Code of Ordinances Supplement 73SUPPLEMENT NO. 73
December 2019
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Village of
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
Looseleaf Supplement
This Supplement contains all ordinances deemed advisable to be included at this time
through:
Ordinance No. 2019-11, adopted October 24, 2019.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Officials of the Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . iii
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . v
Adopting Ordinance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . vii
Readopting Ordinance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . x.i
Checklist of Up-to-Date Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . [1]
Supplement History Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . SH:1
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7
Div. 1. Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.7
Div. 2. Rules of Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.8
Art. III. Administrative Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9
Div. 1. Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.9
Div. 2. Audit Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Div. 3. Department of Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Div. 4. Department of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Div. 5. Police Department. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Div. 6. Fire Rescue Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1
Div. 7. Department of Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.1
Div. 8. Department of Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142.2
Div. 9. Department of Country Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Div. 10. Department of Recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Div. 11. 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Div. 5. Length of Service Award Plan for Volunteer
Firefighters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.1
Div. 6. ICMA Defined Contribution Pension Plan. 164.3
Art. VI. Code Enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.3
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Div. 1. Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Div. 2. Canals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Div. 3. Bulkheads and Seawalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Div. 4. Docks and Piers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Div. 5. Erosion Control Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Art. IV. Marine Sanctuaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Art. V. Waterways Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336.1
6. Buildings and Building Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 381
Art. I. In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Art. II. Minimum Construction Standards . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Art. III. Appearance Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Div. 1. Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
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. Fill Permits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 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
12. 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. Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779
Art. II. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .789
Art. III. Flood Resistant Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
13. Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 839
14. 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. Property Maintenance Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 947
Art. II. Abandoned Real Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 951
Art. III. Minimum Housing Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 953
16. Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 997
Art. I. In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999
Art. II. Library Advisory Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999
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17. Licenses and Miscellaneous Business Regulations. . . . .. . . 1051
Art. I. In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1053
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174
19. Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1225
Art. I. In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227
Art. 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
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Art. II. Work Performed Within Rights-of-Way . . . . . . . 1519
Art. III. Sidewalks and Driveways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1520.3
Div. 1. Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1520.3
Div. 2. Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523
Art. IV. Environmental Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1523
25. Swimming Pools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1573
Art. I. In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1575
Art. II. Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1575
Art. III. Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1576
26. Taxation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 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
Art. IV. Fertilizer-Friendly Use Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . 1690
28. Use of Rights-of-Way for Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 1739
29. Communications Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2488.10
Arts. IV, V. Reserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2529
Art. VI. Amendments—Fees; Waiting Periods . . . . . . . . 2529
Art. VII. Nonconforming Uses of Land and Structures 2530
D. Franchises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2619
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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
2016-01 4-28-16 Omitted 64
2016-04 1-28-16 Omitted 64
2016-05 3-24-16 Omitted 64
2016-06 5-12-16 Included 64
2016-25(Res.) 5-12-16 Omitted 64
2016-07 9- 8-16 Included 65
2016-08 9-22-16 Omitted 65
2016-09 9-22-16 Omitted 65
2016-10 11-10-16 Omitted 65
2016-11 12- 8-16 Omitted 65
2017-01 1-12-17 Omitted 65
2017-02 1-12-17 Included 65
2017-03 1-26-17 Included 65
2017-04 2- 9-17 Omitted 65
2017-05 2- 9-17 Omitted 65
2017-08 5-25-17 Omitted 66
2017-10 7-27-17 Omitted 66
2017-11 8-24-17 Included 66
2017-12 9-28-17 Omitted 66
2017-13 9-28-17 Included 66
2017-14 9-28-17 Omitted 66
2017-15 9-28-17 Omitted 66
2017-16 10-12-17 Omitted 67
2017-17 10-12-17 Omitted 67
2017-18 10-12-17 Included 67
2017-19 11- 9-17 Omitted 67
2017-20 11- 9-17 Omitted 67
2017-21 12-14-17 Included 67
2017-22 12-14-17 Included 67
2017-23 12-14-17 Included 67
2017-24 12-14-17 Included 67
2017-25 12-14-17 Omitted 67
2018-01 1-11-18 Included 68
2018-03 4-12-18 Omitted 68
2018-04 5-10-18 Included 69
2018-02 9-27-18 Omitted 70
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2018-06 10- 1-18 Omitted 70
2018-07 10- 1-18 Omitted 70
2018-08 10- 1-18 Omitted 70
2018-09 12-13-18 Included 70
2019-01 3-14-19 Included 71
2019-02 4-11-19 Omitted 71
2019-04 5-23-19 Included 71, Add.
