Code of Ordinances Supplement 63SUPPLEMENT NO. 63
January 2016
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Village of
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
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Officials of the Village ........ ............................... iii
Preface...................... ............................... v
Adopting Ordinance .......... ............................... vii
Readopting Ordinance ........ ............................... x.i
Checklist of Up -to -Date Pages ............................... [1]
Supplement History Table .... ............................... SHA
PART I
CHARTER
Charter..................... ...............................
1
Art. I. Corporate Name .............................
3
Art. I.A. Vision Statement ..........................
3
Art. II. Territorial Boundaries .......................
5
Art. III. Legislative .. ...............................
10.5
Art. IV. Administrative .............................
15
Art. V. Qualifications and Elections ..................
17
Art. VI. Transition Schedule ........................
18
Charter Comparative Table ... ............................... 65
PART II
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Chapter
1. General Provisions ....... ............................... 77
2. Administration ........... ...............................
133
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
134.3
Art. II.
Council ..... ...............................
13847
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1.
Generally ...............................
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Rules of Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Administrative Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Generally ...............................
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Div,
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Audit Committee ........................
139
Div,
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Department of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
140
Div,
44
Department of Records ..................
141
Div,
54
Police Department, .
142
Div,
64
Fire Rescue Department .................
14241
Div,
74
Department of Public Works .............
14241
Div,
84
Department of Library, . 4 4 4
14242
Div,
94
Department of Country Club .............
143
Div,
10.
Department of Recreation, .
143
Div,
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Department of Community Development,
143
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Art.
IV.
Manager .... ...............................
144
Art.
V.
Pensions and Retirement Systems............
144
Div.
1. Generally ...............................
144
Div.
2. Social Security ..........................
144
Div.
3. Pension and Certain Other Benefits for
General Employees ......................
145
Div.
4. Pension and Certain Other Benefits for
Fire and Police Employees ...............
152.3
Div.
5. Length of Service Award Plan for Volunteer
Firefighters .............................
164
Div.
6. ICMA Defined Contribution Pension Plan.
164.1
Art.
VI.
Code Enforcement ..........................
164.2
Art.
VII.
Alternate Method of Code Enforcement .....
169
3. Alcoholic Beverages ...... ...............................
211
4. Animals
and
Fowl ........ ...............................
263
Art.
I. In General ... ...............................
265
Art.
II.
Dogs and Cats ..............................
267
Art.
III.
Rabies Control .............................
269
5. Boats, Docks
and Waterways .............................
319
Art.
I. In General ... ...............................
321
Art.
II.
Boat Launching Area .......................
326
Art.
III.
Construction Requirements .................
326.1
Div.
1. Generally ...............................
326.1
Div.
2. Canals ... ...............................
326.1
Div.
3. Bulkheads and Seawalls .................
327
Div.
4. Docks and Piers .........................
328
Div.
5. Erosion Control Structures ...............
333
Art.
IV.
Marine Sanctuaries .........................
333
Art.
V.
Waterways Board ...........................
334
6. Buildings and Building Regulations ...................... 381
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 383
Art. II. Minimum Construction Standards ........... 383
Art. III. Appearance Code .......................... 385
Div. 1. Generally ............................... 385
Div. 2. Reserved . ............................... 387
Div. 3. Certificate of Appropriateness............ 387
Art. IV. Abatement of Unsafe or Unsanitary Buildings 388
Art. V. Signs and Outdoor Displays .................. 392.1
Art. VI. Reserved ... ............................... 401
Art. VII. Reserved ... ............................... 401
7. Bulkhead Lines .......... ............................... 453
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 455
Art. II. Filling Permit .............................. 455
8. Emergency Management .. ............................... 507
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 509
Art. II. Civil Disorders and Disturbances ............ 510
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Art. III. Exempt Employee Emergency Duty ......... 511
9. Country Club ............ ...............................
559
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
561
Art. II. Golf Advisory Board ........................
562
Art. III. Finances ... ...............................
563
10.
Elections ............... ...............................
615
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
617
Art. II. Reserved .... ...............................
618
Art. III. Reserved ... ...............................
618
Art. IV. Polling Locations ...........................
618
11.
Electricity .............. ...............................
671
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
673
Art. II. Electrical Code .............................
673
11.5.
Emergency Service .... ...............................
695
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
697
Art. II. Emergency Medical Services .................
697
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Fire Prevention and Protection ..........................
723
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
725
Art. II. Florida Fire Prevention Code ................
725
Art. III. Reserved ... ...............................
726
Art. IV. Recovery of Costs for Cleanup, Abatement and
Removal of Hazardous Substances...........
726
12.5
Flood Damage Prevention .............................
777
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
779
Art. II. Administration .............................
783
Art. III. Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction ......
786
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Reserved ............... ...............................
839
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Health and Sanitation ... ...............................
889
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
891
Art. II. Garbage, Trash and Refuse ..................
891
Div. 1. Generally ...............................
891
Div. 2. Garbage Collection and Disposal .........
891
Div. 3. Reserved . ...............................
893
Art. III. Reserved ... ...............................
894
Art. IV. Abatement of Public Nuisances on Private
Property.... ...............................
894
15.
Housing ................ ...............................
945
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
947
Art. II. Abandoned Real Property ...................
949
16.
Library ................. ...............................
997
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
999
Art. II. Library Board ..............................
999
17.
Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations ........
1051
Art. I. In General ... ...............................
1053
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Art. II. Local Business Tax ......................... 1057
Art. III. Businesses Located Outside Village Limits .. 1060.4
Art. IV. Simulated Gambling Devices ................ 1063
Art. V. Ambulances .. ............................... 1065
Art. VI. Garage and Other Sales .................... 1066
Art. VII. Business Advisory Board .................. 1066
Art. VIII. Peddlers and Solicitors .................... 1067
17.5 Reserved .............. ............................... 1121
18. Motor Vehicles and Traffic ..............................
1171
Art.
I. In General ... ...............................
1173
Art.
II. Operation of Vehicles Generally .............
1173
Art.
III. Stopping, Standing and Parking ............
1175
19. Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions ..................
1225
Art.
I. In General ... ...............................
1227
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II. Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators ......
1230
Art.
III. Offenses Against Property ..................
1230
Art.
IV. Offenses Against Public Morals .............
1230
Art.
V. Offenses Against Public Peace ...............
1231
Art.
VI. Noise Control ..............................
1231
Art.
VII. Reserved ... ...............................
1234
Art.
VIII. Weapons .. ...............................
1234
Art.
IX. Water Shortage Emergencies ...............
1237
Art.
X. Alarms ...... ...............................
1238
Art.
XI. Wellfield Protection ........................
1242
20. Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation ...................... 1289
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 1291
Art. II. Meetings and Gatherings .................... 1292
Div. 1. Generally ............................... 1292
Div. 2. Permit ... ............................... 1292
Art. III. Recreation Advisory Board ................. 1293
21. Planning and Development ............................. 1343
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 1345
Art. II. Planning Commission ....................... 1347
Art. III. Board of Adjustment ....................... 1348
Art. IV. Concurrency Management .................. 1350
Art. V. Stormwater Management .................... 1363
Art. VI. Archaeological Site Protection Regulations... 1366.1
22. Reserved ............... ............................... 1411
23. Police ................... ............................... 1463
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 1465
Art. II. Reserved .... ............................... 1465
Art. III. Reserve Force .............................. 1465
24. Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places .................... 1517
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 1519
Art. II. Excavations . ............................... 1519
Div. 1. Generally ............................... 1519
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27. Trees and Shrubbery .... ............................... 1681
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 1683
Art. II. Trees in Swale Areas ....................... 1683
Art. III. Landscaping ............................... 1684
Div. 1. Generally ............................... 1684
Div. 2. Reserved . ............................... 1686
Div. 3. Requirements for Certain Yard Areas, Off -
Street Parking and Other Vehicular Use
Areas .... ............................... 1686
28. Use of Rights -of -Way for Utilities ....................... 1739
29. Telecommunications ..... ............................... 1781
Appendices
A. Appearance Plan ......... ............................... 2043
B. Subdivisions ............. ............................... 2353
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 2355
Art. II. Procedures for Subdivision Plat Approval .... 2358
Art. III. Design Standards .......................... 2365
Art. IV. Required Improvements .................... 2368.1
Art. V. Enforcement Provisions ...................... 2372
Art. VI. Amendments ............................... 2378
Art. VII. Legal Status .............................. 2379
C. Zoning .................. ............................... 2479
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 2481
Art. II. Generally ... ............................... 2486
Art. III. District Regulations ........................ 2488.7
Arts. IV, V. Reserved ............................... 2529
Art. VI. Amendments —Fees; Waiting Periods ........ 2529
Art. VII. Nonconforming Uses of Land and Structures 2530
D. Franchises .............. ............................... 2619
Statutory Reference Table .... ............................... 2819
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2. Permit ... ...............................
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Sidewalks and Driveways ..................
1520
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1. Generally ...............................
1520
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2. Permits .. ...............................
1523
25. Swimming
Pools ........ ...............................
1573
Art.
I. In General ... ...............................
1575
Art.
II.
Reserved .... ...............................
1575
Art.
III.
Reserved ... ...............................
1576
26. Taxation ................
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1627
Art.
I. In General ... ...............................
1629
Art.
II.
Insurance Excise Taxes .....................
1629
Art.
III.
Utility Tax . ...............................
1629
Art.
IV.
Telecommunications Service Tax ............
1630
27. Trees and Shrubbery .... ............................... 1681
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 1683
Art. II. Trees in Swale Areas ....................... 1683
Art. III. Landscaping ............................... 1684
Div. 1. Generally ............................... 1684
Div. 2. Reserved . ............................... 1686
Div. 3. Requirements for Certain Yard Areas, Off -
Street Parking and Other Vehicular Use
Areas .... ............................... 1686
28. Use of Rights -of -Way for Utilities ....................... 1739
29. Telecommunications ..... ............................... 1781
Appendices
A. Appearance Plan ......... ............................... 2043
B. Subdivisions ............. ............................... 2353
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 2355
Art. II. Procedures for Subdivision Plat Approval .... 2358
Art. III. Design Standards .......................... 2365
Art. IV. Required Improvements .................... 2368.1
Art. V. Enforcement Provisions ...................... 2372
Art. VI. Amendments ............................... 2378
Art. VII. Legal Status .............................. 2379
C. Zoning .................. ............................... 2479
Art. I. In General ... ............................... 2481
Art. II. Generally ... ............................... 2486
Art. III. District Regulations ........................ 2488.7
Arts. IV, V. Reserved ............................... 2529
Art. VI. Amendments —Fees; Waiting Periods ........ 2529
Art. VII. Nonconforming Uses of Land and Structures 2530
D. Franchises .............. ............................... 2619
Statutory Reference Table .... ............................... 2819
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Code Comparative Table -1970 Code ......................... 2869
Code Comparative Table —Laws of Florida .................... 2873
Code Comparative Table— Ordinances ........................ 2875
Charter Index ............... ............................... 2933
Code Index .................. ............................... 2935
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25, Add.
2885, 2886
19
2510.45, 2510.46
25, Add.
2887, 2888
25, Add.
2510.47, 2510.48
25, Add.
2889, 2890
33
2510.49, 2510.50
25, Add.
2891, 2892
51
2510.51, 2510.52
25, Add.
2893, 2894
60
2510.53, 2510.54
25, Add.
2895
63
2510.55, 2510.56
25, Add.
