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ORDINANCE NO. 2001-33
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF OCOEE BY THE ADOPTION OF CHAPTER 59
PROHIBITING CAMPING ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the
authority to adopt this Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of
Florida and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2. A new Chapter 59 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Ocoee, Florida is hereby adopted as follows:
Chapter 59, CAMPING
~ 59-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, "camping" is defined as:
(1) Sleeping or otherwise being in a temporary shelter out-of-doors; or
(2) Sleeping out-of-doors; or
(3) Cooking over an open flame or fire out-of-doors; provided, however,
the foregoing does not include cooking on grills or other devices
professionally manufactured specifically to contain and/or control flames or
other heat sources for the purpose of cooking.
~ 59-2. Camping on Public Property. Camping is prohibited on all public property in
the city, except as may be specifically authorized by the appropriate governmental
authority having ownership of such property.
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~ 59-3. Camping on Private Property. Camping is prohibited on all private property
in the city; provided, however, that camping is permitted on such property with the
permission and consent of the property owner.
~ 59-4. Penalties. Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, be punishable as provided in ~ 1-12 of Chapter 1, General Provisions,
Article II, of the Code of the City of Ocoee.
SECTION 3. Codification. It is the intention of the City Commission of the
City that the provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of
Ordinances of the City; and that sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or re-Iettered
and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "chapter," "section," "article," or such other
appropriate word or phrase in order to accomplish such intentions; and regardless of whether
such inclusion in the code is accomplished, sections of this ordinance may be renumbered or
re-Iettered and the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent maybe
authorized by the City Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or re-
codified copy of same with the City Clerk.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and
independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion
hereto.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15' 11-/ day of ,IAN u ~Q'i ,2002..
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ATTEST:
(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY
BY THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND LEGALITY ~
this IS day of \J ot\Jo.r 7 ' 20~
FOLE71 LARDNE~
By: tIo.J t
City Attorney
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APPROVED:
CITY OF OCOEE, FLOjDA
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. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
ADVERTISED ~~13~..t 7 ' 2001
READ FIRST TIME ~6m P.:>t:te. 'I , 2001
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
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UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. 1T1':: A
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