AB Code Supplement 20SUPPLEMENT NO. 20
September 1998
CODE OF ORDINANCES
City of
ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
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CITY OF
ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
Suzanne Shaughnessy
Mayor
Richard M. Beaver
Louis M. Borno
John S. Meserve
Theo K. Mitchelson
City Commission
Alan C. Jensen
City Attorney
James R. Jarboe
City Manager
Maureen King
City Clerk
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Officials of the City at Time of Codification iii
Preface v
Adopting Ordinance vii
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PART I
CHARTER
Charter 1
Art. I. Incorporation; Form of Government; Powers1
Art. II. The Commission 5
Art. III. The City Manager 9
Art. IV. The City Clerk 10
Art. V. The City Attorney 10
Art. VI. Department of Public Safety 11
Art. VII. Budget 11
Art. VIII. Department of Finance 11
Art. IX. Elections 12
Art. X. Initiative and Referendum 15
Art. XI. Recall Elections 17
Art. XII. Franchises 18
Art. XIII. Tax Administration 18
Art. XIV. Zoning 18
Art. XV. Municipal Borrowing 18
Art. XVI. Suits Against the City 23
Art. XVII. General and Miscellaneous Provisions 23
Art. XVIII. When Act Takes Place 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 163
Div. 1. Generally 163
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Div. 2. Police Department 163
Div. 3. Fire Department 164
Div. 4. Department of Finance 165
Div. 5. Department of Public Works 166
Art. V. Boards and Commissions 167
Div. 1. Generally 167
Div. 2. Code Enforcement Board 167
Div. 3. Nuisance Control Board 170
Art. VL Employee Benefits 172.1
Div. 1. Generally 172.1
Div. 2. Old -Age and Survivors Insurance 172.2
Div. 3. Retirement System 174
Art. VH. 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 303
5. Beaches and Parks 353
Art. I. In General 353
Art. II. Beach Safety Zone 355
Art. III. Public Parks 355
6. Buildings and Building Regulations 407
Art. I. In General 407
Art. II. Building Code 407
Art. III. Electrical Code 413
Art. IV. Plumbing Code 417
Art. V. Mechanical Code 419
Art. VI. Swimming Pool Code 421
Art. VII. Numbering of Buildings 422
Art. VIII. Housing Code 424
Art. IX. Gas Code 424
Art. X. Amusement Device Code 425
7. Fire Prevention and Protection 469
Art. I. In General 469
Art. II. Fire Prevention and Life Safety 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
Art. I. In General
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Art. II. Fair Housing 577
10. Mobile Homes and Recreational Vehicles 631
11. Noise 683
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 Property891
16. Solid Waste and Recycling 943
17. Signs and Advertising Structures 995
Art. I. In General 995
Art. II. Permit 1003
18. Solicitations 1055
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 1177
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 1275
Art. I. In General 1275
Art. II. Waterworks System 1276
Art. III. Wastewater System 1284
Div. 1. Generally 1284
Div. 2. Use of Public Sewers Required 1286
Div. 3. Private Wastewater Disposal 1287
Div. 4. Building Sewers and Connections 1288.1
Div. 5. Use of Public Sewers 1290
Div. 6. Powers and Authority of Inspectors 1294
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Div. 7. Sewer User Rates and Charges 1294.1
Div. 8. Sewer System Extensions 1299
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 1362
24. Zoning and Subdivision Regulations 1403
Art. I. 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
Div. 8. Landscaping 1464
Art. IV. Subdivision Regulations 1466.5
Div. 1. Generally 1466.5
Div. 2. Application Procedure 1466.7
Div. 3. Required Improvements 1473
Div. 4. Assurance for Completion and Maintenance
of Improvements 1474
Div. 5. Design and Construction Standards 1477
Code Comparative Table -1970 Code 1983
Code Comparative Table—Ordinances 1987
Code Comparative Table—Laws of Florida 2043
Statutory Reference Table 2053
Charter Index 2081
Code Index 2101
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ADMINISTRATION § 2-298
and shall be unassignable except as is specifically provided in this division. If a member is
covered under a group insurance or prepayment plan participated in by the city, and should the
member or his/her beneficiary be permitted to and elect to continue the coverage as a retirant
or beneficiary, the member or beneficiary may authorize the board of trustees to deduct
required payments to continue coverage under the group insurance or prepayment plan. The
city shall have the right of setoff for any claim arising from embezzlement by or fraud of a
member, retirant or beneficiary.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 35, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-296. Errors.
Should any change in the records result in any member, retirant or beneficiary being paid
from the retirement system more or less than would have been paid had the records been
correct, the board of trustees shall correct the error and, as far as practicable, shall adjust the
payment in such manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which the member,
retirant or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.
(Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 36, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-297. Protection against fraud.
Whoever with intent to deceive shall make any statements and/or reports required under
this division which are untrue, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of
the retirement system, or who shall otherwise violate, with intent to deceive, any of the terms
or provisions of this division, shall be guilty of a city offense.
Ord. No. 58-75-4, § 37, 12-22-75)
Sec. 2-298. Member contributions.
(a) Member contributions by benefit group fire shall be five and five hundred fifty-five
thousandths (5.555) percent of salary and by benefit group police bargaining unit members
covered by the current bargaining unit contract shall be one (1) percent of salary and by other
benefit group police members shall be four and eight hundred fifteen thousandths (4.815)
percent of salary which shall be deducted from the member's pay and paid over into the
retirement system at the same time as city contributions are made.
(b) Member contributions for benefit group general shall be no less than two (2) percent of
salary and said contribution shall be deducted from the member's pay and paid over into the
retirement system at the same time as the city contribution is made to the retirement system.
(c) The city shall assume and pay the member contributions required set forth above in lieu
of payroll deductions from such members' earnings. No member shall have the option of
choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them paid by the city
directly to the retirement system. All such contributions by the city shall be deemed and
considered as part of the member's contributions and subject to all provisions of this plan
pertaining to contributions of members. Such contributions shall additionally be considered as
part of the member's compensation for purposes of determining final average compensation
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and any other benefits hereunder and for determining the member's hourly wage rate for
purposes of FICA contributions, worker's compensation, and overtime compensation. The city's
pickup of a five and five hundred fifty-five thousandths -percent reduction of each benefit group
fire member's pay, a reduction of two and eight hundred fifteen thousandths (2.815) percent of
the pay of each benefit group police bargaining unit member covered by the current bargaining
unit contract, a reduction of four and eight hundred fifteen thousandths (4.815) percent of each
other benefit group police member's pay, and a reduction of two (2) percent of each benefit
general member's pay, which occurred on January 1, 1997, and is intended to comply with
Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(c) If an employee leaves the service of the city before accumulating aggregate time of five
(5) years toward retirement and before being eligible to retire under the provisions of this
article he/she shall be entitled to a refund of all of his or her contributions made to the city
pension trust fund, without interest, less any disability benefits paid to him/her. Han employee
who has been in the service of the city for at least five (5) years and has contributed to the
pension trust fund as provided elects to leave his or her accrued contributions in the trust fund,
such employee, upon attaining the age as required in section 2-278, may retire with the
actuarial equivalent of the amount of such retirement income otherwise payable to him/her.
(e) If a member who terminates employment elects a refund of contributions and:
(1) Some or all of the refund is eligible for rollover treatment, as defined by the internal
revenue service;
(2) Elects to have such eligible distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan or
IRA; and
(3) Specifies the eligible retirement plan or IRA to which such distribution is to be paid (in
such form and at such time as the distributing plan administration may prescribe),
the distribution will be made in the form of a direct trustee -to -trustee transfer to the specified
eligible retirement plan.
(Ord. No. 58-87-8, § 2, 10-26-87; Ord. No. 58-88-13, § 1, 11-28-88; Ord. No. 58-93-19A, § 1,
10-25-93; Ord. No. 58-96-21, § 1, 2-12-96; Ord. No. 58-97-22, § 1, 2-24-97; Ord. No. 58-97-23, §
2, 7-14-97; Ord. No. 58-97-24, § 1, 9-8-97)
Sec. 2-299. Benefit limitations and required distributions.
(a) Benefits paid under the city employees retirement system shall not exceed the
limitations of Internal Revenue Code Section 415, the provisions of which are hereby
incorporated by reference.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions in this section to the contrary, the distribution of
benefits shall be in accordance with the following requirements and otherwise comply with
Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(9) and the regulations thereunder, the provisions of
which are incorporated herein by reference:
(1) A member's benefit shall be distributed to him/her not later than April 1 of the calendar
year following the later of the calendar year in which the member attains age
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Chapter 6
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS*
Art. I. In General, §§ 6-1-6-15
Art. II. Building Code, §§ 6-16-6-30
Art. III. Electrical Code, §§ 6-31-6-55
Art. IV Plumbing Code, §§ 6-56-6-75
Art. V. Mechanical Code, §§ 6-76-6-90
Art. VI. Swimming Pool Code, §§ 6-91-6-105
Art. VH. Numbering of Buildings, §§ 6-106-6-119
Art. VIII. Housing Code, §§ 6-120-6-140
Art. IX. Gas Code, §§ 6-141-6-160
Art. X. Amusement Device Code, § 6-161
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Secs. 6-1-6-15. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. BUILDING CODEt
Sec. 6-16. Adoption.
There are hereby adopted, subject to the modifications, changes and amendments set forth
in this article, for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the construction,
alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of
buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, that certain building code known as
the Standard Building Code, 1997 edition, published by the Southern Building Code Congress
International, Inc., and the whole thereof, including Appendix K, Recommended Schedule of
Permit Fees, and the Standard Existing Building Code, 1997 edition, and the Standard Unsafe
Building Abatement Code, 1985 edition, except such portions as are deleted, modified or
amended by this article, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and are now filed in
the office of the city clerk, and the same are adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at
length in this article, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the construction of all
buildings and other structures within the city.
(Code 1970, § 6-8; Ord. No. 25-89-22, § 1, 6-12-89; Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No.
25-96-28, §§ 1(1), (9), (10), 4-22-96; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1, 6-22-98)
Editor's note—Ordinance No. 25-92-23, § 1, adopted November 9, 1992, amended § 6-16 of
the Code. Such new amended provisions, however, not only pertained to § 6-16, but to other
sections as well; therefore, § 1 of said ordinance was treated as also amending §§ 6-31, 6-56,
6-76, 6-91, 6-120, 6-141, 6-161, and 7-16(a).
*Cross references—Fire prevention and protection, Ch. 7; flood hazard areas, Ch. 8;
mobile homes and recreation vehicles, Ch. 10; building operations at night, § 11-6; planning/
zoning/appeals, Ch. 14; signs and advertising structures, Ch. 17; streets, sidewalks and other
public places, Ch. 19; occupational license taxes for contractors, § 20-59; utilities, Ch. 22;
zoning and subdivision regulations, Ch. 24.
State law references—Building construction standards, F.S. Ch. 553; contracting, F.S.
tState law reference—State minimum building codes, F.S. § 553.70 et seq.
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Sec. 6-17.. Reserved.
Editor's note—Section 2 of Ord. No. 25-96-28, adopted April 22, 1996, repealed § 6-17 in its
entirety. Formerly, § 6-17 pertained to building code amendments and derived from § 6-10 of
the 1970 Code; and Ord. No. 25-95-27, § 1, adopted July 10, 1995.
Sec. 6-18. Coastal Construction Code—Title.
The provisions contained herein shall constitute the Coastal Construction Code for con-
struction within the coastal building zone in Atlantic Beach, Florida, and shall be referred to
as the "coastal code."
(Ord. No. 25-86-17, § 1, 2-24-86)
Sec. 6-19. Same Purpose; generally.
The purpose of the coastal code is to provide minimum standards for the design and
construction of buildings and structures to reduce the harmful effects of hurricanes and other
natural disasters occurring along the coastal areas of Atlantic Beach which front on the
Atlantic Ocean. These standards are intended to specifically address design features which
affect the structural stability of the beach, dunes and topography of adjacent properties. The
coastal code is site specific to the coastal building zone as defined herein, and is not applicable
to other locations. In the event of a conflict between these sections and other chapters of this
Code, the requirements resulting in more restrictive design shall apply. No provisions in these
sections shall be construed to permit any construction in any area prohibited by any other
Atlantic Beach regulation.
(Ord. No. 25-86-17, § 1, 2-24-86)
Sec. 6-20. Same—Scope; applicability.
The requirements of this coastal code shall apply to the following types of construction in the
coastal building zone in Atlantic Beach:
(a) The new construction of, or improvement to major structures, nonhabitable major
structures, and minor structures as defined herein.