2933, 2934
25
2511, 2512
57
2935, 2936
59
2512.1, 2512.2
57
2937, 2938
63
2512.2.1, 2512.2.2
63
2938.1
63
2512.3, 2512.4
49
2939, 2940
61
2512.5, 2512.6
50
2940.1
61
2512.7, 2512.8
51
2941, 2942
58
2512.9, 2512.10
63
2942.1
58
2512.10.1
63
2943, 2944
55
2512.11, 2512.12
51
2945, 2946
61
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Page No.
Supp. No.
2947, 2948
61
2948.1
61
2949, 2950
55
2951, 2952
55
2953, 2954
55
2955, 2956
55
2957, 2958
62
2959, 2960
62
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SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
The table below allows users of this Code to quickly and accurately
determine what ordinances have been considered for codification in each
supplement. Ordinances that are of a general and permanent nature are
codified in the Code Book and are considered "Included." Ordinances that are
not of a general and permanent nature are not codified in the Code Book and
are considered "Omitted."
In addition, by adding to this table with each supplement, users of this
Code of Ordinances will be able to gain a more complete picture of the Code's
historical evolution.
Ord. No.
Date
Adopted
Included/
Omitted
Supp. No.
2010 -18
10 -28 -10
Included
49
2010 -21
11 -18 -10
Included
49
2011 -01
1 -27 -11
Included
50
2011 -02
2 -10 -11
Included
50
2011 -03
2 -10 -11
Included
50
2011 -04
2 -10 -11
Included
50
2011 -05
4 -14 -11
Included
51
2011 -06
4 -14 -11
Included
51
2011 -07
4 -14 -11
Omitted
51
2011 -08
5 -12 -11
Omitted
51
2011 -09
5 -26 -11
Included
51
2011 -10
5 -26 -11
Included
51
2011 -11
6 -23 -11
Included
51
2011 -12
6 -23 -11
Omitted
51
2011 -13
7 -14 -11
Omitted
51
2011 -14
7 -14 -11
Included
51
2011 -15
8 -25 -11
Omitted
52
2011 -16
9 -22 -11
Omitted
52
2011 -17
9 -22 -11
Omitted
52
2011 -18
9 -22 -11
Included
52
2011 -19
10 -13 -11
Included
52
2011 -21
11 -10 -11
Included
52
2011 -22
12- 8 -11
Included
52
2010 -05
3 -11 -10
Included
53
2012 -01
1 -12 -12
Omitted
53
2012 -02
3- 8 -12
Included
53
2012 -03
3 -22 -12
Included
53
2012 -04
5 -10 -12
Included
54
2012 -05
6 -28 -12
Omitted
54
2012 -06
7 -26 -12
Included
54
2012 -07
7 -26 -12
Included
54
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Ord. No.
Date
Adopted
Included/
Omitted
Supp. No.
2012 -08
8- 9 -12
Included
54
2012 -09
9 -27 -12
Omitted
55
2012 -10
9 -27 -12
Omitted
55
2012 -11
11- 8 -12
Omitted
55
2013 -01
1 -10 -13
Omitted
55
2013 -02
2 -14 -13
Included
55
2013 -03
3 -14 -13
Omitted
55
2013 -04
4 -25 -13
Included
55
2013 -05
3 -28 -13
Omitted
55
2013 -06
3 -28 -13
Omitted
55
2013 -07
4 -11 -13
Included
55
2013 -08
5- 9 -13
Omitted
56
2013 -09
5 -23 -13
Included
56
2013 -10
7 -11 -13
Omitted
57
2013 -11
8 -22 -13
Omitted
57
2013 -12
9 -26 -13
Omitted
57
2013 -13
9 -26 -13
Omitted
57
2013 -14
9 -26 -13
Included
57
2014 -01
1 -23 -14
Included
57
2014 -02
3 -27 -14
Included
58
2014 -03
4 -10 -14
Included
58
2014 -04
4 -10 -14
Omitted
58
2014 -05
6 -26 -14
Included
59
2014 -06
7 -24 -14
Included
59
2014 -07
8 -14 -14
Included
59
2014 -08
9 -25 -14
Omitted
60
2014 -09
9 -25 -14
Included
60
2014 -10
9 -25 -14
Omitted
60
2014 -11
9 -25 -14
Included
60
2014 -12
10 -23 -14
Omitted
60
2014 -13
12 -11 -14
Included
60
2014 -14
12 -11 -14
Included
60
2015 -01
1- 8 -15
Omitted
60
2015 -02
4- 9 -15
Omitted
61
2015 -03
3 -12 -15
Included
61
2015 -04
4- 9 -15
Included
61
2015 -05
4- 9 -15
Included
61
2015 -06
4- 9 -15
Included
61
2015 -07
4 -23 -15
Included
61
2015 -08
5 -14 -15
Omitted
61
2015 -09
5 -28 -15
Omitted
62
2015 -10
6 -11 -15
Included
62
2015 -11
6 -25 -15
Included
62
2015 -12
6 -25 -15
Included
62
2015 -13
7 -23 -15
Included
62
2015 -14
9 -24 -15
Omitted
63
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Ord. No.
Date
Adopted
Included/
Omitted
Supp. No.
2015 -15
9 -24 -15
Omitted
63
2015 -16
9 -24 -15
Omitted
63
2015 -17
1 -14 -16
Omitted
63
2015 -18
9 -24 -15
Omitted
63
2015 -19
11 -12 -15
Included
63
2015 -20
11 -12 -15
Included
63
2015 -21
12 -10 -15
Omitted
63
2015 -22
12 -10 -15
Included
63
2016 -02
1 -14 -16
Omitted
63
2016 -03
1 -14 -16
Omitted
63
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Chapter 5
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS*
Article I. In General
Sec.
5 -1.
Definitions.
Sec.
5 -2.
Speed limit; wakes.
Sec.
5 -3.
Swimming in restricted waters.
Sec.
5 -4.
Exhibition boats exempted from certain restrictions.
Sec.
5 -5.
Water skiing.
Sec.
5 -6.
Disturbing other boats.
Sec.
5 -7.
Use of searchlights.
Sec.
5 -8.
Abandoned boats.
Sec.
5 -9.
Mooring at private or public docks without permission.
Sec.
5 -10.
Observance of village health and conduct rules.
Sec.
5 -11.
Cleanliness of docks.
Sec.
5 -12.
Refuse disposal.
Sec.
5 -13.
Pollution of waterways.
Sec.
5 -14.
Hours for running engines in residential districts.
Sec.
5 -15.
Living aboard boats restricted.
Sec.
5 -16.
Mooring limitations in lagoons (private docks).
Sec.
5 -17.
Authority of village to board boats violating chapter.
Sec.
5 -18.
Prohibition of floating structures.
Sec.
5 -19.
Unlawfully anchored or moored vessels- Department of law
enforcement to impound.
Sec.
5 -20.
Same -Owner to be notified upon impoundment.
Sec.
5 -21.
Same - Procedure in event owner cannot be found.
Sec.
5 -22.
Same - Unclaimed vessel to be sold; certification of sale.
Sec.
5 -23.
Same - Claiming of vessel of floating structure by owner; pay-
ment of costs.
Sec.
5 -24.
Same - Reclamation of owner after sale.
Sec.
5 -25.
Occupancy of live aboard boats, floating structure or vessels in
village waterways.
Sec.
5 -26.
Reserved.
Secs.
5- 27
-5 -32. Reserved.
Article II. Boat Launching Area
Sec.
5 -33.
Designated; use restricted.
Sec.
5 -34.
Repairs prohibited.
Sec.
5 -35.
Vehicle /trailer parking in designated areas; permits required.
Sec.
5 -36.
Abandoned boats and equipment- Disposition.
Sec.
5 -37.
Same - Recovery.
Sec.
5 -38.
Violation; penalty.
Secs.
5- 39
-5 -48. Reserved.
Article III. Construction Requirements
Division 1. Generally
Secs. 5- 49 -5 -55. Reserved.
*Cross references - Bulkhead lines, Ch. 7; parks, playgrounds and recreation, Ch. 20.
State law references - Beautification and improvement of waterways, F.S. § 342.03; Florida Vessel Registration and Safety
Law, F.S. ch. 327.
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Division 2. Canals
Sec.
5 -56.
Compliance with division required.
Sec.
5 -57.
General requirements.
Sec.
5 -58.
Navigation canals.
Sec.
5 -59.
Drainage canals.
Sec.
5 -60.
Canal crossings.
Sec.
5 -61.
Surety bond prerequisite to issuance of building permit in
certain cases.
Secs.
5- 62 -5
-68. Reserved.
Division 3. Bulkheads and Seawalls
Sec.
5 -69.
Compliance with division required.
Sec.
5 -70.
Submission of plans and specifications.
Sec.
5 -71.
Specifications.
Sec.
5 -72.
Reserved.
Sec.
5 -73.
Inspection required.
Secs.
5- 74 -5
-80. Reserved.
Division 4. Docks and Piers
Sec.
5 -81.
Definitions.
Sec.
5 -82.
Generally.
Sec.
5 -83.
Minimum design requirements.
Sec.
5 -84.
Regulations governing construction in waters other than Lake
Secs.
5 -97 -5
Worth and Atlantic Ocean.
Sec.
5 -85.
Regulations governing construction in Lake Worth and Atlantic
Ocean.
Sec.
5 -86.
Variances.
Secs.
5- 87 -5
-92. Reserved.
Division 5. Erosion Control Structures
Sec.
5 -93.
Definition.
Sec.
5 -94.
When permitted.
Sec.
5 -95.
Construction.
Sec.
5 -96.
Control.
Secs.
5 -97 -5
-100. Reserved.
Article IV. Marine Sanctuaries
Sec. 5 -101. Designation of waters as marine sanctuaries.
Article V. Waterways Board
Sec.
5 -102.
Created.
Sec.
5 -103.
Composition; terms; vacancies.
Sec.
5 -104.
Organization.
Sec.
5 -105.
Duties.
Sec.
5 -106.
Removal.
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BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS § 5 -2
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Mooring shall mean any appliance used to
secure a vessel or floating structure other than
Sec. 5 -1. Definitions. to a pier, dock or bulkhead.
As used in this chapter, unless the context
indicates otherwise, the following terms shall
have the indicated meanings:
Anchor shall mean any appliance used to
secure a vessel or floating structure other than
to a pier, dock or bulkhead which is carried
aboard such vessel as regular equipment when
under way and cast or dropped overboard.
Boat means any watercraft, including seaplanes
when not airborne, in or upon or docked, moored
or upon boat lifts at any place in any waterway
within the boundaries of the village.
Floating structure shall mean a floating entity,
with or without accommodation built thereon,
which is not primarily used as a means of
transportation on water but which serves purposes
or provides services typically associated with a
structure or other improvement on real property.
The term includes, but is not limited to, an entity
used as a residence, place of business or office
with public access, a hotel or motel, a restaurant
or lounge, a clubhouse, a meeting facility, a
storage or parking facility, or similar facility or
entity represented as such. Floating structures
are expressly excluded from the definition of the
term vessel as defined in both F.S. § 327.02 and
this section. Incidental movement upon water or
resting partially or entirely on the bottom does
not, in and of itself, preclude an entity from
being classified as a floating structure nor shall
registration of the entity as a vessel in accordance
with F.S. ch. 327.
