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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 533 .. ,f ., .. #533 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE. FLORIDA. REGU- LATING THE LOCATION. DESIGN AND OPERATION OF JUNK- YARDS WITHIN THE CITY AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA: Section 1. No junkyard shall be operated or maintained within one hundred fifty (150) feet of any public highway or street within the municipal boundaries of . the City of Ocoee. Florida. unless the view from such public highway or street is obscured by natural objects. plantings or fences. as herein defiried. on the property line of such junkyard. Section 2. A fence constructed under the provisions of this act shall be kept in good order and repair and any advertisements thereon shall be regulated by the zoning ordinances of the City of Ocoee. Florida. Section 3. Definitions: (1) "Junk" shall mean old or scrap copper. brass. rope. rags. batteries. paper. lumber. trash. rubber. debris. oddments. wastements. litter. leavings. ruins. castoffs. rummage. waste. or junked. dismantled or wrecked automobiles. or parts thereof. iron. steel and other old or scrap ferrous or non-ferrous material. (2) "Junkyard" shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained or operated for the use of storing. keep- ing. buying or selling such junk. or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard and smll be construed to include garbage dump and sanitary fills. The term shall not be construed to mean an establishment having facilities . for processing iron. steel or non-ferrous scrap and whose principal produce is processed or remelted scrap iron. steel or non-ferrous scrap for sale. (3) "Automobile graveyard" shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained or operated for the use of storing. keeping. buying or selling wrecked. scrapped. ruined. or dismantled motor vehicle or motor vehicle parts. Page One r ~ '. (4) "Fence" shall mean an enclosure at least six (6) feet in height so constructed or planted and maintained as to ob- scure the junk in said enclosure from ordinary view to those persons passing upon the streets and highways in the City of Ocoee. Florida. Section 4: A junkyard operated or maintained in violation of the provisions . of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Any person who shall own. operate or maintain a junkyard in violation of the provisions of this ':"\) -.... . i "'".J ~'" ........,j L._ Ordinance shall be punished. upon conviction therefor. by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred ($500. 00) Dollars or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding sixty (60) days. or by both fine and imprisonment; provided. however. said penalties of fine or imprisonment shall not be imposed unless such person shall have first been notified inwriting that such person is violating any provisions of this Ordinance and such person has failed to comply with this Ordinance within thirty (30) days from the receipt of said written notice. Section 5: Should any portion of this Ordinance be held invalid. then such portions as are not declared to be invalid shall remain in full force and effect. Section 6: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its becoming a law. Introduced: ! -.3 -" I Read: ? -; IJ, f) I Voted Upon: t?-; '7 - IJ I A UTHENTICA TION ~ , The undersigned hereby authenticate the final passage of the foregoing "'" Ordinance. in accordance with the procedures set forth next above. by their "! ~ signatures hereunto placed. (ff~ 7(/~ Clerk of the City of Ocoee ILl \h-