(b) Construction which would change or alter the character of the shoreline (e.g. excavation,
grading, paving). The coastal code does not apply to minor work in the nature of normal beach
cleaning or debris removal.
(1) Existing structures. The requirements of this section shall not apply to existing
structured structures under construction, or structures for which a valid and unex-
pired municipal or county building permit was issued prior to the adoption of the
coastal code.
(2) Multi -zone structures. For structures located partially in the coastal building zone, the
requirements of the coastal code shall apply to the entire structure.
(3) Construction seaward of mean high water. Structures or construction extending
seaward of the mean high water line which are regulated by Section 161.041, Florida
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BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS § 6-58
Sec. 6-40. Same—Interference with electrical inspector.
It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder or interfere with the city electrical inspector or
with any assistant city electrical inspector in the discharge of his duties under this article.
(Code 1970, § 7-12)
Secs. 6-41-6-55. Reserved.
ARTICLE IV. PLUMBING CODE*
Sec. 6-56. Adoption.
There is hereby adopted the Standard Plumbing Code, 1997 edition, as published by the
Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., for the purpose of establishing rules and
regulations for the construction, maintenance and repairs on plumbing, including permits and
penalties.
(Code 1970, § 17-1; Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(3), 4-22-96; Ord. No.
25-98-30, § 1, 6-22-98)
Note—See editor's note, § 646.
Sec. 6-57. Certificate of competency.
(a) Every master or journeyman plumber before carrying on his trade or business in this
city, shall present to the city clerk a certificate as to his competency issued by the state or the
board of examiners of plumbers of the City of Jacksonville, or an existing certificate previously
issued by the city.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person, not a certified plumber in accordance with the
provisions of this section, to do any plumbing construction or to make any repairs, alterations,
additions or changes to an existing system, within the city.
(Code 1970, § 17-4)
Sec. 6-58. Permits—Determination of ownership of secondhand fixtures prior to
issuance.
Before the issuance of any plumbing permit, the plumbing inspector shall ascertain whether
new or secondhand fixtures are to be used in the work. Whenever secondhand fixtures are
proposed, the plumbing inspector shall require of the applicant satisfactory evidence in writing
of the ownership of such fixtures and keep a record of the same.
(Code 1970, § 17-11)
*Cross references—Waterworks system, § 22-16 et seq.; wastewater system, § 22-56 et
seq.
State law references—Plumbing control act, F.S. § 553.01 et seq.; plumbers, F.S. Ch. 469.
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Sec. 6-59. Same—Fee.
A fee of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per fixture, including washing machines, water
heaters and dishwashers, shall be paid to the city when a plumbing permit is issued. The
minimum charge for any permit shall be ten dollars ($10.00) in addition to the rate per fixture.
The charge for reinspection shall be ten dollars ($10.00) per inspection.
(Code 1970, § 17-12; Ord. No. 36-82-1, § 1, 7-26-82)
Sec. 6-60. Same—To whom issued.
Plumbing permits shall be issued to master plumbers. A homeowner who lives on the
premises may take a homeowners test through an accepted [testing] agency. Upon passing the
homeowners test, a permit will be issued to the homeowner for premises occupied by the
homeowner.
Accepted testing agencies are the City of Atlantic Beach, the City of Jacksonville Building and
Zoning Department, the City of Jacksonville Beach Building and Zoning Department, and the
Standard Building Code Congress International.
(Code 1970, § 17-13; Ord. No. 25-93-24, § 2, 9-13-93; Ord. No. 25-95-27, § 3, 7-10-95)
Sec. 6-61. Water conservation regulations.
(a) All new construction and all remodeling or repair involving replacement of fixtures in
residential, hotel, motel, industry or commercial use shall utilize fixtures conforming to the
following schedule of maximum water usage based on water pressures at the fixture of forty
(40) to fifty (50) pounds per square inch (psi):
Maximum Flow liaie
Fixture Type (gallons)
Water closets
Tank type 2 per flush
Flushometer or flushvalve type 2 per flush
Wall mount 3.5 per flush
Urinals 1 per flush
Shower heads 2.5 per minute
Lavatory faucets 2 per minute
Sink faucets 2.5 per minute
(b) No urinal or water closet that operates on a continuous flow or continuous flush shall be
permitted unless fitted with time controls adjusted for periods of use.
(c) The use of standard flush toilets may be allowed when, in the opinion of the building
official, the configuration of the building drainage system requires a greater quantity of water
to adequately flush the system.
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(d) Any person desiring to install any device or appliance as set out shall be required to
submit to the building official a manufacturer's data sheet defining the water use character-
istics of the plumbing devices or appliances prior to final inspection.
(e) If a particular fixture listed above is not available from at least two (2) suppliers, the
building official may accept a signed, notarized certification of nonavailability from the
plumbing contractor and allow a standard plumbing fixture to be used. The notarized
certification of nonavailability shall be signed by the fixture suppliers.
(Ord. No. 25-93-25, § 1, 12-13-93)
Secs. 6-62-6-75. Reserved.
ARTICLE V. MECHANICAL CODE
Sec. 6-76. Adoption.
There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for
mechanical construction, maintenance, and repair, including permits and penalties that
certain code known as the Standard Mechanical Code, 1997 edition, published by the Southern
Building Code Congress International, Inc., including changes and amendments, for the
purpose of establishing a comprehensive performance code for the minimum design and
Installation requirements for heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems in all build-
ings. Terms and conditions set forth within the booklet are hereby adopted and incorporated as
fully as if set out at length in this article and the provisions contained therein shall control
within the limits of the city.
(Ord. No. 25-82-1, § 1, 7-26-82; Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(4),
4-22-96; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1, 6-22-98)
Note—See editor's note, § 6-16.
Sec. 6-77. Inspection fees.
No permit shall be granted for any mechanical installation within the limits of the city until
after inspection fees shall have been paid; such inspection fees are hereby fixed as follows:
(1) Mechanical permit fees:
a. For issuing each permit $ 10.00
b. Air conditioning and refrigeration (total capacity in single installa-
tion):
For each ton or fractional part thereof:
Air conditioning from 1 ton to 10 tons total capacity in single
installation, for each town or fraction thereof for each apart-
ment or business will be considered a separate system 4.00
For each ton of air conditioning over 10 tons or fractional part
thereof up to 25 tons 2.00
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For each ton of air conditioning over 25 tons or fractional part
thereof 1.00
c. Furnaces and heating equipment (total capacity in single installa-
tion):
For the first 200,000 BTU per hour capacity or fractional part
thereof in single installation for each apartment or business . 10.00
For each additional 50,000 BTU per hour of fuel used or fractional
part thereof 2.00
Any burner (not in heating system), each 6.00
d. Boilers, including heating element:
For the first 500,000 BTU per hour input of fuel 15.00
For each additional 100,000 BTU per hour input of fuel or fractional
part thereof 3.00
e. Air duct systems:
For the first 2,000 cubic feet per minute capacity of air handled in
duct system 10.00
For each 1,000 cubic feet per minute over 2,000 cubic feet per minute
or fractional part thereof up to 10,000 cubic feet per minute4.00
For each additional 1,000 cubic feet per minute or fractional part
thereof 2.00
f. Pumps 2.00
g. Wells 10.00
h. Tanks, all types, gasoline or liquefied petroleum.
0-600 gallons 10.00
Over 600 to 10,000 gallons capacity or fractional part thereof 50.00
For each additional 1,000 gallons or fractional part thereof 2.00
i. Service station automobile lifts 5.00
j. Elevators, escalators, manliffs, hoists for the first 4 floors 50.00
k. Fire sprinkler systems:
For the first 40 sprinkler heads or fractional part thereof 15.00
For each additional 10 sprinkler heads or fractional part thereof 2.00
1. Fire standpipes, each 3.00
m. Fire hose cabinets, each 3.00
n. Prefabricated fireplaces, each 15.00
o. Alteration or repair of boiler or on fired pressure vessel 15.00
p. Solar collector system 15.00
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q. Commercial hood installation 15.00
r. Heat exchanger or coil in ducts 5.00
s. Minimum fee for any mechanical permit 10.00
t. Reinspection fee 10.00
u. For mechanical fee not listed in this section, fee shall be based on
$4.00 per thousand dollars.
(2) Gas piping permit fees. Consumers' gas piping and appliances at one
location:
a. For issuing each permit' 10.00
b. For 1 to 4 outlets 5.00
For each additional outlet 1.00
c. For conversion burners, floor furnaces, incinerators, boilers, central
heat and air conditioning units 5.00
For each additional unit 1.00
d. Vented wall furnaces and water heaters, each unit 2.50
e. Reinspection fee 10.00
(Ord. No. 25-82-1, § 2, 7-26-82)
Secs. 6-78-6 90. Reserved.
ARTICLE VL SWIMMING POOL CODE*
Sec. 6-91. Adoption.
There is hereby adopted the Standard Swimming Pool Code, 1997 edition, as published by
the Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., for the purpose of prescribing
minimum standards for the design, construction or installation, repair or alterations of
swimming pools.
(Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(5), 4-22-96; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1,
6-22-98)
Note See editor's note, § 6-16.
Sec. 6-92. Enclosed or roofed pools to comply with building code and zoning
regulations.
Where an enclosure or roof is provided over a pool, it shall comply with the building code and
accessory building requirements of chapter 24.
(Code 1970, § 24-4)
*Cross reference—Zoning regulation of swimming pools, § 24-164.
State law references—Regulations of department of health and rehabilitative services,
F.S. § 381.031(g)3; public bathhouses and swimming or bathing places, F.S. Ch. 514.
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Secs. 6-93--6-105. Reserved.
ARTICLE VII. NUMBERING OF BUILDINGS
Sec. 6-106. Required.
Every building, place of residence or place of business in the city which fronts on any public
street shall have a number according to the system set forth in this article.
(Code 1970, § 6-12)
Sec. 6-107. Attachment of numbers to buildings.
The number assigned to any building shall be permanently attached in a suitable manner,
as determined by the building official, and shall be attached to the outside of the building in
a conspicuous place easily discernible from the street upon which the builcliug faces.
(Code 1970, § 6-13)
Sec. 6-108. Duties of building official.
It shall be the duty of the building official to assign each building a number, to attach or to
have attached the assigned number or numbers, and to do all things necessary and practical
to carry into effect the intent and provisions of this article.
(Code 1970, § 6-14)
Sec. 6-109. Street numbering districts designated.
The city is hereby divided into street numbering districts as follows:
(1) First district. All that part of the city lying east and south and including both sides of
the following streets: Sherry Drive between Atlantic Boulevard and Twelfth Street;
Twelfth Street between Sherry Drive and East Coast Drive; East Coast Drive
between Twelfth Street and Sixteenth Street.
(2) Second district. All that part of the city lying in the subdivision known as Saltair,
except Sherry Drive (in the first district) and The Plaza (in the third district).
(3) Third district. All that part of the city not within the first and second districts.
(Code 1970, § 6-15)
Sec. 6-110. System of numbering.
The building official shall assign street numbers within the street numbering districts as
follows:
(1) In the first district according to the system of numbering as follows:
a. On streets running from south to north and more northerly than easterly or
westerly, only odd numbers (not evenly divided by 2) shall be assigned to
buildings on the easterly side and only even numbers (evenly divided by 2) shall
be assigned to buildings on the westerly side.
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b. On streets running from east to west and more westerly than northerly or
southerly, only odd numbers shall be assigned to buildings on the northerly side
and only even numbers shall be assigned to buildings on the southerly side.
c. Atlantic Boulevard on the south and the ocean beach (at the concrete seawall) on
the east are hereby declared and determined to be the zero coordinates or axis of
this numbering system. Numbers shall run from zero on the south to the north
and from zero on the east to west.
d. On every street, one hundred (100) numbers shall be assigned per block (fifty (50)
numbers on each side), except on streets running from south to north, where
named streets (instead of "numbered" streets) intersect and cross the streets
running from south to north and, in that case, one hundred (100) numbers shall
be assigned to several blocks in a manner that the number of the hundred block
'(Example: the 1200 block) shall be equal to the number of the "numbered" street
immediately south thereof and except on streets running from south to north
where "numbered" streets, if extended easterly, would intersect the streets
running from south to north and, in such case, the number of the hundred block
shall cease and the next number of the hundred block shall commence, as if the
"numbered" street had extended easterly.
e. Each street number on each side of a street shall be measured one from the other
(in quotient feet) by dividing the length (in feet) of the street (for which one
hundred (100) numbers were assigned) by the numeral fifty (50). Any given
building shall be assigned the number or numbers (within the one hundred (100)
numbers assigned to the part of block, or several blocks in which the given
building is situated) by dividing the distance (in feet) of one number from the
other (assigned or unassigned), and the number or numbers having the closest
nonfractional value for that side of the street shall be the number assigned.