Live - aboard boat or vessel means:
(a) Any boat or vessel used solely as a
residence and not for navigation;
(b) Any boat or vessel represented as a place
of business or a professional or other
commercial enterprise; or
(c) Any boat or vessel for which a declara-
tion of domicile has been filed pursuant
to F.S. § 222.17. A commercial fishing
boat is expressly excluded from this defini-
tion.
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Prohibited area shall mean all water bottom
lands within the village not authorized by this
Code for the anchorage or mooring of vessels.
Vessel is synonymous with boat as referenced
in section 1(b), Article VII of the State Constitu-
tion and includes every description of watercraft,
barge and air boat, other than a seaplane on the
water, used or capable of being used as a means
of transportation on water.
Waterway means any waters, waterway, lake,
river, tributary, canal, lagoon or connecting waters
within the boundaries of the village.
(Code 1970, § 11 -1; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 2; Ord.
No. 12 -98, § 1, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 11 -99, § 1,
2- 11 -99; Ord. No. 2010 -03, § 2, 1- 28 -10; Ord. No.
2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Cross reference —Rules of construction and definitions
generally, § 1 -2.
Sec. 5 -2. Speed limit; wakes.
No person shall operate a boat or any other
vessel, including water sport apparatus or other
physical object capable of transporting human
beings or cargo on water, at a speed in excess of
five (5) miles per hour, in any of the waterways
within the corporate limits of the village, with
the exception of the waters of Lake Worth and
the Intracoastal Waterway, except in cases of fire
or extreme emergency.
In addition to the five- mile - per -hour speed
limit, no person shall operate a boat or any other
vessel, including water sport apparatus, or other
physical object capable of transporting human
beings or cargo on water, which shall cause a
wake in any of the waterways within the corporate
limits of the village, with the exception of the
waters of Lake Worth and the Intracoastal
Waterway, except in cases of fire or extreme
emergency. A "wake" is defined as causing "white
water to be seen breaking off the bow" of the boat
or vessel.
(Code 1970, § 11 -43; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 6; Ord.
No. 5 -87, § 1, 2- 26 -87)
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Sec. 5 -3. Swimming in restricted waters.
No person shall engage in swimming in any
waters lying within one thousand (1,000) feet of
the intersection of the Earman River and the
North Palm Beach Waterway.
(Code 1970, § 11 -44)
Sec. 5 -4. Exhibition boats exempted from
certain restrictions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be
construed to prohibit the running of racing or
exhibition boats, muffled or unmuffled, during a
publicly announced and supervised and
adequately patrolled regatta or speed trial or
exhibition.
(Code 1970, § 11 -48; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 7)
Sec. 5 -5. Water skiing.
No person shall water ski in any of the
waterways located within the corporate limits of
the village, nor shall any person operate any
boat for towing a person on water skis in any of
the waterways located within the corporate limits
of the village; provided, however, that, nothing in
this section shall be construed to prohibit water
skiing in the waters of Lake Worth or the
Intracoastal Waterway.
(Code 1970, § 11 -50; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 10)
Sec. 5 -6. Disturbing other boats.
No person shall operate a boat in such a
manner as to unjustifiably or unnecessarily annoy
or frighten or endanger the occupants of any
other boat, or throw up a dangerous wake when
approaching another boat.
(Code 1970, § 11 -51; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 11)
Sec. 5 -7. Use of searchlights.
No person operating a boat shall use
searchlights indiscriminately or in such manner
as to annoy or disturb other persons or boats.
(Code 1970, § 11 -52; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 12)
Sec. 5 -8. Abandoned boats.
Every boat in a waterway which is abandoned
or unseaworthy, or sinks, grounds or becomes
otherwise disabled, is hereby declared to be a
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nuisance and the person in charge thereof shall
abate such nuisance within ten (10) days after
notice from the director of public safety.
(Code 1970, § 11 -53; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 13)
Sec. 5 -9. Mooring at private or public docks
without permission.
No person shall moor a boat at a private or
public seawall or dock or beach if upon private or
public property within the village without the
permission of the owner or public entity thereof.
(Code 1970, § 11 -56; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 16; Ord.
No. 11 -99, § 2, 2- 11 -99)
Sec. 5 -10. Observance of village health and
conduct rules.
No person in charge of or occupying boats
docked at or moored to land, docks, piers or
wharves abutting waterways shall fail to observe
all the health and sanitary regulations of the
village, and all ordinances of the village relating
to the conduct of persons and prohibiting acts
contrary to public health, morals, safety or public
peace.
(Code 1970, § 11 -57; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 17)
Cross reference — Health and sanitation, Ch. 14.
Sec. 5 -11. Cleanliness of docks.
Persons in charge of or occupying boats shall
at all times keep the docks, seawalls and premises
adjacent to such watercraft in a neat and orderly
manner and free from trash, rubbish, repair
parts, machinery, equipment and debris of all
kinds.
(Code 1970, § 11 -58; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 18)
Sec. 5 -12. Refuse disposal.
No person in charge of or occupying a boat
shall dump or throw or permit to be dumped or
thrown garbage, paper, bottles, cans, refuse or
debris into waterways. Persons in charge of
boats moored or docked in the waterways shall
provide garbage cans of sufficient size to hold
garbage and refuse.
(Code 1970, § 11 -59; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 19)
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS
Sec. 5 -13. Pollution of waterways.
No person in charge of any houseboat or other
boat or vessel in motion, anchored or tied up at
any marina or any other waterways within the
village limits shall permit any excreta or refuse
from any toilet or privy on such boat, to be
thrown from, to be ejected from, or to be allowed
to escape from such boat into the waters in which
such boat is in motion, tied up or anchored.
(Code 1970, § 24 -56)
Sec. 5 -14. Hours for running engines in
residential districts.
No person shall run or operate any boat
engine for the purpose of charging batteries,
running auxiliary equipment or testing between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in any
residential district.
(Code 1970, § 11 -60; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 20)
Sec. 5 -15. Living aboard boats restricted.
Living aboard boats in commercial wet stor-
age marinas is permitted; provided, further, that,
the following regulations apply to commercial
wet storage marinas where persons live aboard
boats:
(1) Not more than ten (10) percent of the
dock spaces at a commercial wet storage
marina may be occupied by boats where
persons live aboard for more than eight
(8) months out of any twelve -month period.
These dock spaces are for the purpose of
providing security against vandalism and
theft at marinas. All live- aboard boats
must be equipped with a marine sanita-
tion device acceptable under the current
regulations of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard
and the state department of
environmental regulation.
(2) Marinas where persons may live aboard
overnight shall be equipped with potable
water and sanitary sewage facilities,
including showers, rest rooms and bath-
houses located within the marina area
available for use by all persons who live
aboard boats overnight. In addition, all
such marinas shall provide adequate
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§ 5 -17
electrical and potable water service, dock-
side, to each boat. Sewage service may be
provided to each boat where persons are
permitted to live aboard overnight, but
in no event may holding tanks or sewage
facilities aboard any boat be flushed within
the marina area so as to cause any
pollution, damage or debris to any waters.
(3) A dockmaster or person shall be in charge
of each marina and shall maintain a log
which shall include a current list of
persons registered to live aboard boats in
that marina, the register number of all
boats docked in the marina, and a descrip-
tion of the marine sanitation devices
installed in each boat, available at all
time for use and inspection by the village
community development department. This
requirement is to aid in the protection of
life and property at marinas and to deter
unauthorized persons from being in the
marina areas.
(4) The administrative, enforcement and
appeal procedures of the village housing
code shall apply to this section.
(Ord. No. 14 -76, § 2, 7 -8 -76; Ord. No. 2006 -24,
§ 2.13, 11 -9 -06)
Cross reference — Housing code adopted by reference,
§ 15 -1.
Sec. 5 -16. Mooring limitations in lagoons
(private docks).
Excluding lagoon end situations, for proper-
ties fronting lagoons, no vessel that is moored
shall extend more than thirty (30) percent of the
lagoon width from the face of the bulkhead nor
extend beyond the side property lines extended.
(Ord. No. 2006 -01, § 1, 1- 26 -06)
Sec. 5 -17. Authority of village to board boats
violating chapter.
Any member of the police department shall
have authority to board any boat in violation of
this chapter, or which becomes a menace to
navigation, and move or cause it to be moved to
§ 5 -17
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another location and he or she shall have the
right to hold such boat for the payment of costs
incurred in its removal or storage.
(Code 1970, § 11 -54; Ord. No. 212 -70, § 14; Ord.
No. 2006 -01, § 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 7,
11- 10 -11)
Sec. 5 -18. Prohibition of floating structures.
(a) No floating structure shall be anchored or
moored in the waters lying within the jurisdic-
tion of the village or on any property owned by
the village, including any submerged lands.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
section shall prohibit a floating structure from
anchoring or mooring at a public or private
marina within a berth or slip, at a public or
private pier or dock with permission from the
property owner or on privately owned property,
including submerged lands.
(b) Floating structures also meeting the defini-
tion of live- aboard boats or vessels shall comply
with the provisions of section 5 -15.
(c) The provisions of this section may be
enforced through all means available for enforce-
ment of the village code, including but not
limited to, the initiation of code enforcement
proceedings pursuant to chapter 2 of this code,
impoundment pursuant to the provisions of this
article, and the initiation of appropriate legal
action in a court of competent jurisdiction. Each
day a violation of this section occurs shall
constitute a separate offense and be punishable
as such.
(Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Editor's note -Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, adopted November
12, 2015, set out provisions for use herein as § 5 -18. Prior to
the adoption of those provisions § 5 -18 was repealed by Ord.
No. 2010 -03, § 3, adopted January 28, 2010. Former § 5 -18
pertained to "Limitation on anchoring and mooring in
prohibited area; mooring permit required," and was derived
from Ord. No. 12 -98, § 2, adopted April 23, 1998 and Ord.
No. 2006 -01, §§ 2, 3, adopted January 26, 2006.
Sec. 5 -19. Unlawfully anchored or moored
vessels- Department of law
enforcement to impound.
The police department of the village is
authorized and directed to take into custody and
impound any vessel or floating structure unlaw-
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fully anchored or moored and any such vessel or
floating structure taken into custody and
impounded under the authority of the police
department shall not be released therefrom until
the charges for towing such vessel or floating
structure and storage charges have been paid.
The charge for towing or removal of any such
vessel or floating structure and storage charges
shall be the customary charges prevailing in the
village for such services.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 3, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 7, 11- 10 -11;
Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Sec. 5 -20. Same -Owner to be notified upon
impoundment.
Whenever any vessel or floating structure is
taken into custody and impounded by the author-
ity of the police department as authorized herein,
and the name and address of the owner of such
vessel or floating structure can be ascertained by
the police department, it shall within forty -eight
(48) hours give in writing or cause to be given
notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such
removal and the reason therefor and the place to
which such vessel or floating structure has been
removed.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 4, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 7, 11- 10 -11;
Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Sec. 5 -21. Same - Procedure in event owner
cannot be found.
Whenever the police department authorizes
the removal of such vessel or floating structure
as authorized herein and the police department
does not know and is not reasonably able to
ascertain the name and address of the owner of
such vessel or floating structure or for any
reason is unable to give the notice to the owner,
and in the event the vessel or floating structure
is not returned to the owner within a period of
three (3) days after same has been taken into
custody and impounded, the police department
shall immediately send or cause to be sent a
written notice of such impoundment by mail to
the division of marine resources of the depart-
ment of natural resources, and shall file a copy of
such notice with the person who has been
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS
authorized to have custody of the impounded
vessel or floating structure for the purpose of
storage. Such notice shall include a complete
description of the vessel or floating structure,
the date, time and place from which it was
removed, the reason for such removal, and the
name of the storage facility or place where the
vessel or floating structure is stored.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 5, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 7, 11- 10 -11;
Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Sec. 5 -22. Same — Unclaimed vessel to be
sold; certification of sale.