2019-03 6-27-19 Included 72
2019-05 6-27-19 Omitted 72
2019-06 7-11-19 Included 72
2019-07 7-25-19 Included 72
2019-08 8- 8-19 Included 72
2019-09 9-26-19 Omitted 73
2019-10 9-26-19 Omitted 73
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Article V. Pensions and Retirement Systems
Division 1. Generally
Secs. 2-129—2-135. Reserved.
Division 2. Social Security
Sec. 2-136. Declaration of policy.
Sec. 2-137. Exclusions from coverage.
Sec. 2-138. Agreement authorized.
Sec. 2-139. Withholding from wages.
Sec. 2-140. Appropriations by village.
Sec. 2-141. Records and reports.
Sec. 2-142. Withholding and reporting agent.
Sec. 2-143. Social Security Act adopted.
Secs. 2-144, 2-145. Reserved.
Division 3. Pension and Certain Other Benefits for General Employees
Sec. 2-146. Definitions.
Sec. 2-146.1. Creation of plan and trust.
Sec. 2-147. Membership.
Sec. 2-148. Benefit amounts and eligibility.
Sec. 2-149. Normal and optional forms of benefits.
Sec. 2-150. Contributions.
Sec. 2-151. Retirement board, establishment.
Sec. 2-152. Additional rules and regulations authorized.
Sec. 2-153. Investing funds; custodian of securities.
Sec. 2-154. Oaths of office; meetings; quorum.
Sec. 2-155. Repeal or termination of system.
Sec. 2-156. Miscellaneous.
Sec. 2-157. Rollovers, direct transfers of eligible rollover distribution.
Sec. 2-158. Cost of living adjustment.
Division 4. Pension and Certain Other Benefits for Fire and Police Employees
Sec. 2-159. Creation of trust and definitions.
Sec. 2-160. Membership.
Sec. 2-161. Benefit amounts.
Sec. 2-162. Optional forms of benefits.
Sec. 2-163. Contributions.
Sec. 2-164. Board of trustees—Generally.
Sec. 2-165. Prior service.
Sec. 2-166. Board of trustees—Power and authority.
Sec. 2-167. Tax on insurers.
Sec. 2-168. Repeal or termination of plan.
Sec. 2-169. Miscellaneous.
Sec. 2-170. Direct transfers of eligible rollover distribution.
Sec. 2-170.1. Deferred option benefit plan (DROP).
Sec. 2-170.2. Use of insurance premium tax revenue.
Sec. 2-170.3. Defined contribution component.
Sec. 2-170.4. Reserved.
Division 5. Length of Service Award Plan for Volunteer Firefighters
Sec. 2-170.5. Purpose.
Sec. 2-170.6. Name of sponsor.
Sec. 2-170.7. Name of plan.
Sec. 2-170.8. Effective date of plan.
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Sec. 2-170.9. Eligibility to enter plan.
Sec. 2-170.10. Entitlement age.
Sec. 2-170.11. Benefit formula.
Sec. 2-170.12. Preretirement death benefit.
Sec. 2-170.13. Vesting provisions.
Sec. 2-170.14. Village contributions.
Sec. 2-170.15. Trustee and contact person.
Sec. 2-170.16. Point system.
Division 6. ICMA Defined Contribution Pension Plan
Sec. 2-170.17. Creation.
Sec. 2-170.18. Vesting period.
Sec. 2-170.19. Administrative services agreement and adoption agreements.
Sec. 2-170.20. Effective date.
Article VI. Code Enforcement
Sec. 2-171. Declaration of legislative intent.
