Ordinance 98-1396ORDINANCE N0. 98-1396
AN ORDINANCE O E CITY OF LOrvGWOOD, FLOAT DA,
AMENDING THEF TCITY CODE, TICLE III.
NTH, 2-29
ARTMENT, AND 2A 31F POLICES DEPARTMENT FAN
ING W H A NEW SECTION TITLED P BLIC
A£ETY DEPARTMENT, ING
RENUMBERING O E SUBSEQUENT SECTIONER WITHIN
TNB ARTICLEF THPROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
SEVERAHELITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance N 9]-1362, amending the City Charter by
establishing a Public Safety Department, w approved by the voters
at the City of Longwood Regular Election held on November 4, 199],
and
WHEREAS, the City Code requires amendment due the Charter
referendum being approved,
NOW, THEREFORE, B T ORDAINED H HF. CITY COMMIHHION OF THE
CITY OF LONGWOOD, £LORIDA, AS FOLLOWSY T
SECTION 1 That Article SI2. Departments., s hereby
ended by repealing Sec. 2-29 Fire Department and 2-31 Police
Department .and replacing as follows:
sec. 2-29. Public Safety Department.
(a) Created. There is hereby established and c ted a
public safety department of the City of Longwood, Florida,
which shall c of a police division and a fire safety
division and othert divisions which the City Commission may
assign.
(b) Department Head. The director of public safety
shall be the head of the department. The director o£ public
safety shall possess of the Following
qualifications: o of ten years a of ied police
otf icer, a of nten years a ertifiedef iref fighter o
ofn Pie years a a public safety administiat r
hav'ng served in no less than a secondary position.
(1( The public safety director shall be i charge
of traffic engineering and shall e e specific powers
and duties delegated [o him with respect to traffic
engineering as provided in this chapter.
(2( It shall be t esponsibil ities of the public
safety director, subject t the approval of the city
determirteo the proper timing and
maintenance of traffic control devices and to devise
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medial m to conduce i tigat of traffic
re easures noes tons
onditions, o plan the m efficient operation of
traf £ic o the streets and sh ighways of the city, to
oopex ith state, c unty and m cipal officials i
the development o£ ways and m sn to improve traffic
onditions and t try o the additional powers and
functions imposetl eby ordinances of the ity. The
talla[ion o£ any major traffic c rol device s
raffic lights shall be subject to the approval hand
Funding by the commrssron.
(3) The public safety director is hereby empowered
make regulations ary nake effective the
provisions of the trafficeordinances~oF the city, and to
make emporary experimental regulations to
ergencies o special conditions. uch temporaryvo
experimental regulations shall r effect for m
than n ety (90) days. Repeat temporary o experimental
regulation projects shall not be implemented within
ety (90) days of i ial temporary o experimental u
cept following a public hearing and approval by the
city cemmrs stun.
control devices under actual conditions of traffic.
(6) 'Phe public safety director hereby
uthorized, on the basis of a traffic i estigation, t
prohibit, regulate or limit stopping, s anding or parking
of vehicles at all tames during specified hours.
(c) Members.
(1) The police division shall c of n t less
than 2.2 officers o uch other members to shall be
determined by the City Commission. The head of the
police division shall have the title of CMie£ of Police.
(2) The fire division shall c of no fewer
firefighters than a ted o the day of passage (November
4, 199]). The heada of the fire safety division shall
have the title of Frre Chief.
(d) Responsibilities.
(1) The police division shall be responsible for
enforcement of c nal laws and traffic laws of the city
and such other duties as the public safety director shall
determine from Came to trme.
(2) The fire division shall be responsible for Eire
prevention, firefighting, e ergency medical s and
uch other duties as the public safety director eshall
determine from trme to time.
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(e) Accountability. The public safety tlirector snail report
directly t the city a and shall serve at the
pleasure of the city administrator
SECTION 2: That all subsequent sectrons under Article III
be renumbered accordingly.
SECTION 3: All ordinances parts o£ ordinances rn
conflict herewith be and the same are ohereby repealed.
SECTION 4: The provisions of this ordinance a e declared
o be separable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance shall for any r n be held to be r valid o
nal, such decision shall n affect the validity of
tneer Sing s entances, cla~ses and phrases of this
e nbut shallor effect, t being the legislative
cthaG this ordinancernshall Stan , notwithstanding the
rnvalidity of any part.
N 5: This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
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ADOETED TEI ~~2 - ^-~l A. , 199E
,/ n les _les, 1 mayor
C'Ger ldine D. v may, City Clerk
Appxovetl as o form and legality for the us d reliance of the
City of Longwood, Flox ids, only/~-
arc' hard ~TayAttorney