(a) If the owner fails to claim the vessel or
floating structure within twenty -one (21) days
after the police department has sent its notice to
the division of marine resources, such vessel or
floating structure shall be sold to the highest
bidder at public auction by the police depart-
ment at some place within the village; but, prior
to the sale, a notice shall be published once a
week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a local
newspaper published in the county and circulated
in the village. Publication shall be at least ten
(10) days prior the date of sale. Such notice shall
give the time and place of sale and describe the
vessel or floating structure to be sold. A copy of
such notice shall be mailed to the owner if his or
her name and address be known at least ten (10)
days before the date of such sale. The village
shall not guarantee title to such vessel or float-
ing structure or to deliver a title of ownership;
but shall furnish the purchaser a certificate in
substantially the following form:
Certificate Number:
CERTIFICATE OF SALE
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FLORIDA
Certificate Number:
CERTIFICATE OF SALE
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
POLICE DEPARTMENT
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the following
described vessel /floating structure was
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§ 5 -24
impounded and placed in the custody of the
Police Department , where it was held for
twenty -five (25) days, after which time the
Police Department made every reasonable effort
to find the owner of the same or if found, such
owner failed to repossess same, this vessel/
floating structure was sold to the highest
bidder at public auction after legal advertise-
ment.
This Certificate of Sale is therefor issued
to: residing at
Description of vessel:
Dated at Village of North Palm Beach,
Florida, this day of
, 20
Name and Title of Officer
(b) This form shall be in duplicate. The original
shall be given to the purchaser and the duplicate
bound in a book of record for the purposes
intended.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 6, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 7, 11- 10 -11;
Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Sec. 5 -23. Same — Claiming of vessel of float-
ing structure by owner; payment
of costs.
The owner of such impounded vessel or float-
ing structure may take possession of such vessel
or floating structure at any time prior to the time
of sale provided herein, but such owner shall
reimburse the village for all reasonable expenses
for removal, storage, advertising and other
expenses incurred as a result of the impound-
ment of such vessel or floating structure.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 7, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Editor's note —Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, adopted November
12, 2015, amended § 5 -23 to read as set out herein. Previ-
ously § 5 -23 was titled "Same— Claiming of vessel by owner;
payment of costs."
Sec. 5 -24. Same — Reclamation of owner
after sale.
The proceeds from the sale of any impounded
vessel or floating structure shall not be expended
§ 5 -24
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or disbursed for ninety (90) days after the date of
such sale. At any time during such period, the
owner, upon providing proof of such ownership of
such vessel or floating structure, evidenced by
documentary written evidence, may recover back
the proceeds of the sale, less all of the expenses
incurred in regard to removal, storage, advertis-
ing and a commission of five (5) percent on the
gross sales price of such vessel or floating structure
for the cost of making such sale. If the owner
fails to provide proof of ownership and recover
back the proceeds of the sale in the time frame
set forth herein, the proceeds of sale shall be
forfeited to the village.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 8, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Sec. 5 -25. Occupancy of live aboard boats,
floating structure or vessels in
village waterways.
It shall be unlawful of any person to occupy a
live aboard boat, floating structure or vessel in
any waterway except as specifically authorized
by this article.
(Ord. No. 12 -98, § 9, 4- 23 -98; Ord. No. 2006 -01,
§ 3, 1- 26 -06; Ord. No. 2010 -03, § 4, 1- 28 -10; Ord.
No. 2015 -19, § 1, 11- 12 -15)
Editor's note -Ord. No. 2015 -19, § 1, adopted November
12, 2015, amended § 5 -25 to read as set out herein. Previ-
ously § 5 -25 was titled "Occupancy of live aboard boats or
vessels in village waterways."
Sec. 5 -26. Reserved.
Editor's note -Ord. No. 2013 -02, § 2, adopted Feb. 14,
2013, deleted § 5 -26 which pertained to fueling of marine
craft and derived from Ord. No. 14 -2002, § 1, 5 -9 -02; Ord.
No. 2006 -01, § 3, adopted 1- 26 -06.
Secs. 5- 27 -5 -32. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. BOAT LAUNCHING AREA
Sec. 5 -33. Designated; use restricted.
No person shall bring into, launch or operate
any vessel (as defined in F.S. § 327.02) upon any
park property, including designated swimming
areas, except as such places as are or may be
designated for such use or purposes by the North
Palm Beach Village Council. Such operation or
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use shall be in accordance with such rules and
regulations as are now or may hereafter be
adopted by the village council. All vehicles using
the boat ramps of Anchorage Park or parking
with a trailer at Anchorage Park must have a
village launch ramp sticker permanently affixed
to the vehicle, visible from behind the vehicle.
(Code 1970, § 11 -11; Ord. No. 2006 -08, § 1,
6 -8 -06)
Sec. 5 -34. Repairs prohibited.
No repair work upon boats, boat trailers or
other boating equipment shall be permitted at
the village boat launching area with the excep-
tion of minor repairs or adjustments essentially
necessary to make such boat, trailer or equip-
ment operable or transportable to a professional
facility devoted to such repair service.
(Code 1970, § 11 -12)
Sec. 5 -35. Vehicle /trailer parking in
designated areas; permits
required.
(a) No person shall park a vehicle on park
property at any place other than in the regularly
designated facilities provided for that particular
type of vehicle unless otherwise directed by a law
enforcement officer or village employee or by
official signs or markings.
(b) No boats or boat trailers shall be allowed
to remain more than twenty -four (24) hours at
the village boat launching area unless a written
permit therefore has been secured from the
village manager or his designee. Such permits
shall be issued upon such reasonable regulations
and upon such cost as shall be determined, from
time to time, by the village council.
(Code 1970, § 11 -13; Ord. No. 2006 -08, § 2,
6 -8 -06)
Sec. 5 -36. Abandoned boats and equip-
ment- Disposition.
(a) It shall be presumed that the owner of
each boat, each boat trailer, and each piece of
boat equipment found on the village boat launch-
ing area as to which there is not then outstand-
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS
ing a currently effective permit issued under
section 5 -35 of this chapter, has abandoned such
boat, boat trailer or piece of boat equipment.
(b) Thereupon, it shall be lawful for the vil-
lage, through its officers or employees, to remove
such abandoned material from such area, destroy-
ing that which is junk and disposing of all other
material for the best price, and upon the best
terms available. The net proceeds of any such
sale shall be deposited in the general fund of the
village.
(Code 1970, § 11 -14)
Sec. 5 -37. Same — Recovery.
At any time within ninety (90) days after the
disposition of any boat, boat trailer or equipment
under section 5 -36 of this chapter, the owner, or
any person having any alleged interest in such
disposed of property, may, upon making proof of
such ownership or interest, recover back from
the village the proceeds of the sale, less all the
expenses of caring for, moving, advertising and
making such sale.
(Code 1970, § 11 -15)
Sec. 5 -38. Violation; penalty.
Violation of any provision of section 5 -33,
Designated; use restricted or section 5 -35, Vehicle/
trailer parking in designated areas; permits
required, shall result in a civil fine of fifty dollars
($50.00) for a first offense and one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for any subsequent violation.
(Ord. No. 2006 -08, § 3, 6 -8 -06)
Secs. 5- 39 -5 -48. Reserved.
ARTICLE III. CONSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS*
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
Secs. 5- 49 -5 -55. Reserved.
*Cross references — Buildings and building regulations,
Ch. 6; coastal construction code, § 6 -151 et seq.
§ 5 -58
DIVISION 2. CANALS
Sec. 5 -56. Compliance with division
required.
All canals for navigation and /or drainage
purposes to be dug or constructed within the
corporate limits of the village, either in whole or
in part, whether or not such canal is dedicated to
the public, shall be subject to the requirements
set forth in this division.
(Code 1970, § 11 -21)
Sec. 5 -57. General requirements.
(a) All canals shall be provided with reinforced
or prestressed concrete bulkheads which shall
meet the requirements of the village building
code and the village ordinances concerning zoning
as they are concerned with bulkheads.
(b) All canals to be constructed in areas
proposed to be platted shall meet the require-
ments of the subdivision ordinance of the village,
as set out in Appendix B of this volume, and
amendments thereto, and must be approved as
part of the plan of development of the proposed
platted area.
(c) Canals to be constructed in unplatted areas
shall meet the requirements of the village build-
ing code and all ordinances of the village relating
to zoning, and plans for the construction of any
canal must be approved by the engineers of the
village prior to the issuance of a building permit
for such canal.
(Code 1970, § 11 -24)
Cross reference — Zoning, App. C.
Sec. 5 -58. Navigation canals.
Canals which may be used for navigation shall
have a minimum width of eighty (80) feet face to
face of bulkheads constructed on the sides thereof,
with the exception of the bottom profile require-
ments dictated by the bulkhead design. All such
canals shall have a minimum bottom elevation of
minus eight ( -8) feet mean sea level.
(Code 1970, § 11 -22)
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§ 5 -59 NORTH PALM BEACH CODE
Sec. 5 -59. Drainage canals.
Canals which are constructed or dug for drain-
age purposes only and which may be used for
drainage purposes only shall be of the width
required to provide sufficient cross section for
drainage requirements and shall have a minimum
bottom elevation of minus eight ( -8) feet mean
sea level. The determination of whether or not
the intended use of a canal is for drainage
purposes only shall be set forth on the dedication
of a plat if such canal is included in a platted
area, and such determination for canals in unplat-
ted areas shall be made by the village building
inspector. The village building inspector shall
determine that a canal has been constructed for
drainage
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OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(2) Following the person being solicited, if
that conduct is:
a. Intended to or is likely to cause a
reasonable person to fear imminent
bodily harm or the commission of a
criminal act upon property in the
person's possession; or
b. Intended to or is reasonably likely
to intimidate the person being
solicited into responding
affirmatively to the solicitation; or
(3) Continuing to solicit within five (5) feet
of the person being solicited after the
person has made a negative response, if
continuing the solicitation is:
a. Intended to or is likely to cause a
reasonable person to fear imminent
bodily harm or the commission of a
criminal act upon property in the
person's possession; or
b. Intended to or is reasonably likely
to intimidate the person being
solicited into responding
affirmatively to the solicitation; or
(4) Intentionally or recklessly blocking the
safe or free passage of the person being
solicited or requiring the person, or the
driver of a vehicle, to take evasive action
to avoid physical contact with the person
making the solicitation; or
(5) Intentionally or recklessly using words:
a. Intended or likely to cause a reason-
able person to fear imminent bodily
harm or the commission of a criminal
act upon property in the person's
possession; or
b. Intended to or reasonably likely to
intimidate the person being solicited
into responding affirmatively to the
solicitation.
§ 19 -12
Banking facility means all banks, trust
companies, private bankers, savings banks,
industrial banks, safe deposit companies, sav-
ings and loan associations, credit unions and
investment companies.
Panhandle means to solicit through the spoken,
written or printed word or through other acts or
body gestures for the purpose of requesting
money or any other thing of value where the
person solicited receives little or no monetary
value in exchange and where a reasonable person
would understand that the transaction is
essentially a donation. Panhandling shall not
include:
(a) The solicitation of contributions on behalf
of a charitable entity or other organiza-
tion exempt from taxation pursuant to
Section 501(c)(3) of the United States
Internal Revenue Code; or
(b) Passively performing music with a sign
indicating that a donation is sought.
