or any
component part thereof upon any private property in a residential zone except for the purpose
of loading and unloading. Component part shall include the tractor unit or trailer unit of any
tractor -trailer type truck.
(b) No person shall stop, stand, or park a recreational vehicle, camper, bus, flatbed truck,
travel trailer, equipment trailer, boat, boat trailer or commercial vehicle upon any street or
right-of-way, except for the purpose of loading or unloading.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 7, 4-12-82; Ord. No. 75-92-9, § 1, 2-24-92)
Sec. 21-23. Parking more than seventy-two hours prohibited.
No person shall park a motor vehicle on any street or right-of-way for a period of time in
excess of seventy-two (72) hours.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 8, 4-12-82)
Sec. 21-24. Abandoned, wrecked, junked or inoperative property, etc.—Declared un-
lawful; exception; nuisance declared.
(a) Abandoned property. Florida Statute Chapter 705 is hereby adopted by reference in its
entirety as if fully set forth herein.
(1) Abandoned property on private property; procedures for removal thereof.
a. Whenever the enforcement officer, Atlantic Beach police officer or Atlantic Beach
code enforcement officer, shall ascertain that an article or articles of abandoned
property are present on private property within the limits of Atlantic Beach in
violation of any zoning ordinance or regulation, anti -litter ordinance or regula-
tion, or other similar ordinance or regulation of Atlantic Beach, the enforcement
officer shall cause a notice to be placed upon such article in substantially the
following form:
NOTICE TO THE OWNER AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE
ATTACHED PROPERTY. This property, to wit: (setting forth brief description)
located at (setting forth brief description of location) is improperly stored and is
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in violation of (set forth ordinance or regulation violated) and must be removed
within ten (10) days or, if the property is a boat, thirty (30) days from date of this
notice; otherwise it shall be presumed to be abandoned property and will be
removed and destroyed by order of the City of Atlantic Beach. If the property is
a motor vehicle or boat, the owner will be liable for the costs of removal and
destruction.
Dated this: (Set forth date of posting of notice).
Signed: (Set forth name, title, address and telephone number of enforcement
officer).
Such notice shall not be less than eight (8) inches by ten (10) inches and shall be
sufficiently weatherproofed to withstand normal exposure to the elements for a
period of ten (10) days. In addition to posting the notice, and on or before the date
of posting, the enforcement officer shall mail a copy of the notice to the owner of
the real property upon which the abandoned articles are located as shown by the
real estate tax record used by the City of Atlantic Beach, and if the abandoned
property is a motor vehicle or boat, shall make a reasonable effort to ascertain the
name and address of the owner and shall mail a copy of the notice to such owner.
b. If at the end of ten (10) days (or if the property is a boat, thirty (30) days) after
posting such notice, the owner or any person interested in the abandoned article
or articles described in such notice has not removed the article or articles and
complied with the ordinance or regulation cited in the notice, the enforcement
officer may cause the article or articles of abandoned property to be removed and
destroyed. The salvage value, if any, of such article or articles shall be retained
by the City of Atlantic Beach to be applied against the cost of removal and
destruction thereof, unless the cost of removal and destruction is paid by the
owner, in which case the salvage value may be deposited in the local government
general fund.
(b) Nuisance declared. To accumulate or store one (1) or more of such vehicles on public or
private property shall constitute a nuisance detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of
inhabitants of the city, and it shall be the duty of the registered owner of the vehicle, and the
property upon which the vehicle is located to remove the vehicle from the city limits, or to have
the vehicle housed in a building where it will not be visible from the street.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 9, 4-12-82; Ord. No. 75-85-4, § 1, 3-11-85; Ord. No. 75-88-7, § 1, 9-12-88)
Cross reference—Nuisances, Ch. 12.
Sec. 21-25. Removing and impounding.
Members of the department of public safety of the city are hereby authorized to remove
and shall cause to be removed any vehicle from any street or alley or right-of-way within the
city to a public garage or other place of safety under circumstances enumerated in this article:
(1) When a vehicle is left unattended:
a. On a sidewalk;
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b. In front of a public or private driveway upon complaint;
c. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant; '
d. Within an intersection;
e. On a crosswalk; or
f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing,
or parking would obstruct traffic.
(2) When any vehicle is left unattended at any place where official signs prohibit parking,
stopping or standing;
(3) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street or right-of-way for a period of
time longer than seventy-two (72) hours;
(4) When a vehicle upon a street or alley is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to
traffic, Oi the person in charge of the vehicle is, by reason of physical injury or
condition, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or
removal;
(5) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street or alley and is so parked illegally,
or the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to normal movement of traffic.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 10, 4-12-82)
Cross reference—Establishment of rotating wrecker call list, § 21-50.
Sec. 21.26. Same—Towage and storage charges.
Any and all towage and storage charges reasonably due the operator of the garage or place
where the vehicle removed under provisions of this article is stored shall constitute a lien
against the vehicle. The operator of the garage or other place the vehicle is stored is hereby
authorized auvu Lv hold vaau vc:aalWe`. until WYG Wvv t'igC cailil otvt [ilgt"i cVSLb XYYG paid by LYli". VW11eY of the
vehicle, or, in his behalf, the operator; provided, that in no event shall the city or any officer;
employee or department of the city be liable for the charges and costs by reason of their
enforcement of this section.
(Ord. No. 75-82-3, § 11, 4-12-82)
Cross reference—Charges for towing and storage, § 21-51.
Sec. 21-27. Residential parking sticker program.
(a) Definitions. [The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this
section, except where context clearly indicates a different meaning:]
Residential parking street shall mean a street or portion thereof where curbside parking
is limited to vehicles properly displaying a residential parking permit authorized by this
section. Designated streets will be enumerated by resolution of the city commission and amended
from time to time by said body.
Resident shall mean any person who resides in or pays real property taxes to the city on
real estate or on a structure approved for residential occupancy and who is the owner of such
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structure or tenant therein, or who can demonstrate some other indication of exclusive right -
of -occupancy.
(b) Designation of residential parking streets. A street or a portion thereof may be desig-
nated as a residential parking street by the city commission acting on its own upon public
notice and hearing, or upon request by residents, provided that any request by residents shall
be in a petition form suitable to the city clerk and filed with the city clerk, signed by at least
fifty (50) percent of all residents eighteen (18) years of age or older who reside on the street or
portion of the street under consideration. After advertisement and notice to all property
owners of proposed residential parking street or portion thereof, the petition shall be placed on
the agenda of a regularly scheduled meeting of the city commission. The commission shall
then decide on whether or not to designate the street or portion thereof as a residential parking
street, provided the city commission makes at least the following findings:
(1) It has sufficient information to make such decision;
(2) Designation of the proposed residential parking street or portion thereof is in the best
interests of the public health, safety, and welfare; and
(3) At least fifty (50) percent of the residents eighteen (18) years of age and older to be
affected by said designation are in agreement therewith.
(c) Withdrawal of designation of residential parking street. The city commission may, at
any time, upon petition as aforesaid or on its own motion, upon public notice and hearing,
withdraw the designation of an existing residential parking street. Such withdrawal shall
become effective thirty (30) days after such vote.
(d) Posting of residential parking permit signs. Following the city commission's vote to
designate a residential parking street, parking signs shall be erected on said residential
parking street. The signs shall inform vehicle operators that curbside parking on the street is
restricted unless said vehicle displays a residential parking permit authorized by this section.
Additionally, each parking space shall be painted and/or especially marked to reflect an area
for residential parking permit only. Vehicles exceeding the boundaries of the parking spaces
so marked will not be allowed.
(e) Residential parking permits. The applicant for a residential parking permit must be a
resident of the city and the vehicle to which said permit is to be affixed shall be owned, leased,
or, in the case of a company car, issued to a resident of the city. Any resident over the age of
sixteen (16) may apply for a residential parking permit by completing an application therefor
prescribed by the city manager, which application shall be designed to provide the following
information: The name and residential address of the owner of the vehicle, the name, resi-
dential address and driver's license number of the principle operator of the vehicle; the make,
model and registration number of the vehicle. The driver's license and vehicle registration
must be presented with the application. Whenever the director of finance or his designee finds
that the applicant qualifies under this chapter for a residential parking permit for the vehicle
described in the application, he or she shall, upon payment of the fees set forth herein, issue
one (1) residential parking permit in the form of a sticker or other method prescribed by the
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city manager. The fee for a residential parking permit shall be five dollars ($5.00) for the first
year and one dollar ($1.00) for each year thereafter, payable at the time of the submission of
the application for the permit. The fee shall not be prorated and no portion of any fee shall be
refundable.
(f) Renewal or transfer of permits. A holder of a valid permit from the previous year shall
be entitled to a new residential parking permit for the current year upon payment of the
annual fee and submission of evidence to the director of finance or his designee that the holder
is still qualified for the residential parking permit. For the purposes of this program, an
annual year shall be comprised of the dates between January 1 and December 31. The holder
of a valid residential parking permit shall receive a new residential parking permit for the
purpose of transferring the same to another qualifying vehicle upon completion of a new
application and payment of fee as hercbcforc provided.
(g) Use of residential parking permits. A parking permit shall not guarantee or reserve a
parking space nor shall it excuse the observance of any traffic parking regulation. It shall be
a violation of this section for the holder of a residential parking permit to use said permit when
the permit holder no longer fulfills one (1) or more of the applicable provisions of this section.
It shall be a violation of the section for any person to represent, in any fashion, that a vehicle
is entitled to a parking permit authorized by this section when in fact it is not so entitled. The
display of a parking permit on a vehicle not entitled to such a permit shall constitute a
violation of this section. It shall be a violation of this section for any person to duplicate or
attempt to duplicate a residential parking permit or to display on any vehicle such a duplicate
parking permit. It shall be a violation of this section for any vehicle to park in a designated
permit parking space on a residential parking street without a valid parking permit issued by
the city.
(h) Violations and penalties. The parking of any vehicle in a manner contrary to the
residential parking provision established herein shall be subject to the penalties and laws
provided within the Code of Ordinances of the city. The use of any residential parking permit
in a manner contrary to the provisions established herein is prohibited and the same is
declared to be unlawful in addition to those penalties dictated above, the city manager or
designee shall have the responsibility and authority to revoke the residential parking permit
of any resident for the abuse of or use of a residential parking permit in a manner contrary to
the provisions established in this section. Revocation of the residential parking permit or
conviction of a violation may be considered just cause for denial of future residential parking
permits to such resident. The parking of any vehicle in a manner contrary to the residential
parking provision established herein shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 21-38
(1) of the Code of the city, as set forth in the schedule attached to Ordinance 75-92-9.
(i) This section is hereby repealed effective 12:00 midnight on February 23, 1994. Prior to
the repeal hereof, upon review by the city commission, this section may be extended as deemed
appropriate by the city commission.
(Ord. No. 75-92-9, § 2, 2-24-92)
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Secs. 21-28-21.35. Reserved.
DIVISION 2. ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 21-36. Issuance of citations.
The director of public safety shall have exclusive control of and shall have printed uniform
traffic citations which shall be prenumbered and which shall be issued to the public safety
officers. It shall be the duty of the public safety officers to check on parking locations for
indications of illegal parking and to give the notice of the violation of parking ordinances
regulating the parking of vehicles in any street block of the city. Notice of violation of a
parking ordinance by public safety officers shall be given by leaving a citation specifying the
violation with the registered owner or operator of the vehicle or by attaching the citation to the
vehicle if it is unattended. A duplicate copy of each such ticket shall be made and filed by the
public safety officer, with his signature affixed thereto, at the close of each day's work, with
the director of public safety.
(Code 1970, § 11-3; Ord. No. 57-79-8, § 11.30, 6-11-79)
Sec. 21-37. Form of citations.
Citations for violation of parking ordinances shall:
(1) Be in writing and in the name of the city;
(2) Set forth substantially the nature of the offense and the number of the ordinance
being violated;
(3) State the date and time delivered;
(4) Specify the license tag number of the vehicle causing the violation as well as the
person cited if delivered in person;
(5) Command the owner or operator of the vehicle causing the violation to pay to the
director of the public safety department the applicable fine as established by section
21-38;
(6) Be signed by the person issuing them.
(Code 1970, § 11-5)
Sec. 21-38. Schedule of fines.
There is established the following schedule of fines to be assessed in cases of parking
violations occurring in the city:
(1) Parking in prohibited areas $ 15.00
(2) Parking at fire hydrant 15.00
(3) Improper parking 15.00
(4) Parking double 15.00
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(5) Obstructing traffic 15.00
(6) Obstructing driveway 15.00
(7) Illegal parking in space reserved for handicapped 250.00
(Code 1970, § 11-4; Ord. NO. 57-84-10, 4-9-84; Ord. No. 75-86-5, § 1, 1, 5-27-86)
Sec. 21-39. Payment of parking fines.
(a) The director of public safety is authorized to accept payment of a parking fine as
specified on the parking citation and in accordance with the schedule of fines at any time
before a summons is issued with respect thereto, in person at his office or by mail. The
voluntary payment of a parking fine shall be deemed equivalent to the entry of a plea of guilty
to the offense charged and waiver of the right to a trial for purposes of this chapter.
(b) There is imposed on each person charged with violation of a parking ordinance who
fails to pay the parking fine within seven (7) days an additional cost of two dollars ($2.00). If
the director of public safety has not received payment of a parking fine within seven (7) days
after the delivery of the citation or if the violator has paid by U.S. mail, and his payment is not
postmarked within seven (7) days after delivery of the citation, the director of public safety
shall give written notice to the person in whose name the license tag on the vehicle is regis-
tered, as the case may be, by U.S. mail at his last known address, that a summons will be
issued unless the parking fine and two dollar ($2.00) additional cost is paid within thirty (30)
days from the date of violation.
(c) The director of public safety shall have the discretion of relieving the person named in
the citation of paying the additional two dollars ($2.00) cost upon good cause being shown and
documented by the director of public safety.
