Resolution 386-2003
Mayor Dixie Spehar
RESOLUTION NO. 386 -2003
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA SUSPENDING FOR NINETY DAYS
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MONROE COUNTY CODE
REGARDING COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT CITATIONS FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE REQUIREMENT TO CONNECT TO AN
AVAILABLE PUBLICLY OWNED OR INVESTOR-OWNED SEWERAGE
SYSTEM WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER WRITTEN NOTICE THAT THE
SYSTEM IS AVAILABLE FOR CONNECTION.
WHEREAS, Monroe County Code Sec. 15.5-21 and 15.5-30 mandate the
connection of anyon-site sewage treatment and disposal system to connect within 30
days of notice of availability to a publicly owned or investor-owned sewerage system;
and
WHEREAS, Florida Statutes Section 381.00655 requires the connection within
365 days of notice of availability; and
WHEREAS, the number of owners who may be affected by this requirement at
any given time are so numerous as to overload the availability of qualified contractors
to install the infrastructure necessary to connect to the requisite sewerage system;
and
WHEREAS, some property owners have multiple units requiring an engineer to
design infrastructure as well as a contractor to install the infrastructure, and this
engineering requirement has similar constraints of the availability of engineers to
address all of the systems requiring engineering plans at any given time; and
WHEREAS, the permitting process can be tedious and time-consuming; and
WHEREAS, involving the owners who are diligent in pursuing the connection and
additional proceedings and costs generated by a code enforcement citation could
unnecessarily delay and complicate the diligent owners' efforts to come into
compliance; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has directed staff to draft and
process an ordinance to revise the thirty day rule of Sections 15.5-21 through 15.5-
32, Monroe County Code, to a practical time frame within the State requirements;
now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
That code enforcement citations for violations pursuant to Sections 15.5-22 and
15.5-32, Monroe County Code, shall not be issued for a period of ninety days from the
date of this Resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of
September , 2003.
Mayor Spehar
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Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
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