(c) Prohibited conduct.
(1) No person shall panhandle in an aggres-
sive manner within the corporate limits
of the village.
(2) No person shall panhandle within twenty
(20) feet of any automated teller machine,
an entrance or exit to a banking facility,
or an entrance or exit to a business
establishment open to the public or a
governmental building.
(3) No person shall panhandle when either
the person soliciting or the person being
solicited is at a bus stop or within a
public transportation vehicle.
(4) No person shall panhandle in any park-
ing lot or parking garage.
Automated teller machine means a device, (5) No person alongside or within the median
linked to a financial institution's account records, of any roadway shall panhandle from any
which is able to carry out transactions, including occupant of a motor vehicle that is on a
but not limited to account transfers, deposits, roadway nor shall any person stand
cash withdrawals, balance inquiries, and mortgage alongside a roadway or within the median
and loan payments. for the purpose of panhandling.
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§ 19 -12 NORTH PALM BEACH CODE
(6) No person shall panhandle on private ARTICLE III. OFFENSES AGAINST
property without the permission of the PROPERTY*
owner.
(Ord. No. 2015 -04, § 2, 4 -9 -15)
Secs. 19- 13- 19 -30. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. SEXUAL OFFENDERS AND
SEXUAL PREDATORS
Sec. 19 -31. Sexual offender and sexual
predator residence prohibition.
(a) It is unlawful for any person who has been
convicted of a violation of F.S. §§ 794.011 ("Sexual
battery "), 800.04 ( "Lewd or lascivious offenses
committed upon or in the presence of persons
less than 16 years of age "), 827.071 ( "Sexual
performance by a child "), or 847.0145 ( "Buying
or selling of minors "), regardless of whether
adjudication has been withheld, in which the
victim of the offense was less than 16 years of
age, to establish a permanent residence or
temporary residence in the Village of North
Palm Beach within one thousand five hundred
(1,500) feet of any school, designated public
school bus stop, day care center, park, playground
or public pool facility. Provided, however, a person
referenced in the foregoing sentence and resid-
ing in the Village of North Palm Beach within
one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of any
school, designated public school bus stop, day
care center, park, playground or public pool
facility does not commit a violation of this sec-
tion if the person established the permanent
residence prior to the effective date of this
article.
(b) For purposes of determining the minimum
distance separation, the distance shall be
measured by following a straight line from the
outer property line of the permanent residence
or temporary residence to the nearest outer
property line of a school, designated public school
bus stop, day care center, park, or playground.
(c) A person who violates this section shall be
punished as provided in section 1 -8 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 26 -2005, § 1, 9- 22 -05)
Secs. 19- 32- 19 -46. Reserved.
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Sec. 19 -47. Obstructing passageways.
No person shall place or erect upon any public
way or passageway to any building an obstruc-
tion of any type; provided that this section shall
not prevent the duly authorized or required
placing of temporary barriers or warning signs
for the purpose of safeguarding the public; and
providing, further, that, swale markers may be
placed at the edge of swale areas to protect the
edges of lawns from being driven on by passing
vehicles, with the swale markers to be round
button cement markers with anchor rods attached,
not to exceed twelve (12) inches in diameter and
four (4) inches in height.
(Code 1970, § 24 -59; Ord. No. 218 -70, § 3)
Secs. 19- 48- 19 -63. Reserved.
ARTICLE IV. OFFENSES AGAINST
PUBLIC MORALS
Sec. 19 -64. Topless costumes.
(a) No female person over the age of twelve
(12) years shall appear in any public place or
private place where the public is invited where
alcoholic beverages are sold or any place open to
the public view in a topless costume.
(b) No person shall knowingly employ or permit
a female person who is wearing a topless costume
within the confines of any premises which he
controls and to which the public is invited where
alcoholic beverages are sold or is open to public
view.
(Code 1970, § 24 -67)
Sec. 19 -65. Vulgar language.
No person shall use vulgar, profane or indecent
language on any public street or other public
place or in any public dance hall, club dance,
skating rink or place of business open to public
patronage.
(Code 1970, § 24 -71)
*Cross reference — Persons walking dogs responsible for
removal of waste, § 4 -31 et seq.
OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 19 -66. Window peeping.
No person shall look, peer or peep into, or be
found loitering around or within view of, any
window not on his own property with intent of
watching or looking through such window where
persons lawfully present on such property would
have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
(Code 1970, § 24 -77)
Secs. 19- 67- 19 -81. Reserved.
ARTICLE V. OFFENSES AGAINST
PUBLIC PEACE*
Sec. 19 -82. Stench bombs.
(a) Throwing or depositing. No person shall
throw, drop, pour, deposit or discharge, upon the
person or property of another any liquid, gaseous
or solid substance which is injurious to person or
property, or which is nauseous, sickening, irritat-
ing or offensive to any of the senses with the
intent to wrongfully injure, molest, discomfort,
discommode or coerce another in the use, manage-
ment, conduct or control of his person or property.
No person shall attempt or aid in the attempt or
commission of any of these prohibited acts.
(b) Possession prohibited. No person shall
manufacture or prepare or have in his possession
or under his control, any liquid, gaseous or solid
substance or matter of any kind which is injuri-
ous to person or property, or which is nauseous,
sickening, irritating or offensive to any of the
senses, with the intent to use the same in
violation of paragraph (a) of this section or with
intent that the same shall be used in violation of
such paragraph. The possession or control by
any person of any such liquid, gaseous or solid
substance or matter shall be deemed prima facie
evidence of intent to use the same or cause the
same to be used in violation of such paragraph.
(c) Excepted uses. The prohibitions of
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section shall not
apply to police officers acting in line of duty or to
proprietors of business places or their employees
using such substances for the protection of their
property and their business places when the
*Cross reference —Noise control, § 19 -99 et seq
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§ 19 -99
substances referred to herein are kept solely for
the purpose of repelling robbers, thieves, murder-
ers or other law violators.
(Code 1970, § 24 -65)
Sec. 19 -83. Throwing missiles.
No person shall throw any stone or any other
missile upon or at any vehicle, building, tree or
other public or private property, or upon or at
any person in any public or private way or place
or enclosed or unenclosed ground.
(Code 1970, § 24 -66)
Secs. 19- 84- 19 -98. Reserved.
ARTICLE VI. NOISE CONTROLt
Sec. 19 -99. Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, whenever any
of the following words, terms or definitions are
used herein they shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in this section except where the context
requires otherwise:
Decibel means a measure of a unit of sound
pressure. Sound waves having the same decibel
level "sound" louder or softer to the human ear
depending upon the frequency of the sound wave
in cycles per second (i.e., whether the pitch of the
sound is high or low). Thus, an A- weighted filter
constructed in accordance with the specifications
of the American National Standards Institute
( "ANSI "), which automatically takes account of
the varying effect on the human ear of different
pitches, shall be used on any sound level measure-
ments required by this article and all measure-
ments are expressed in dBA to reflect the use of
this filter.
Emergency and emergency work mean any
occurrence or set of circumstances involving or
(Editor's note —Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, adopted April 25,
2013, repealed the former Art. VI, §§ 19 -99 -19 -120, and
enacted a new Art. VI as set out herein. The former Art. VI
pertained to noise control and derived from the Code of 1970,
§§ 22- 1- 22 -20, §§ 22 -22, 22 -23; Ord. No. 5 -75, § 1, 6- 12 -75;
Ord. No. 17 -76, §§ 1, 2, 9- 23 -76; Ord. No. 34 -2000, §§ 1 -5,
11 -9 -00; Ord. No. 12 -2005, § 1, 7- 14 -05; Ord. No. 2006 -24,
§ 2.G.1- 2.G.3, 11 -9 -06; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 16, adopted
11- 10 -11.
§ 19 -99
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creating actual or imminent physical trauma or
property damage which demands immediate
attention, including without limitation genera-
tors or other equipment used by communications
companies and utility companies in connection
with restoration of service operations. Where the
emergency is an out of service or imminent out of
service condition of utilities, communications or
other essential services, then the company provid-
ing such essential services may respond to such
emergency in a timely manner and shall make
such application to the village manager at the
earliest time thereafter.
Plainly audible sound means any sound for
which any of the content of that sound, such as,
but not limited to, comprehensible musical
rhythms, is communicated to a person using his
or her unaided hearing faculties. For the purposes
of the enforcement of this article, the detection of
any component of sound, including, but not
limited to, the rhythmic bass, by a person using
his or her normal, unaided hearing faculties is
sufficient to verify plainly audible sound. It is
not necessary for such person to determine the
title, specific words or artist of music, or the
content of any speech.
Property boundary means the imaginary line
which separates the real property owned, rented
or leased by one person or entity from that
owned, rented, or leased by another person or
entity.
Unreasonable noise means any noise in or
emanating from any property located within the
corporate limits of village which violates the
provisions of this article.
(a) For noise emanating from property with
a commercial or light industrial zoning
designation, unreasonable noise shall be
defined as any noise emanating from the
property which equals or excess a
measured sound level of sixty -five (65)
dBA between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, a
measured sound level in excess of eighty -
five (85) dBA between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Sunday through
Thursday; and a measured sound level
which equals or exceeds sixty -five (65)
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dBA between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m. Friday through Saturday and a
measured sound level meeting or exceed-
ing eighty -five (85) dBA between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Friday
through Saturday.
(b) For noise emanating from property with
a commercial or light industrial zoning
designation which shares any portion of
its boundary with a property with a
residential zoning designation, unreason-
able noise shall be defined as any noise
emanating from the property which equals
or exceeds a measured sound level of
sixty (60) dBA between the hours of
10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. Sunday through
Thursday, a measured sound level in
excess of seventy (70) dBA between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday; and a measured sound
level which equals or exceeds sixty (60)
dBA between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m. Friday through Saturday and a
measured sound level meeting or exceed-
ing seventy (70) dBA between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Friday through
Saturday.
(c) For noise emanating from property with
a residential zoning designation,
unreasonable noise shall be defined as
noise that is plainly audible one hundred
and fifty (150) feet from the property
boundary of the source of the sound or
noise, measured on a horizontal plane.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, noise shall
be considered unreasonable when it is
plainly audible through the external walls
and fully closed windows and doors of a
residential structure or through walls,
floors or partitions common to two (2)
residential units located within a single
structure.
(d) Noise shall be measured from the property
boundary closest to the source of noise
with a sixty (60) second reading. Where
the property boundary abuts a waterway,
the property boundary shall be considered
the opposite side of the waterway and not
the actual seawall or bulkhead.
OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS § 19 -104
Vessel shall have the same meaning as set (8) The reasonable and intermittent barking
forth in Section 327.02, Florida Statutes, as may of dogs and sounds made by other animals
be amended from time to time. as governed by section 4 -12 of the Code;
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13; Ord. No. 2015- (g) The sounds made by children and adults
22, § 2, 12- 10 -15) on school and athletic grounds during
school curricular and extra - curricular
Sec. 19 -100. Prohibition against unreason- activities; and
able noise.
No person shall make, continue to make or
cause to be made any unreasonable noise.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Sec. 19 -101. Exemptions.