(d) If the mailed notice cannot be delivered to the person named in the citation or if there
is not available to the director of public safety sufficient or available local information on
out -of -county and out-of-state vehicles, the director of public safety shall, after diligent effort
to locate the person, make the citation uncollectible and permanently file same.
(e) If the director of public safety has not received voluntary payment of a parking fine
within the above thirty -day period, or if paid by mail, not postmarked within thirty (30) days
of the date of the original citation, he shall, based on the original citation, certify to the state
attorney by affidavit the nonpayment of the parking fine within the thirty -day period, who
shall cause to have issued a summons commanding the person named in the citation or the
person in whose name the license tag on the vehicle is registered, as the case may be, to appear
before the county court at a designated place not less than seventy-two (72) hours after the
delivery of the summons, unless another time and place is ordered by the court. For the
purpose of prosecution in the county court, the issuance of the summons shall constitute a
docket entry.
(Code 1970, § 11-6)
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Sec. 21-40. Disposition of money collected as fines.
All fines and costs collected in accordance with the terms of this division shall be paid
forthwith to the director of finance in a manner prescribed by the director of finance.
(Code 1970, § 11-8)
Sec. 21.41. Presumption of motor vehicle ownership.
For purposes of violation of a parking ordinance of the city, the specification of a motor
vehicle license tag number on a citation for such violation, by an officer charged with enforce-
ment thereof, shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle is owned by the person in
whose name the license tag is registered in the office of the appropriate agency of the state
issuing the license tag.
(Code 1970, § 11-7)
Secs. 21-42-21-49. Reserved.
ARTICLE III. WRECKER SERVICE*
Sec. 21.50. Establishment of rotating wrecker call list.
The chief of police, subject to approval by the city manager, is authorized to establish
standards and rules for the administration of a rotating wrecker service to the city. All
wrecker and towing firms, companies, or corporations licensed to conduct that business may
apply for a listing by the police department on the rotating wrecker call list.
(Ord. No. 57-92-18, § 1, 4-13-92)
Sec. 21-51. Charges for towing and storage.
(a) The charges for towing and otherwise removing any damaged motor vehicle from any
point within the city limits shall be as follows:
*Editor's note—Ordinance No. 57-92-18, §§ 1-5, adopted April 13, 1992, did not specif-
ically amend the Code; therefore inclusion as §§ 21-50-21-54 was at the discretion of the
editor.
Cross references—Removing and impounding, § 21-25; towage and storage charges, §
21-26.
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§ 21-51
(1) Class A wrecker:
Passenger cars and
light vans
Trucks (half -ton to two
tons
Campers, trailers and
mobile homes
Motorcycles
(2) Class B wrecker:
Any truck, unit or part
thereof, from more
than two tons to ten
tons of weight
(3) Class C wrecker:
Any truck or unit of
ten tons or greater
weight
(4)
(5)
Overturned vehicles:
Regular price plus
On Ocean:
Driver and/or wrecker
must enter water reg-
ular price plus
(6) Use of dollies:
Regular price plus
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Daytime
(6:00a.m.-6:00p.m.)
$35.00
35.00
50.00
35.00
$50.00 per hour towing charge,
but in no event less than a
$50.00 charge for towing, and
not more than $50.00 per hour
for cleanup, extra labor and
waiting time.
$75.00 per hour towing charge
for a truck or unit transport-
able as a whole, but in no event
less than $75.00 charge for such
towing, or, $100.00 per hour
towing charge for a truck or
other unit not transportable as
a whole, but in no event less
than a $100.00 charge for such
towing; and not more than
$100.00 per hour for cleanup,
extra labor or waiting time.
25.00
25.00
Nighttime
(6: 00p. m. — 6: 00a. m.)
Sunday and Legal
Holidays
$45.00
45.00
50.00
45.00
25.00
35.00
25.00 30.00
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(b) The charges for storage of vehicles by wrecker service operators shall be as follows:
Storage, outside per day
Storage, inside per day
$5.00
6.00
(c) When a wrecker is called and the owner arrives to claim his vehicle before it can be
removed, a partial fee is allowed of ten dollars ($10.00), if the wrecker has been physically
attached to the vehicle. If the owner arrives before the wrecker is attached, no fee will be
charged.
(d) The above charges may be changed by resolution adopted by the city commission.
(Ord. No. 57-92-18, § 2, 4-13-92)
Cross reference—Towage and storage charges, § 21-26.
Sec. 21-52. Wreckers to be equipped at all times.
All wreckers must be equipped at all times with amber flashing lights and all necessary
working tools, including but not limited to, bolt cutters, crowbars, shovel, broom, axe and fire
extinguisher.
(Ord. No. 57-92-18, § 3, 4-13-92)
Sec. 21.53. Liability insurance.
All wreckers must have, maintain, and keep in full force and effect, liability insurance in
amounts not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) to three hundred thousand
dollars ($300,000.00) and property insurance in an amount not less than fifty thousand dollars
($50,000.00).
(Ord. No. 57-92-18, § 4, 4-13-92)
Sec. 21-54. Repairing vehicles without authorization prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to dismantle or to make repairs, alterations or addi-
tions to any such removed vehicle without the written consent signed by its owner or his duly
authorized agent.
(Ord. No. 57-92-18, § 5, 4-13-92)
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Sec. 22-21. Right of access by city employees.
Duly authorized employees of the city shall have access at all reasonable hours to the
premises of the consumer for the purpose of reading meters, installing or removing any of its
property, examining pipes or fixtures or for any purpose incidental to providing service.
(Code 1970, § 27-5)
Sec. 22-22. Fee to reestablish service after cutoff.
If water service is turned off, either because of delinquency or upon the request of the
consumer, for any purpose, a cut -on fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be charged and paid
when water is turned on. A late fee of five dollars ($5.00) will be charged if an account is not
paid within thirty (30) days of the billing period.
(Code 1970, § 27-6; Ord. No. 80-85-25, § 1, 3-11-85; Ord. No. 5-85-15 § 2, 1-13-86)
Sec. 22-23. Testing of meters; liability for cost of testing; adjustment of bills.
Upon written request of a consumer, the meter will be tested by the city. The city will
require a deposit to defray cost of testing. Such deposit shall not exceed the following schedule
of fees:
Meter Size
(inches) Fee
6/8by3/4 $10.00
1 and 11/2 12.50
2 15.00
Above 2 Actual cost
If the meter, when tested, is found to be not more than two (2) percent fast, the deposit shall
be forfeited to the city as a service charge for conducting the test; otherwise, the expense of the
test will be borne by the city and billing adjustments for a period not to exceed six (6) months
will be made.
The city at any time, without charge, will make a field test of the accuracy of the water
meter in use at the customer's premises provided the meter has not been tested within the past
six (6) months.
(Code 1970, § 27-7; Ord. No. 80-86-33, § 1, 11-24-86)
Sec. 22-24. Liability of consumer for charges; no allowance to be made for vacant
houses unless water shut off.
Liability for service shall begin on the day the consumer is connected to the city water
main and shall continue thereafter until the service is disconnected for nonpayment or for
other cause, after written notice is given the city by the consumer of his desire to terminate the
service. No allowance will be made for vacant houses unless a request in writing to have the
water shut off is received by the city, nor will any allowance be made for any shut-off period
less than thirty (30) days.
(Code 1970, § 27-8)
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Sec. 22-25. Basis for billing if meter fails to register.
If any meter on a consumer's premises is destroyed by fire or other causes or fails to
register, the consumer will be billed for the period involved on a basis of previous consumption.
(Code 1970, § 27-9)
Sec. 22-26. Determination of type of service for each consumer.
The city manager, or some person designated by him, shall have the authority to deter-
mine what type of service shall be rendered by the city to each consumer.
(Code 1970, § 27-10)
Sec. 22-27. Property owner responsible to city for water charges.
The property owner shall at all times be responsible to the city for its proper charges for
water service.
(Code 1970, § 27-11)
Sec. 22-28. Charges for water service.
The reasonable rates, rentals, fees and other charges for the use of the services and
facilities of the city waterworks system are hereby found and determined to be and are hereby
fixed and established as follows:
(1) Customers within city:
a. Single units. The minimum bill for a single unit shall be for nine thousand (9,000)
gallons of water, and shall be nine dollars ($9.00) per quarter. All water used in
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($1.00) per one thousand (1,000) gallons.
b. Multiple units. For multiple units served through the same meter, the rates and
minimums shall be in accordance with the following scale. All excess gallonage
shall be charged for at the same rate as provided for single units above.
Minimum bill
Units Gallons per quarter
2 13,500 $13.50
3 18,000 18.00
4 22,500 22.50
5 27,000 27.00
6 31,500 31.50
7 36,000 36.00
For each additional unit over 7 there will be a minimum charge of $3.75 for 3,750
gallons per unit.
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(2) Customers outside the city: The rates applicable to customers outside the city shall be
one and one quarter (1.25) times the above rate applicable to customers inside the city.
(Code 1970, § 27-12; Ord. No. 80-81-20, 9-28-81; Ord. No. 80-85-27, § 1, 4-8-85; Ord. No.
80-91-45, § 1, 12-16-91)
Sec. 22-29. Billing dates; failure to receive bill; when bills become delinquent; dis-
connection of service for failure to pay bill.
Bills for minimum and excess water will be rendered at regular intervals, but the
rendering of bills is not an obligation on the part of the city, and failure of the consumer to
receive the bill shall not release or diminish the obligation of the consumer with respect to
payment thereof, or relieve the consumer of any obligation under this chapter. The bills for
service shall be due and payable on the date of billing and shall become delinquent thirty (30)
days thereafter. The director of finance shall order the immediate disconnection of all delin-
quent services, and service shall not be restored until the delinquent bill and a service charge
of five dollars 45.00) is paid.
(Code 1970, § 27-13)
Sec. 22-30. Private fire protection service.
Fire protection service charges shall be billed annually in advance. Fire protection
service, either private hydrants or sprinkler systems, shall be installed from the main inward
at the expense of the consumer. All such installations shall be made in strict accordance with
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UTILITIES § 22-166
testing pertinent to discharge to the community system in accordance with the provisions of
this article. The city shall have the right to suspend service if permission is denied.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VII, § 1), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-152. Information concerning industrial processes.
The city manager or other duly authorized employees are authorized to obtain informa-
tion concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of
discharge to the wastewater collection system. The industry must establish that the revela-
tion to the public of the information in question might result in an advantage to its competitors.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VII, § 2), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-153. Observing safety rules; indemnification and liability.
While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in section 22-151,
the manager or duly authorized employees of the city shall observe all safety rules applicable
to the premises established by the company, and the company shall be held harmless for
injury or death to the city employees, and the city shall indemnify the company against loss or
damage to its property by city employees and against liability claims and demands for
personal injury or property damage asserted against the company and growing out of the
gauging and sampling operation, except as such may be caused by negligence or failure of the
company to maintain safe conditions as required in section 22-134.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VII, § 3), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-154. Easements.
The city manager and other duly authorized employees of the city bearing proper creden-
tials and identification shall be permitted to enter all private properties through which the
city holds a duly negotiated easement for the purposes of, but not limited to, inspection,
observation, measurement, sampling, repair, and maintenance of any portion of the wastewa-
ter facilities lying within the easement. All entry and subsequent work, if any, on the
easement, shall be done in full accordance with the terms of the duly negotiated easement
pertaining to the private property involved.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VII, § 4), 6-27-83)
Secs. 22-155-22-165. Reserved.
DIVISION 7. SEWER USER RATES AND CHARGES
Sec. 22-166. Establishment of a quarterly base charge.
User charges will be levied quarterly as follows:
(a) Quarterly base charge. A quarterly base charge of twenty dollars and twenty-five cents
($20.25) per equivalent residential unit will be levied upon each connection in accordance with
the following:
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An equivalent residential unit (ERU) is defined as a wastewater connection that delivers
three hundred (300) gallons per day (gpd) of typically domestic wastewater flow to the waste
stream, or equivalency, as one five-eighths (6/s) inch by three-fourths (3/4) inch water meter.
The quarterly base charge is levied as follows:
Single-family residential
Multifamily residential
Mobile home
Travel trailers
Hotel/motel
with kitchen
Master -metered commercial
Restaurants, laundries, and car wash connections
All other commercial customers
$20.25 per account
0.75 x $20.25 per unit
0.75 x'$20.25 per unit
0.60 x $20.25 per site
0.50 x' $20.25 per unit
0.60 x $20.25 per unit
$20.25 per unit
$20.25 x ERC factor
$20.25 x ERC factor
where the ERC factor for the commercial classification is based upon meter size
as follows:
Meter Size ERC Factor
(in inches)
5/8 x %
1
$ 1.00
1.28
1Y2 2.08
2 2.88
3 5.60
4 10.00
6 20, 00
(b) The rates applicable to customers outside of the city shall be one and one quarter (1.25)
times the rates above.
(c) Quarterly base surcharge for revenue generation system required by the Federal En-
vironmental Protection Agency and the State Department of Environmental Regulation.
A surcharge of five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) per equivalent residential unit
shall be levied upon each connection except in the Buccaneer Water and Sewer
District in accordance with the following:
Usage Classification ERC Factor
Single-family residential $1.00 per account
Multifamily residential 0.75 per unit
Mobile home 0.75 per unit
Travel trailer site 0.60 per site
Hotel/motel 0.50 per unit
with kitchen 0.60 per unit.
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§ 22-169
Usage Classification ERC Factor
Master -metered commercial, more than one unit on one
meter $1.00 per unit
Commercial 5.50 x ERC Factor
Restaurants, laundries, and car wash connections 5.50 x ERC Factor
as provided in (a) above.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 1), 6-27-83; Ord. No. 80-85-28, § 1, 11-11-85; Ord. No.
80-86-30, § 1, 3-24-86; Ord. No. 80-86-31, § 1, 6-23-86; Ord. No. 80-87-34, § 1, 6-22-87; Ord. No.
