Item R6
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on Wednesday,
February 21, 2001, at 3:00 PM at the Key Largo Library, Tradewinds Shopping
Center, Key Largo, Monroe County, F'orida, the Board of County Commissioners
of Monroe County, Florida, intends to consider the adoption of the following
County ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, CREATING SEe. 2,1-5, MONROE COUNTY CODE, PROVIDING FOR DEFINmONS;
PROVIDING THAT THE POSSESSION OF OR CONSUMPTION FROM OPEN CONTAINERS OF
ALCOHOUC BEVERAGES WHILE UPON PUBUC OR SEMI-PUBUC AREAS OPEN FOR
VEHICULAR TRAVEL, COMMERCIAL ESTABUSHMENT PARKING LOTS, OR PROPERTY
OWNED BY OR UNDER LEASE TO THE COUNTY IS PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFEmVE DATE
Pursuant to Section 286,0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a person
decided to appea' any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter
considered at such hearings or meetings, he will need a record of the
proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he may need to ensure that a verbatim
record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based,
Copies of the above-referenced ordinance are available for review at the various
public libraries in Monroe County, Florida,
Dated at Key West, Florida, this 22nd day of January, 2001
(SEAL)
DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
Publication dates
Reporter
Key West Citizen
Keynoter
2/1-8/01
2/2-9/01
2/3-10/01
I ~ J2.lP
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
ORDINANCE NO
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CREATING SEC. 2.1-5, MONROE COUNTY
CODE, PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING THAT THE
POSSESSION OF OR CONSUMPTION FROM OPEN CONTAINERS OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE UPON PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC
AREAS OPEN FOR VEHICULAR TRAVEL, COMMERCIAL
ESTABLISHMENT PARKING LOTS, OR PROPERTY OWNED BY OR
UNDER LEASE TO THE COUNTY IS PROHIBITED; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 2,1-5, Monroe County Code, is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec. 2.1-5. Consumption of alcoholic beverages; possession of open containers of
alcoholic beverages.
(a) Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this section,
are to be construed as follows:
(1) Alcoholic beverage means any beverage containing one-half (1/2) of
one (1) percent alcohol or more by weight as determined in accordance with
Fla. Stat. Sec. 561.01(4)(b).
(2) Beverage Law: Florida Statutes, Chapter 561 through 565.
(3) Commercial Establishment Parking Lot means any private or public open space
appurtenant to a commercial establishment, which is used by the public for parking
of vehicles, or pedestrian access to a commercial establishment, including driveways,
parking areas, sidewalks and walkways appurtenant thereto.
(4) Public or Semi-public area open for vehicular or pedestrian travel means any
private or public road, street, highway, right-of-way, lane, alley, parking lot, or
parking area on which the public is expressly or implicitly invited to travel by motor
vehicle or pedestrian means or which is otherwise open for such travel. It does not
include golf courses, private driveways, or property serving a single dwelling unit.
(5) Open container means any container of alcoholic beverage immediately
capable of being consumed from, or the seal of which has been broken.
(b) Prohibition It is unlawful for any person to possess or drink from an open
container of an alcoholic beverage while upon a public or semi-public area open for
vehicular or pedestrian travel, or a commercial establishment parking lot; except in those
areas in which such consumption is permitted pursuant to the beverage law, other state
statutes, state administrative rule, or County ordinance or resolution.
(c) Exceptions, The prohibition contained in subsection (b) does not apply to:
(1) Any person engaged in picking up empty beverage containers for the purpose
of collecting the deposit or value of the bottle or can itself, or any person taking part
in a litter control campaign.
(2) Passengers in vehicles as set forth in Fla.Stat. 316.1936(5) and Sec. 2.1-3,
Monroe County Code.
(d) Nothing in subsection 2(b) may be construed to prevent the possession of an
open container by a member of the public upon County property when that possession is
specifically authorized by an applicable provision of the Monroe County Code.
Section 2, If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of , 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Deputy Clerk
By
Mayor/Chairperson
JdordopencansOl
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
ORDINANCE NO
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, CREATING SEC. 2.1-5, MONROE COUNTY CODE,
PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING THAT THE POSSESSION OF OR
CONSUMPTION FROM OPEN CONTAINERS 9F ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
WHILE UPON PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC AREAS OPEN FOR VEHICULAR
TRAVEL, COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT PARKING LOTS, OR PROPERTY
OWNED BY OR UNDER LEASE TO THE COUNTY IS PROHIBITED; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE
MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 2,1-5, Monroe County Code, is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec. 2.1-5. Consumption of alcoholic beverages; possession of open containers of alcoholic
beverages.
(a) Definitions. The following words and phrases, whenever used in this section, are to
be construed as follows:
(1) Alcoholic beverage means any beverage containing one-half (1/2) of one (1)
percent alcohol or more by weight as determined in accordance with Fla. Stat. Sec.
561.01( 4){b).
(2) Beverage Law: Florida Statutes, Chapter 561 through 565,
(3) Commercial Establishment Parking Lot means any private or publiC open space
appurtenant to a commercial establishment, which is used by the public for parking of
vehicles, or pedestrian access to a commercial establishment, including driveways, parking
areas, sidewalks and walkways appurtenant thereto.
(4) Public or Semi-public area open for vehicular or pedestrian travel means any
private or publiC road, street, highway, right-Of-way, lane, alley, parking lot, or parking area
on which the publiC is expressly or implicitly invited to travel by motor vehicle or pedestrian
means or which is otherwise open for such travel. It does not include golf courses, private
driveways, or property serving a single dwelling unit.
(5) Open container means any container of alcoholic beverage immediately capable of
being consumed from, or the seal of which has been broken.
