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WHEREAS, the Roadside Memorial Policy is intended to allow for the temporary
placement of formal memorial signs within city -maintained right -of way at or near a location
where a traffic fatality has occurred; and
WHEREAS, this policy, and other similar policies and programs, is an effective method
of increasing public awareness of the need to drive safely; and
WHEREAS, the Roadside Memorial Policy establishes how such a program is to be
implemented; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of its residents and
the City to express its collective position in support of the Roadside Memorial Policy.
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SECTION 1. The Roadside Memorial Policy, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby
adopted.
SECTION 2. RATIFICATION. Any act consistent with the authority and prior to the
effective date of this Resolution is hereby ratified and affirmed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any clause, section, or other part of this Resolution
shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
unconstitutional or invalid part shall be considered as eliminated and in no way affecting the
validity of other provisions of this Resolution.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of _A�aVe4",&— 2023.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
Melanie Si bitt, City Cleric
(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FO AND
LEGALITYTHIS '-7+rDAY OF
jcwgu"�U 2023.
Fishback Dominick
By.
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City Attorney
Rusty Jo s Mayor
ON AN644- _�7 2023 ,
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO._&_.
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The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines for the placement of standardized roadside memorials within
City -maintained right-of-way to memorialize people who have died as a result of motor vehicle related crash.
The City cannot permit memorial markers onprivate property.
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The City of Ocoee Police Department's Traffic Unit is responsible for the coordination of the Roadside Memorial
Program. The City of Ocoee Public Works Department is responsible for the construction, installation,
maintenance, and removal ofthe memorial markers.
Scope
The installation of a roadside memorial marker will be processed in accordance with the following:
Request
Requests for a memorial marker shall be submitted in writing to the Ocoee Police Department's Traffic Unit by
filling out Memorial Marker Request Form. The form will be available online on the City'svveboite oratCity He|!
orthe Ocoee Police Department.
Requests may be made by immediate family members or friends. Requests from friends will require written
approval from the decedent's immediate family.
Installation
Memorial markers will be designed, constructed, and installed bythe Public Works Department. The exact location
and placement ofthe marker will beatthe discretion ofthe City.
The applicant will banotified once the installation iscomplete.
Memorial markers will not be allowed within the limits of active construction work zones.
The City reserves the right to remove memorial markers due to construction or other maintenance needs.
Guidelines
There shall be no activities while the memorial marker is in place that pose a safety hazard to the public or that
violates any provision ofChapter 316ofthe Florida Statutes concerning stopping, standing, parking, orobotruubon
oftraffic onpublic roads.
Memorial markers other than those designed, constructed, and installed by the City will not be permitted and will
be removed by City personnel, Supplemental decorations or ornaments will not be permitted and are subject to
removal.
Time Period
Memorial markers will be a||nvved to remain in place for 1 year after installation unless earlier removal is
necessitated by construction or maintenance activities. After 1 year, the markerwill be removed by City personnel.
The applicant may request a 6-month extension before the end of the 1-year period.
Sign Design
The memorial marker shall be a 15" diameter aluminum sign with a white background and black letters.
The sign message will state "Drive Safely — In Memory" and the applicant will have the option ofadding the
decedent's name tothe sign.
The sign will be mounted at a height of 42" from the ground to the top of the sign.
Cost
The City will bearthe cost of design, construction, installation, maintenance, and removal of the memorial marker.