80-91-45, § 2, 12-16-91)
Sec. 22-167. Schedule of wastewater volume charges.
(a) There is hereby established a uniform volume charge per one thousand (1,000) gallons
of water as follows:
(1) Single-family residential $2.25 per 1,000 gallons of actual residential water consump-
tion in excess of 9,000 gallons per quarter up to a maximum of 40,000 gallons per
quarter.
(2) Restaurants, laundries, $2.25 per 1,000 gallons of actual water consumption in excess
of 9,000 gallons per quarter
(3) All other classifications $2.25 per 1,000 gallons of actual water consumption in excess
of 9,000 gallons per quarter
(b) The rates applicable to customers outside of the city shall be one and one-quarter (1.25)
times the rates above.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 2), 6-27-83; Ord. No. 80-83-24, § 1, 9-12-83; Ord. No.
80-85-28, § 2, 11-11-85; Ord. No. 80-86-31, § 2, 6-23-86; Ord. No. 80-88-38, § 1, 3-14-88; Ord. No.
80-88-40, § 1, 6-13-88; Ord. No. 80-91-45, § 3, 12-16-91)
Sec. 22-168. Review and changes of rates.
The uniform rates and charges established by this division shall be reviewed annually, or
as directed by the city commission, and any change of rates and charges shall be established
by ordinance of the city commission after due public notification. Any rates and charges
established as provided in this division shall be binding with the same force and effect as if
incorporated in this section.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 3), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-169. Connection fees.
Charges for providing and approving connections to the sewer system with installation
performed by the city are as follows and shall be in addition to impact fees.
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All units Cost for labor and
materials as provided
in section 2-368 of
the City Code.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23 § I(Art. VIII, § 4), 6-27-83; Ord. No. 80-87-35, § 1, 9-28-87)
Sec. 22-170. Impact fees.
The fee for providing facilities for new connections and capacity increases for growth shall
be as follows:
Residences, per unit $ 1,035.00
Commercial:
Office buildings, per 100 square feet 40.00
Groceries, per 100 square feet 20.00
Retail shops, per restroom 1,260.00
Theatres, per seat 16.00
Restaurants, per seat 160.00
Service stations, per restroom 3,150.00
Car wash, self-service, per stall 1,850.00
Car wash, roll-over 11,850.00
Car wash tunnel 17,750.00
Beauty shops/barber shops, per chair 630.00
Laundromats, per machine 790.00
Hotels/motels, per restroom 475.00
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § 1(Art. VIII, § 5), 6-27-83; Ord. No. 80-89-42, § 1, 9-11-89)
Sec. 22-171. Payment of connection fees and impact fees.
Payment of connection fees shall be due and payable prior to the issuance of a building
permit. For existing buildings or structures, the city manager may allow payment of fees on
an extended payment plan for up to five (5) years if the owner has demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the city manager that the lump sum payment will constitute a hardship to the
applicant. A lien for the amount due shall be executed in recordable form reflecting the
payment schedule. Upon all payments being made in full, the lien shall be release of record.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 6), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-172. Disposition of impact fees.
All revenues collected by the city through sewer impact fees shall be held in a special
account to be known as the wastewater system capital improvement account. The money
deposited and held in said account and all interests accrued thereto shall be used only for the
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improvement, expansion, and/or replacement of the wastewater collection, treatment, and
disposal system of the city.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 7), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-173. Billing.
The sewer charges prescribed by this division shall be on the same bill for the city water
charges and garbage collection charges, but each charge shall be shown as a separate item on
the bill. No user so charged for water, sewer, and garbage services may pay either of the
charges without simultaneously paying the charges for the other. Bilis for sewer charges
where water and/or garbage service is furnished other than through the city shall be com-
puted as provided in section 22-167 and rendered at the same time as city water bills.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 8), 6-27-83)
Sec. 22-174. Delinquent bills.
If any bill for monthly sewer, water or garbage service shall remain due and unpaid on
and after the thirtieth day from the billing date, dated on the bill, a penalty of five dollars
($5.00) shall be imposed and added to the bill. The city shall mail at that time a late notice to
the user stating that if the bill remains unpaid for a period of ten (10) additional days, then
the city shall discontinue the service. If the bill remains unpaid for a period of ten (10)
additional days, then all services shall be discontinued and shall not be reconnected until all
past due charges have been fully paid together with a turn-off and turn -on charge of fifteen
dollars ($15.00). If, after discontinuation of services, the bill remains unpaid for an additional
thirty (30) days, the city shall acquire a lien on the property being serviced which may be
foreclosed within thirty (30) days by the city unless the bill and the penalties thereon are paid
and the lien satisfied.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § I(Art. VIII, § 9), 6-27-83; Ord. No. 5-85-15, § 2, 1-13-76)
Sec. 22-175. Sewer charges applicable if sewer available.
The rates and charges established by this division shall apply to all users whether owner,
tenant, or occupier of the city water and sanitary sewer systems, or either of them, where city
sewer is available for use, whether or not the connection has been made to the sewer. These
charges shall not apply to any nonconnected user, until ninety (90) days after the sewer
becomes available. Where notice of availability of sewer has heretofore been given to owner,
tenant, or occupier, the provisions of this section shall be applicable within ninety (90) days
from the date of the notice, and the city may commence billing procedures upon the expiration
date of the notice.
(Ord. No. 80-83-23, § 1(Art. VIII, § 10), 6-27-83)
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f. Clearing of land as an adjunct of construction.
g. Deposit of refuse, solid or liquid waste or fill on a parcel of land.
(3) The following operations or uses shall not be taken for the purposes of this chapter to
involve development as defined in this section:
a. Work by highway or road agency or railroad company for the maintenance or
improvement of a road or railroad track, if the work is carried out on land within
the boundaries of the right-of-way.
b. Work by a utility and/or other person engaged in the distribution or transmission
of gas or water, for the purpose of inspecting, repairing, renewing or construction
on established rights of way, any sewers, mains, pipes, cables, utility tunnels,
power lines, towers, poles, tracks or the like.
c. Work for maintenance, renewal, improvement or alteration of any structure, if
the work affects only the interior or the color of the structure or the decoration of
the exterior of the structure.
d. The use of any structure or land devoted to dwelling uses for any purpose cus-
tomarily incidental to enjoyment of the dwelling.
e. A change in the ownership or form of ownership of any parcel or structure.
f. The creation or termination of rights of access, riparian rights, easements, cov-
enants concerning development of land or other rights in land.
Dwelling shall mean any building or portion thereof which is designed for or used for
residential purposes but does not include a trailer coach or converted trailer, hotel, motel,
lodginghouse or boardinghouse.
Dwelling, multifamily shall mean a residential building designed for or occupied exclu-
sively by three (3) or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the
number of dwelling units provided.
Dwelling, one- (single) family shall mean a private residence building used or intended to
be used as a home or residence in which the use and management of all sleeping quarters and
appliances for sanitation, cooking, ventilation, heating and lighting are designed primarily
for the use of one (1) family unit, and with partitioning so that any substantial interior portion
of the dwelling, without resort to exterior access and the building, shall have only one (1)
kitchen and one (1) electrical meter.
Dwelling, two-family shall mean a residential building designed for or occupied by two (2)
families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units
provided (duplexes).
Dwelling, secondary shall mean a single dwelling combined with a private garage with
capacity of not more than two (2) motor vehicles erected in the rear of a principal dwelling in
any district when the lot has a width of fifty (50) feet or more and extends from street to street.
Easement shall mean a grant from a property owner for the use of land for a specific
purpose or purposes by the general public, by a corporation or by a certain person or persons.
Eaves and cornices shall mean projections from any side of the main building (see fences,
hedges, walls, eaves and cornices, section 24-157 this chapter).
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Exception shall mean a use that would not be appropriate generally and with restriction
throughout the zoning district, but if controlled as to number, area or location, would be
permissible as stipulated in this chapter.
Family shall mean one or more persons, related by blood, adoption or marriage, living
and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit, exclusive of household servants. A
number of persons, but not exceeding two (2) living and cooking together as a single house-
keeping unit, though not related by blood, adoption or marriage, shall be deemed to constitute
a family.
Fences, hedges and walls shall mean dividers between two (2) properties.
Filling station. See Service station, automotive.
Flood shall mean a temporary rise in the level of a body of water inundating areas not
ordinarily so covered.
Flood frequency shall mean the statistically determined average for how often a specific
flood level or discharge may be equaled or exceeded.
Floodway shall mean the channel of a watercourse and portions of the adjoining flood-
plain which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the regulatory flood.
Floor area shall mean the sum of the gross horizontal areas of several floors of a building
or buildings, measured from exterior faces of exterior walls or from the center line of walls
separating two (2) attached buildings.
Foster home shall mean any establishment that provides care for more than five (5)
children unrelated to the operator and which receives a payment, fee or grant for any of the
children receiving care, wherever operated and whether or not operated for profit.
Garage, apartment shall mean a building, designed and intendal to ho 1119,4 fnr the
housing of vehicles, belonging to the occupants of an apartment building on the same property.
Garage apartment shall mean an accessory or subordinate building, not a part or attached
to the main building, containing living facilities for not more than one (1) family, the living
facilities of which shall not occupy more than fifty (50) percent of the total floor area of
building.
Garage, private shall mean an accessory building or a portion of the principal building
used for storage of automobiles of the occupants of the principal building. A carport is a
private garage.
Garage, public shall mean a building or portion thereof, other than a private or storage
garage, designed or used for the sale, storage, servicing, repairing, equipping and hiring of
motordriven vehicles.
Garage, repair shall mean a building or portion thereof used for repairing, equipping or
servicing motor vehicles.
Garage sale shall mean the sale of personal property in, at or upon any residentially zoned
property, or upon any commercially zoned property independent of any business licensed
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under this Code to conduct retail sales upon such property. Garage sales shall include, but not
be limited to, all such sales, and shall include the advertising of the holding of any such sale,
or the offering to make any such sale, whether made under any other name such as yard sale,
front yard sale, back yard sale, home sale, patio sale, rummage sale or any similar designation.
Garage, storage shall mean a building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for
the storage or parking of automobiles. Services, other than storage, at such storage garage
shall be limited to refueling, lubrication, washing, waxing and polishing.
Garden apartment. See Dwelling, multifamily.
Government use shall mean the use of certain lands owned by the federal, state or local
government and are used for a purpose which is particularly and peculiarly related to
governmental functions. Any lawful activity is permitted without restriction. Any lands used
by a government which is converted to private ownership shall comply with the requirements
of the zoning district.
Grade, calculated average shall mean the average elevation of a site, calculated prior to
excavation, fill or land balancing. The average elevation of the site shall be determined by
superimposing a horizontal grid composed of ten (10) equidistant lines by ten (10) equidistant
lines, arranged such that the outer perimeter lines shall be substantially aligned with the
exterior lot lines, over the existing site. At each of the intersections of the lines of the grid, the
existing grade elevation shall be determined by a registered land surveyor using standard
practices. The average elevation of the site shall then be determined by adding the one
hundred (100) elevations as measured at the points of intersection of the grid together and
dividing by one hundred (100). This calculated average elevation shall be used for all deter-
minations of building heights on that site and shall be recorded in the records of the city.
Alternatively, and by mutual concurrence of the property owner and the zoning official, on
sites where the existing grade is predominantly flat, with few or no variations of grade, the
calculated average grade may be calculated by establishing the elevation at the points of
intersection of the exterior lot lines plus one (1) point at the approximate center of the prop-
erty. All points measured shall lie on or within the lot lines of the property.
Grade, finished shall mean the elevation of a site after all fill, land balancing or site
preparations have been completed. Finished grade shall not be used in the calculation of
building heights.
Group care home shall mean any dwelling, building or other place, occupied by seven (7)
or more persons, including staff, whether operated for profit or not, which provides for a period
exceeding twenty-four (24) hours, one or more personal services for persons not related to the
owner or administrator by law, blood, marriage or adoption, and not in foster care, who
require such services. The personal services, in addition to housing and food services, may
include but not be limited to personal assistance with bathing, dressing, housekeeping, adult
supervision, emotional security, and other related services but not including medical services.
Guest cottage shall mean living quarters within a detached accessory building located on
the same lot or parcel of land as the main building, used exclusively for housing members of
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the family occupying the main building and their nonpaying guests. Such quarters shall not
be rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
Height of building shall mean the vertical distance from the calculated average grade of
the lot to the highest point of the roof or parapet of the building.
Home occupation shall mean any use conducted entirely within a dwelling and carried on
by an occupant thereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the
dwelling for dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof.
Hospital shall mean any institution, including a sanitarium, which maintains and oper-
ates facilities for overnight care and treatment of two (2) or more unrelated persons as
patients suffering mental or physical ailments, but not including any dispensary or first-aid
treatment facilities maintained by a commercial or industrial plant, educational institution,
convent or convalescent home, as previously defined.
Hotel, motel, motor lodge or tourist court shall mean a building as licensed by the state
containing individual guest rooms for which daily or weekly lodging is provided as the more
or less transient residence of individuals, and ingress and egress to and from all rooms are
made through an inside lobby.
House trailer. See Mobile home.
Impervious surface coverage. See Lot coverage.
Institutional use shall mean the structure and/or land occupied by a group, cooperative,
board, agency or organization created for the purpose of carrying on functions, such as
hospitals, schools, churches. fraternal orders, orphanages and nursing or convalescent homes.
Junk shall mean inoperative, dilapidated, abandoned or wrecked materials, including but
not limited to, automobiles, trucks, tractors, wagons, boats and other kinds of vehicles and
parts thereof, scrap materials, scrap building materials, scrap contractors' equipment, tanks,
casks, cans, barrels, boxes, drums, piping, bottles, glass, old iron, machinery and the like.
Junkyard shall mean a place where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials, are
bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled. Junkyards shall
include automobile wrecking, house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment
yards, but shall not include places for the purchase or storage of used furniture and household
equipment, used cars in operable condition, or used or salvaged materials for manufacturing
operations.