(2) In the second district, according to the system of numbering as follows:
a. According to subsection (1)a of this section.
b. According to subsection (1)b of this section.
c. Atlantic Boulevard on the south and Saltair Boulevard through the district are
hereby declared and determined to be the zero coordinates or axis of this
numbering system. Numbers shall run from zero on the south to the north, and
from zero at Saltair Boulevard to the east and to the west.
d. On every street, one hundred (100) numbers shall be assigned per block (fifty (50)
numbers on each side).
e. According to subsection (1)e of this section.
(3) In the third district, according to the system of numbering as follows:
a. According to subsection (1)a of this section.
b. According to subsection (1)b of this section.
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c. Atlantic Boulevard on the south and the first and second districts on the east are
hereby declared and determined to be the zero coordinates or axis of this
numbering system, except where the street is a continuation of a street in the first
or second districts, and in that case, the coordinates or axis shall be that of the
first or second district, whichever is the case.
d. On every street, one hundred (100) numbers shall be assigned for every five
hundred (500) feet, except where streets intersect less than one thousand (1,000)
feet apart, in which case one hundred (100) numbers shall be assigned according
to subsection (2)d of this section.
e. According to subsection (1)e of this section.
(Code 1970, § 6-16)
Sec. 6-111. Removing or defacing.
No person shall remove or deface or attempt to remove or deface any numbers attached to
buildings under the provisions of this article.
(Code 1970, § 6-17)
State law reference—Criminal mischief, F.S. § 806.13.
Secs. 6-112--6-119. Reserved.
ARTICLE VIII. HOUSING CODE
Sec. 6-120. Adoption.
There is hereby adopted, basic minimum housing standards deemed essential for safe,
healthful living, that certain code known as the Standard Housing Code, 1997 edition,
published by tiie Southern Building Code Congress international, inc.
(Ord. No. 25-89-21, § 1, 6-12-89; Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(6),
4-22-96; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1, 6-22-98)
Note—See editor's note, § 6-16.
Secs. 6-121-6-140. Reserved.
ARTICLE IX. GAS CODE
Sec. 6-141. Adopted.
There is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the
construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and
maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, the Standard Gas
Code, 1997 edition.
(Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(7), 4-22-96; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1,
6-22-98)
Note—See editor's note, § 6-16.
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Secs. 6-142--6-160. Reserved.
ARTICLE X. AMUSEMENT DEVICE CODE
§ 6-161
Sec. 6-161. Adopted.
There is hereby adopted for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the
construction, alteration, removal, demolition, equipment, use and occupancy, location and
maintenance of buildings and structures, including permits and penalties, the Standard
Amusement Device Code, 1997 edition.
(Ord. No. 25-92-23, § 1, 11-9-92; Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(8), 4-22-96; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1,
6-22-98)
Note See editor's note, § 6-16.
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Art. I.
Art. II.
Chapter 7
FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION*
In General, §§ 7-1-7-15
Fire Prevention and Life Safety, §§ 7-16-7-42
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 7-1. Title.
The provisions of this chapter shall constitute and shall hereafter be known as the "Fire
Protection and Life Safety Code of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida."
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-2. Reward for information.
The city may pay when authorized by the city manager as a reward to any person an amount
not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for any one (1) occurrence, for information leading
to the arrest and conviction of any person found guilty of maliciously setting a fire within the
city.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Secs. 7-3-7-15. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. FIRE PREVENTION AND LIFE SAFETY
Sec. 7-16. Purpose and intent.
(a) The purpose and intent of this article is to prescribe minimum requirements and
controls to safeguard lives, property and public welfare from the hazards of fire and explosions.
This will include identifying and correcting hazardous conditions resulting from improper
storage, handling, and use of substances, materials or devices. It will also include inspections
and evaluations of the designs, uses or occupancies of buildings, structures, sheds, tents, lots,
or any other premises within the jurisdiction of the city and identified by City Code.
*Editor's note—Ord. No. 57-97-20, § 1, adopted Aug. 11, 1997, amended Ch. 7 in its
entirety to read as herein set out. The former Ch. 7, §§ 7-1 and 7-16-7-20, pertained to similar
subject matter and derived from Code 1970, §§ 9-2-9-4, 9-6-9-8; Ord. No. 57-89-15, § 1, April
24, 1989; and Ord. No. 25-96-28, § 1(11), adopted April 22, 1996.
Cross references—Fire department, § 2-61 et seq.; buildings and building regulations, Ch.
6; signs and advertising structures as fire hazards, § 17-4; signs and advertising structures
obstructing doors, windows and fire escapes, § 17-6.
State law references—Fire prevention and control, F.S. Ch. 633; local fire chief authorized
to enforce laws and rules of state fire marshal, F.S. § 633.121; explosives, F.S. Ch. 552;
procedure to lawfully burn land, F.S. § 590.12; sale of fireworks, F.S. Ch. 791.
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(b) The provisions of this article shall apply to existing conditions as well as to conditions
arising after adoption thereof. Prior to applying the requirements of this article to an existing
condition, the fire official shall determine that a threat to life, safety or property exists. If such
a threat exists, the fire official shall apply the appropriate provision of this article to the extent
practical to assure that a reasonable degree of life, safety and property protection is
maintained.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-17. Definitions.
[The following definitions, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.]
Authority having jurisdiction shall mean the fire official of the city, as defined in that certain
code known as the Life Safety Code referenced in section 7-20 of this chapter.
Complete automatic sprinkler system shall mean a complete automatic sprinkler system as
described in the applicable National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.
Fire official shall mean the chief of the fire department or his/her designee.
Gross floor area shall mean the area within the inside perimeter of the outside walls of the
building under consideration with no deduction for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of the
interior walls, columns or other features.
New additions or expansions shall mean the alteration of a building (other than one- and
two-family dwellings) to increase occupancy, usable floor space or number of living units or the
remodeling or renovation of a building which equals or exceeds the cumulation total of fifty (50)
percent of the assessed value (as stated in the current building evaluation data sheet) of the
Stx ucture either.
(1) Before the repair or improvements started; or
(2) If the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-18. Codes adopted.
(a) The following model codes are adopted in their entirety as additions to the text of this
article. The text of these adopted model codes shall be fully enforceable as other regulations
adopted under the provisions of this article as if the same were incorporated and set forth at
length herein. Model codes adopted pursuant to this article shall not waive any provisions of
this chapter or be less restrictive than its provisions.
(1) Standard Fire Prevention Code, 1997 edition, as published by the Southern Building
Code Congress International, Inc.
(2) Life Safety Code 101, 1994 edition, as published by the National Fire Protection
Association, Inc.
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(b) One (1) copy of the adopted model codes has been and is filed in the office of the city
clerk.
Note: Cross references and state law references stay as they appear in the current code.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97; Ord. No. 25-98-30, § 1, 6-22-98)
Sec. 7-19. Inspection.
(a) The fire official shall cause to be inspected all buildings and premises ( other than one -
and two-family dwellings) including such other hazards or material items for the purpose of
ascertaining and causing to be corrected conditions which would reasonably tend to cause fire
or contribute to its spread, or any violation of the purpose or provisions of this article and of
any other law or standard affecting fire safety.
(b) When an apparent structural hazard is caused by the faulty installation, or malfunction
of any of the items or devices listed in section 7-23, the fire official shall immediately order the
correction of the hazards as required by this article and shall notify the building official of such
hazards for correction under Chapter 6 of this Code.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-20. Right of Entry.
(a) To the full extent permitted by law, the fire official, engaged in fire prevention and
inspection work, is authorized at all reasonable times to enter and examine any building,
structure, marine vessel, vehicle, or premises for the purpose of making fire safety inspections.
Before entering a private building or dwelling, the fire official shall obtain the consent of the
occupant thereof or obtain a court warrant authorizing entry for the purpose of inspection
except in the instances where an emergency exists. As used in this section, "emergency" means
circumstances that the fire official has reason to believe exist, and may constitute immediate
danger to life and property.
(b) Persons authorized to enter and inspect buildings, structures, marine vessels, vehicles,
and premises as herein set forth shall be identified by proper credentials issued by the city.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with the fire official carrying out any
duties or functions prescribed by this article.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to use an official badge, uniform, or
other credentials to impersonate a fire official for the purpose of gaining access to any building,
structure, marine vessel, vehicle, or premises in this jurisdiction.
(e) No person, owner or occupant of any building or premises shall fail, after proper
credentials are displayed, to permit entry into any building or onto any property by the fire
official for the purpose of inspections pursuant to the [this) chapter.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
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Sec. 7-21. Notice to eliminate dangerous conditions.
(a) Whenever the fire official shall find in any building, or upon any premises, dangerous or
hazardous conditions or materials as follows, there shall be issued such notice or orders to
remove or remedy the conditions as may be necessary for the protection of life and property
from fire and smoke:
(1) Dangerous or unlawful amounts of combustible or explosive or otherwise hazardous
materials;
(2) Hazardous conditions arising from defective or improperly installed equipment for
handling or using explosive or otherwise hazardous materials;
(3) Dangerous accumulations of rubbish, waste paper, boxes, shavings or other highly
combustible materials;
(4) Accumulations of dust or waste material in air conditioning or ventilation, systems or
of grease in kitchen or other exhaust ducts or inadequate clearness to unprotected
combustible material from hoods, grease extractors and ducts;
(5) Obstruction to or on fire escapes, designated access openings in exterior walls for fire
department use, stairs, passageways, doors, or windows, liable to interfere with the
operations of the fire department or egress of occupants in case of fire;
(6) Any building or other structure which, for lack of adequate exit facilities, automatic or
other fire alarm apparatus or fire extinguisher, or equipment, creates a hazardous
condition.
(b) Whenever the fire official deems any chimney, smokestack, stove, oven, incinerator,
furnace or other heating device, electric fixture or any apparatus thereto, regulated under a
nationally approved standard as adopted by section 7-20 in or upon any building, structure, or
premises not specifically mentioned in this article, to be defective or unsafe so as to create an
immediate hazard, he shall serve upon the owner or the person having control of the property,
a written notice to repair or alter as necessary and shall notify any other authority enforcing
codes regulating such equipment. He may affix a condemnation tag prohibiting the use thereof
until such repairs or alterations are made. When affixed, such tag may be removed only by
order of such fire official or his/her duly authorized representative and may be removed only
when the hazard to which the order pertains has been eliminated in an approved manner.
Until removed, that item or device which has caused the hazard shall not be used or be
permitted to be used.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-22. Service of orders.
The service of orders for the correction of violations of this article shall be made upon the
owner, occupant or other person responsible for the conditions, either by delivering a copy of
same to such person or by delivering the same to and leaving it with any person in charge of
the premises, or in case no such person is found upon the premises, by affixing a copy thereof
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in a conspicuous place on the door to the entrance of the said premises. Whenever it may be
necessary to serve such an order upon the owner of the premises such order may be served
either by delivering to and leaving with the said person a copy of the said order, or, if such
owner is absent from the jurisdiction of the officer making the order by sending such copy by
certified or registered mail to the owner's last known post office address.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-23. Compliance.
Any order or notice issued or served as provided in this article shall be complied with by the
owner, operator, occupant or other person responsible for the condition or violation to which the
order or notice pertains. Every order or notice shall set forth a time limit for compliance
dependant upon the hazard and danger created by the violation.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-24. Authority to require exposures or stop work.
(a) Whenever any installation that is subject to inspection prior to use is covered or
concealed without having first been inspected, the fire official may require by written notice
that such work be exposed for inspection. The fire official shall be notified when the
installation is ready for inspection and the fire official shall conduct the inspection within a
reasonable period of time.
(b) When any construction or installation work is being performed in violation of the plans
and specifications as approved by the fire official, a written notice shall be issued to the
responsible party to stop work on that portion of the work that is in violation. The notice shall
state the nature of the violation, and no work shall be continued on that portion until the
violation has been corrected.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-25. Appeals.
(a) Any person aggrieved by an order issued under this article may appeal such order in
accordance with the procedures established in the Standard Fire Prevention Code, as adopted
in section 7-20 of this article.
(b) In the event of a conflict between the Building Code as established in Chapter 6 of the
City Code of Ordinances, and this article, it shall be resolved in accordance with F.S. § 553.73.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-26. Summary Abatement.
(a) The fire official shall have the authority to summarily abate any condition that is in
violation of any provision of this chapter and that presents an immediate hazard to life and
property.
