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ORDINANCE NO. 98- 07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
STANDARDS, REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY ~78-1, OF
ARTICLE I, OF CHAPTER 78 OF THE OCOEE CITY CODE
OF ORDINANCES AND ADOPTING A NEW f78-1, OF
ARTICLE I, OF CHAPTER 78 OF THE OCOEE CITY CODE
OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE,
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Ocoee desires to adopt minimum fire safety
standard in order to better protect the lives and property of its citizens.
NOW, mEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY mE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1, The City Commission of the City ofOcoee has the authority to adopt this
Ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapters 166 and 633,
Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2, The present ~78-1 of Article I of Chapter 78 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 3. A new ~78-1 of Article I of Chapter 78 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Ocoee, Florida, is hereby adopted as follows:
f78-1. For the purpose of prescribing regulations governing conditions hazardous to life and
property from fire or explosion, the following standards are hereby adopted:
1. Standard Fire Prevention Code, 1997 Edition, excluding Section 105 of Chapter 1 thereof.
2, National Fire Protection Association 101 Life Safety Code, 1997 Edition,
SECTION 4, Severabilitv, 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, Codification, It is the intention ofthe 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 relettered 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 relettered and the correction of typographical errors which do not affect the intent
may be authorized by the City Manager, without need of public hearing, by filing a corrected or recodified
copy of same with the City Clerk.
SECTION 6, Effective Date, This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
passage and adoption,
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ?TL day of JPRIL
APPROVED:
,1998.
ATTEST:
CITYOF OCOEE, ~
Ys-~:Mayo~~
(SEAL)
ADVERTISED March 26 , 1998
READ FIRST TIME March 17 , 1998
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
A'~/(.. '7 ,1998
FOR USE AND RELAINCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS wpFO~ AND LEGALITY
this ~ day of n , 1998
:LEV:J~E~
APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
COMMISSION AT A MEETING
HELD ON ,4-pR.l. '1 .1998
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO,.lZl8.