Kennel, pet shall mean the keeping of any pet or pets, regardless of number, for sale or for
breeding, boarding or treatment purposes, except in an animal hospital, animal grooming
parlor or pet shop.
Land development code. For purposes of this chapter, "land development regulations" or
"regulations for the development of land" include any local government zoning, subdivision,
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building and construction or other regulations controlling the development of land. The
various types of city regulations controlling the development of land within the city may be
combined in totality in a single document known as the "Land Development Code" of the city.
Landscaping shall mean any of the following or combination thereof: living materials,
such as but not limited to, grass, ground covers, shrubs, vines, hedges, trees or palms; and
nonliving durable materials commonly used in landscaping, such as but not limited to, rocks,
pebbles, sand, walls, fences, berms, sculptures and fountains, but excluding paving.
Laundry, self-service shall mean a business that provides home -type clothes washing and
drying or ironing machines for hire to be used by customers on the premises.
Live entertainment includes, but is not limited to, singers, pianists, musicians, musical
groups, bands, vocal or instrumental dancers, theatrical shows, magicians, performers, come-
dians and all fashions, forms and media of entertainment carried on and conducted in the
presence of and for the entertainment and amusement of others and as distinguished from
records, tapes, pictures and other forms of reproduced or transmitted entertainment.
Living area shall mean the minimum floor area of a residential dwelling unit, as mea-
sured by its exterior dimensions, having access from within the main living area, exclusive of
carports, porches, sheds, garages and utility rooms which are not within the walls of a
dwelling.
Loading space shall mean a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing
for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks or other motor vehicles.
Lot shall mean a parcel of land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in
this chapter, including at least one (1) main building together with its accessory buildings, the
yard areas and parking spaces required by this chapter and having its principal frontage upon
a publicly -owned or maintained street. The term lot shall include plot or parcel.
Lot, corner shall mean a lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets or at a street intersec-
tion or at a street corner having an interior angle not greater than one hundred thirty-five
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Survey, certified See Certified survey.
Swimming pool shall mean any constructed pool used for swimming or bathing, that is
twenty-four (24) inches in depth or has a surface exceeding two hundred fifty (250) square feet.
Theater shall mean an establishment offering dramatic presentations or showing motion
pictures to the general public.
Tourist home. See Boardinghouse, rooming house, lodginghouse or dormitory.
Townhouse shall mean a single-family dwelling constructed in a series or group of at-
tached units with property lines separating each unit. The walls or party wall separating the
dwelling units of the townhouses shall extend to the roof line of the dwelling and shall have
no openings therein. Each townhouse unit shall be constructed upon a separate lot and ser-
viced with separate utilities and other facilities and shall otherwise be independent of one
another. Each townhouse unit shall be a single-family dwelling unit.
Trailer (boat, horse, utility) shall mean a conveyance drawn by other motive power and
used for transporting a boat, animal or general goods.
Trailer coach. See Recreation vehicle.
Trailer, house See Mobile home.
Travel trailer. See Recreation vehicle.
Travel trailer park or court shall mean a park or court, licensed and approved by the state
board of health, and established to carry on the business of parking travel trailers.
Use shall mean the purpose for which land or water or the structure thereon is designated
to the extent covered by Article III, Zoning Regulations.
Used occupied, as applied to any land or building, shall include the words "intended,"
"arranged" or "designed to be used or occupied."
Variance. Any modification of the zoning ordinance regulations must be authorized by
the community development board and must meet the criteria as stated in this chapter. A
variance may be authorized only for height, area, size of structure or size of yards and open
spaces. Establishment or expansion of a use otherwise prohibited shall not be allowed by a
variance, nor shall a variance be granted because of the presence of nonconformities in the
zoning district or in adjoining district.
Veterinary clinic or hospital shall mean any building or portion thereof designed or used
for the veterinary care, surgical procedures or treatment of animals, but not the boarding of
well animals.
Wall. See Fences, hedges and walls.
Yard shall mean an open space at grade between a main building and the adjoining lot
lines. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of
a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line
and the main building shall be used.
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Yard, front shall mean a yard extending across the front of a lot between the side lot lines
and being the minimum horizontal distance between the street line and the principal building
or any projections thereof, other than the projections of uncovered steps, uncovered balconies
or uncovered porches.
Yard, side shall mean a yard between the main building and the side line of the lot,
extending from the front yard to the rear yard and being the minimum horizontal distance
between a side lot line and the side of the main building.
Yard, rear shall mean a yard extending across the rear of a lot between the rear of the
principal building or any projections thereof, other than the projections of uncovered steps,
balconies or porches. On all corner lots, the rear yard shall be at the opposite end of the lot from
the front yard.
(Ord. No. 90-82-74, § 2(II, B), 7-26-82; Ord. No. 90-82-72, § 1, 1-10-83; Ord. No. 96-82-76, § 1,
1-10-83; Ord. No. 90-83-80, § I, 6-27-83; Ord. No. 90-85-91, § 1, 7-8-85; Ord. No. 90-85-95, § 1,
10-14-85; Ord. No. 90-86-102, § 1, 7-14-86; Ord. No. 90-86-105, § 1, 7-14-86; Ord. No. 90-87-117,
§ 1, 3-9-87; Ord. No. 90-90-151, § 1, 6-25-90; Ord. No. 90-91-155, § 1, 7-22-91; Ord. No. 90-92-
157, § 1, 5-26-92)
s. 24-18— ': . Reserved.
ARTICLE III. ZONING REGULATIONS
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Sec. 1. Scope.
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered in accordance with the rules set forth
in this article and the detailed regulations governing each district.. Ariministrstive procPdurPs
and the responsibilities of the city commission, administrative official, planning agency, board
of adjustment and code enforcement board are set forth. Procedures for filing applications for
changes and amendments to this chapter, appealing decisions on any matter covered in this
chapter, notification of violation and penalties for violation have been included.
(Ord. No. 90-82-74, § 2(III, A), 7-26-82)
Secs. 24-32-24-45. Reserved.
DIVISION 2. ADMINISTRATION*
Sec. 24-46. City commission.
It shall be the responsibility of the city commission to perform the following duties and
responsibilities in accordance with this chapter:
(1) To adopt this chapter in accordance with, and consistent with, the adopted compre-
hensive plan for the city;
*Cross reference—Administration, Ch. 2.
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CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
Ordinance Section
Number Date Section this Code
90-87-118 3-23-87 1 24-63(3)
90-87-119 4-27-87 1 24-161(i)
80-87-34 6-22-87 1 22-166(b)
80-87-35 9-28-87 1 22-169
5-87-19 9-28-87 1 2-368
90-87-124 10-12-87 1 24-164(2)(a)
58-87-8 10-26-87 1 2-281
2 2.298
58-87-10 11-23-87 1 2-273
2-276(b)
2-277(d)
2-278(b)
2-279(b)
2-283
2-284(a)
90-87-127 1-11-88 1 24-188(c)
90-88-128 1-25-88 1 24-86
80-88-38 3-14-88 1 22-167
80-88-39 3-14-88 1 22-18(c)
95-88-34 3-14-88 1, 2 2-1
95-88-33 4-25-88 1 4-6, 4-7
2 4-22
3 4-23
4 4-25
5 4-26
80-88-40 6-13-88 1 22-167(b)
90-88-132 7-25-88 1 24-109
58-88-12 8- 8-88 1 2-285
90-88-134 8- 8-88 1 24-110
75-88-7 9-12-88 1 21-24(a)
95-88-35 9-26-88 1 5-31
90-88-136 10-24-88 1 24-188(c)
55-88-22 11-28-88 1 16-7(1)—(3)
58-88-13 11-28-88 1 2-262
2-279
2-283
2-285
2-298(c)
5-88-20 12-12-88 1 2-19(7)
60-88-5 1-11-89 1 17-1(6), (11)
57-89-13 2-13-89 1 13-8, 13-9
57-89-14 2-27-89 1-7 13-151-
13-158
90-88-138 3-27-89 1 24-159
57-89-15 4-24-89 1 7-16
90-89-141 4-24-89 1 24-157(a)
25-89-21 6-12-89 1 6-120
25-89-22 6-12-89 1 6-16
Supp. No. 12 1995
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Ordinance Section
Number Date Section this Code
95-89-40 6-12-89 1-9 2-161-2-169
90-89-146 8-28-89 1 24-159
80-89-42 9-11-89 1 22-170
95-89-42 9-11-89 1 13-10
95-89-43 1- 8-90 1 12-1(b)(9)
95-89-44 1- 8-90 1 23-16-23-27
75-90-8 2-26-90 1 21-17(7)
57-90-16 5-29-90 1 2-51
95-90-46 5-29-90 1 8-1, 8-2(4)
2 18-21(6)
45-90-8 6-25-90 1 20-52
20-52.1
20-54(a)
20-59
90-90-151 6-25-90 1 24-17
90-90-153 8-28-90 1 24-82(b)
55-90-23 10-22-90 1 16-1
2 Added 16-11
95-90-48 12-13-90 1 14-1(a)
45-91-9 1-28-91 1 20-59
80-90-43 4- 8-91 1.0-5.0 22-301-22-310
59-91-14 4- 8-91 1 2-276(a)(2), (c)
58-91-15 4-22-91 1 2-262
2-270(5)
2-272
80-90-44 4-22-91 1.0-5.0 22-331-22-337
95-91-49 6-10-91 1 4-6
90-91-155 7-22-91 1 24-17
57-91-17 9-26-91 1 Addcd 15-,22
95-91-50 50-28-91 1 Added 2-2
55-91-24 11-25-91 1, 2 16-7(4), (5)
80-91-45 12-16-91 1 22-28
2, 3 22-166, 22-167
55-92-25 1-10-92 1 16-7(4)
58-92-17 1-27-92 1 2-90(c)(2)
95-92-51 2-10-92 1 4-23, 4-24
75-92-9 2-24-92 1 21-22
2 Added 21-27
5-92-22 4-13-92 1 2-331
45-92-10 4-13-92 1 20-59
55-92-26 4-13-92 1 16-1-16-15
57-92-18 4-13-92 1-5 Added 21-50-21-54
90-92-157 5-26-92 1 24-17
95-92-52 5-26-92 1 Added 13-11
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STATUTORY REFERENCE TABLE
This table shows the location within this Charter and Code, either in the
text or notes following the text, of references to the state law or related mat-
ters.
Florida Constitution
Article Section
V 20(dX4)
F.S.
Section
1.01
13.201
23.011
60.05
Ch. 97
97.041
98.041
98.211
100.011
100.361
101.62
112.061
112.65
112.311
Ch. 119
Ch. 161
161.041
161.053
Ch. 162
162.02
162.05
162.05(4)
162.07
162.08
162.09
Supp. No. 12
Section
this Code
1-2
Ch. 9(note)
Ch. 14(note)
2-168, 2-169
Ch. 12(note)
Char., § 86
Char., Art. IX
(note)
Char., § 79
Char., § 31
Char., § 80
Char., § 97
Char., § 87
Char., Art. XI
(note)
Char., § 85
Ch. 2, Art. VII,
Div. 3(note)
2-285
Char., § 166
Ch. 2, Art. II(note)
Char., § 16
Char., § 165
Ch. 2(note)
Ch. 5(note)
6-20(bX3)
6-20(bX3)
6-21(e), (r)
Ch. 2, Art. V,
Div. 2(note)
2-146
2-141, 2-142
2-145
2-143, 2-144
2-148
2-149
F. S.
Section
162.10
162.11
Ch. 163
163.3161
2053
Section
this Code
Char., § 9
Char., § 151
Char., § 159
Section
this Code
2-150
2-151
14-1(a)
21-302(15)
Char., Art. XIV
(note)
Ch. 14(note)
Ch. 24(note)
163.3174 14-22
163.3178 6-27
Ch. 166 Charter(note)
Char., § 4
Char., § 9
Char., § 32
Char., § 34
Char., Art. VIII
(note)
Char., Art. XIV
(note)
Char., § 159
21-302(9)
166.021 Char., Art. I(note)
Char., § 4
166.021(4) Char., § 17
166.021(5) Char., Art. V
(note)
Char., Art. VII
(note)
Char., § 7
Char., § 32
Char., § 34
166.032 Char., § 79
166.041 Char., § 17
Char., Art. XIV (note)
24-4
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
F.S. Section F. S. Section
Section this Code Section this Code
166.101
166.201
166.231
166.241
166.0425
Ch. 170
Ch. 171
Ch. 175
175.101
Ch. 177
177.27(15)
177.011
177.041
177.091
Ch. 180
Ch. 185
185.08
Ch. 192
193.023
193.116
200.065
Ch. 205
205.022
205.042
205.043(2)
205.043(3)
205.053
205.053(1)
205.063
205.192
Ch. 218
Char., Art. XV 218.33 Char., § 24
(note) 2-311
Ch. 2, Art. VII 253.12 Ch. 5(note)
(note) 286.011 Char., § 14
Ch. 2, Art. VII Char., § 16
(note) Char., § 165
Ch. 20(note) Ch. 2(note)
Ch. 20, Art. II 309.01 Ch. 5(note)
(note) Ch. 316 Ch. 21(note)
Char., § 24 21-1
2-311 316.008 Ch. 21(note)
Ch. 17(note) 316.008(1Xa) Ch. 21, Art. II
Ch. 19(note) (note)
Char., § 2 316.195 Ch. 21, Art. II
2-272 (note)
20-77 21-16
24-205 316.1945 Ch. 21(note)
6-21(j) 21-17
Ch. 24, Art. 'IV 316.2045 19-1
(note) 320.823 6-23
24-205 Ch. 327 Ch. 5(note)
24-256 335.075 Ch. 19(note)
Ch. 19(note) Ch. 367 Ch. 22(note)
2-272 Ch. 369 Ch. 5(note)
20-76 Ch. 372 Ch. 4(note)
Ch. 20(note) Ch. 373 Ch. 8(note)
Char., Art. VI 381.031(1Xg)1 4-29
(note) 381 03110L' r}.. A, e.+, VT
Char., § 33 (note)
Char., Art. XIII 381.261 Ch. 22(note)
(note) Ch. 386 Ch.12(note)
Char., Art. VI 403.0893 21-302(9), (10)
(note) 403.413 5-4
Char., Art. XIII 16-7
(note) 403.415 Ch. 11(note)
Ch. 20, Art. III 413.08 Ch. 3, Art. II(note)
(note) Ch. 469 Ch. 6, Art. IV
20-51 (note)
20-52 Ch. 479 Ch. 17(note)
20-57 Ch. 489 Ch. 6(note)
20-57 496.01 Ch. 18(note)
20-54 Ch. 513 Ch. 10(note)
20-53 513.01 10-1
20-58 Ch. 514 Ch. 6, Art. VI
18-21(6) (note)
Ch. 2, Art. VII Ch. 552 Ch. 7(note)
(note)
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STATUTORY REFERENCE TABLE
F.S. Section F.S.