The provisions of the noise control ordinance
shall not apply to:
(1) The use of amplified sound on the grounds
of a school, church or other house of
worship during sanctioned activities;
(2) The operation of buses, trains (excluding
trains operating in legally designated
quiet zones), ships, airplanes, helicopters
and trucks in good repair;
(3) Activities in the fields, grounds or facili-
ties of any sporting arena, stadium, or
sports complex to which the public or
community has access;
(4) Road festivals, parades, fireworks displays
and special events for which, where
applicable, an appropriate permit has
been obtained from the village in compli-
ance with any conditions imposed by that
permit and within the permitted area
and any privately owned property located
contiguous with any public right -of -way
that is closed pursuant to a parade, road
festival, or special event permit;
(5) Noise which results from the reasonable
routine maintenance of commercial and
governmental property including, but not
limited to, lawn mowers, chippers, clip-
pers, and tractors.
(6) Church bells and chimes;
(7) The emission of sound for the purpose of
alerting the public of an emergency or
the performance of emergency work;
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(10) Festivals or events occurring in public
parks which are permitted or approved
by the village.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Sec. 19 -102. Prohibition against speakers
in rights -of -way and air space.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
locate or permit the placement of speakers or
sound systems within public rights -of -way, includ-
ing the air space above such public rights -of -way,
except when properly permitted by the village.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Sec. 19 -103. Operation of radios or other
mechanical sound - making
devices or instruments in ves-
sels.
It shall be unlawful for any person operating
or occupying a vessel within the village to oper-
ate or amplify the sound produced by a radio or
other mechanical sound - making device or instru-
ment from within the vessel so that the sound is
plainly audible at a distance of fifty (50) feet or
more from the vessel.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Sec. 19 -104. Enforcement.
Whenever a law enforcement officer is notified
of or observes a violation of the ordinance from
which this section derives, the officer shall issue
a warning in writing to the individual, or individu-
als, responsible for the violation. The warning
shall state the dBA reading obtained by the
officer during measurement and the maximum
dBA level established by this article, if applicable.
The warning shall also inform the individual, or
individuals, that the generated sound level on
the property must be reduced within five (5)
minutes. Thereafter, each re- measurement which
exceeds the maximum permissible sound levels
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established by this article or each subsequent
determination that the noise violates the provi-
sions of this article shall constitute a separate
violation. If there are no subsequent noise viola-
tions for a period one hundred and eighty (180)
days, the warning recipient shall be served with
a warning for their next recorded offense. Fol-
lowing the issuance of a warning when the
second offense occurs within the same one hundred
and eighty (180) day time period the fine shall be
two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). A third
offense within the same one hundred and eighty
(180) day time period shall have a fine of three
hundred dollars ($300.00). The fourth offense
within the same one hundred and eighty (180)
day time period shall constitute a criminal offense,
subject to penalties set out in section 1 -8 of this
Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Editor's note —Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, adopted Apr. 25,
2013, enacted provisions intended for codification as § 19-
103, enforcement. To avoid duplicate section numbering, said
provisions have been redesignated as § 19 -104. Subsequent
§§ 19 -104 and 19 -105 have been redesignated as § 19 -105 and
§ 19 -106.
Sec. 19 -105. Permissible time for construc-
tion activity.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to do,
perform or engage in any construction work,
building, excavating, hoisting, grading, pile driv-
ing, pneumatic hammering, demolition, dredg-
ing, building alteration or repair work of any
nature to any building or structure or upon any
site for same, in the village between the hours of
8:00 p.m. of one day and 8:00 a.m. of the next
day if any such activity shall cause unreasonable
noise as defined in section 19 -99 above. No
construction activity shall be permitted on
Sundays or legal holidays. Any person desiring
to engage in the aforesaid activity beyond the
stated hours of limitation, based upon cases of
emergency or upon the interests of public health,
safety and ultimate convenience, may apply to
the village manager or his representative for a
special permit. Such permits, if granted, shall be
limited to a certain period, but may be renewed
for additional periods if the emergency or need
therefor continues. In the issuance of such permits
the village manager or his designated representa-
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tive shall weigh all facts and circumstances and
shall determine whether the reasons given for
the urgent necessity are valid and reasonable,
whether the public health, safety and ultimate
convenience will be protected or better served by
granting the permit requested, and whether the
manner and amount of loss or inconvenience to
the party in interest imposes a significant hard-
ship. Upon an affirmative finding of the forego-
ing considerations, the village manager or his
designee is authorized to issue the permit
requested and any extensions thereof, as may be
required. Any person aggrieved by the decision
of the village manager or his designated
representative may appeal the decision of the
village manager to the village council.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to
cause or permit the use of any power- driven
machinery, tools or equipment, including power
mowers, in any portion of the village zoned and
designated as a residential district other than
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on
weekdays and Saturdays and between the hours
of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Sundays.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Note —See editor's note at § 19 -104.
Sec. 19 -106. Dissemination of information.
The village shall provide a copy of the noise
ordinance to any individual or entity registering
to perform work within the village or applying
for a business tax receipt to conduct or operate a
business within the village.
(Ord. No. 2013 -04, § 2, 4- 25 -13)
Note —See editor's note at § 19 -104.
Secs. 19- 107 -19 -144. Reserved.
ARTICLE VII. RESERVED
Secs. 19- 145 -19 -182. Reserved.
ARTICLE VIII. WEAPONS
Sec. 19 -183. Possession.
Except within his own domicile, no person
shall have in his possession, or carry or use, any
OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
air gun, BB gun or spring gun or any instrument,
toy or weapon commonly known as a "peashooter,"
"slingshot" or whatsoever, whether such instru-
ment is called by any name set forth above or by
any other name.
(Code 1970, § 24 -72; Ord. No. 20 -88, § 1, 8- 11 -88;
Ord. No. 2011 -18, § 3, 9- 22 -11)
Sec. 19 -184. Carrying concealed weapons.
(a) No person shall wear under his clothes, or
conceal about his person, or display in a threaten-
ing manner, any dangerous or deadly weapon
including, but not by way of limitations, any
slingshot, cross - knuckles, or knuckles of lead,
brass or other metal, or any bowie knife, or any
knife resembling a bowie knife, or any knife with
a switchblade or device whereby the blade or
blades can
be opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the
handle, or other mechanical contrivance.
(b) This section shall not be construed to
forbid United States marshals, sheriffs, constables
and their deputies, and any regular, special or ex
officio police officer, or any other law enforce-
ment officer from carrying or wearing, while on
duty, such weapons as shall be necessary in the
proper discharge of their duties.
(Code 1970, § 24 -73)
Sec. 19 -185. Sales restricted.
(a) Sale of switchblade knives prohibited. No
person shall sell, offer for sale, or display any
knife or knives having the appearance of a
pocket knife, the blade or blades of which can be
opened by a flick of a button, pressure on the
handle, or other mechanical devices. Such knife
is hereby declared to be a dangerous or deadly
weapon within the meaning of section 19 -183,
and shall be subject to forfeiture to the village as
provided in this article.
(b) Display and sale of specified weapons. No
pawnbroker, secondhand dealer or other person
engaged in business in the village shall display
or place on exhibition in any show window or
other window facing any street, any brass or
metal knuckles, or any club loaded with lead or
other weight, or any blackjack or billy club.
§ 19 -186
(c) Record of sales required. Every secondhand
dealer, pawnbroker or other person engaged in
the sale, rental or exchange of any weapons
described in sections 19 -183 and paragraph (b) of
this section shall keep a record of each such
weapon purchased, sold, rented or exchanged at
retail.
(1) Time of recordation. The record shall be
made at the time of the transaction, in a
book kept for that purpose, and shall
include the name of the person to whom
such weapon is sold or from whom such
weapon is purchased; his or her age,
physical description, occupation, residence,
and, if residing in a municipality, the
street and number where he or she resides;
the date of the purchase, sale, rental or
exchange of such weapon; and the name
of the employee or other person making
such purchase, sale, rental or exchange.
(2) Daily reports. Daily reports shall be
delivered to the chief of police of every
such purchase, sale, loan or gift. The
report shall be on forms provided by the
chief of police and shall set forth the
name in full, the residents, age and
physical description and the occupation
of the person to whom or from whom
such dangerous or deadly weapon has
been purchased, sold, loaned or given.
(Code 1970, § 24 -74; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 17,
11- 10 -11)
Sec. 19 -186. Forfeiture; disposition.
(a) Every person convicted of a violation of
this article shall forfeit to the village such danger-
ous or deadly weapon so concealed or displayed.
(b) Every police officer, upon making any
arrest and taking a weapon used in violation of
articles I through V and this article of this
chapter, shall deliver the same to the judge to be
held by him or her until the final determination
of the prosecution for such offense; and, upon the
finding of guilt, it shall then be the duty of such
judge to deliver such weapon forthwith to the
chief of police who shall make disposition of the
weapon.
(Code 1970, § 24 -75; Ord. No. 2011 -21, § 17,
11- 10 -11)
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APPENDIX C— ZONING
§ 45 -36
(4)
Within the area of the Village of
4- COP -SRX license as a
North Palm Beach which lies south
restaurant with full kitchen
and west of the Intracoastal
facilities, and fifty -one (51)
Waterway and west of U.S. Highway
percent or more of the gross
No. 1, no building or structure shall
sales are derived from the sale
exceed four (4) stories or forty (40)
of food and non - alcoholic bever-
feet.
ages (alcoholic beverages are
Location of business for retail sales of
to be served only when the
alcoholic beverages.
restaurant is open for the sale
and service of food);
(1)
No licensed retail sales of alcoholic
b. Any bona fide restaurant
beverages shall be carried on where
operating under a Florida
the proposed place of business is
2 -COP license as a restaurant
within one thousand (1,000) feet of
with full kitchen facilities
a church or other place of worship,
where:
public or private school, hospital,
park or playground, or a place of
(i) the entire restaurant,
business of another licensed retail
including, but not limited
seller of alcoholic beverages; provided
to, kitchen facilities, work
further, that no licensed retail sales
and storage areas, rest -
of alcoholic beverages shall be car-
rooms and eating areas,
ried on in the C -3, Regional Busi-
consists of at least two
ness District, where the proposed
thousand (2,000) square
place of business is within five
feet; and
hundred (500) feet of a church,
(ii) Alcoholic beverages are
synagogue, temple or other place of
served for on premises
worship.
consumption only when
(2)
The measurements provided above
the restaurant is open for
shall be made or taken from the
the sale and service of
main front entrance or entrances of
food.
such church or other place of wor-
(5) Nothing in subsection N.(1) shall
ship, public or private school,
prohibit the conduct of licensed retail
hospital, park or playground, or a
sales of alcoholic beverages within
place of business of another licensed
one thousand (1,000) feet of the
retail seller of alcoholic beverages,
North Palm Beach Country Club.
to the main front entrance of the
(6) Churches and other houses of wor-
applicant's proposed place of busi-
ship, public and private schools,
ness along the route of ordinary
hospitals, parks, and playgrounds
pedestrian traffic.
may locate and operate within one
(3)
The restrictions of subsection N.(1)
thousand (1,000) feet of an existing
shall not apply to the sale of beer,
business licensed for the retail sale
ale or wine at retail, not to be
of alcoholic beverages, and, in such
consumed on the premises.
event, the existing business engaged
(4)
The restrictions of subsection N.(1)
in the licensed retail sale of alcoholic
pertaining to distances from other
beverages shall not be in violation
licensed sellers of alcoholic bever-
of section 45- 36N.(1).
ages shall not apply to:
O. Xeriscape landscaping practices. Proper -
a. Any bona fide restaurant
ties within all zoning districts are encour-
operating under a Florida
aged to utilize xeriscape landscaping
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practices to simultaneously enhance the
a non - conforming status for
appearance of the property while requir-
existing parking provided for
ing less water and energy. Xeriscape
such building.
practices in the village shall be based on
e. No outdoor seating shall be
the latest published South Florida Water
permitted for adult entertain -
Management District xeriscape manual.
ment establishments.