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(b) When, in the opinion of the fire official, there is actual danger to the occupants or those
in proximity of any building, structure or premises because of unsafe structural conditions or
inadequacy of any exit way, the presence of explosives, explosive fumes or vapors, flammable
liquids, vapors, gases or materials, the fire official may order the immediate evacuation of such
building, structure or premises and no one shall enter or reenter until authorized to do so by
the fire official. In addition, the fire official may order the disconnection of electric and gas
utility services from such building, structure or premises and no one shall reconnect utility
services until authorized to do so by the building official.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-27. Penalties and other remedies for violations.
(a) Failure to comply with any provision of this article or any lawful order of the fire official
shall constitute a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days, or by both a fine
and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues shall be a separate offense, In
accordance with F.S. § 633.171.
(b) The city may use any appropriate actions or proceeding at law or in equity for the
enforcement of this chapter, and any court of competent jurisdiction shall have the right to
issue restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions or mandamus or other appro-
priate forms of remedy or relief.
(c) The city may enforce this chapter using the proceedings set forth in Chapter 2,
Administration, Article V, Division 2, Code Enforcement Board, of the City Code of Ordinances,
as prescribed in F.S. Ch. 162.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-28. Authority to investigate fires.
(a) The fire official shall investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of each and every
fire occurring in the city involving the loss of life or injury to persons, or destruction or damage
to property. A written report shall be made of all facts and findings in relation to each fire
investigation.
(b) If it appears that the fire is of suspicious origin, the fire official shall immediately notify
the police department and shall assist the police department as necessary in its investigation.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-29. Key vault requirement.
The fire official may require the installation and maintenance of a key vault security system
in such buildings or structures where security precautions and protective devices may
unreasonably delay the entry of the fire department in time of emergency.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
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Sec. 7-30. Fees.
The following fee schedule relates to plan(s), examinations, inspections, and testing of fire
safety and fire extinguishing apparatus and permits excluding home occupations and residen-
tial.
Permit Fees
(1) Fire safety inspection for the purpose of obtaining an occupational license $ 35.00
(2) Plans review and final inspection for certificate of occupancy 50.00
(3) Fire safety re -inspections 25.00
(4) Annual fire safety inspection 25.00
(5) Fire alarm annual inspection 35.00
(6) Fire standpipe annual inspection 50.00
(7) Fire sprinkler system annual inspection 50.00
(8) Fire suppression hood systems annual inspection 25.00
(9) Open burning, each permit 15.00
(10) Flammable/combustible storage (annual) 20.00
(11) Flammable/combustible spraying or clipping (annual) 20.00
(12) Storage/sales fireworks, each permit 35.00
(13) Fumigation, each permit 20.00
(14) Hazardous materials storage/use (annual) 50.00
(15) High piled combustible storage (annual) 20.00
(16) Liquefied and compressed gases (annual) 20.00
(17) Any other required permit as prescribed by the Standard Fire Prevention
Code 15.00
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-31. Automatic fire sprinkler requirements.
(a) All new buildings or existing buildings incorporating new additions or expansions,
except one- or two-family dwellings, shall be equipped with a complete automatic sprinkler
system:
(1) Where the combined total occupant load is three hundred (300) persons or more.
(2) Where an assembly occupancy is located above or below the level of exit discharge,
regardless of occupant load.
(3) Where the building is used as an educational, health care, ambulatory health care or
residential board and care occupancy.
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(4) In any and all areas below the level of exit discharge.
(5) In all buildings over seven thousand (7,000) square feet of gross floor area of all floors
combined.
(6) In all buildings over three (3) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height regardless of gross
floor area.
(b) The fire official may omit sprinkler heads in areas of buildings or structures as follows:
(1) In areas containing electrical equipment or telephone equipment, not over one hundred
(100) square feet in gross floor area.
(2) In small compartment areas such as closets not over twenty-four (24) square feet and
bathrooms not over fifty-five (55) square feet in gross floor area.
(c) All automatic fire sprinkler systems shall be electronically supervised to detect water
flow. Such supervision shall be at a location, approved by the fire official, constantly attended
by a competent person trained and equipped to alert the fire department in the event of a water
flow signal.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-32. Building permits.
A permit (other than one- and two-family dwellings) for construction, erection, alteration,
repair or demolition shall not be issued until the fire official has reviewed the plans and
specifications for such proposal and the fire official has found the plans to be in compliance
with this article and F.S. Chs. 553 and 633.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-33. Smoke detection power source.
All smoke detectors installed to protect sleeping areas shall be powered by a permanent
connection to an AC power source with a battery backup.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-34. Hazardous materials identification and information.
(a) There is hereby adopted by the city for the purpose of prescribing regulations to identify
hazardous materials manufacturing, storage and use facilities that certain code known as
NFPA 704 "Identification of the Fire Hazards of Materials," 1994 edition, of the National Fire
Protection Association. One (1) copy of the subject code has been and is filed in the office of the
city clerk and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length
herein, and from the effective date of this section, the provisions of said standard shall control
within the limits of the city.
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(b) The fire official may require the installation of a weatherproof box containing up-to-date
hazardous materials safety data sheets, on the extension of such buildings or structures that
contain quantities of hazardous materials. It shall be the responsibility of the occupants
storing, handling or using the hazardous materials to maintain this information as correct.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-35. Fire hydrants and fire department connections.
(a) All new buildings or structures, except one- and two-family units shall be protected by
a fire hydrant connected to a public water main capable of supplying the necessary water for
fire protection. Such fire hydrant shall be located within three hundred (300) feet of the
protected building and shall be arranged so that hose may be distributed to any portion of the
building at distances not exceeding four hundred (400) feet.
(1) Access to hydrant.
a. Three-foot radius clear lane to the street.
b. Fire department connections within fifty (50) feet and same side of street as the
hydrant.
(2) Access to building by fire department apparatus.
a. Street. Thirty -eight -foot inside and fifty -foot outside turning radius.
b. Parking lot Twenty three feet and two inches (23'2") inside turning radius and
forty -foot outside.
(3) Fire lanes must be marked and posted by the owner/occupant.
a. Curb must be marked.
b. Signs seventy-five (75) feet apart not more than seven (7) feet in height to the
bottom of the sign, the size of the sign must be eighteen (18) by twenty-four (24)
inches with white background.
(b) The fire official may modify this requirement when automatic fire sprinkler protection
is provided.
(c) The cost of fire hydrant protection and necessary water system extension shall be the
responsibility of the developer.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-36. Open burning.
(a) There shall be no open burning in the city without first obtaining a permit from the fire
official and paying the appropriate permit fee.
(b) Anyone failing to comply with the provisions of this article are subject to fines and
penalties as set forth in section 7-29 of this article.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
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Sec. 7-37. Street address identification.
The street address shall comply with Chapter 6 of the City Code of Ordinances.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-38. Permits and certificates.
(a) A permit shall constitute permission to maintain, store or handle materials, or to
conduct processes which produce conditions hazardous to life or property, or to install
equipment used in connection with such activities as referenced in Chapter 4 of the Standard
Fire Prevention Code.
(b) Such permit shall not be a substitute for any license required by law. A permit shall not
be transferable and any change in use as occupancy of a building or premises shall require a
new permit.
(c) A permit shall continue until revoked or for such a period of time as designated at time
of issuance.
(d) Inspection before issue.
(1)
Before a permit may be issued, the fire official shall inspect and approve the
receptacles, vehicles, buildings, structures, or storage areas to be used and the owner
or occupant shall verify to the fire official that a certificate of occupancy has been
issued by the building official for that occupancy classification.
(2) In cases where laws or regulations enforceable by departments other than the fire
department are applicable, joint approval shall be obtained from all departments
concerned.
(e) Applying for a permit. The application for a permit shall be made in the form prescribed
by the fire official and contain the following information:
(1) The signature of the applicant.
(2) A statement of the intended use of the building or structure or operation to be
conducted on the premises.
(3) Plans when required by the fire official.
(f) Conditions of permits.
(1) The fire official shall act upon a application for permit without unreasonable delay and
when issued such permit shall remain on the premises designated therein and shall at
all times be subject to inspection.
(2) Whenever the provision of this code requires more than one (1) permit for the same
establishment or location, such permits may be combined into a single permit, but each
provision shall be listed in the permit.
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(g) Compliance with permit. All permits issued under this Code shall require that the
applicant, his agents and employees shall carry out the proposed activity in compliance with
all the requirements of this Code and any other laws or regulations applicable thereto, whether
specified in the permit or not in complete accordance with the approved plan and application.
(h) Revocation of permit. The fire official may revoke a permit issued under this code when
it is found by inspection or otherwise that any one (1) of the following conditions exist:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
The permit is used for a location or establishment other than that for which it was
issued.
The permit is used for a condition or activity other than that listed in the permit.
Conditions and limitations set forth in the permit have been violated.
There have been false statements or misrepresentation as to a material fact in the
application for permit or plans submitted or a condition of the permit.
The permit is used by a different person or firm other than the name for which it was
issued.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-39. Fireworks.
(a) [Fireworks] shall be regulated in accordance with F.S. Ch. 791 and Chapter 4A-50
Division of State Fire Marshal Uniform Fire Safety Rules and Standards.
(b) Anyone wishing to sell approved fireworks within the city shall meet and conform to the
following:
(1)
(2)
(3)
Meet all requirements of F.S. Ch. 791;
Obtain a permit from the fire official;
Conform to the provisions of approved permit; and
(4) Any other requirement by City Ordinance not covered in this chapter.
(c) Storage of approved fireworks shall be at the decision of the fire official and shall meet
the following minimum requirements:
(1) Fireworks may be stored/sold inside structures only if the structure is equipped with
an approved automatic extinguishing system and shall be limited to fifty (50) pounds
(of total package weight).
(2) Fireworks stored outside of a structure shall be placed in a container not less than one
hundred (100) feet from any occupied structure as approved by the fire official.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-40. Occupant load/overcrowding.
(a) Signs stating the maximum occupant content shall be conspicuously posted by the
owner/occupant of the building in each assembly room, auditorium or room used for a similar
purpose. It shall be unlawful to remove or deface such notice.
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(b) No person shall permit overcrowding or admittance of any person beyond the approved
capacity of any place of public assembly. The fire official or police department, upon finding any
overcrowded conditions or obstructions in aisles, passageways or other means of egress, or
upon finding any condition which constitutes a serious menace to life, shall cause the
performance, presentation, spectacle or entertainment to be stopped until such condition or
obstruction is corrected. (Refer to Life Safety Code for calculating occupant load associated
with the use.)
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-41. False silent alarms.
(a) Any person knowingly communicating by any means, or otherwise turning in, causing
to be made a false alarm, including but not limited to audible or visual alarms, to the police
department, fire department, or to any person engaged in the business of receiving and
reporting silent alarms to, the police or fire department shall be in violation of this section for
making in excess of two (2) false alarms, per quarter of any calendar year.
(b) Any person or property owner after two (2) false alarms per quarter, shall be in violation
of this section and shall be charged an administrative fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to cover the
cost of personnel and apparatus for each violation. Each additional false alarm after the two
(2) per quarter allowance shall be considered a separate violation of this section.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
Sec. 7-42. Modifications.
The chief of the fire department shall have power to modify any of the provisions of the fire
prevention code adopted by this article upon application in writing by the owner or lessee, or
his duly authorized agent, when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the
strict letter of the code, provided that the spirit of the code shall be observed, public safety
secured and substantial justice done. The particulars of such modification, when granted or
allowed and approved by the public safety director and city manager, the decision shall be
entered upon the records of the city, and a signed copy shall be furnished to the applicant.
(Ord No. 57-97-20, § 1, 8-11-97)
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Service
Frequency
(per week) Container Size (cubic yards)
4 223 322 428 533 689
5
6
279 400 532 664 862
335 478 636 794 1034
Note: Charge includes dumpster maintenance and replacement.
b. Commercial B unit. All businesses, professions and occupations generating four
(4) or less garbage containers [shall be defined as Commercial B units]. (Amounts
in excess of four (4) garbage containers shall require a commercial dumpster.)
There shall be a charge of thirteen dollars and sixty cents ($13.60) per month,
payable to the City of Atlantic Beach, for each Commercial B unit, unless a
dumpster is required at which time the charge will be in accordance with
applicable commercial dumpster rates.
c. Commercial Compacted (REL). [The charge for an REL shall be] at a rate of seven
dollars and fifty-two cents ($7.52) per cubic yard per month.
d. Commercial recycling. [Charges for commercial recycling shall be as follows:]
1. Eight -cubic -yard container: One time [per] week at a rate of thirty-two
dollars and fifty-six cents ($32.56) per month.
2. Compacted: At a rate of five dollars and sixty-four cents ($5.64) per cubic
yard per month.
e. Roll -off containers. [Charges for roll -off containers shall be as follows:]
1. Open -top: At a rate of two hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty cents
($247.50) per container per pull.
