Ordinance 431-1ORDINANCE NO 431 - ~
E CITY OF LON GWOOD, FLOAT DA,
ING T E DUMPING OF INDUBTR.IAL HASTE
FUSE W HIN 5 D CITY, PROHIBITING THE
US£ O DUSTRIAL WASTE A D REFUSE F R LAND
WI'CHIN SAID C REGULATING T OUMPINr,
RLSTO RING O
FREEZERB, ETC.A, BIN SAID C TY, DF.FIN ITIONB,
PLNALT BFe'ECTIVE DAi E.
4]HExEAE, the City COUnci1 of the City of Longwood,
Florida, deems an eme rgencF o exist with regard to use of
industrial waste and refuse as land fill and the presence of
abandoned refrigerators, freezers, etc., in the City of Longwood,
Florida; and
AHEREAS, the City Council of the City o£ Longwood,
Florida, deems the use of industrial waste and refuse as land
fill and the existence of abandoned refrigerators, freezers,
etc., rn the City of Longwood, Florida, to be an immediate
hazard affecting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of the City and requiring icsne di ate attention thereto, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Longwood,
Florida, declares this ordinance to be an emergency ordinance.
Not9, THEREFORE, BE IT oRDAIN£p BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CSTY OF LON GWOOp, FLORIDA, AS FOLL014G:
SECTION 1: Definitions -
boarding houses; offal and floor sweepings from poultry houses
and meat markets; dead animals; and offal and floor sweepings
from stockyards, livery, feed and sale stables.
b. Refuse - Any general Combustible re £use, all Pap
rags, pasteboard boxes, berry boxes, wooden boxes, ;ahol e. pz
broken bottles and all other trash and refuse ma teeial not
contain n. vegetable or animal matter tending to rapid
~ 4 decay or putrefaction.
o. Person - The word "person" shall extend and
6 appl.i ed to assocrates, clubs, firms, socae ties, panne rshi
~ and bodies politic and corporate as well as to indi vidvals
other locking device which may not be released from the inside,
without first removing such door or lid, snaplock or other
locking device from such con tamer or if said contarner shall
be in use by securing said door or lid in such a manner that
same cannot be opened from the outside without the use of a key
or combination Io ck inp device.
than 52po or p Boned for not more than srx (5) months, ox both
and in adda tr on shall p y all costs and expenses involved in
the case. P.a ch day such violation continues shall be considered
a separate offense.
The owner or tenant of any boil ding, structure,
premises, or part thereof, any any architect, builder, contractor
g nt, or other person who comm.v ts, participates in, assns t~ an,
ar maantarns sucR violation may each be found guilty of a
separate offense and suffer penalties Rerein provided.
Notts inq herein con tarn ed shalt prevent the City from
taking such other lawful ac tron as rs necessary to prevent or
remedy any violation.
N 6: gevexab ility - Should any section or
_ vr..r on of this ordinance be declarea by the courts to be
un constr tutronal or rnvalyd, such decision shall not affect the
vale ity of the ordinance as a whole, or any p rt. thereof other
than the o t so declared to be unconstitutional or rnvalid.
N >: F.ffecti ve Date - This ordinance shall
take effect immediately upon passage and adoption.
PA55&D AND ADOPTED th is ~hday oP ty
A. D. 19]]. ,r
~PR MAYOR this /n „day of .1~
MAYOR, Ci ty,of L no n nod, Ploirda