Item R1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: October 20, 2004
Division: Growth Management
Bulk Item: Yes
No X
Department:
N/A
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Public hearing to approve an ordinance creating Section 6-17(c),
Monroe County Code, providing for an annually renewable blanket permit for the removal of invasive
exotic vegetation, available to not-for-profit conservation agencies as approved by the county biologist.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Permits for the removal of invasive exotic vegetation currently must be
issued on a parcel specific basis. Invasive exotic removal programs presently conducted by not-for-
profit conservation agencies may involve entire subdivisions with multiple developed and vacant
private parcels, common areas, and publicly owned parcels and rights-of-way, thus creating permitting
difficulties. A blanket permit option for approved not-for-profit agencies will facilitate invasive exotic
removal programs.
PREVIOUS REVELANT BOCC ACTION:
September 15, 2004 - Approval to advertise the proposed ordinance
ST AFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval.
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes N/A No
COST TO COUNTY: N/ A
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No X AMOUNT PER MONTH N/A
Year
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
Timothy J. Me
Risk Management N/ A
APPROVED BY: County Atty ~
ctor of Growth Management
DOCUMENTATION:
Incl uded X
To Follow
Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #a
Revised 2/27/01
ORDINANCE No.
-2004
AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION 6-17(c), MONROE COUNTY CODE;
PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUALLY RENEWABLE BLANKET PERMIT FOR
THE REMOVAL OF INVASIVE EXOTIC VEGETATION, AVAILABLE TO
NOT-FOR-PROFIT CONSERVATION AGENCIES AS APPROVED BY THE
COUNTY BIOLOGIST; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE MONROE COUNTY CODE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Monroe County Year 2010 Comprehensive Plan and the Monroe
County Land Development Regulations encourage removal of invasive exotic vegetation on
privately and publicly held land; and
WHEREAS, current Monroe County Code permitting requirements for invasive exotic
removal are specific to and require individual permits for each parcel affected; and
WHEREAS, not-for-profit conservation agencies work within subdivisions to conduct
invasive exotic removal programs that involve multiple developed and vacant parcels under
private and public ownership; and
WHEREAS, obtaining individual invasive exotic removal permits for the multiple
parcels involved creates difficulties for those conservation agencies and hinders the progress of
invasive exotic removal; and
WHEREAS, providing availability of a blanket permit for the removal of invasive exotic
vegetation to not-for-profit conservation agencies as approved by the county biologist will
facilitate the removal of invasive exotics from private and public lands; and
WHEREAS, based on the above findings, the Board has determined that it is necessary
and desirable to create the above referenced Monroe County Code; and
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. Section 6-17( c), MCC, is hereby created to read as follows:
(c) Blanket Invasive Exotic Removal Permit: An annually renewable blanket permit for
the removal of invasive exotic vegetation is available to not-for-profit conservation
agencies as approved by the County Biologist.
Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this ordinance is held
invalid, the remainder ofthis 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.
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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. The provision of this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of the
official notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
Section 6. The Clerk of the Court is hereby directed to forward a copy of this Ordinance to the
Municipal Code Corporation for incorporation into the Monroe County Code of Ordinances.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the _ day of ,20_.
Mayor Murray E. Nelson
Mayor Pro Tern David P. Rice
Commissioner Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
MA YOR/CHAIRMAN
(SEAL)
A TTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
DEPUTY CLERK
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