Section this Code Section
Ch. 553 Ch. 6(note) Ch. 828
6-21(p) 876.05
553.01 Ch. 6, Art. IV 893.03
(note) 893.138
553.15 Ch. 6, Art. III 893.147
(note) 932.701
553.70 Ch. 6, Art. II(note)
Chs. 561-568 3-1
561.01 Ch. 3(note) 943.14
562.14(1) 3-2 943.22
562.45(2) 3-2 943.25(8)(a)
3-4-3-6
590.12 Ch. 7(note)
Ch. 633 Ch. 7(note)
633.35 2-263
633.121 Ch. 7(note)
Ch. 650 Ch. 2, Art. VI,
Div. 2(note)
2-241
650.02 2-241
650.05 Ch. 2, Art. VI,
Div. 2(note)
Ch. 705 Ch. 15,
Art. II(note)
21-24
705.16 Ch. 2,
Art. II(note)
Ch. 760 Ch. 9(note)
760.20 Ch. 9,
Art. II(note)
760.22 9-16
760.23 9-17
760.24 9-18
760.25 9-22
760.29 9-23
760.37 9-24
Ch. 767 Ch. 3,
Art. II(note)
4-26
768.28 Char., § 160
2-1(b)(1)
Ch. 790 15-22(g)(3)
790.15 13-3
Ch. 791 Ch. 7(note)
806.13 6-111
22-57
Ch. 823 Ch. 12(note)
Supp. No. 12 2055
Section
this Code
4-5
Char., § 168
13-4
13-5
2-161
13-5
Ch. 15,
Art. II(note)
2-263
2-262
15-1
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CHARTER INDEX
U
UTILITIES Section
Failure to keep utility owned or operated by city in proper
condition
Suits against city for damages 160
Power of city commission to sell public utility systems, etc. 9(12)
Powers of city 4(8)
Furnishing local public services and utilities, etc. 4(8)
Granting local public utility franchises, etc 4(10), 109
Purchasing, constructing, etc., local public utilities 4(9)
Selling public utility systems
Power of city commission 9(12)
V
VIADUCTS
Failure of city to keep viaducts in proper condition
Suits against city for damages
w
WATERWAYS, WATERCOURSES
Power of city to control development and use of natural or
artificial streams or bodies of water
Power of city to regulate and restrict use of land and water for
trade, industry, etc
WATERWORKS
Failure of city to keep waterworks in proper condition
Suits against city for damages 160
WELFARE
Powers of city
Preserving public health, peace and welfare
Regulating building and density of population, etc., for pur-
pose of promoting welfare of city residents
WITNESSES
Investigations generally
Compelling attendance of witnesses 164
Power of city commission to subpoena witnesses 15
Suits against city 160
160
4(25)
9(6)
4(12)
4(20)
Y
YARDS, COURTS, ETC.
Powers of city commission 9(6)
Z
ZONING
Powers of city
Regulating building and density of population, etc
Supp. No. 12 2099
4(20)
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
ZONING—Cont'd. Section
Powers of city commission
Regulating buildings, density of population, etc. 9(6)
Supp. No. 12
2100
CODE INDEX
A
ABANDONMENT Section
Nuisances enumerated
Abandoned wells, basements, refrigerators, etc 12-1(bX6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Open storage of abandoned motor vehicles, refrigerators, etc. 12-1(bX7)
Parking of abandoned property, vehicles, etc. 21-24 et seq.
See: TRAFFIC
ACCESS
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Access to public streets 24-252(c)
Lots, street access 24-255(d)
Zoning regulations 24-135(e) et seq.
See: ZONING
ADVERTISING
Confiscated or lost property, disposition of
Advertising sales of 15-18
Fair housing provisions
Prohibited conduct, provisions re advertisement 9-17
Noise provisions
Loudspeakers for advertising purposes 11-8
Regulations for signs and advertising structures 17-1 et seq.
See: SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
AIR RIFLES, AIR PISTOLS, ETC.
Discharging prohibited 13-3
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Conditions of existing establishments 3-8
Consumption on vendor's premises 3-10
Consumption, possession of open containers upon public property 3-11
Definitions 3-1
Distances, measurement of 3-7
Existing establishments, conditions of 3-8
Exposure of private parts in establishments serving alcoholic
beverages 13-17
Hours of sale 3-2
Licenses
Persons not holding license to sell 3-3
Lighting requirements on premises 3-9
Location of establishments, restrictions on 3-6
Locations where on -premises sales prohibited 3-5
Persons not holding license to sell 3-3
Premises where sales permitted 3-4
Restrictions on location of establishments 3-6
Supp. No. 12 2101
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES—Cont'd. Section
Sales permitted
Premises where sales permitted 3-4
Sales prohibited
Locations where on -premises sales prohibited 3-5
ALLEYS
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended upon alley 21-25(aX4), (5)
Dogs and cats running at large 4-24
Garbage, trash, etc.
Depositing in alleys 16-7
Nuisances enumerated
Throwing, discharging, etc., garbage, filth, etc., into alleys . 12-1(bX2)
Abatement Of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
AMENDMENTS TO CODE
Provisions re 1-9
ANIMALS AND FOWL
Animal control officer
Appointment 4-1
Interfering with officers 4-2
Animal shelter
Breaking open fences, gates, etc.; letting loose animals; etc4-3
Beaches
Use of vehicles and riding of animals prohibited 5-17
Bird sanctuary
City designated; shooting, molesting, etc., birds 4-4
Cats. See herein: Dogs and Cats
Citations; penalties 4-30
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Cruelty to animals 4-5
Dead animals, removal and disposal of 4-8
Dogs and cats
Damaging property 4-26
Definitions 4-21
Disturbing the peace 4-27
Impoundment 4-23
Leashing dogs 4-25
Muzzles
Dogs to be muzzled 4-25, 4-28
Rabies
Dogs or cats suspected of having rabies 4-29
Registration and tagging required 4-22
Impoundment of unregistered dogs or cats 4-23
Registration and tagging
Impoundment of unregistered dogs or cats 4-23
Required 4-22
Supp. No. 12 2102
CODE INDEX
ANIMALS AND FOWL—Cont'd. Section
Running at large 4-24
Vicious dogs 4-28
Vicious dogs 4-28
Zoning regulations for doghouses, pens, etc.
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(bX1)
Hogs, keeping 4-7
Supp. No. 12 2103
CODE INDEX
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS—Cont'd. Section
Trees regulated
Authority regarding supervision of work, under permits 23-17
Jurisdiction and supervision of building official 23-16
Building permits
Coastal construction 6-20
Zoning regulations
Administrative official's powers and responsibilities 24-47(7)
Provisions generally 24-65
Building sewers and connections 22-101 et seq.
See: WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Coastal construction code 6-18 et seq.
See: COASTAL CONSTRUCTION CODE
Community development board, 14-16 et seq.
See: PLANNING
Electrical code 6-31 et seq.
See: ELECTRICAL CODE
Fire prevention and protection 7-1 et seq.
See: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Flocd hazard districts 8-1 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD DISTRICTS
Garbage and trash provisions
Removal of debris caused from building, rebuilding, etc16-11
Housing code
Adoption 6-120
Loitering, sleeping, etc., in public buildings 13-2
Mechanical code 6-76, 6-77
Noise provisions
Building operation at night 11-6
Nuisances. See also that subject
Abandoned building rubbish, material, etc. 12-1(bX7)
Permitting buildings to become dangerous, unsafe, etc 12-1(bX8)
Structurally unsound structures, etc. 12-1(bX6)
Numbering of buildings
Attachment of numbers to buildings 6-107
Building official
Duties 6-108
Removing or defacing 6-111
Required 6-106
Street numbering districts designated 6-109
Subdivision regulations, design and construction standards
Street names and house numbers 24-252(j)
System of numbering 6-110
Permits. See herein: Building Permits
Plumbing code 6-56 et seq.
See: PLUMBING CODE
Supp. No. 12 2109
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS—Cont'd. Section
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards, lots
Building setback lines 24-255(f)
Swimming pool code 6-91, 6-92
Temporary construction trailers, structures, etc.
Zoning regulations 25-66 et seq.
See: ZONING
Zoning regulations 24-31 et seq.
See: ZONING
Wastewater system
Sewer system extensions, construction. 22-192, 22-195
Water service
Temporary service for construction work 22-19
Water shortages
Permitting water to be used from fire hydrants for construc-
tion work 22-39(eX4)
BURIAL OF GARBAGE
Solid waste provisions 16-6
BUSES
Stopping, standing or parking buses or commercial vehicles 21-22
Zoning regulations
Temporary residence 24-82(h)
BUSINESS TRUSTS
Definition of "person" to include business trusts 1-2
c
CAMPERS SPP* RRCRP, ATTfNAT, VFTTTCi.T+S
CANALS. See: WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS
CARNIVALS
Water service, temporary 22-19
CARPORTS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(bX1)
CATS
Regulated 4-21 et seq.
See: ANIMALS AND FOWL
CEMETERIES
Definition of "public place" to include cemeteries 1-2
CERTIFICATES
Electricians, certificates of competency 6-32
Plumbers, certificates of competency 6-57
Subdivisions
Assurance for completion and maintenance of improvements
Issuance of certificate of completion 24-235
Supp. No. 12 2110
CODE INDEX
CESSPOOLS Section
Constructing 22-73
CHARTIABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
City funds use for prohibited 2-2
CHARTER
Defined 1-2
CHICKENS. See also: ANIMALS AND FOWL
Keeping chickens or poultry 4-7
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. See: FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE. See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHILD CARE CENTERS
Zoning regulations 24-152
CHILDREN. See: MINORS
CHILDREN PLAYHOUSES
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(bX1)
CHIMNEYS
Zoning regulations
Height limitations 24-156(b)
Supp. No. 12 2110.1
CODE INDEX
CODE OF ORDINANCES—Cont'd. Section
Severability of parts of code 1-8
Supplementation of code 1-10
Violations
General penalty; continuing violations 1-11
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
Stopping, standing or parking buses or commercial vehicles 21-22
Zoning regulations
Storage and parking of vehicles in residential districts 24-163
COMMISSION. See: CITY COMMISSION
COMMISSIONS. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES
OF CITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Provisions re 14-16 et seq.
See: PLANNING
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Zoning regulations, planned unit development (PUD) 24-136
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Provisions re 14-1
CONDEMNATION
Garbage and trash containers inspection.. 16-3(c)
CONFISCATED PROPERTY
Disposition of 15-16 et seq.
See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
CONSERVATION
Tree protection regulations generally 23.16 et seq.
See: TREES AND SHRUBBERY
Waterworks system
Water shortages, conservation 22-39
CONSTRUCTION
Buildings and building regulations. See that subject
Subdivision regulations 24-204(e) et seq.
See: SUBDIVISIONS
Tree protection regulations generally 23-16 et seq.
See: TREES AND SHRUBBERY
CONTRACTORS
Garbage and trash provisions
Removal of lot clearing or cleaning debris by contractors 16-9
CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
Solid waste collection 16-2
When contracts and expenditures prohibited 2-314
Supp. No. 12 2113
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. See: DRUGS Section
CORPORATIONS
Definition of "person" to include corporation 1-2
COUNTY. See: DUVAL COUNTY
COURTS
Confiscated or lost property
Provisions re county court 15-16 et seq
Noise
Interfering with court 11-10
Police training
Additional court costs assessed for 15-1
COWS, CATTLE
Maintaining stable 4-7
CROSSWALKS
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended on crosswalk 21-25(aX1)
Stopping, standing or parking vehicle on or within crosswalks 21.17(5), (6)
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Generally 4-5
CURFEW
Provisions re minors in public places 13-153 et seq.
See: MINORS
DANCING
Zoning regulations
EstaliisiiineiuLs oat iiig dancing Oflive eii .en,aiiiirieii 1 24-155
DEATHS OF CITY EMPLOYEES
Retirement system provisions 2-283, 2-284
See also: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
DEFACING PROPERTY, ETC.
Building numbers
Removing or defacing 6-111
Public sewers
Defacing, damaging, etc. 22-57
Streets, sidewalks and other public places
Digging into, defacing, etc., streets, avenues, driveways, etc19-2
DEMOLITION
Zoning regulations
Construction within the districts
Demolition to comply with building and related codes 24-66(b)
DENSITY OF LOTS, POPULATION, ETC.
Zoning regulations 24-82(d) et seq.
See: ZONING
Supp. No. 12
2114
CODE INDEX
FALLOUT SHELTERS Section
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses and structures ' 24-151(bXl)
FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES
Animal shelter
Breaking open fences, gates or enclosures of animal shelter 4-3
Nuisances enumerated
Structurally unsound fences 12-1(bX6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Signs and advertising structures
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on gates, fences, walls, etc17-8
Swimming pools
Enclosure to comply with building code and zoning regulations 6-92
Zoning regulations 24-135(b) et seq.
