015-B vOrdinance No . _,5_ 6
AN ORDINANCE Providing for the Determination and Abatement
of Nuisances Created by the Uncontrolled Growvh of Grasses , 'Weeds, and
Underbrush, and the Accumulation of Trash and Debris , Within the
Corporate Limits of the Town of Atlantic Beach, Florida ; and Prescribing
Certain Penalties for the Violation Thereof:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE IWIAYOR .AND TO AU COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section l: vdhenever the Town Council of the Town of Atlantic
Beach, Florida , determines, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion,
and by resoluuion duly enacted, that the commingled and concerted
growth of weeds , grasses and underbrush , or either of them, or that an
accumulation of trash and debris in any part of or upon any property
within the corporate limits of the said Town, amounts to and constitutes
a nuisance endangering the general health, safety, and welfare of the
community at large , then the following procedure is hereby authorized ani
declared valid:
a) The May-3r of the said Town shall immediately direct
a letter to the owner of such property, stating in said letter the anteced-
ent action of the Council as aforesaid; and requiring such owner , at the
risk of incurring the penalty hereinafter prescribed in Section 2 of
this Ordinance , to abate the said nuisance within 30 days after date of
said letter.
b ) Should such addressee property owner nevertheless allow
such nuisance to exist beyond the aforesaid 30 day period , then the Town
of Atlantic Beach is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon such
property of the said owner and forthwith destroy or otherwise abate the
offending weeds, grasses, and underbrush, or the accumulated trash and
debris , by respectively cut ,ing,burning, removing, or any other method
which to the City Supervisor of said Town might at the time seem expedient .
Section 2: Anyone who , although receiving a letter from the
said Mayor written by virtue of and in accordance with Sections 1 and
1 (a) hereof , ignores the said letter for the aforesaid period of 30
days from the date thereof' , and allows the nuisance of which complaint
is made to remain unabated for such period of time , is, upon the 31st
day after the date of said leiter, guilty of a misdemeanor; and
upon conviction therefor shall be subject to the imposition, in the
discretion of the municipal judge , of either or both of the following
penalties, to-wit:
a) A fine of Five (5.00) Dollars for each several
day subsequent to the 30th day from the date of the aforesaid letter
upon which the said nuisance remains unabated.
b ) Imprisonment for a period of time not -to exceed.
30 days.
Passed by the Town Council on first reading on 61- cezt,
1937; passed by the Town Council on second reading .5 Ckt1937 ;
passed by the Town Council on third and final reading ,°r
nct 7 ,j 1937 ;
and certified to the Mayor 71vr( 2 mac{ 1937.
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