2. Compacted: At a rate of two hundred fifty-three dollars ($253.00) per
container per pull.
(3) Tipping fees for landfill use: Effective with FY 94/95, tipping fees for landfill use shall
be charged to all new commercial accounts and new apartment complexes with four (4)
or more apartment units. The term "new" shall include new owners of existing
commercial accounts and existing apartment complexes with four (4) or more apart-
ment units.
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95; Ord. No. 55-97-30, § 1, 8-25-97)
Sec. 16-9. Existing contracts with other than city franchisee.
Since embarkation by the city into commercial solid waste franchising is a new event, the
city will allow business locations and property owners currently under contract with vendors
other than city service for solid waste removal to complete their current contracts. Each
business owner or property owner requiring commercial pickup of solid waste within the city
shall be required to furnish the city with copies of expiration dates of current contracts. Upon
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completion of such contracts, each business or property owner requiring such service will be
required to contract exclusively with the city franchisee. Only contracts in effect prior to
approval of this chapter will be considered "existing contracts."
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
Sec. 16-10. Annual review of fees.
A review of residential and commercial solid waste rates shall be conducted annually by the
director of finance and may be adjusted as franchise rates are negotiated between the city and
franchisee in accordance with contractual requirements and any unforeseen future disposal
fees.
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
Sec. 16-11. Noncompliance.
The franchisee shall not be required to collect any garbage, recyclable items or garden trash
which does not comply with this chapter.
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
Sec. 16-12. Removal of lot clearing, contractors' debris; oil and grease.
Trash and debris caused from the operation of lot cleaning, tree removal or trimmings in
excess of the amounts specified in this chapter, or lot 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 franchisee.
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
Sec. 16-13. 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. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
Sec. 16-14. 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 shall have such white goods removed and disposed
of by the franchisee of the city by placing such white goods curbside on pickup day.
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
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Sec. 16-15. Enforcement.
This chapter shall be enforced by the city police department, the city public works
department, the city commission, the city manager or his designee, the building official and the
code enforcement officer. All parties herein referred to are hereby authorized to sign
complaints for violation of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
Sec. 16-16. 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. 55-95-29, § 1, 5-8-95)
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publication or by the distribution of any advertising material or in any other way
indicating engagement in such business, profession or occupation, regardless of
whether any business has actually been transacted or not.
(Ord. No. 45-81-5, § 1, 12-28-81; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84; Ord. No. 45-90-8, § 1, 6-25-90)
State law reference—Similar provisions, F.S. § 205.042.
Sec. 20-52.1. Inspections.
Prior to the issuance of an occupational license, the structure or site designated as the
location of the business to be licensed shall receive the inspection and approval of the city fire
inspector and building official to verify compliance with city building and fire codes. However,
inspections for home occupations shall be at the discretion of the building official and fire
inspectors. The fee for the initial building inspection shall be included in the licensing fee
hereunder specified and the fee for the fire inspection shall be as set forth in section 7-17.
(Ord. No. 45-90-8, § 1, 6-25-90; Ord. No. 70-97-12, § 1, 9-22-97)
State law reference—Similar provisions, F.S. § 205.042.
Sec. 20-53. Half-year licenses.
The city clerk, upon proper showing that the issuance of a license for a full year would work
a hardship in any instance during the period from April first to October first, may issue a
half -year's license. Persons applying for a license after October first may be issued a half -year's
license.
(Code 1970, § 10-1; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84)
State law reference—Authority for a partial license, F.S. § 205.053(1).
Sec. 20-54. Due dates and delinquencies; penalties.
(a) All licenses shall be sold by the city clerk beginning September first of each year and
shall be due and payable on or before October first of each year and shall expire on September
thirtieth of the succeeding year. If October first falls on a weekend or holiday, the tax shall be
due and payable on or before the first working day following October first. Those licenses not
renewed when due and payable shall be considered delinquent and subject to a delinquency
penalty often (10) percent for the month of October, plus an additional five (5) percent penalty
for each month of delinquency thereafter until paid. However, the total delinquency penalty
shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the occupational license fee for the delinquent
establishment. If license is not paid by January thirty-first, the city clerk shall have city water
service disconnected until license fee plus delinquent charges are paid in full.
(b) Any person engaging in or managing any business, occupation or profession without
first obtaining a local occupational license, if required in this article, shall be subject to a
penalty of twenty-five (25) percent of the license fee determined to be due, in addition to the
penalty provided by F.S. Ch. 162; any such business may be closed by the city manager or his
designee until the licensing requirements have been met.
(Code 1970, § 10-1.1; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84; Ord. No. 45-90-8, § 1, 6-25-90; Ord. No.
70-97-12, § 1, 9-22-97)
State law reference—Similar provisions, F.S. § 205.053.
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Sec. 20-55. Businesses falling under more than one classification; operating at more
than one location.
Each license classification and the amount of the license tax, as set forth in this chapter,
shall be deemed to be cumulative to any license taxes otherwise imposed, and when any
occupation, business, profession or commercial activity shall fall into more than one (1) of the
classifications, such occupation, business, profession or commercial activity shall be required
to comply with the license requirements of each such classification or provision. Whenever any
person operates any of the businesses provided for in this article at more than one location,
each location shall be considered a separate business.
(Code 1970, § 10-2; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84)
Sec. 20-56. Compliance by licensees.
Issuance of a license by the city clerk shall in no wise relieve the holder thereof of
responsibility for compliance with all provisions of this Code or other city ordinances or parts
thereof heretofore passed or which may hereafter be passed by the city commission regulating
the conduct of the business.
(Code 1970, § 10-3; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84)
Sec. 20-57. Transfer.
(a) All business licenses may be transferred to a new owner when there is a bona fide sale
of the business upon payment of a transfer fee of three dollars ($3.00) and presentation of the
original license and evidence of the sale.
(b) Upon written request and presentation of the original license, any license may be
transferred from one location to another location in the city upon payment of a transfer fee of
i nree dollars ($3.00).
(Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84)
State law reference—Similar provisions, F.S. § 205.043(2), (3).
Sec. 20-58. Exemptions.
Except from the provisions of this article are those persons exempt under F.S. § 205.063 et
seq.
Sec. 20-59. Schedule of fees.
No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in or manage any trade, business, profession,
or occupation without first obtaining a license and paying an annual fee, which shall be
assessed as follows:
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS:
0 to 1,500 square feet $47.00
1,501 to 5,000 square feet 78.00
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5,001 to 15,000 square feet 105.00
15,001 square feet and over 262.00
Manufacturer, all
PROFESSIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS (Physical facility):
Any person applying for a city occupational license to practice any profession regulated by
the state department of professional regulation, or any other state board or commission
thereof, must exhibit an active state certificate, registration, or license before the city
occupational license may be issued. This classification of license tax shall consist of, but shall
not be limited to, the following types of business, and the license fee for the professional
establishment shall be assessed at the rate indicated:
0 to 1,500 square feet $47.00
1,501 to 5,000 square feet 78.00
5,001 to 15,000 square feet 105.00
15,001 square feet and over 262.00
Accountancy firm/corporation
Architect firm/corporation
Air conditioning/heating
Attorney firm/corporation
Barber shop
Beauty shop
Brokerage firm/corporation: Mortgage, stocks, bonds
Building contractor
Cosmetology salon
Cosmetology school
Day care, adult
Day care, children
Dental lab
Detective/investigative agency
Diet/weight control center
Educational establishment (trade, technical)
Electrical contractor
Engineer firm/corporation
Funeral home
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General contractor
Hearing aid center
Insurance agency
Land surveyor business
Landscape architect film/corporation
Loan company
Massage establishment
Mechanical contractor
Medical office
Miscellaneous, other than listed
Nursing home
Optometry office
Pharmacy
Plumbing/septic tank contractor
Pool/hot tub/spa contractor
Real estate agency
Real estate appraiser
Residential contractor
Roofing contractor
Sheet metal contractor
Solar energy contractor
Title company
Underground utilities contractor
Veterinary establishment
Banks, national or state savings and loan $262.00
Insurance company (Transacting any class of insurance within the municipal
limits of the city, whether or not maintaining a place of business within
the municipal boundaries) 157.00
In addition to the license for the professional establishment (physical facility), each
professional engaged in such practice or profession shall pay a license tax as indicated. This
classification of license tax shall consist of, but shall not be limited to, the following:
Accountant $94.00
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Acupuncturist 31.00
Architect 94.00
Attorney 94.00
Auctioneer 94.00
Barber 31.00
Beautician 31.00
Chiropractor 94.00
Cosmetologist 31.00
Dental hygienist 31.00
Dental radiographer 31.00
Dentist 94.00
Detective/investigator 31.00
Dietician 31.00
Engineer 94.00
Funeral director/embalmer 94.00
Hearing specialist 94.00
Insurance agent 94.00
Land surveyor 94.00
Landscape architect 94.00
Marriage or family counselor 94.00
Massage therapist 31.00
Mental health counselor 94.00
Miscellaneous, other than listed 31.00
Miscellaneous contractor 31.00
Mortgage broker 94.00
Nail specialist 31.00
Naturopath 94.00
Nursing home administrator 94.00
Occupational therapist 94.00
Optician 94.00
Optometrist 94.00
Pharmacist (pursuant to F.S. 205.196) Exempt
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Physical therapist 94.00
Physician 94.00
Podiatrist 94.00
Professional, other than listed 94.00
Psychologist 94.00
Real estate broker 31.00
Real estate sales agent 31.00
Respiratory care practitioner/therapist 94.00
Stocks/bonds broker 94.00
Veterinarian 94.00
RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS:
The license fee for retail establishments shall be assessed at the following rates:
0 to 1,500 square feet $47.00
1,501 to 5,000 square feet 78.00
5,001 to 15,000 square feet 157.00
15,001 square feet and over 262.00
Antiques
Appliance sales
Art gallery/dealer
Art framing/arts and crafts
Auto, new/used
Auto parts/supplies
Bakery
Beauty supply
Bicycles
Boat, new/used
Bookstores/stationers
Building supplies
Butcher/meat market
Cabinet/carpentry shop
Candy/popcorn
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Ceramics
Clothing
Collectibles
Computer, hardware/software
Convenience store
Cosmetics
Decorator sales
Delicatessen
Department/variety store
Electronic equipment/radio/television
Fabric shop
Fish/seafood market
Fish, tropical/aquarium
Fishing supplies (bait and tackle)
Floor coverings: Carpet, tile, etc.
Florist, cut flowers, plants, etc.
Furniture sales
Garden center/nursery
Gas, LP dealers
Gifts/greeting cards
Glass: Auto, plate, window, mirror
Grocery store
Guns/firearms dealer
Hardware store
Health food store
Ice cream parlor
Ice cream vendor (mobile)
Jewelers
Liquor store (not for consumption on premises)
Lumberyard/sales
Mail order/catalog sales
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Marine equipment/supplies
Miscellaneous sales, other than listed
Mobile home/RV dealer
Motorcycle sales, new/used
Music shop
Office equipment/supplies
Optical devices/equipment sales
Pawnshop
Pet shop, sales/supplies
Photographic equipment/supplies
Plumbing fixtures/supplies
Records/tapes/CD/video sales
Secondhand/thrift stores
Shoe sales
Sporting goods
Tobacco products
Toy store
Trophy/award sales
Video equipment sales/rental
Wall covering/window treatment
Water companies, bottled or bulk
SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS:
The license fee for service establishments shall be assessed at the following rates:
0 to 1,500 square feet $47.00
1,501 to 5,000 square feet 78.00
5,001 to 15,000 square feet 157.00
15,001 square feet and over 262.00
Advertising agency, firm or corporation engaged in creation, production or sale of media
intended to promote or advertise
Advertising, billboards, highway and wall signs (covering fabrication, erection and/or
maintenance of any type sign which is located on private property, exclusive of neon,
which is covered under general license)
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Advertising, outdoor (general license covering all phases of advertising, as defined in F.S.