See: ZONING
FIDUCIARIES
Definition of "person" to include fiduciaries 1-2
FILLING STATIONS
Removal of spent oils or greases accumulated at - 16-11
Zoning regulations
Supplementary regulations for service stations 24-165
FILTH
Nuisances enumerated 12-1
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
FINANCES
Allotments constitute basis of expenditures and are subject to
revision 2-312
Appropriations
Allotments constitute basis of expenditures and subject to
revision 2-312
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
Lapse of appropriations 2-315
Transfer of appropriations 2-313
When contracts and expenditures prohibited 2-314
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
Charitable contributions prohibited 2-2
Contracts and agreements. See also that subject
When contracts and expenditures prohibited 2-314
Department of finance
Created 2-72
Director of finance
Appointment 2-71
Assisting in preparation of budget; accepting other respon-
sibilities 2-76
Duties generally 2-74
Financial information 2-75
Investment of funds 2-73
Supp. No. 12 2119
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FINANCES—Cont'd.
Duties
Functions
Director of finance. See herein: Department of Finance
Dishonored checks
Fees paid to city government
Fiscal year
Lapse of appropriations
Purchasing
See: PURCHASES, PURCHASING
Service and user charges
Authorization
Fees and charges
Taxation
See: TAXATION
Transfers of appropriations
Uniform travel policy and procedure
See: TRAVEL
User charges. See herein: Service and User Charges
FINANCING OF HOUSING
Discrimination in
See also: FAIR HOUSING
FINES, FORFEITURES AND PENALTIES. See also specific subjects
General penalty; continuing violations
Ordinances saved from repeal, other provisions not included.
herein. See the preliminary pages and the adopting ordi-
nance of this code
FINGERPRINTING
Solicitors
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief of fire department
Appointment
Compensation
Duties and authority
Fire prevention code
Appeals from :actions of chief
Enforcement of code by chief
Modifications of code by chief
Director of public safety
Supervision of fire department
Fire chief. See herein: Chief of Fire Department
Life guard division
FIRE ESCAPES
Signs obstructing
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2120
Section
2-78
2-77
2-317
2-316
2-311
2-315
2-331 et seq.
2-367
2-368
20-16 et seq.
2-313
2-356 et seq.
9-22
18-17
2-61
2.61
2-62
7-19
7-17
7-18
2-41
2-63
17-6
CODE INDEX
FIRE HYDRANTS
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended within fifteen feet of hydrant 21-25(aX1)
Stopping, standing or parking vehicle within fifteen feet of
hydrant 21-17(4)
Water shortages
Permitting water to be used from fire hydrants 22-39(eX4)
Section
FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Arsonists
Reward for information leading to conviction of 7-1
Code. See herein: Fire Prevention Code
Fire prevention code
Adoption 7-16
Appeals from actions of chief of fire department 7-19
Enforcement 7-17
Modifications 7-18
Violations
Penalty; separate offenses; removal of prohibited conditions . 7-20
Reward for information leading to conviction of arsonists .7-1
Water service charges
Private fire protection service 22-30
Zoning regulations
Planned unit development (PUD)
Access for fire -fighting equipment 24-136(c)
FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
Discharging firearms, air guns, etc. 13-3
Disposal of confiscated or lost firearms 15-22
Hunting, shooting, etc., birds or wild fowl 4.4
Replica firearms
Definitions 13-8
Possession and use regulated 13-9
FIRES
Community development board
Duties re board for redevelopment, reconstruction, etc., of
areas damaged by fires, floods, etc 14-20(12)
Nuisances
Permitting buildings to become unsafe, dangerous, etc., be-
cause of fire 12-1(bX8)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Signs and advertising structures
Signs creating fire hazards 17-4
Water service, provisions re meters destroyed by fire
Basis for billing if meter fails to register 22-25
FIRMS
Definition of "person" to include firms 1-2
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FLAMMABLE OR EXPLOSIVE LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, ETC.
Public sewers, use of Section
Prohibited discharges 22-129
FLEA MARKETS
Defined; prohibited 13-11
FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Abrogation and greater restrictions 8-9
Areas of special flood hazard, basis for establishing 8-7
Community development board 14-16 et seq.
See: PLANNING
Compliance 8-8
Definitions 8-5
Development permit
Application procedures 8-24
Established 8-23
Findings of fact 8-2
Flood hazard reduction standards
Areas of shallow flooding (AO Zones) 8-35
Generally 8-31
Specifically 8-32
Streams without established base flood elevations and/or
floodways 8-33
Subdivision proposals 8-34
Interpretation 8-10
Lands to which this chapter applies 8-6
Objectives
8-4
Planning and development director
Designated 8-21
Duties and rasnon.ibilitieo 8-22
Purpose
8-3
Statutory authorization 8-1
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Soil and flood hazards . 24-251(3)
Variance procedures 8-25
Violations and penalties 8-12
Warning and disclaimer of liability 8-11
FLOODLIGHTS
Signs and advertising structures
Use of spotlights and floodlights 17-10
FLOODS
Community development board
Duties of board re reconstruction, replanning, etc., of areas
damaged by flood 14-20(12)
FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants, etc 3-2 et seq.
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FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS—Cont'd. Section
Loitering in restaurants, luncheonettes, etc. 13-2
Uniform travel policy and procedure for city employees
Schedule for meal allowance 2-360
Subsistence 2-361
FOWL. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL
FRANCHISES
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
FRAUD
City employees retirement system
Protection against fraud 2-297
Uniform travel policy and procedure
Fraudulent claims 2-366
G
GARAGE SALES
Flea markets by definition re; prohibited 13-11
GARAGES
Removal of spent oils or greases accumulated at 16-11
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses and structures 24.151(bXl)
GARBAGE AND REFUSE
Beaches, littering 5-4
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Nuisances. See also that subject
Abandoned building material, building rubbish, etc. 12-1(bX7)
Abandoned debris, etc. 12-1(bX6)
Depositing garbage, etc. 12-1(bX2)
Depositing rubbish 12-1(bX3)
Public sewers, use of
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities 22-130
Prohibited discharges of unground garbage, etc 22-129(4)
Recyclable materials
Alternate disposal of items re 16-4
Removal prohibited 13-10
Solid waste provisions
Alternate disposal of recyclable items 16-4
Annual review of fees 16-9
Burial of solid waste 16-6
Collection 16-2
Compost piles 16-7
Containers 16-3
Definitions 16-1
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GARBAGE AND REFUSE—Cont'd. Section
Depositing on vacant lots, streets, parks, etc., prohibited;
compost piles 16-7
Enforcement 16-14
Fees for collection 16-8
Inspection of premises, duty of city 16-12
Leaves and grass clippings; tree trunks 16-5
Lot clearing, contractors' debris, removal of 16-11
Noncompliance 16-10
Oil and grease 16-11
Prima facie evidence of production of garbage 16-12
Violations and penalties 16-15
White goods; procedure and fees for removal 16-13
Zoning regulations
Planned unit development (PUD)
Refuse collection, access for 24-136
GARDEN TRASH
Provisions re disposition of 16-5
GARDENS
Waterworks system
Water shortages; irrigation of flowers, foilage, etc 22-39
GAS
Mechanical code
Gas piping permit fee 6-77(2)
Public service tax on gas, electricity, etc. 20-16 et seq.
See: TAXATION
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges 22-129
GASOLINE
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges 22-129
GAZEBOS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district
GENDER
Defined
GLASS
Nuisances. See also that subject
Open storage of glass, building material, etc 12-1(bX7)
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges of metal, glass, etc 22-129(4)
GONGS
Noise. See also that subject
Noise in public places generally
Use of gongs on vehicles
24-151(bX1)
1-2
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11-2
11-4
CODE INDEX
GRASS CLIPPINGS
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges of grass clippings
Solid waste disposal
GREASE. See: OILS, GREASE
GUARDHOUSES
Zoning regulations 24-158
GUNS. See: FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
Section
22-129(4)
16-5
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INSURANCE Section
City employees retirement system
Insurance coverage for retirants and beneficiaries 2-293
Insurance premium taxes 20-76 et seq.
See: TAXATION
Old -age and survivors insurance 2-241 et seq.
See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Signs and advertising structures
Liability insurance required for certain signs 17-3
Wrecker service liability insurance 21-53
INTERSECTIONS
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended within intersection 21-25(aX1)
Signs and advertising structures
Obstructing vision or view 17-5
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles within twenty feet of
intersection 21-17(3)
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Intersections of right angles 24-252(0
Property lines rounded at intersections 24-252(g)
INTOXICATING LIQUOR. See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
J
JUNK
Parking, storing or leaving of junked vehicles 21-24 et seq.
See: TRAFFIC
L
LAKES. See: WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS
LANDSCAPING
Zoning regulations
Planned unit development (PUD) 24-135(0
LAWNS
Waterworks system
Water shortages; irrigation of lawns 22-39
LEASHING DOGS
Provisions re 4-25
LEAVES AND GRASS CLIPPINGS
Solid waste collections and disposal 16-5
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Alcoholic beverages
Persons not holding licenses to sell 3-3
Building sewers and connections, permits 22-102, 22-103
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LICENSES AND PERMITS—Cont'd. Section
Coastal construction 6-20
Development permit 8-23 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Digging up streets
Permit required of public utilities 19-2
Electrical permits 6-35 et seq.
See: ELECTRICAL CODE
Garbage and trash collection, removal, etc.
Permit for 16-6
Licensed master electricians 6-33 et seq.
Loudspeakers equipment, permit for operation of 11-8
Mechanical permits 6-77
Occupational license tax 20-51 et seq.
See: TAXATION
Parades and processions, permits for 21-2
Plumbing permit 6-58 et seq.
See: PLUMBING CODE
Private wastewater disposal, permits 22-88
Public address or loudspeaker equipment, permit for operation
of 11-8
Residential parking sticker program; permits re 21-27
Sign permits 17-31 et seq.
See: SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
Solicitor permits 18-16 et seq.
See: SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, ETC.
Subdivisions
Construction permits 24-206
Tree protection 23-18
Zoning
Building permits 24-47(7), 24-65
Implementation of planned unit development
Permits required 24-134(d)
Permits for temporary construction trailers or structures 24-66
LIENS
Code enforcement board, provisions re liens 2-149, 2-150
Weeds, cost for removal
Special assessment liens 23-40
LIFE GUARD DIVISION
Division of fire department 2-63
LIFEGUARDS
Beaches. See also that subject
Parking of sailboats not to obstruct lifeguard activities 5-6
LIGHTS, LIGHTING
Alcoholic beverage establishments
Lighting requirements on premises 3-9
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LIGHTS, LIGHTING—Cont'd. Section
Mobile home parks and recreation vehicle parks
Illuminating at night 10-2(2)
Signs and advertising structures
Flashing, revolving or blinker -type outdoor lights 17-10
Zoning regulations
Service stations 24-165(4)
Swimming pools, lighting 24-164(1)
LITTERING
Beaches 5-4
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Zoning regulations 24-155
LOCAL LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION COMMIS-
SION
Community development board designated as 14-22
See: PLANNING
LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
Community development board designated as 14-22
See also: PLANNING
LOITERING
Provisions re 13-2
LOST PROPERTY
Disposition of by police 15-16
See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
LOTS
Depositing garbage, trash, etc., on vacant lots 16-7
Garbage and trash collection and removal
Removal of lot clearing and cleaning debris from lots 16-11
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards 24-255
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OBSTRUCTIONS—Cont'd. Section
Obstructing free passage over streets, sidewalks or other pub-
lic ways 19-1
Ocean beach, safety zone
Maintaining suitable obstructions or barricades 5-18
Public sewers, use of
Discharges causing obstructions to flow in sewers 22-129(4)
Signs and advertising structures
Obstructing doors, windows and fire escapes 17-6
Obstructing vision or view 17-5
Signs interfering with use of streets and sidewalks 17-4
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles alongside or opposite
any street excavation or obstruction 21-17(7)
Zoning regulations
Obstructions in yards 24-84
OCEAN BEACH
Safety zone of Ocean Beach 5-16 et seq.
See: BEACHES
OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE TAX
Provisions re 20-51 et seq.
See: TAXATION
ODORS
Garden trash giving off offensive odors 16-7
Nuisances. See also that subject
Keeping of animals, chickens, etc., creating noxious odors 12-1(bX5)
Public sewers, use of
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities
Waters or wastes containing odor -producing substances 22-130(6)
OFFENSES
Miscellaneous offenses and regulations 13-1 et seq.
Specific penalties, remedies, etc. See specific offenses as in-
dexed alphabetically according to subject
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Animal control officer 4-1
Benefits of employees 2-241 et seq.
See also herein specific subjects
Birthday, employees 2-226
Board of trustees of city employee's retirement system. See
herein: Retirement System
Building official 6-108 et seq.
See: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Chief of fire department 7-17 et seq.
See: FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief of police 2-51 et seq.
See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
Compensation, salaries, etc.
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
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OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES—Cont'd. Section
Deaths
Retirement system. See herein that subject
Defense of civil actions against; payment of judgments or
settlements 2-1
Definition 1-2
Director of finance 2-71 et seq.
See: FINANCES
Director of public safety 2-41
Disability retirement
Retirement system. See herein that subject
Electrical inspector 6-36 et seq.
See: ELECTRICAL CODE
Holiday schedule 2-226
Insurance
Old -age and survivors insurance. See herein that subject
Joint authority
Defined 1-2
Life guard captain 2-63
Old -age and survivors insurance
Appropriations and payment of contributions by city 2-244
Custodian of funds and withholding and reporting agent
Designation of 2-248
Exclusions 2-246
Executive of agreements by mayor -commissioner 2-442
Records and reports 2-245
Social Security Act, acceptance of 2-247
Statement of policy 2-241
Withholdings from wages 2-243
A0�9Q�nnc
Old -age and survivors insurance. See herein that subject
Retirement system. See herein that subject
Planning and development director
Designated to implement flood hazard area provisions 8-21 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Retirement system
Assignments prohibited 2-295
Benefit groups 2-263
Board of trustees
Actuarial data; report to city commission 2-265
Compensation 2-269
Composition 2-266
Meetings, quorum, voting 2-269
Responsibilities and duties generally 2-264
Term of office; oath of office 2-267
Vacancy, filling Z-68
Voting 2-269
Chairperson, secretary, treasurer, etc. 2-270
Compulsory separation from employment; extensions; retirement 2-277
Created, purpose 2-261
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OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES—Cont'd.