(b) Prohibition It is unlawful for any person to possess or drink from an open container
of an alcoholic beverage while upon a public or semi-public area open for vehicular or pedestrian
travel, or a commercial establishment parking lot; except in those areas in which such consumption
is permitted pursuant to the beverage law, other state statutes, state administrative rule, or County
ordinance or resolution,
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(c) Exceptions. The prohibition contained in subsection (b) does not apply to:
(1) Any person engaged in picking up empty beverage containers for the purpose of
collecting the deposit or value of the bottle or can itself, or any person taking part in a litter
control campaign.
(2) Passengers in vehicles as set forth in Fla.Stat. 316.1936(5) and Sec, 2,1-3, Monroe
County Code,
(3) Any person engaged in fishing from a bridge, at a location where fishing is not
prohibited by law.
(4) Social and fund raising events conducted by charitable and/or non-profit
organizations.
(d) Nothing in subsection 2(b) may be construed to prevent the possession of an open
container by a member of the public upon County property when that possession is specifically
authorized by an applicable provision of the Monroe County Code.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is
held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such invalidity,
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in the Code
of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shall be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official notice from
the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance has been filed with said
Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at
a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of , 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
Commissioner Murray Nelson
Commissioner Dixie Spehar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
By
Mayor/Chairperson
Deputy Clerk
JdordopencansOl
\"omrmSSloner Uuae Spehar
ORDINANCE NQ
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONRO!
COUNTY, FLORlD~ CREAnNG SEe. 2.1-5, MONROE COUNTY CODE,
PROVIDING fOR DEFlNmONS; PROVIDING THAT THE POSSESSION OF OR
CONSUMPnON FROM OPEN CONTAINERS 0' ALCOHOUC BeveRAGES
WHILE UPON PUBUC OR SEMI-PUIlUC AREAS OPEN fOR VEHICUlAR
TRAVEL, COMMERCIAl ESTAB' ISHNENT PARKING LOTS, OR PROPERTY
OWNED BY OR UND!R LEASE TO THE COUNTY IS PROHIBITED; PROVIDING
fOR SEVlRABIUlY; PROVIDING FOR THE RePEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSlSrlNT HI!REWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORAnoN INto ntE
MONROE COUNTY CODE 0' ORDINANces; AND PROVIDING AN EfFEcnve
DA'I'E
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
SectiOf)..1. Sec. 2.1-5, Monroe County Code.. is hereby created to read as follows:
Sec. 2.1-5. Consumption of alcoholic beverages; possession of open containers of alcoh~iC
beverages.
(a) Definitions. The fOllowing wordS and phrases, whenever usecl in this section, are to
be construed as foflows:
el) Alcoholic beverage means any beverage containing one-half (1/2) of one (1)
percent alcohol or more by weight as determined tn accordance with Fla. Stat. Sec.
561,Ol(4)(b),
(2) IIeverage LlIw: Florida Statutes, Chapter- 561 through 565.
(3) Commen:lal &tlIbllshment Parlt/ng Lot means any private or publiC open space
appurtenant to a commercial establishment, which is used by the public for parting of
vehides, or pedestrian access to a commercial establishment, including driveways, parting
areas, sidewaUcs and walkwayS appurtenant thereto.
(4) Public or Semi-publlc.rea open fOr vehlQlIar or pedest:rlan tnllreI means any
private Or pUblic road, street, highway, right-of-way, lane, alley, parking lot, or parking area
on which the pubfic ts expressly or impliCitly invited to travel by motor vehicle or pedestrian
means or Which. is otherwise open fOr suCh travel. It does not 'ndude golf courses, pl1Vate
driveways, or property seMng a single dwelling unit.
(S) Open container means any container of alCOholiC beverage immediately capabfe of
being consumed from, or the seal 0' which has been broken.
(b) Prohibition It is unlawful for any person to possess or drink from an open container
of an alcoholic beverage while upon a public or semi-public area open for vehicular or pedestrian
travel, or a commerCial establishment parking loti exce~'t in those areas in which SUch consumption
is permitted pursuant to the beverage Jaw, other state statutes, state administrative rule, or County
ordin,ance or resolution.
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(e) Exceptions. The prohibition contained in Subsection (b) does not apply to:
(1) Any person engaged in picking up empty beverage containers for the purpose of
collecting the deposit or value of the bottle or can itself, or any person taking part in a litter
control campaign.
(2) Passengers in vehfdes as set forth in Fla,Stat. 316,1936(5) and Sec. 2.1-36 Monroe
County Code.
~ (3) Any person engaged in fishing from a bridge, at a location where fishing is not
I~ prohibited by law.
1,J11 (4) Social and fund raising events (onduc:tecl by c:haritable and/or non-JlrOfit
~ organizations,
(d) Nothing in sUbsectJon 2(b) may be construed to prevent the POSSession of an open
container by a member of the public upon County property when that possession is Specifically
authOrized by an applicable proviSion of the Monroe CeJUnty Code.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, dause or provision of this ordinance is
held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be a"ected by such invalidity.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in confUct with this ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 4. The provisions of this ordinance shall be induded and incorporated in the Code
of OrdInances of the County of Monroe. Florida, as an addition or amendment thereto, and shaff be
appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering system of the Code.
SectiQn S. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official notice from
the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance has been tiled with said
Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, at
a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of , 2001.
Mayor George Neugent
Commissioner Charles McCoy
CommiSSioner Murray Nelson
CommiSSioner Dixie S~ar
Commissioner Nora Williams
(SEAl)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Deputy aerk
By
Mayor/Chairperson
JdordopencansOl