Ch. 479, relating to outdoor advertisers and including erecting, servicing and main-
taining of electrical and neon signs)
Animal grooming/kennel
Apartment building/complex (based on total square footage)
Appliance service/repair
Auto:
Car wash (requires commission approval)
Customizing/detailing
Machine shop/welding
Oil change
Paint and body shop
Rental/U-drive
Road service/towing
Service/repair
Service station (the number of pumps shall be calculated either individually or by
island as numbered by the service station):
1 to 4 pumps $47.00
5 to 9 pumps 78.00
10 to 12 pumps 105.00
Over 12 pumps 262.00
Stereo/accessories installation
Storage
Tire dealer
Bar/lounge/tavern:
With 1 COP license, add $52.00
With 2 COP license, add 105.00
With 4 COP license, add 210.00
With lounge and/or micro brewery, add 262.00
Boat repair
Bookkeeping
Bowling alleys
Building inspection
Carpentry
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Carpet cleaners
Catering
Cement/stone/brick
Cemetery
Charter vessel
Each vessel up to 25 feet 45.00
Plus for vessels over 25 feet, per foot additional 10.00
Vessels over 25 feet require city commission approval
Cleaning/janitorial/maid service
Computer classes
Computer repairs
Computer services
Consultant, not otherwise classified
Consultant/systems analyst
Country club:
With 1 COP license, add $52.00
With 2 COP license, add 105.00
With 4 COP license, add 210.00
With lounge and/or micro brewery, add 262.00
Dance hall:
With 1 COP license, add $52.00
With 2 COP license, add 105.00
With 4 COP license, add 210.00
With lounge and/or micro brewery, add 262.00
Decorator/interior design
Delivery/messenger service
Dredging/excavation contractor
Drywall installation
Employment agency
Environmental services/consultant
Fences, metal/wood contractor
Financial consultant
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Fortune teller, clairvoyant, psychic, palmist, spirit medium, etc.
Foundation contractor
Fuel oil service
Furniture repair/upholstery
Glass tinting/coating
Health spa/gym
Hotel/motel/roominghouses:
With 1 COP license, add $52.00
With 2 COP license, add 105.00
With 4 COP license, add 210.00
With lounge and/or micro brewery, add 262.00
Instructional establishment:
Arts/crafts
Computer/secretarial
Dance/music/fine arts
Karate/martial arts
Insulation contractor
Irrigation contractor
Junk/salvage yard
Land development company
Landscaping/lot clearing
Laundromat, self-service
Laundry/dry cleaner
Lawn/yard service
Linen service
Locksmith
Machine repair/fabrication/welding
Management company (managing the property or business of another person, firm or
corporation)
Manufacturer's agent/representative
Marina
Per slip/space up to 50 feet $10.00
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Plus for each additional foot over 50 feet
Marine construction (docks, etc.)
Masonry/ceramic tile
Minor contractor (miscellaneous odd jobs/repair)
Miscellaneous service establishment, other than listed
Mobile home parks
Motion picture theater/establishment
Motorcycle repair
Moving/storage company
Newspaper, branch office/publishing
Office equipment maintenance
Packing/shipping/mail service
Painting/paper hanging
Pest control/exterminator
Photo processing service
Photographer
Piano tuner
Pool service/maintenance
Printer/print shop
Process server
Promoters of entertainment, exhibits, shows, event planner
Publishing/public relations company
Radio station/broadcasting company
Radio/television/VCR repair
Recycling company
Rentals:
Bicycles
Equipment
Furniture/appliances
Videotapes, etc.
Other
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TAXATION § 20-59
Restaurants (This classification also includes snack bars and take-out only service):
With 1 COP license, add $52.00
With 2 COP license, add 105.00
With 4 COP license, add 210.00
With lounge and/or micro brewery, add 262.00
Screen printing
Secretarial service/data processing
Security systems installation
Security systems monitoring service
Septic tank cleaning
Shoe repair
Sign builders/painters
Signs, electric/neon
Small engine repair
Software programs, writing of
Solicitation, door-to-door (unless exempted by chapter 18 of the City Code or F.S. Ch. 496),
plus $35.00 to cover the cost of investigation pursuant to section 18-3 of the City Code
Sprinkler systems (fire)
Storage/mini warehouses
Tailor/dressmaker
Tanning salon
Telegraph service
Telemarketing
Telephone answering service
Trailer park/tourist camp
Travel agency
Tree service/tree surgeon
Upholsterer/furniture mender
Water softening/conditioning
Well digger
Window installation/service
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Other service establishments:
Telephone company, subject to franchise:
First 1,000 phones for instruments or fraction thereof, per phone or
instrument operated or installed $.075
Second 1,000 phones or instruments or fraction thereof over 1,000, per
phone or instrument operated or installed .06
All over 2,000 phones or instruments, per phone or instrument operated
or installed .045
Transportation: In addition to the license for the business establishment (physical facility),
each individual engaged in transportation shall pay a license fee for each vehicle
involved in the business, as follows:
Taxi/limousine service
Limousine, per vehicle
Taxi cabs
Towing/wrecker service
Towing/wrecker service, per vehicle
Trucking
Truck, per vehicle
26.00
26.00
26.00
26.00
Vending machines: The licensing of vending machines shall be the responsibility of the
business where the vending machines are located and shall be in addition to other
license(s) required for the business. Vending machines shall mean any amusement/
game machine, pool/billiard table, electronic music machine, and any machine, which
dispenses a product.
0 to 3 machines $26.00
4 to 10 machines 52.00
11 to 19 machines 105.00
20 or more machines (arcade) 262.00
Commission approval will be required before occupational licenses will be issued for the
following businesses, and license fees shall be as follows:
Passenger vessel
1-50 passenger capacity 100.00
51-100 passenger capacity 1,000.00
101 or more passenger capacity 125,000.00
Day labor employment service $5,000.00
Escort service 25,000.00
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Lingerie modeling shop 25,000.00
900 telephone service or equivalent 25,000.00
Sexually oriented live entertainment 25,000.00
Tattoo artist 5,000.00
Teen club 5,000.00
(Code 1970, § 10-5; Ord. No. 45-80-4, 9-8-80; Ord. No. 45-84-6, § 1, 9-24-84; OrdNo. 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; Ord. No. 45-94-11, § 2, 6-27-94; Ord. No. 45-98-13, § 1, 7-13-98)
Secs. 20-60-20-75. Reserved.
ARTICLE IV 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 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 one (1) percent of the gross amount
of receipts of premiums for policyholders on all premiums collected on casualty insurance
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 premiums
from policyholders on all premiums collected on property insurance policies covering property
within the corporate limits of the city.
(Ord. No. 45-80A, 9-8-80)
State law reference—Authority for this section, F.S. § 175.101.
Sec. 20-78. Payment date.
The license or excise taxes levied in section 20-76 or 20-77 shall be due and payable annually
on the first day of March of each year.
(Ord. No. 45-80-4, 9-8-80)
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CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
Ordinance Adoption Section
Number Date Section this Code
5-96-28 11-11-96 1 Added 2-336(8)
10-97-20 1-27-97 1 3-2(a)(2)
5-97-29 2-24-97 1 Added 2-19(25)
45-97-12 2-24-97 1 Added 24-159(c)
58-97-22 2-24-97 1 2-298(a)
60-97-9 2-24-97 1 Added 17-18
75-97-12 3-24-97 1 21-22(a), (b)
2 Added 21-22(c)
58-97-23 7-14-97 1 Added 2-281(d)
2 2-298
60-97-10 7-14-97 1 17-1-17-17
17-31-17-35
57-97-20 8-11-97 1 Rpld 7-1,
7-16-7-20
Added 7-1, 7-2,
7-16-7-42
55-97-30 8-25-97 1 Added 16-8(3)
58-97-24 9- 8-97 1 2-298(a)
70-97-12 9-22-97 1 20-52.1
20-54(b)
25-98-30 6-22-98 1 6-16
6-56
6-76
6-91
6-120
6-141
6-161
7-18
45-98-13 7-13-98 1 20-59
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Supp. No. 20 1999
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
matters.
F.S.
Section
1.01
13-201
23.011
60.05
Ch. 98
98.211
100.181
100.361
Ch. 101
Ch. 112, Pt. III
112.061
112.65
112.311
Ch. 119
Ch. 161
161.041
161.053
Ch. 162
162.02
162.05
162.05(4)
162.06
162.07
162.08
162.09
162.10
162.11
Ch. 163
163.3161
Section
this Code
1-2
Ch. 9(note)
Ch. 14(note)
2-168, 2-169
Ch. 12(note)
Char., § 38
Char., § 53
Char., § 41
Char., § 56
Char., § 42
Char., § 66
Ch. 2, Art. VII,
Div. 3(note)
2-285
Ch. 2, Art. II
(note)
Char., § 65
Ch. 2(note)
Ch. 5(note)
6-20(b)(3)
6-20(b)(3)
6-21(e), (r)
Ch. 2, Art. V,
Div. 2(note)
7-27
20-54
2-146
2-141, 2-142
2-145
2-147
2-143, 2-144
2-147
2-148
2-149
2-150
2-151
Char., § 59
14-1(a)
21-302(15)
Ch. 14(note)
Ch. 24(note)
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F.S. Section
Section this Code
163.3174 14-22
163.3178 6-27
Ch. 166 Charter(note)
Char., § 4
Char., § 57
Char., § 59
21-302(9)
Ch. 166, Pt. II Char., § 45
Char., § 60
166.031 Char., § 79
166.041 Char., § 18
24-4
166.101 Ch. 2, Art. VII
(note)
166.201 Ch. 2, Art. VII
(note)
Ch. 20(note)
166.231 Ch. 20, Art. II
(note)
166.241 2-311
166.0425 Ch. 17(note)
Ch. 170 Ch. 19(note)
Ch. 175 2-272
175.101 20-77
Ch. 177 24-205
177.27(15) 6-21(j)
177.011 Ch. 24, Art. IV
(note)
177.041 24-205
177.091 24-256
Ch. 180 Ch. 19(note)
Ch. 185 2-272
185.08 20-76
Ch. 192 Ch. 20(note)
193.116 Char., § 58
Ch. 205 Char., § 58
Ch. 20, Art. III
(note)
205.022 20-51
205.042 20-52
205.043(2) 20-57
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
F.S. Section F.S. Section
Section this Code Section this Code
205.043(3) 20-57 Ch. 489 Ch. 6(note)
205.053 20-54 Ch. 496 18-4(g)(6)
205.053(1) 20-53 20-59
205.063 20-58 496.01 Ch. 18(note)
205.196 20-59 Ch. 513 Ch. 10(note)
Ch. 218 Ch. 2, Art. VII 513.01 10-1
(note) Ch. 514 Ch. 6, Art. VI
218.33 2-311 (note)
253.12 Ch. 5(note) Ch. 552 Ch. 7(note)
286.011 Char., § 14 Ch. 553 Ch. 6(note)
Ch. 2(note) 6-21(p)
309.01 Ch. 5(note) 7-32
Ch. 316 Ch. 21(note) 553.01 Ch. 6, Art. IV(note)
21-1 553.15 Ch. 6, Art. III(note)
316.008 Ch. 21(note) 553.70 Ch. 6, Art. II(note)
553.73 7-25
316.008(1)(a) Ch. 21, Art. II Chs. 561-568 3-1
(note) 561.01 Ch. 3(note)
316.195 Ch. 21, Art. II 562.14(1) 3-2
(note) 562.45(2) 3-2
21-16 3-4-3-6
316.1945 Ch. 21(note) 590.12 Ch. 7(note)
21-17 Ch. 633 Ch. 7(note)
316.2045 19-1 7-32
320.823 6-23 633.35 2-263
Ch. 327 Ch. 5(note) 633.121 Ch. 7(note)
335.075 Ch. 19(note) 633.171 7-27
Ch. 367 Ch. 22(note) Ch. 650 Ch 2; Art, VT,
Ch. 369 Ch. 5(note) Div. 2(note)
Ch. 372 Ch. 4(note) 2-241
Ch. 373 Ch. 8(note) 650.02 2-241
381.031(1)(g)1 4-29 650.05 Ch. 2, Art. VI,
381.031(g)3 Ch. 6, Art. VI Div. 2(note)
(note) Ch. 705 Ch. 15,
381.261 Ch. 22(note) Art. II(note)
Ch. 386 Ch. 12(note) 21-24
403.0893 21-302(9), (10) 705.16 Ch. 2,
403.413 5-4 Art. II(note)
16-7 Ch. 760 Ch. 9(note)
403.415 Ch. 11(note) 760.20 Ch. 9,
413.08 Ch. 3, Art. II(note) Art. II(note)
Ch. 469 Ch. 6, Art. IV 760.22 9-16
(note) 760.23 9-17
Ch. 479 Ch. 17(note) 760.24 9-18
20-59 760.25 9-22
Ch. 481, Pts. I, 760.29 9-23
II 24-177(b)(1) 760.37 9-24
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STATUTORY REFERENCE TABLE
F.S. Section
Section this Code
Ch. 767 Ch. 3,
Art. II(note)
4-26
768.28 2-1(b)(1)
Ch. 790 15-22(g)(3)
790.15 13-3
Ch. 791 Ch. 7(note)
7-39
806.13 6-111
22-57
Ch. 823 Ch. 12(note)
Ch. 828 4-5
876.05 Char., § 68
893.03 13-4
13-5
893.138 2-161
893.147 13-5
932.701 Ch. 15,
Art. II(note)
943.14 2-263
943.22 2-262
943.25(8)(a) 15-1
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Supp. No. 20 2055
CODE INDEX
Section
A
ABANDONMENT
Nuisances enumerated
Abandoned wells, basements, refrigerators, etc. 12-1(b)(6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Open storage of abandoned motor vehicles, refrigerators,
etc 12-1(b)(7)
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
ADDRESSES, STREET. See: STREET ADDRESSES
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, MR PISTOLS, ETC.