Credited service
Loss of credited service
Military service credit
Reinstatement of credited service
Death while in city employment
Automatic pension to spouse and/or children
Elective survivor pension
Deferred retirement upon separation from employment (vesting)
Definitions
Disability retirement
Continuation subject to re-examination; return to employment
General conditions for eligibility
Divisions
Errors
Expenses of administering system
Fraud, protection against
Insurance coverage for retirants and beneficiaries
Investment of retirement system assets
Level straight life pension, amount of
Member contributions
Membership generally
Method of making payments
Military service credit
Officers and employed services
Optional forms of pension payment
Reserve for employer contributions; city contribution
Reserve for retired benefit payments
Reserve for undistributed investment income
Subrogation rights
Undistributed investment income, reserve for
Voluntary retirement conditions
Social security
Old -age and survivors insurance. See herein that subject
Travel expenses
Uniform travel policy and procedure
See: TRAVEL
Waterworks system
Right of access by city employees
Tapping of mains, etc., restricted to city employees
OFFICIAL MAP. See: MAPS
Section
2-272
2-273
2-275
2-274
2-283, 2-284
2-284
2-283
2-278
2-262
2-280
2-279
2-291
2-296
2-292
2-297
2-293
2-290
2-281
2-298
2-271
2-294
2-275
2-270
2-282
2-288
2-287
2-289
2-286
2-289
2-276
2-356 et seq.
22-21
22-17
OFF-STREET PARKING
Zoning regulations 24-136 et seq.
See: ZONING
OIL, GREASE, ETC.
Public sewers, use of
Grease, oil and sand interceptors
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities
Prohibited discharges
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22-132
22-130
22-129
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
OIL, GREASE, ETC.—Cont'd. Section
Removal of spent oils or greases accumulated at garages, fill-
ing stations, etc. 16-9
ORDINANCES
Code of ordinances 1-1 et seq.
See: CODE OF ORDINANCES
OUTDOOR LIGHTS
Signs and advertising structures
Use of flashing, revolving or blinker -type outdoor lights 17-10
OWNER
Defined 1-2
P
PARADES AND PROCESSIONS
Permits required for 21-2
PARKING
Residential parking sticker program
Sailboats, parking of not to obstruct lifeguard activities at
beaches 5-6
Stopping, standing and parking of vehicles 21-16 et seq.
See: TRAFFIC
Zoning regulations 24-136 et seq.
See: ZONING
PARKING LOTS
Loitering in public places, etc 13-2
Water shortages
Washing of parking lots 22-39(e)
Zoning regulations 24-162
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION
Alcoholic beverages
Consumption, possession of open containers upon public property 3-12
Beaches. See also that subject
Definition of"public place" to include parks 1-2
Dogs and cats running at large 4-24
Garbage, trash, bottles, etc.
Depositing in parks 16-7
Howell Park
Use prohibited after dark 5-31
Loitering in parks 13-2
Obstructing passage through parks, etc 13-2
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district
Tennis, basketball, etc., and other private recreation uses 24-151(bX1)
PARTNERSHIPS
Definition of "person" to include partnerships 1-2
21-27
Supp. No. 12 2136
CODE INDEX
PEDDLERS. See: SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, ETC. Section
PEDESTRIAN EASEMENTS
Subdivisions, design and construction standards 24-253(d)
Supp. No. 12 2136.1
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POLICE DEPARTMENT—Cont'd. Section
Chief of police
Appointment, compensation, removal 2-51
Confiscated or lost property, disposition of
Duties of chief 15-16 et seq.
Duties and authority 2-52
Powers and authority 2-53
Confiscated or lost property, disposition of
Destruction 15-20
Firearms 15-22
Hours of sales 15-19
Notice of sales 15-18
Sale of confiscated property 15-16
Sale of lost and found property 15-17
Transfer of unclaimed or confiscated property
Transfer for use by city or other governmental agency 15-21
Director of public safety
Supervision of police department • 2-41
Minors on streets and in public places, procedures 13-157
Powers and authority of deputies and chief 2-53
Rotating wrecker call list, establishment of 21-50
See: WRECKER SERVICE
POLLUTION
Building sewers and connections
Disposal of polluted surface drainage 22-108
Public sewers
Discharging polluted waters into natural outlets, etc. 22-72
POWER FANS
Muffling of 11-7
PRECEDING, FOLLOWING
Defined 1-2
PRIVIES, PRIVY VAULTS
Constructing 22-73
PROPERTY
Abandoned, wrecked, junked or inoperative property, etc.
Declared unlawful; exception; nuisance declared 21-24
Confiscated or lost property
Disposition of 15-16 et seq.
See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
Dogs or cats damaging property 4-26
Insurance premium taxes
Property insurance 20-77
PUBLIC ADDRESS OR LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS
Noise provisions 11-8
Supp. No. 12 2139
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PUBLIC PLACES. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER
PUBLIC PLACES i Section
PUBLIC SAFETY
Director of public safety 2-41
Fire department 2-61 et seq.
See: FIRE DEPARTMENT
Police department 2-51. et seq.
See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
PUBLIC SERVICE TAX
Provisions re 20-16 et seq.
See: TAXATION
PUBLIC WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS
Community development board 14-16 et seq.
See: PLANNING
Department of public works
Created 2-79
Director of public services
Appointment, compensation 2-80
Duties generally 2-81
Division chiefs
Appointment, compensation 2-87
Duties, other 2-83
PURCHASES, PURCHASING
Bids
Award of contract 2-335
Deposits or bonds 2-333
Exceptions 2-336
Notices inviting 2. 2
Opening procedure 2-334
When required 2-331
Open market procedures 2-337
Payments 2-339
Scope of purchasing authority 2-338
R
RABIES
Animals and fowl, rabies provisions 4-1 et seq.
See: ANIMALS AND FOWL
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Fair housing 9-16 et seq.
See: FAIR HOUSING
RADIO AND TELEVISION TOWERS
Zoning regulations, height limitations 24-156
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
Fallout shelters, zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(bXl)
Supp. No. 12
2140
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RADIOACTIVE WASTES OR ISOTOPES Section
Public sewers, use of
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities 22-130(7)
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Fair housing 9-16 et seq.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES (Campers, travel trailers, boats,
etc.)
Provisions re 10-1 et seq.
See: MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
REFRIGERATORS
Abandoned refrigerators, nuisance provisions 12-1(bX6), (7)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
REFUSE. See: GARBAGE AND REFUSE
REGISTRATION
Dogs and cats 4-22
Solicitors 18-17
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
Fair housing 9-16 et seq.
See: FAIR HOUSING
RENTALS
Fair housing 9-16 et seq.
See: FAIR HOUSING
Waterworks system
Initial payment of minimum water rental 22-18
REPEAL OF ORDINANCES See: CODE OF ORDINANCES
REPLICA FIREARMS
Definitions 13-8
Possession and use regulated 13-9
RESTAURANTS. See: FOOD AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
RETIREMENT
Retirement system for city employees 2-261 et seq.
See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
REWARDS
Arsonists
Reward for information leading to conviction of 7-1
RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended upon any street or right-of-way '`-21-25(a)
Building sewer installations, excavations within public right-
of-way 22-111
Buses or commercial vehicles
Stopping, standing or parking upon street or right-of-way 21-22
Maintenance of signs on state highway rights-of-way 17-35
Supp. No. 12 2140.1
CODE INDEX
SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES—Cont'd. Section
Bond or public liability insurance
Required for certain signs 17-3
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Community development board 14-16 et seq.
See: PLANNING
Concealing rear of sign structure 17.16
Damaged signs, removal of 17-7
Doors and windows
Signs obstructing 17-6
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on 17-8
Electric code, compliance with 17-12
Electrical conductors, proximity to 17-15
Electrical permits 17-12
Electrical wiring, installation of 17-13
Electricity, static 17-14
Exemptions
Certain signs exempted from operation of provisions 17-1
Fire and traffic hazards
Signs creating 17-4
Fire escapes, signs obstructing 17-6
Flashing, revolving or blinker -type outdoor lights 17-10
Flat signs
Permitted signs 17-2(bX1)
Height
Minimum height above sidewalks 17-9
Horizontal projecting signs
Permitted signs 17-2(bX2)
Insurance required for certain signs 17-3
Maintenance generally; removal of damaged signs 17-7
Maintenance of signs on state highway rights-of-way 17-35
Marquee or awning signs
Permitted signs 17-2(bX6)
"No soliciting" or "no peddlers" signs on premises 18-2(3)
Noise interfering with schools, courts or churches
Conspicuous signs to be displayed in streets, etc. 11-10
Nonconforming signs 17-17
Obstructing doors, windows and fire escapes 17-6
Obstructing vision or view at street intersections, etc..... 17-5
Permits
Application for 17-32
Computation of sign area 17-33
Electrical permits 17-12
Fees 17-34
Maintenance of signs on state highway rights-of-way 17-35
Required 17-31
Permitted signs 17-2
Pole signs
Permitted signs 17-2(bX5)
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ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES—Cont'd. Section
Rear of sign structure,. concealing 17-16
Residential parking permit signs, posting of 21-27(d)
Roof signs
Permitted signs .... ....... ............ ...:17-2(bX4)
Securing signs 17-11
Setback requirements '17-12
Sidewalks. See herein: Streets and:Sidewalks
Sign area, computation :of 17-33
State highway rights-of-way
Maintenance.of•signs on 17-35
Streets and sidewalks
Minimum height above sidewalks; maximum projection ..... 17.9
Signs interfering with use of 17-4
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on sidewalk.3ur street 17-5
Traffic. See also that subject
Confusion with, use of words on traffic -control signs 17Z
Signs creating traffic hazards 174
Signs obstructing vision or view 17-5
Utility poles
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on 17-8
Vertical projecting signs
Permitted signs 17-2(bX3)
Walls, fences, etc.
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on 17-8
Windows. See herein: Doors and Windows
Zoning regulations 24-166
Posting signs on property undergoing zoning proceedings 24-47(9)
SIRENS
Noise provisions
Use of sirens on vehicles 11-4
SITES
Zoning regulations 24-103(d)
See: ZONING
SLEEPING
Loitering, sleeping, etc., in streets, parks, etc 13-2
SMOKESTACKS
Zoning regulations
Height limitations 24-156
SOCIAL SECURITY
Old -age and survivors insurance 2-241 et seq.
See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
SOIL
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Soil and flood hazards 24-251(3)
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CODE INDEX
SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, ETC. Section
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Playing of musical instruments for purpose of soliciting money,
etc. 11-5
Definition of "solicitor" 184
Entering upon residential premises under false pretenses 18-2
"No soliciting" or "no peddlers" signs on premises
Entering premises where signs are displayed 18-2(31
Noise. See also that subject
Crying or calling out by hawkers, taxicab drivers soliciting
passengers, etc. 11-2
Noise in public places generally 11-2
Permits
Exceptions 18-21
Fees 18-18
Issuance 18-19
Registration and fingerprinting required 18-17
Required 18-16
Revocation 18-20
Prohibited acts 18-2
Remaining on premises after occupant has requested such per-
son to leave 18-2(2)
SPOTLIGHTS
Signs and advertising structures
Use of spotlights, floodlights 17-10
STABLES
Maintaining 4-7
STAGNANT WATER
Nuisances. See also that subject
Allowing or permitting stagnant water to accumulate 12.1(bX4)
STATE HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Maintenance of signs on 17-35
STATE MISDEMEANORS
Committing 13-1
STATE OF FLORIDA
Definition 1-2
STATE TRAFFIC LAW
Adoption of Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law 21-1
STATIC ELECTRICITY
Signs and advertising structures, provisions re static electricity 17-14
STEAM SHOVELS
Noise provisions
Building operations at night 11-6
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STOPPING OF VEHICLES \ Section
Regulated 21-16 et seq.
See: TRAFFIC
STORAGE
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, inoperative, etc., vehicles
Parking, storing or leaving longer than seventy-two hours
Declared unlawful; exception; nuisance declared 21-24
Removing and impounding 21-25
Towage and storage charges 21-26
Garbage and refuse 16-2(b)
Towing and storage, charges for 21-51
See also: WRECKER SERVICE -
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses and structures
Storage/tool sheds 24-151(bX1)
Storage and parking of vehicles and equipment in residen-
tial districts 24-163
STORM DRAINAGE. See: DRAINAGE
STORM WATER
Discharging into sanitary sewers 22-127
Discharging into storm sewers or natural outlets 22-128
Flood hazard provisions 8-1 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Zoning regulations
Planned unit development (PUD)
Design and construction of storm sewer facilities 24-136(d)
STORM -WATER MANAGEMENT
riling 22-310
Collection e 22-310
Comprehensive plan re 22-304
Customer base 22-308
Definitions 22-303
Directors 22-306
Enterprise fund 22-309
Findings of fact 22-302
Powers and duties 22-307
Rates and charges
Appeal process 22-337
Definitions 22-333
Enforcement 22-336
Fee schedule 22-335
Findings of fact 22-332
Short title 22-331
Utility fee category 22-334
Violations and penalties 22-336
Short title 22-301
Utility established 22-305
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STREAMS. See: WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS
STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Left unattended on sidewalks 21-25
Alcoholic beverages
Consumption, possession of open containers upon public property 3-12
Building sewers and connections
Barricading, restoring excavations in streets, sidewalks, etc. 22-111
Commercial and recreational vehicles
Stopping, standing or parking upon any street 21-22
Community development board 14-16 et seq.