P. Maximum floor -area ratio. Maximum (2)
Permitting process. An applicant for
gross floor area ratios for commercial
approval of outdoor seating shall
development within the area of the vil-
include the proposed outdoor seat -
lage defined by PGA Boulevard on the
ing as part of an overall application
north, Lake Worth on the east and the
for a building permit and /or
Intracoastal Waterway on the south and
certificate of appropriateness or shall
west shall be limited as follows: retail -
seek amendment of an existing build -
0.25; professional office - 0.35; and mixed-
ing permit and /or certificate of
use - 0.35.
appropriateness to allow for outdoor
Q. Outdoor seating.
seating, pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Code. Every
(1) Applicability. Outdoor seating shall
application involving outdoor seat -
be permitted as an accessory use to
ing shall include the following, in
a building in which a food service
addition to and not in place of
establishment is operated, provided
anything else which may otherwise
that:
be required by any other provision
a. The outdoor seating area is
of this Code:
adjacent to that portion of the
a. A site plan, drawn to scale,
food service establishment
which shows at least the build -
which is inside the building.
ing for which outdoor seating
b. The outdoor seating is located
will be an accessory use; the
on property which is either
location of the food service
owned or leased by the adjacent
establishment which will use
food service establishment or
the outdoor seating; the loca-
the landlord of such food service
tion of the outdoor seating and
establishment.
all related fencing screening,
C. The outdoor seating can be
or dividing materials; the loca-
accommodated without imped-
tion
ing the access of the general
public, including persons with
disabilities, to the portion of
the food service establishment
which is located inside the
building, or to any other com-
mercial business or other use.
d. The outdoor seating can be
accommodated without creat-
ing a need for additional park-
ing spaces which could not be
provided on the same site as
the building for which the
outdoor seating would be an
accessory use or would create
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by requesting a hearing before
the code enforcement special
magistrate.
d. Not more than one permit, per
calendar year, for a portable
storage container or a roll -off
dumpster shall be issued by
the village to the same occupant
of any property, or in the case
of multi - family residential
property with more than one
unit, the same occupant of any
unit.
(6) Additional requirements.
a. No storage container or roll -off
dumpster shall exceed the
height of the roofline of the
principal building or structure
located on the property.
b. No portable storage container
or roll -off dumpster shall be
located within a utility ease-
ment, drainage easement, right -
of -way, front yard area, alley
right -of -way or street right -of-
way. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a portable storage
container or roll -off dumpster
shall be placed on the driveway
or designated parking area in
the R -1 or R -2 zoning districts
unless otherwise approved by
the community development
department.
C. No portable storage container
or roll -off dumpster shall be
stored within a required side
yard setback between a build-
ing and an adjacent street or
property line. For non-
residential properties, no
portable storage container or
roll -off dumpster shall be
located in any required
landscape or buffer area.
d. No portable storage container
or roll -off dumpster shall
contain any signage other then
§ 45 -36
the name, address and
telephone number of the person
or firm engaged in the busi-
ness of renting or providing
the container or dumpster.
e. No flammable or hazardous
materials may be placed, stored
or kept in any portable storage
container or roll -off dumpster.
f. The portable storage container
or roll -off dumpster must be
owned or leased by the occupant
of the property and may not be
used for living or sleeping
purposes or for any use other
than storage or disposal of
construction debris.
(7) Severe weather conditions.
a. Upon the issuance of a tropical
storm watch and /or a hur-
ricane watch by the National
Weather Service, the occupant
of the property on which a
portable storage container or
roll -off dumpster is located shall
use every reasonable and best
effort to remove, or to arrange
for the removal of, the portable
storage container or roll -off
dumpster from the property.
b. In the event removal is not
possible, the storage container
or the roll -off dumpster and its
contents, shall be secured
against windloads of up to one
hundred and fifty (150) miles
per hour.
C. The occupant of a property upon
which a portable storage
container or roll -off dumpster
is located shall be subject to
civil liability and /or code
enforcement action for dam-
ages and /or code violations
caused by an unsecured
portable storage container or
roll -off dumpster and its
contents.
(Ord. No. 209 -70, § 1; Ord. No. 2 -71, § 1; Ord.
No. 1 -72, § 1; Ord. No. 11 -74, § 1; Ord. No.
Supp. No. 63 2512.9
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11 -75, § 1, 9- 11 -75; Ord. No. 2 -76, § 1, 2- 26 -76;
Ord. No. 3 -77, § 1, 2- 24 -77; Ord. No. 15 -85, § 1,
9- 12 -85; Ord. No. 21 -90, § 2, 6- 28 -90; Ord. No.
7 -91, § 1, 3- 14 -91; Ord. No. 20 -95, § 1, 7- 27 -95;
Ord. No. 34 -96, § 1, 8- 22 -96; Ord. No. 3 -97, § 1,
1 -9 -97; Ord. No. 12 -97, §§ 3, 4, 2- 27 -97; Ord. No.
2 -98, § 1, 1 -8 -98; Ord. No. 6 -99, § 1, 1- 28 -99; Ord.
No. 03 -2002, § 1, 2, 2- 14 -02; Ord. No. 04 -2005,
§ 1, 2- 10 -05; Ord. No. 2006 -28, § 11, 12- 14 -06;
Ord. No. 2010 -21, § 5, 11- 18 -10; Ord. No. 2011-
02, §§ 3, 4, 2- 10 -11; Ord. No. 2011 -09, § 2,
5- 26 -11; Ord. No. 2014 -01, § 2, 1- 23 -14; Ord. No.
2015 -20, § 2, 11- 12 -15)
Sec. 45 -37. Historic site overlay district.
A. Purpose. The historic site overlay district
is used to impose special development restric-
tions on identified areas. The locations of this
overlay district are established by the Village
based on the need for special protective measures
at those locations. The historic site overlay
district imposes different standards than those
that would otherwise apply.
B. Definitions. [For purposes of this section,
the following words shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in this subsection:]
Building. A structure created to shelter any
form of human activity. This may refer to a
house, barn, garage, church, hotel, or similar
structure. Buildings may refer to a historically
or architecturally related complex, such as
municipal buildings, or a house and barn. Park-
ing lots and garages are hereby deemed to be
"buildings."
Cultural resource. A site, object, structure,
building or district listed in the Village's register
of historic sites.
Demolition. The tearing down or razing of
twenty -five (25) percent or more of a structure's
external walls.
District. A geographically definable area pos-
sessing a significant concentration, linkage, or
continuity of sites, buildings, structures, objects,
or areas, which are united historically or aestheti-
cally by plan or physical development. A district
may be comprised of individual resources which
are separated geographically but are linked by
association or history.
Object. A material thing of functional, aesthetic,
cultural, historical or scientific value that may
be, by nature of design, movable, yet related to a
specific setting or environment.
Ordinary maintenance. Work which does not
require a construction permit and that is done to
repair damage or to prevent deterioration or
decay of a building or structure or part thereof as
nearly as practicable to its condition prior to the
damage, deterioration, or decay.
Original appearance. That appearance (except
for color) which, to the satisfaction of the village
council, closely resembles the appearances of
either:
(1) The feature on the building as it was
originally built or was likely to have been
built, or
(2) The feature on the building as it pres-
ently exists so long as the present appear-
ance is appropriate, in the opinion of the
village council, to the style and materials
of the building.
C. Creation of local register of historic sites. A
local register of historic sites is hereby created as
a means of identifying and classifying various
sites, buildings, structures, objects and districts
as historic and/or architecturally significant. The
local register will be kept by the director of
community development.
D. Initiation of placement on local register.
Placement of sites, buildings, structures, objects
or districts on the local register may be initiated
by the village council. In addition, placement
may be initiated by the owner of the site, build-
ing, structure, object or area; or, in the case of a
district, by the owner of a site, building, structure,
object or area within the proposed district. By
adoption of this ordinance, those sites within the
Village of North Palm Beach that have been
classified as a "Florida historic site" by the
Division of Archives, History and Records Manage-
ment, Florida Department of State, are hereby
placed on the local register.
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APPENDIX C— ZONING
E. Placement on local register. The following
procedure shall be followed for placement of
sites, buildings, structures, objects, areas and
districts on the local register:
1. A nomination form, available from the
department of community development,
shall be completed by the applicant and
returned to the department.
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STATUTORY REFERENCE TABLE
This table shows the location within this Code, either in the text or notes
following the text of references to the state law or related matters.
Section Section
Section this Code Section this Code
1.01
1.01 et seq.
ch. 22F
ch. 39
Ch. 50
50.041
50.051
55.03
ch. 98
101.657
112.181
ch. 121
161.55(1)(d)
161.041
161.053
ch. 162
162.12(2)
ch. 163
163.01
163.161 et seq.
ch. 163.170,
§163.3164(17)
163.225(3)(a) —(c)
163.295
163.3161 et seq.
163.3177
163.3178
163.3180(12)
ch. 166
166.021
166.221
166.231
ch. 170
27 -31
1 -2
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36 -10
App. C, § 45 -2
2 -181
2 -181
2 -181
29 -5(a)
Ch. 10
10 -7
2- 161(e)(9)
2 -155
6 -156
6 -153
6 -154
2 -174
2 -180
12.5 -1
21 -1
21 -11
21 -43, 21 -44
App. B, Art. I,
§ 36 -2, App. B, Art.
I, § 36 -4
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36 -16
App. B, Art. VI
2 -4(f)
21 -01
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36 -10
5 -86
6 -150
Ch. 21, Art. II
21 -44
6 -155
21 -44
21 -48
6 -16
Ch. 24
Ord. No. 2478 § 3
Ch. 17, Art. II
17 -34
Ch. 26, Art. III
21 -2
Supp. No. 63 2819
170.01
ch. 175
175.061((7)
175.071(1)
175.071(8)
175.101
175.333
ch. 177
ch. 185
185.05(6)
185.06(1)(b)
185.06(7)
185.08
202.195
203.012
203.012(5)(b)
ch. 205
205.043(2),
205.043(3)
205.053
205.192
210.03
ch. 212
215.473
222.17
ch. 252
252.38 et seq.