Discharging prohibited 13-3
ALARMS
Fire prevention and life safety
False silent alarms
7-41
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 alco-
holic 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
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Section
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (Cont'd.)
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
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(a)(4), (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(b)(2)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
AMENDMENTS TO CODE
Provisions re 1-9
AMUSEMENTS AND AMUSEMENT PLACES
Amusement device code adopted 6-161
ANIMALS AND FOWL
Animal shelter
Breaking open fences, gates, etc.; letting loose animals;
etc 4-3
Beaches
Use of vehicles and riding of animals prohibited 6 -
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
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
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CODE INDEX
Section
ANIMALS AND FOWL (Cont'd.)
Registration and tagging
Impoundment of unregistered dogs or cats 4-23
Required 4-22
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(b)(1)
Enforcement 4-1
Hogs, keeping 4-7
Impounding officer
Interfering with 4-2
Impounding vehicles
Breaking open fastenings, etc.; letting loose animals; etc. 4-3
Impoundment of dogs or cats 4-23
Injuries caused by animals 4-9
Interfering with officers 4-2
Noise
Animal or bird noises 11-9
Dogs or cats disturbing the peace 4-27
Nuisances. See also that subject
Allowing animal carcass to remain in place 12-1(b)(1)
Birds constituting nuisance 4-4
Dogs or cats running at large, etc 4-24
Keeping, feeding, etc., hogs, horses, chickens, etc., which
may be injurious to health and well-being of persons 12-1(b)(5)
Public sewers
Depositing animal excrement 22-71
Registration
Dogs and cats. See herein that subject
Removal of animals from animal shelter or impounding
vehicles 4-3
Running at large
Dogs and cats. See herein that subject
Stables, maintaining 4-7
Zoning regulations
Doghouses, pens, etc.
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(b)(1)
ANNEXATION
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
ANTENNAS, TOWERS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning districts 24-151(b)(1)
Height limitations for radio and television towers 24-156
APPROPRIATIONS. See: FINANCES
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ARRESTS
Arsonists
Reward for information leading to arrest and conviction
Section
7-2
ARSONISTS
Reward for information leading to conviction of 7-2
ASSESSMENTS
Additional court costs assessed for police training 15-1
Insurance premium taxes, assessment of 20-76, 20-77
Special assessment liens 23-40
ATTORNEY. See: CITY ATTORNEY
AUCTIONS
Noise in public places generally 11-2
AUDITS
Uniform travel policy and procedure
Auditing of travel expense reports or vouchers 2-365
B
BML BONDS
Additional court costs assessed for police training
Forfeited bail bonds 15-1
BARRICADES
Beaches, safety zones
Provisions re barricades 5-18
Building sewers and connections
Barricading, restoring excavations 22-111
RCFMFNTC
Abandoned basements, nuisance provisions 12-1(b)(6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Zoning regulations
Temporary residence 24-82(h)
BASKETBALL COURTS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(b)(1)
BEACHES
Alcoholic beverages
Consumption, possession of open containers upon public
property 3-12
Animals
Safety zone
Use of vehicle and riding of animals prohibited 5-17
Boats
Operation of motorized boats within 200 feet of beach 5-7
Parking of sailboats not to obstruct lifeguard activities 5-6
Closing during emergencies 5-1
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CODE INDEX
Section
BEACHES (Cont'd.)
Coastal construction code 6-18 et seq.
See: PLANNING
Dogs and cats running at large 4-24
Dogs upon beaches to leashed, muzzled, etc 4-25
Lifeguard activities
Parking of sailboats not to obstruct 5-6
Lifeguard division
Protecting safety and welfare of persons using beaches,
etc 2-6
Littering 5-4
Motorized boats or other apparatus
Operation of within 200 feet of beach 5-7
Operation of motorized apparatus within 200 feet of beach 5-7
Parking of sailboats, catamarans, and vessels 5-8
Parking of sailboats not to obstruct lifeguard activities 5-6
Parks, playgrounds and recreation. See also that subject
Picnicking 5-3
Safety zone
Barricade 5-18
Establishment; hours and periods of use 5-16
Use of vehicles and riding of animals prohibited 5-17
Sailboats
Parking not to obstruct lifeguard activities 5-6
Surfboards 5-5
Undressing or changing clothes 5-2
Vehicles
Safety zone
Use of vehicles prohibited 5-17
BEAUTIFICATION
Community development board
Duties of board re beautification of city 14-20(7)
BELLS
Noise. See also that subject
Ringing handbells, etc., in public places generally 11-2
BENEFITS OF EMPLOYEES. See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOY-
EES
BIDS, BIDDING
Purchasing 2-331 et seq.
See: PURCHASES, PURCHASING
BILLBOARDS. See: SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUC-
TURES
BIRD SANCTUARY. See also: ANIMALS AND FOWL
City designated sanctuary; shooting, molesting, etc., birds4-4
BITES
Dog bites, etc 4-28, 2-29
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Section
BLOCKS
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards 24-254
BLOWERS OR POWER FANS
Muffling of 11-7
BOARDS. See: DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES OF
CITY
BOAT TRAILERS. See: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
BOATS
Beach regulations
Operation of motorized apparatus within 200 feet of beach
Parking of sailboats not to obstruct lifeguard activities
BOND ISSUES
Certain ordinances saved from repeal
BONDS, BAIL
Additional court costs assessed for police training
Forfeited bail bonds
5-7
5-6
1-5
15-1
BONDS, BID
Purchasing procedure, bid deposits or bid bonds 2-333
BONDS, MAINTENANCE
Subdivisions, assurance for completion and maintenance of
improvements 24-233
BONDS, PERFORMANCE
Purchasing, bid procedure
Performance and labor and material payment bonds 2-335(c)
BONDS, PERSONAL
Subdivision developers
Personal bond with letter of credit 24-232(a)(3)
BONDS, SURETY
Signs and advertising structures
Bond requirements for certain signs 17-3
Subdivision developers, surety bond to be furnished 24-232(a)(4)
BOOKS
Obscene matter prohibited 13-6
BOUNDARIES OF ZONING DISTRICTS. See: ZONING
BUDGET.
Certain ordinances saved from repeal 1-5
Director of finance's duties re 2-76
See also: FINANCES
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Building code
Adoption
Supp. No. 20 2106
6-16
CODE INDEX
Section
BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS (Cont'd.)
Housing code
Adoption 6-120
Swimming pool enclosures, roofed
Compliance with building code 6-92
Wastewater system, building sewers and connections
Conformance with building code... 22-106
Zoning regulations, construction within the districts
Structures to comply with building code 24-66(b)
Building official
Flood hazard districts, enforcement of provisions 8-11
Numbering of buildings
Duties of official 6-108
Building permits
Coastal construction 6-20
Fire prevention and life safety 7-32
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
Flood hazard districts 8-1 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD DISTRICTS
Garbage and trash provisions
Removal of lot clearing, contractors' debris; oil and grease 16-12
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(b)(7)
Permitting buildings to become dangerous, unsafe, etc.... 12-1(b)(8)
Structurally unsound structures, etc. 12-1(b)(6)
Numbering of buildings
Attachment of numbers to buildings 6-107
Building official
Duties 6-108
Removing or defacing 6-111
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BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS (Cont'd.)
Required 6-106
Street numbering districts designated 6-109
Subdivision regulations, design and construction stan-
dards
Street names and house numbers 24-252(j)
System of number 6-110
Permits. See herein: Building Permits
Plumbing code 6-56 et seq.
See: PLUMBING CODE
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 22-17
Water shortages
Permitting water to be used from fire hydrants for con-
struction work 22-39(e)(4)
BURIAL OF GARBAGE
Solid waste provisions 16-6
BURNING, OPEN
Fire prevention andlife safety 7-3v
BUSES
Weight requirements for commercial, recreational, etc., ve-
hicles 21-22
Zoning regulations
Temporary residence 24-82(h)
BUSINESS TRUSTS
Definition of "person" to include business trusts 1-2
C
CAMPERS. See: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
CANALS. See: WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS
CARNIVALS
Water service, temporary 22-17
CARPORTS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district 24-151(b)(1)
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Section
EXCAVATIONS
Abandoned wells, excavations, etc.
Nuisance provisions 12-1(b)(6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended alongside or opposite street excava-
tions 21-25(a)(1)
Building sewers and connections
Barricading, restoring excavations 22-111
Excavations, conformance with building and plumbing
codes 22-106
Stopping, standing or parking vehicle alongside or opposite
any street excavation 21-17(7)
Streets, digging up prohibited 19-2
EXPLOSIVE LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, ETC.
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges 22-129
F
FAIR HOUSING (Discrimination because of race, color, sex,
religion, national origin, etc.)
Complaints 9-20
Definitions 9-16
Educational activities 9-19
Enforcement by civil action 9-24
Exemptions 9-23
Financing of houses, discrimination in 9-22
Interference, coercion or intimidation 9-24
Multiple listing services 9-18
Prohibited conduct 9-17
Remedies
Use of remedies of provisions, other remedies 9-21
Violations 9-25
Complaints 9-20
Enforcement by civil action 9-24
Use of remedies 9-21
FAIRS
Water service, temporary 22-19
FALLOUT SHELTERS
Zoning regulations
Accessory uses and structures 24-151(b)(1)
FALSE ALARMS
Fire prevention and life safety
False silent alarms 7-41
FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES
Animal shelter
Breaking open fences, gates or enclosures of animal shel-
ter 4-3
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FENCES, WALLS, HEDGES AND ENCLOSURES (Cont'd.)
Nuisances enumerated
Structurally unsound fences 12-1(b)(6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
Signs and advertising structures
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on gates, fences, walls, etc. 17-8
Swimming pools
Enclosure to comply with building code and zoning regu-
lations 6-92
Zoning regulations 24-135(b)
et seq.
See: ZONING
FIDUCIARIES
Definition of "person" to include fiduciaries 1-2
FILLING STATIONS
Removal of lot clearing, contractors' debris; oil and grease16-12
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 re-
sponsibilities 2-76
Duties generally 2-74
Financial information 2-75
Investment of funds 2-73
Duties 2-78
Functions 2-77
Director of finance. See herein: Department of Finance
Dishonored checks 2-317
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FINANCES (Cont'd.)
Encumbrances
Fees paid to city government
Fiscal year
Purchasing
See: PURCHASES, PURCHASING
Reserve account for fire department revenue
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
ordinance of this code
FINGERPRINTING
Charitable solicitation permit regulations re
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
Reserve account for fire department revenue
FIRE ESCAPES
Signs obstructing
FIRE HYDRANTS
Abandoned, wrecked, junked, etc., vehicles
Leaving unattended within fifteen feet of hydrant
Supp. No. 20 2121
Section
2-315
2-316
2-311
2-331 et seq.
2-318
2-367
2-368
20-16 et seq.
2-313
2-356 et seq.
9-22
18-2
2-61
2-61
2-62
7-19
7-17
7-18
2-41
2-63
2-318
17-6
21-25(a)(1)
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Section
FIRE HYDRANTS (Cont'd.)
Fire prevention and life safety
Fire hydrants and fire department connections 7-35
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(e)(4)
FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Arsonists
Reward for information leading to conviction of 7-2
Fire prevention and life safety
Alarms
False silent alarms 7-41
Appeals 7-25
Automatic fire sprinkler requirements 7-31
Building permits 7-32
Burning, open 7-36
Codes
Adopted 7-18
Modifications 7-42
Compliance 7-23
Dangerous conditions
Notice to eliminate 7-21
Compliance 7-23
Summary abatement 7-26
Definitions 7-17
Fees 7-30
False silent alarms 7-41
Fire hydrants and fire department connections 7-35
Fireworks 7-39
Hazardous materials identification and information 7-34
Inspection 7-19
Authority to require exposures or stop work 7-24
Appeals 7-25
Fees 7-30
Right of entry 7-20
Investigating fires, authority 7-28
Key vault security requirement 7-29
Modifications 7-42
Occupant load/overcrowding 7-40
Open burning 7-36
Permits and certificates 7-38
Building permits 7-32
Fees 7-30
Purpose and intent 7-16
Right of entry 7-20
Service of orders 7-22
Appeals 7-25
Compliance 7-23
Supp. No. 20 2122
CODE INDEX
Section
FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION (Cont'd.)