See: PLANNING
Definitions 1-2
Digging up streets. See herein: Excavations
Dogs on streets to be leashed, muzzled, etc 4-25
Dogs or cats running at large on public streets 4-24
Excavations
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended alongside or opposite street excavations . 21-25(aX2)
Digging up streets prohibited; exception as to public utili-
ties; etc: 19-2
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles alongside or opposite
any street excavation 21-17(7)
Garbage, trash, etc.
Depositing on streets, etc 16-7
Loitering, obstructions, etc., in public places 13-2
Section
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TAXATION—Cont'd. Section
Records to be kept by seller 20-18
Inspection of records by city agents 20-18
Telephone service
Duty of seller to collect 20-33
Exemptions 20-32
Levy; when payable 20-31
Monthly payments; computation of tax 20-36
Records to be kept by seller 20-34
Inspector, transcripts 20-34
Telephone calls, limitation as to 20-35
Utility services to which applicable 20-16
When purchase deemed made within. city 20-20
Telephone service. See herein: Public Service Tax
TAXICABS
Noise in public places generally 11-2
Stopping, standing or parking commercial vehicles 21-22
TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH POLES
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on 17-8
TELEPHONE TAX
Provisions re 20-31 et seq.
See: TAXATION
TELEVISION AND RADIO ANTENNAS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(bXl)
TENANTS
Definition of "owner" to include tenants 1-2
TENNIS COURTS
Water shortages
Washing of tennis courts 22-39(e)
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(bX1)
TENSE
Defined 1-2
TENTS
Zoning regulations
Temporary residence 24-82(h)
THEATERS
Dogs in theaters to be muzzled, leashed, etc 4-25
TIME, COMPUTATION OF
Defined 1-2
TOILET FACILITIES
Use of public sewers required
Installation of toilet facilities 22-74
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TOWERS Section
Zoning regulations
Height limitations 24-156(b)
TOWING SERVICE. See: WRECKER SERVICE
TOXIC SOLIDS, LIQUIDS OR GASES
Public sewers, use of
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities 22-130(5)
Prohibited discharges 22-129
TRAFFIC
Abandoned, wrecked, etc., vehicles
Stopping, standing and parking. See herein that subject
Adoption of Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law 21-1
Beaches
Barricades preventing entry of vehicles and other traffic 5-18
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
Crosswalks
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles left unattended
on crosswalks 21-25
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles on or within crosswalks 21-17(5), (6)
Driveways
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles left unattended
in front of driveways 21-25
Stopping, standing or parking in front of driveways 21-17(2)
Fire hydrants
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc:, vehicles left unattended
within fifteen feet of hydrants 21-25
Stopping, standing or parking within fifteen feet of hydrants 21-17(4)
Florida Uniform Traffic Control Law
Adoption of 21-1 •
Intersections
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles left unattended
within intersections 21-25
Signs and advertising structures obstructing vision or view 17-5
Stopping, standing or parking within twenty feet of cross-
walks at intersections 21-17(6)
Stopping, standing or parking within twenty feet of intersections 21-17(3)
Junked vehicles
Parking, storing, etc., junked vehicles. See herein: Stopping,
Standing and Parking
Obstructions
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Constitutes obstruction to traffic 21-25
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles left unattended
alongside or opposite obstructions 21-25
Obstruction of passage of pedestrians or vehicles 13-2
Signs and advertising structures obstructing vision or view 17-5
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TRAFFIC—Cont'd. Section
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles alongside or opposite
street obstructions 21-17(7), 21-18
Parades and processions
Permits required for 21-2
Parking. See herein: Stopping, Standing and Parking
Sale of vehicles
Parking for purpose of displaying vehicle for sale 21-21
Sidewalks
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles left unattended
on sidewalks 21-25
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles on sidewalks 21-17(1)
Signs and advertising structures. See also that subject
Confusion with, use of words on traffic -control signs 17-5
Obstructing vision or view 17-5
Signs creating traffic hazards 17-4
Stopping, standing and parking
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Left unattended on sidewalks 21-25(a)(1)
Parked longer than seventy-two hours
Removing and impounding 21-25
Towage and storage charges 21-26
Statutes adopted; nuisance declared 21-24
Commercial, recreational, etc., vehicles; weight requirements 21-22
Compliance with signs prohibiting parking required 21-19
Enforcement
Disposition of money collected as fines 21-40
Form of citations 21-37
Issuance of citations 21-36
Payment of parking fines 21-39
Presumption of motor vehicle ownership 21-41
Schedule of fines 21-38
Manner of parking 21-16
Obstructing traffic 21-18
Parking for certain purposes prohibited 21-21
Parking more than seventy-two hours prohibited 21-23
Prohibited in specific areas 21-17
Residential parking sticker program; permits 21-27
Street excavations
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles left unattended
alongside or opposite street excavations 21-25
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles alongside or opposite
street excavations 21-17(7)
Traffic -control signs, signals and devices
Compliance with signs prohibiting parking 21-19
Signs and advertising structures
Confusion with, use of words on traffic -control signs 17-5
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TRAFFIC—Cont'd. Section
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles
Compliance with signs prohibiting parking required 21-19
Parking limitations where signs are erected 21-20
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles where official signs
prohibit stopping or parking 21-17(7)
Washing, greasing or repairing vehicles
Standing or parking vehicle for purpose of 21-21
TRAILERS. See: MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL VE-
HICLES
TRANSPORTATION
Uniform travel policy and procedure 2-632
TRAPPING
Trapping birds, wild fowl, etc. 4 4
TRASH. See: GARBAGE AND REFUSE
TRAVEL
Uniform travel policy and procedure
Auditing 2-365
Authority to incur travel and business expenses 2-357
Authorized travel 2-363
Definitions 2-356
Expense forms and regulations 2-359
Fraudulent claims 2-366
Funding 2-358
Reimbursable incidental expenses 2-364
Schedule for meal allowance and accommodations 2-360
Subsistence 2-361
Transportation ?.43.89
TRAVEL TRAILERS. See: MOBILE HOMES AND RECRE-
ATIONAL VEHICLES
TREES AND SHRUBBERY
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
Garbage and refuse collection and disposal
Garden trash, compost piles 16-7
Leaves and grass clippings; tree trunks, limbs, etc. 16-5
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on trees 17-8
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Natural features, use of 24-251(2)
Required improvements
Clearing and grading rights-of-way 24-257
Tree protection
Appeals 23-26
Definitions 23-16
Exceptions 23-25
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TREES AND SHRUBBERY—Cont'd. Section
Inspections
Generally 23-22
Tree inspection reports 23-21
Jurisdictional zones 23-19
Maintenance of trees 23-24
Permits
Applications 23-18
Removal of trees 23-23
Tree conservation board 23-17
Tree protection practices which shall be adhered to 23-20
Violations and penalties 23-27
Waterworks system
Water shortages; irrigation of ornamentals, ferns, foliage,
etc 22-39
Zoning regulations
Tree removal or damage 24-169
TRUCKS
Weight requirements 21-22
TRUSTS
Definition of "person" to include trusts 1-2
U
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES
Subdivisions
Required improvements 24-221
Zoning regulations
Planned unit development (PUD) 24-136(d)
UNDERGROUND WIRING
Mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks 10-2(4)
UTIL1T1ES
Public service tax 20-16 et seq.
See: TAXATION
Stormwater management 22-301 et seq.
See: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Streets, sidewalks and public places
Digging up streets, exceptions as to public utilities 19-2
Permit required of public utilities 19-2
Subdivision regulations
Design and construction standards, easements 24-253
Underground utilities, required improvements 24-221
Wastewater system 22-56 et seq.
See: WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Waterworks system 22-16 et seq.
See: WATERWORKS SYSTEM
Zoning regulations 24-136 et seq.
See: ZONING
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VACANT HOUSES
Water service
Liability of consumer for charges
Allowance made for vacant houses 22-24
VACANT LOTS
Depositing garbage, trash, etc., on 16-7
Dogs and cats running at large 4-24
VACANT PRIVATE PROPERTY
Loitering on, etc 13-2
VEGETATION
Collection and disposal (solid waste) _
Garden trash, conpost piles ..... , ::..... > ............ 16-7
Leaves and gr clippings, etc 16-5
Gardens. See that subject
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Use of natural features 24-251(2)
Trees and shrubbery. See that subject
Water shortages
Irrigation of ferns, flowers, ornamentals, etc. 22-39(c)
Irrigation of lawns generally 22-39(b)
Weeds and brush. See that subject
VEHICLES. See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICLES
VERMIN
Nw
Aarinittinings to become vermin infeated
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANSES
VICIOUS DOGS
Provisions re
19 1(i.xn)
4-28
VOLLEYBALL COURTS
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Accessoly noses by zoning districts 24151(bXl)
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WALLS. See: FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES
WAREHOUSES
Zoning regulations
ILW industrial light and warehousing districts 24-112
Miniwarehouses 24-160
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WASTEWATER SYSTEM
Bills
Sewer user classification rates and charges. See herein that
subject
Building sewers and connections
Barricading, restoring excavations
Building and plumbing codes, conformance with
Connections
Connection of roof downspouts, foundation drains, surface
runoff, etc. 22-1
Conformance; making gastight and watertight; deviations 22-109
Inspections; supervision of connections 22-110
Costs and expenses; indemnification of city against loss, etc22-101
Elevation 22.107
Excavations for building sewer installation
Barricading, restoring
Old building sewers, use of
Permits
Classification; application 22-103
Inspections , .. 22-110
Required 22-102
Separate building sewer for each building; exception 22-104
Use of old building sewers 22-105
Charges, classification
Sewer user classification rates and charges. See herein that
subject
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Connections
Building sewers and connections. See herein that subject
Connection fees 22-169
Payment of 22-171
Private wastewater disposal
Connection to public sewers 22-90
Use of public sewers required
Toilet facilities, connection to public sewers 22-74
Definitions 22-56
Extensions
Sewer system extensions. See herein that subject
Fees
Sewer user rates and charges. See herein that subject
Impact fees 22-170
Disposition of 22-172
Payment of 22-171
Inspectors, powers and authority of
Easements 22-154
Information concerning industrial processes 22-152
Section
22-111
22-106
22-109
22-111
22-105
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WASTEWATER SYSTEM—Cont'd. Section
Observing safety rules; indemnification and liability 22-153
Rights of entry of authorized employees 22-151
Maliciously damaging, etc., facilities 22-57
Private wastewater disposal
Compliance regarding type, capacities, location and layout 22-89
Connection to public sewers; cleaning and filling 22-90
Construction of division 22.86
Maintenance 22-91
Permits 22-88
Where required 22-87
Public sewers
Depositing, discharging, etc., garbage into public sewers 22-71
Rates
Sewer user rates and charges„ See herein that subject
Sewer system extensions
Construction of extension projects 22-192
Construction standards 22-195
Design standards 22-194
Purpose 22-191
Sewer service without water service 22-193
Sewer use user rates and charges
Billing 22-173
Delinquent bills 22-174
Connection fees 22-169
Payment of 22-171
Delinquent bills 22-174
Establishment of a quarterly base charge 22-166
Impact fees 22-170
Disposition of 22-172
Payment of 22-171
Payment of connection fees and impact fees 22-171
Revenue generation system
Capital improvement account
Accrued funds, use of 22-178
Annual deposit 22-180
Disposition of revenues for 22-177
Certification 22-179
Established 22-176
Review and changes of rates 11-168
Schedule of wastewater volume charges 22-167
Sewer charges applicable if sewer available 22-175
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Required improvements, sewer and water 24-258
Use of public sewers generally
Construction of provisions 22-126
Discharging storm water, etc., into storm sewers or natural
outlets 22-128
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WASTEWATER SYSTEM—Cont'd.
Discharging unpolluted waters into sanitary sewer; exception
Grease, oil and sand interceptors
Information for determination of compliance
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities
Options of cite manager regarding wastes
Measurements. tests and analyses determinations
Observation, sampling and measurement
Structures for
Pretreatment or flow -equalizing facilities
Prohibited discharges
Use. of public sewers required
Constructing privies, septic tanks, cesspools
Depositing human or animal excrement
Discharging untreated wastewater or polluted waters into
natural outlets, etc
Installation of toilet facilities required; connection of facili-
ties to public sewer
Utility provisions generally. See: UTILITIES
Section
22-127
22-132
22-135
22-130
22-131
22-136
22-134
22-133
22-129
22-73
22-71
22-72
22-74
WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS (Canals, lakes, etc.)
Definition of"public place" to include any lake or stream 1-2
Discharging untreated wastewater or polluted waters into natu-
ral outlets 22-72
Flood hazard provisions 8-1 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Garden trash deposited in canals, waterways, lakes, etc 16-7
Public sewers, use of
Discharging storm water, etc., into natural outlets 22-128
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Easements; drainage, watercourses 24-253
WATER -SOURCE HEAT PUMPS
Discharging water from, nuisance provisions 12-1(b)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
WATERWORKS SYSTEM
Access to consumer's premises
Right of access by city employees 22-21
Application for water service 22-16
New subdivisions 22-37
Approval of plumbing prior toconnection with water system 22-35
Bills. See herein: Charges, Fees, Bills
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WILD FOWL Section
Hunting, shooting, etc 4-4
WINDOWS. See: DOORS AND WINDOWS
WITNESSES
Code enforcement board's power to subpoena witnesses 2-148
WRECKER SERVICE
Charges for towing and storage 21-51
Establishment of rotating wrecker call list 21-50
Liability insurance ► 21-53
Repairing vehicles without authorization 21-54
Wreckers to be equipped at all times 21-52
WRITING
Defined 1-2
Y
YARDS AND OPEN SPACES
Definition of "public place" to include school yards or open
spaces 1-2
Zoning regulations 24-82(e) et seq.
See: ZONING
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