Item P07
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
January 17, 2001
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to advertise an ordinance amending section 6-57(b), Monroe County
Code, requiring signs placed on contractors' vehicles to be permanent.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Unlicense~ people have been contracting in County and are using removable signs to
advertise on their trucks.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approval to advertise for Public Hearing on February 21, 2001 in Key Largo.
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
Cost to County:
APPROVED BY:
County Attorney X
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Risk Management
DIVISION DIRECTbR~~
DOCUMENTATION: Includ~f -1L To Follow
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AGENDA ITEM #
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Contractors Examining Board
ORDINANCE NO
- 2001
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 6-57(b), MONROE COUNTY
CODE, REQUIRING SIGNS PLACED ON CONTRACTORS' VEHICLES TO BE
PERMANENT; 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
WHEREAS, there have been problems with unlicensed persons using vehicles in a business
in violation of this Article and who remove or exchange vehicle signs composed of magnetic or
vinyl numbE!rs and letters; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
Section 1.
Sec. 6-57(b), Monroe County Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Contractors conducting their contracting within Monroe County any business
reauirina a certificate of comoetency or state reaistration within ~10nroe County
shall identify all vehicles have orominently disolayed on each side of each vehicle
used in the furtherance of their business by use in the to transportffig sf materials,
equipment or employees to a job site, excepting a vehicle owned by an employee
which vehicle is and only used for private transportation or in carrying employees'
personal tools and personal equipment necessary to fulfill their job tasks, by
placing on the sides thereof identification of the contractor by trade nameL afl6
tfletf certificate number, and business street address, or, if there is none. the
resident street address of the oerson ownina or ooeratina the business, in a size no
less than three (3) inches, excepting those vehicles rented or leased by a
contractor from a commercial vehicle rental agency for a period of less than one (1)
month and such vehicles are plainly marked with the name of the lessor in a size
which is easily readable. Any sian showina any of the above information must be
oermanent in nature and not readily removable or exchanaeable. Vinyl and
maanetic sians that are readily removable or reolaceable do not meet the foreaoina
reauirements and are strictly orohibited.
Section 2.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is
held inyalid, 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 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 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
Deputy Clerk
Mayor/Chairperson
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