Smoke detection power source 7-33
Stop work, authority to require 7-24
Appeals 7-25
Street address identification 7-37
Testing, fees 7-30
Violations
Penalties and other remedies for violations 7-27
Service of orders to correct violations 7-22
Summary abatement 7-26
Reward for information leading to conviction of arsonists7-2
Title 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 lot 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.,
because of fire 12-1(b)(8)
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 22-24
FIREWORKS
Fire prevention and life safety
Provisions re fireworks 7-39
FIRMS
Definition of "person" to include firms 1-2
FLAMMABLE OR EXPLOSIVE LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, ETC.
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges 22-129
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OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.)
Vacancy, filling
Voting
Chairperson, secretary, treasurer, etc
Compulsory separation from employment; extensions; re-
tirement
Created, purpose
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)
Defmitions
Disability retirement
Continuation subject to re-examination; return to em-
ployment
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
Supp. No. 20 2135
Section
2-268
2-269
2-270
2-277
2-261
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.
22-19
22-15
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Section
OFF-STREET PARKING
Zoning regulations 24-136 et seq.
See: ZONING
OIL, GREASE, ETC.
Public sewers, use of
Grease, oil and sand interceptors 22-132
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities 22-130
Prohibited discharges 22-129
Removal of lot clearing, contractors' debris; oil and grease16-12
OPEN BURNING
Fire prevention and life safety 7-36
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
OWNER
Defined
P
17-10
1-2
PARADES AND PROCESSIONS
Permits required for 21-2
PARKING
Residential parking sticker program 21-27
Sailboats, parking of not to obstruct lifeguard activities at
peaches6.6
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
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Section
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION (Cont'd.)
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(b)(1)
PARTNERSHIPS
Definition of "person" to include partnerships 1-2
PEDDLERS. See: SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, ETC.
PEDESTRIAN EASEMENTS
Subdivisions, design and construction standards 24-253(d)
PEDESTRIANS
Obstruction of passage of pedestrians 13-2
PENSIONS
Retirement system for city employees 2-281 et seq.
See: OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
PERMITS. See: LICENSES AND PERMITS
PERSON
Defined 1-2
PICNICS
Beaches, picnicking on 5-3
PICTURES
Obscene matters prohibited 13-6
PILE DRNERS, STEAM SHOVELS, ETC.
Noise provisions
Building operations at night 11-6
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS (PUD)
Subdivisions, required improvements 24-222
Zoning regulations 24-126 et seq.
See: ZONING
PLANNING
Community development board
Appeals 14-24
Certification of board actions to the city manager 14-21
Composition 14-17
Cost 14-26
Created 14-16
Duties 14-20
Enforcement; penalties 14-27
Legal proceedings 14-28
Local planning agency 14-22
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PLANNING (Cont'd.)
Officers 14-17
Petition of illegality 14-25
Powers 14-20
Planned unit development (PUD)
Action by community development board 24-132(b)
Proceedings of the board 14-23
Qualifications of members 14-17
Removal of members 14-19
Terms of office of members 14-18
Vacancies, filling 14-18
Vacancies, filling 14-18
Zoning. See also that subject
Community development board to serve as planning
agency 24-48, 24-49
Comprehensive plan 14-1
Planning and development director
Designated to implement flood hazard area provisions8-21 et seq.
See: FLOOD HAZARD AREAS
Zoning regulations 24-31 et seq.
See: ZONING
PLATS, PLATTING
Code enforcement board's power to subpoena surveys, plats,
etc. 2-148
Subdivision regulations 24-186 et seq.
See: SUBDIVISIONS
PLUMBING CODE
Adoption 6-56
Building Sewers and connPrtions
Conformance with plumbing code 22-106
Certificates of competency 6-57
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks
Plumbing to comply with plumbing code 10-2(5)
Permits
Determination of ownership of secondhand fixtures prior
to issuance 6-58
Fee 6-59
To whom issued 6-60
Water conservation regulations 6-61
Waterworks system
Approval of plumbing prior to connection with water
system 22-35
PNEUMATIC HAMMERS
Noise provisions
Building operations at night
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Section
POISONOUS SOLIDS, LIQUIDS OR GASES
Public sewers, use of
Prohibited discharges 22-129
POLES AND WIRES
Signs and advertising structures
Signs, posters, etc., prohibited on utility poles, telephone
poles, etc. 17-8
Zoning regulations
Height limitations for flagpoles, etc 24-156(b)
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Additional court costs assessed for police training 15-1
Animal and fowl provisions
Interfering with police officer 4-2
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
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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
PUBLIC PLACES. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER
PUBLIC PLACES
11-8
PUBLIC SAFETY
Director of public safety 2-41
Fire department 2-61 et seq.
See: FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire prevention and life safety 7-16 et seq.
See: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
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 2-82
Duties, other 2-83
PURCHASES, PURCHASING
Bids
Award of contract 2-335
Deposits or bonds 2-333
Exceptions 2-336
Notices inviting 2-332
Opening procedure 2-334
When required 2-331
Open market procedures 2-337
Payments 2-339
Scope of purchasing authority 2-338
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R
RABIES
Animals and fowl, rabies provisions
See: ANIMALS AND FOWL
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
Fair housing
See: FAIR HOUSING
RADIO AND TELEVISION TOWERS
Zoning regulations, height limitations
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
Fallout shelters, zoning regulations
Accessory uses by zoning district
RADIOACTIVE WASTES OR ISOTOPES
Public sewers, use of
Limitations on discharge concentrations or quantities
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Fair housing
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES (Campers, travel trailers, boats,
etc.)
Provisions re
See: MOBILE HOMES AND RECREATIONAL VEHI-
CLES
Section
4-1 et seq.
9-16 et seq.
24-156
24-151(b)(1)
22-130(7)
9-16 et seq.
10-1 et seq.
REFRIGERATORS
Abandoned refrigerators, nuisance provisions 12-1(b)(6), (7)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
REFUSE. See: GARBAGE AND REFUSE
REGISTRATION
Charitable solicitation permit regulations re
Dogs and cats
RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
Fair housing
See: FAIR HOUSING
RENTALS
Fair housing
See: FAIR HOUSING
Waterworks system
Initial payment of minimum water rental
REPEAL OF ORDINANCES. See: CODE OF ORDINANCES
REPLICA FIREARMS
Definitions
Possession and use regulated
Supp. No. 20 2141
18-2
4-22
9-16 et seq.
9-16 et seq.
22-16
13-8
13-9
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Section
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... ....... 7-2
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
Signs on state highway rights-of-way; permitting of 17-35
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Required improvements, clearing and grading of rights-
of-way 24-257
Streets
Minimum rights-of-way and paving width 24-252(h)
ROOF DOWNSPOUTS
Building sewers and connections
Connection of downspouts 22-108
ROOF RUNOFF OF STORMWATER, ETC.
Discharging into sanitary sewers 22-127
RUBBISH. See also: GARBAGE AND REFUSE
Nuisances enumerated 12-1
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
S
SAFETY. See: PUBLIC SAFETY
SAFETY ZONES AT BEACH
Provisions re 5-16 et seq.
See: BEACHES
SAILBOATS
Beaches
Parking of sailboats not to obstruct lifeguard activities 5-6
SALES
Alcoholic beverage sales 3-2 et seq.
See: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Confiscated or lost property, disposition of
Sale of property 15-16 et seq.
See: POLICE DEPARTMENT
Drug paraphernalia, sale of 13-5
Fair housing, discrimination in sales 9-17 et seq.
See: FAIR HOUSING
Supp. No. 20 2142
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SALES (Cont'd.)
Noise provisions
Crying or calling out sale of goods at auctions, etc
Loudspeaker equipment for advertising or sales purposes
Standing or parking vehicle for purpose of displaying it for
sale
SCHOOL YARDS
Definition of "public place" to include school yards
SCHOOLS
Alcoholic beverage establishments, location of
Noise provisions
Interfering with school
SECONDHAND PLUMBING FIXTURES
Plumbing permits
Determination of ownership of secondhand fixtures prior
to issuance
Section
11-2
11-8
21-21
1-2
3-6
11-10
6-58
SECURITY BUILDINGS
Zoning regulations 24-158
SEPTIC TANKS
Constructing 22-73
SERVICE STATIONS
Zoning regulations 24-165
SETBACKS
Mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks
Setback requirements 10-2(3)
Signs and advertising structures
Setback requirements 17-12
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Building setback lines 24-255(f)
Zoning regulations
Swimming pools, setbacks 24-164(2)
SEVERABILITY OF PARTS OF CODE
Provisions re 1-8
SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Wastewater system 22-56 et seq.
See: WASTEWATER SYSTEM
SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION
Fair housing 9-16 et seq.
See: FAIR HOUSING
SHACKS
Zoning regulations
Temporary residence
Supp. No. 20 2143
24-82(h)
ATLANTIC BEACH CODE
Section
SHAFTS, ABANDONED
Nuisances enumerated 12-1(b)(6)
Abatement of nuisances, etc. See: NUISANCES
SHALL; MAY
Definition
SIDEWALKS. See: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER
PUBLIC PLACES
1-2
SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
Blinker, beacons, flags and spotlights 17-10
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
Electricity
Installation of electrical wiring, etc., by licensed electri-
cians; compliance with electric code, electrical permits 17-13
Proximity to electrical conductors 17-15
Static electricity 17-14
Exemptions
Certain signs exempted from certain provisions of this
chapter 17-1.1
Fire and traffic hazards; interference with use of streets and
sidewalks 17-4
Height above sidewalks, minimum; maximum projection 17-9
Intent 17-1
Maiiitenaut..e generally, i einuv or a...1,e,-; Signs 17-7
"No Solicitation" sign, posting of 18-5
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; confusion with, use of words on
traffic -control signs 17-5
Permits
Application 17-32
Computation of sign area 17-33
Fees 17-34
Permitting of signs on state highway rights-of-way 17-35
Required 17-31
Permitted, signs 17-2
Prohibited signs, posters, etc., on sidewalks, utility poles,
walls, trees, etc.; exception 17-8
Residential parking permit signs, posting of 21-27(d)
Securing signs 17-11
Setback requirements 17-12
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SIGNS AND ADVERTISING STRUCTURES (Cont'd.)
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
SMOKE DETECTORS
Fire prevention and life safety
Smoke detection power source 7-33
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)
SOLICITORS, PEDDLERS, ETC.
Charitable solicitations
Books and records, inspection of 18-6
Definitions 18-1
Exceptions 18-8
"No Solicitation" sign, posting of 18-5
Permits
Fees 18-3
Fingerprinting required 18-2
Registration required 18-2
Revocation 18-7
Prohibitions 18-4
Regulations generally 18-4
Violations and penalties 18-9
Code enforcement board's jurisdiction re 2-146
See: CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD
Playing of musical instruments for purpose of soliciting
money, etc 11-5
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
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SPOTLIGHTS
Signs and advertising structures
Use of spotlights, floodlights 17-10
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
Fire prevention and life safety
Automatic fire sprinkler requirements 7-31
STABLES
Maintaining 4.7
STAGNANT WATER
Nuisances. See also that subject
Allowing or permitting stagnant water to accumulate 12-1(b)(4)
STATE HIGHWAY RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Permitting of signs on a ............................... ... 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 elec-
tricity 17-14
STEAM SHOVELS
Noise provisions
Building operations at night 11-6
STOPPING OF VEHICLES
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(b)(1)
Storage and parking of vehicles and equipment in residen-
tial districts 24-163
STORM DRAINAGE. See: DRAINAGE
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STORMWATER
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)
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Billing 22-310
Collection 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
STREAMS. See: WATERCOURSES, WATERWAYS
STREET ADDRESSES
Fire prevention and life safety
Street address identification 7-37
Numbering of buildings, mobile homes, etc.
Mobile home parks and recreational vehicle parks
Requirements for 10-2(7)
Provisions re 6-106 et seq.
See: BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Subdivisions
Design and construction standards
Street names and house numbers 24-252(j)
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
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STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
(Cont'd.)
Building sewers and connections
Barricading, restoring excavations in streets, sidewalks,
etc 22-111
Closing of streets for various events 19-3
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 excava-
tions 21-25(a)(2)
Digging up streets prohibited; exception as to public util-
ities; etc. 19-2
Stopping, standing or parking vehicles alongside or oppo-
site any street excavation 21-17(7)
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