253.125
Ch. 280
280.04
286.011
Ch. 316
316.008
316.1955, 316.1956
320.01(1)
ch. 327
Ch. 24
2 -167
2 -169
2 -166
2 -166
26 -17
2 -162
App. B, Art. I,
§ 36 -2
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36 -8
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36 -15
App. B, Art. IV,
§ 36 -27
2 -167
2 -169
2 -166
2 -166
26 -16
29 -8(m)
26 -51, 29 -3
29 -5(b)
26 -51
Ch. 17, Art. II
17 -24, 17 -25
17 -20
17 -22
17 -33
26 -53
2 -166
5 -1
Ch. 8
8- 4(a)(2)
8 -6
7 -19
2 -4
2 -4
2 -1
18 -20
Ch. 18
18 -37
14 -37
Ch. 5
5 -1
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Section
Section
Section
this Code
Section
this Code
327.02
5 -1
ch. 650
Ch. 2, Art. V, Div. 2
5 -33
2 -136
19 -99
650.02
2 -136
335.065
App. B, Art. IV,
658.12
2 -4
§ 36 -29.1
ch. 760
App. C, § 45 -2
337.29
29 -2
768.28
29 -12(d)
337.401
29-2,29-3
775.082, 775.083
2 -169(D
29 -5(a), (e)
2 -255
29 -6(a)
794.011
19 -31
337.401(3)
28 -3
800.04
19 -31
337.403, 337.404
29 -7
827.071
19 -31
342.03
Ch. 5
ch. 828
4 -13
362.01
29 -2
ch. 847
App. C, § 45 -20
364.02
29 -3
847.0145
19 -31
ch. 373
19 -200
870.041
8 -21
ch. 380
21 -44
870.44
8 -22
App. B, Art. II,
870.45
8 -22
§ 36 -10
872.05
2 -104
380.04
21 -103
893.03
45 -36
393
App. C, § 45 -2
893.035
45 -36
ch. 394
App. C, § 45 -2
893.0356
45 -36
ch. 395
App. C, § 45 -36
943.10(6)
2 -159
397.311(18)
App. C, § 45 -38
943.10(8)
2 -159
ch. 400
App. C, § 45 -2
943.14
2 -159
ch. 401
11.5 -21
943.25(13)
1 -9
ch. 402
App. C, § 45 -2
App. C, § 45 -34.1
402.302(4),
402.302(5)
17 -33
413.08
4 -27(d)
ch. 419
17 -33
App. C, § 45 -2
429.02
App. C, § 45 -2
ch. 458
App. C, § 45 -36
ch. 459
App. C, § 45 -36
471.003
29- 8(c)(1)
ch. 472
App. B, Art. I,
§ 36 -6
ch. 480
App. C, § 45 -2
ch. 495
1 -10
ch. 553
6 -16
553.73
11 -11
553.73(2)
6 -2
553.775
6 -18
561.01
3 -1
561.01 et seq.
Ch. 3
563.01
3 -1
564.01
3 -1
565.01
3 -1
628.901
29 -12(d)
633.35
2 -159
633.025
12 -16
633.0215
12 -16
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Adoption
Section
Ord. No.
Date
Section
this Code
2014 -13
12 -11 -14
2
Added
Ch. 6, Art. IV, §§ 6-
72-6-86
2014 -14
12 -11 -14
2
2 -4
2015 -03
3 -12 -15
2
Added
Ch. 17, Art. VIII,
§§ 17- 81 -17 -94
2015 -04
4- 9 -15
2
Added
19 -12
2015 -05
4- 9 -15
2
2- 159(b)
3
2- 163(a)(1)
2015 -07
4 -23 -15
2
14 -30(4)
2015 -10
6 -11 -15
2
App. C, § 45 -2
3
Added
App. C, § 45 -32 A.9.,
C.2.
App. C, § 45 -32 E.7.
Added
App. C, § 45 -32 F.3.
4
App. C, § 45 -35.1
II.A.8.
2015 -11
6 -25 -15
2
App. A, § III
3
App. C, § 45- 21(2)b.
4
Added
App. C, § 45 -38
2015 -12
6 -25 -15
2
Ch. 2, Art. III, Div.
5 (Tit.)
2- 76(b), (c)
2015 -13
7 -23 -15
2
Added
App. C, § 45 -16.2
3
21 -3(a)
2015 -19
11 -12 -15
1
5 -1
Added
5 -18
5- 19 -5 -25
2015 -20
11 -12 -15
2
45 -36 N.
2015 -22
12 -10 -15
2
19 -99
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Section
Section
BATHING
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS (Cont'd.)
Diseased persons prohibited from bathing
Specifications .....................
5 -71
in public pools, etc .................
19 -3
Submission of plans and specifica-
tions .........................
5 -70
BICYCLES
Canals
Park regulations ........................
20 -6
Canal crossings....................
5 -60
Subdivisions, required improvements re
Compliance with provisions required
5 -56
bikeways ..........................
36 -29.1
Drainage canals...................
5 -59
BILLBOARDS. See: SIGNS AND
General requirements ..............
5 -57
BILLBOARDS
Navigation canals .................
5 -58
Surety bond prerequisite to issuance
BIRDS. See: ANIMALS AND FOWL
of building permit in certain
BLOCKS
cases ........................
5 -61
Docks and piers
Subdivision design standards............
36 -18
Construction in waters other than
BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMIS-
Lake Worth and Atlantic Ocean,
SIONS. See: DEPARTMENTS AND
regulations governing.........
5 -84
OTHER AGENCIES OF VILLAGE
Definitions ........................
5 -81
Generally .........................
5 -82
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS
Lake Worth and Atlantic Ocean,
Abandoned boats .......................
5 -8
regulations governing construc-
Abatement of public nuisances on private
tion in .......................
5 -85
property ........................
14 -79 et seq.
Minimum design requirements .....
5 -83
Anchoring and mooring
Variances .........................
5 -86
Mooring limitations in lagoons (private
Erosion control structures
docks ) ..........................
5 -16
Construction ......................
5 -95
Unlawfully anchored or moored vessels
Control ...........................
5 -96
Claiming of vessel of floating structure
Definitions ........................
5 -93
by owner; payment of costs....
5 -23
Permitted, when ...................
5 -94
Department of law enforcement to
Piers. See within this subheading: Docks
impound .....................
5 -19
and Piers
Owner to be notified upon impound-
Seawalls. See within this subheading:
ment .........................
5 -20
Bulkheads and Seawalls
Procedure in event owner cannot be
Definitions .............................
5 -1
found ........................
5 -21
Disturbing other boats..................
5 -6
Reclamation of owner after sale ....
5 -24
Exhibition boats exempted from certain
Unclaimed vessel to be sold; certifica-
restrictions ........................
5 -4
tion of sale ...................
5 -22
Flood damage prevention provisions .....
12.5 -1 et seq.
Authority of village to board boats violat-
See: FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
ing chapter ........................
5 -17
Health and sanitation requirements
Boat launching area
Cleanliness of docks ..................
5 -11
Abandoned boats and equipment
Observance of village health and conduct
Disposition ........................
5 -36
rules ...........................
5 -10
Recovery ..........................
5 -37
Pollution of waterways ...............
5 -13
Designated; use restricted ............
5 -33
Refuse disposal ......................
5 -12
Permits required
Live aboard boats
Boats remaining for more that 24
Living aboard boats restricted ........
5 -15
hours ........................
5 -35
Occupancy of live aboard boats, floating
Repairs prohibited ...................
5 -34
structure or vessels in village
Vehicle /trailer parking in designated
waterways ......................
5 -25
areas ...........................
5 -35
Marine sanctuaries
Violation; penalty ....................
5 -38
Designation of waters as marine
Bulkhead lines .........................
7 -1 et seq.
sanctuaries
See: BULKHEAD LINES
Area to be regulated ...............
5- 101(c)
Code enforcement, applicability re .......
2 -173
Areas designated ..................
5- 101(b)
Construction requirements
Construction of provision ..........
5- 101(4)
Bulkheads and seawalls
Definition .........................
5- 101(a)
Compliance with provisions required
5 -69
Mooring, docking, or beaching of boats on
Inspection required ................
5 -73
public or private property without
Permit fee .........................
5 -72
permission ........................
5 -9
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Section
BOATS, DOCKS AND WATERWAYS (Cont'd.)
BUILDINGS (Cont'd.)
Noise control
Preliminary consideration..........
6 -56
Radios or other mechanical sound-
Definition ...........................
6 -31
making devices or instruments in
Intent and purposes ..................
6 -32
vessels, operation of .............
19 -103
Planning commission, powers and duties
Parking
re ..............................
6 -36
Boating equipment; parking on
Short title ...........................
6 -30
residential property restricted ...
18 -35
Appearance plan (Appendix A). See that
Prohibited parking upon right -of -way
subject
of specific roadways .............
18 -34.1
Code enforcement, applicability re .......
2 -173
Prohibition of floating structures ........
5 -18
Codes
Running engines, hours in residential
Appearance code. See herein that subject
districts ...........................
5 -14
Building code........................
6 -17
Searchlights, use of .....................
5 -7
Electrical code.......................
11 -11, 11 -12
Speed limits; wakes .....................
5 -2
Fire prevention code .................
12 -16 et seq.
Subdivision provisions re waterways.....
36 -22 et seq.
Housing code ........................
15 -1, 15 -2
See: SUBDIVISIONS (Appendix B)
Country club ...........................
9 -1 et seq.
Swimming in restricted waters ..........
5 -3
See: COUNTRY CLUB
Water skiing ...........................
5 -5
Waterways board .......................
5 -102 et seq.
Electrical code..........................
11 -11, 11 -12
Flood damage prevention ...............
12.5 -1 et seq.
BONDS
See: FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION
Administrative code; bonds required of
Housing code ...........................
15 -1, 15 -2
certain officers ....................
2 -42
Landscaping ...........................
27 -31 et seq.
Canal construction; surety bond
See: LANDSCAPING
prerequisite to issuance of building
Minimum construction standards
permit ............................
5 -61
Authority ............................
6 -16
Finance director, duties re ..............
2 -59(7)
Codes adopted .......................
6 -17
Village manager ........................
2 -117
Construction board of adjustment and
BRUSH. See: WEEDS AND BRUSH
appeals .........................
6 -18
Appointment ......................
6 -18(a)
BUILDINGS
Membership
6 -18(b)
Abatement of unsafe or unsanitary build-
Powers ............................
6 -18(f)
ings
Appeals ........................
6- 18(f)(1)
Appeal ..............................
6 -81
Variances .......................
6- 18(f)(2)
Authority to expend funds............
6 -85
Procedures ........................
6 -18(g)
Enforcement and right of entry .......
6 -74
Q uorum and votin g ................
6 -18(d)
Hearin g '
6 -79
Secretary to the board .............
6 -18(e)
Implementation ......................
6 -80
Terms .............................
6 -18(c)
Inspection ...........................
6 -75
Lien, imposition of ...................
6 -84
Violations and penalty ...............
6 -19
Performance of work .................
6 -82
Missiles, throwing ......................
19 -83
Placard posting ......................
6 -78
Obstructing passageway ................
19 -47
Provisions supplemental ..............
6 -86
Outdoor displays. See herein: Signs and
Purpose and scope ...................
6 -72
Outdoor Displays
Recovery of costs .....................
6 -83
Park and recreation facilities; erecting
Service of notice of violation ..........
6 -77
buildings or structures .............
20 -3
Unsafe or unsanitary buildings and
Public land, construction on prohibited ..
6 -1
structures ......................
6 -73
Signs and outdoors displays.............
6 -110 et seq.
Violations ...........................
6 -76
See: SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
Appearance code
Smoke, dust, odors, liquids, etc. .........
19 -9
Appeals and review ..................
6 -35
Spitting in public places prohibited ......
19 -5
Appearance plan .....................
6 -33
Stormwater management; level of finished
Certificate of appropriateness
floor of structures .................
21 -63
Final hearings .....................
6 -57
Subdivision regulations.................
36 -1 et seq.
Follow -up by community develop-
See: SUBDIVISIONS (Appendix B)
ment department .............
6 -60
Swimming pools ........................
25 -1 et seq.
Planning commission
See: SWIMMING POOLS
Action of .......................
6 -58
Zoning regulations ......................
45 -1 et seq.
Approval by ....................
6 -59
See: ZONING (Appendix C)
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Code enforcement, applicability re ....... 2 -173
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