Sec. 2-172. Definitions.
Sec. 2-173. Applicability.
Sec. 2-174. Special magistrates.
Sec. 2-175. Enforcement procedure.
Sec. 2-176. Conduct of hearing.
Sec. 2-177. Powers of the special magistrate.
Sec. 2-178. Fines; liens.
Sec. 2-179. Duration of lien.
Sec. 2-180. Appeal.
Sec. 2-181. Notices.
Sec. 2-182. Actions for money judgments; limitation.
Sec. 2-183. Provisions supplemental.
Secs. 2-184—2-250. Reserved.
Article VII. Alternate Method of Code Enforcement
Sec. 2-251. Issuance of citations.
Sec. 2-252. Form and contents of citation.
Sec. 2-253. Codes to be enforced by citation.
Sec. 2-254. Right to hearing; maximum penalty.
Sec. 2-255. Failure to accept citation.
Sec. 2-256. Provisions additional and supplemental.
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tion paid directly to an eligible retirement plan
specified by the participant in a direct rollover or
to receive such distribution directly, then the
Board will pay the distribution in a direct rollover
to an individual retirement plan designated by
the Board. This section is effective for manda-
tory distributions after October 1, 2006.
(Ord. No. 13-95, § 1, 3-23-95; Ord. No. 2010-07,
§ 14, 5-27-10)
Sec. 2-158. Cost of living adjustment.
The amount of pension benefit will be increased
in accordance with the changes in the consumer
price index for urban wage earners (CPI-W)
South, published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Adjustments of pension payments will
be made on October 1 of each year reflecting the
change in the consumer price index over the
twelve-month period ending April 1 of that year.
The maximum increase in the member's pension
benefit for any one (1) year is three (3) percent.
Such adjustments shall apply to each retire-
ment, survivor or disability benefit in pay status
as of each October 1.
This provision is mandatory for all employees
hired after the May 11, 2000 and such employees
shall contribute two (2) percent of their salary
for this benefit. The cost of living adjustment
and contribution of salary as specified in this
section shall be optional with all employees who
were hired prior to May 11, 2000.
The cost of living adjustment (COLA) set forth
herein shall apply to all forms of benefits set
forth in sections 2-148 and 2-149 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 13-2000, § 1, 5-11-00;Ord. No. 25-2005,
§ 3, 9-8-05; Ord. No. 27-2005, § 3, 9-29-05; Ord.
No. 2010-07, § 16, 5-27-10)
Editor’s note—Ord. No. 2010-07, §§ 15, 16, adopted May
27, 2010, repealed former § 2-158 in its entirety and
renumbered former § 2-158.1 as section 2-158. Repealed
former § 2-158 pertained to optional benefit plan and derived
from Ord. No. 12-96, § 2, adopted March 28, 1996; Ord. No.
28-96, § 1, adopted July 25, 1996; Ord. No. 35-2003, §§ 2, 3,
adopted Dec. 11, 2003; Ord. No. 16-2004, § 2, adopted July
22, 2004.
DIVISION 4. PENSION AND CERTAIN
OTHER BENEFITS FOR FIRE AND POLICE
EMPLOYEES*
Sec. 2-159. Creation of trust and defini-
tions.
(a)Creation of trust.A pension and retire-
ment system for full-time firefighters and police
officers of the village is hereby established to
provide retirement, survivor and disability
benefits as provided by this division. The system
shall be known as the Village of North Palm
Beach Fire and Police Retirement Fund and is
intended to be a tax qualified plan under Internal
Revenue Code Section 401(a) and meet the
requirements of a governmental plan as defined
in Internal Revenue Code Section 414(d).
(b)Definitions.As used herein, unless
otherwise defined or required by the context, the
following words and phrases shall have the
meaning indicated:
Accrued benefit means the portion of a member's
normal retirement benefit which is considered to
have accrued as of any date. A member's accrued
benefit for years of credited service earned before
October 1, 2018 shall be equal to the sum of two
and one-half percent of the member's average
monthly earnings multiplied by the member's
credited service for the first twenty-four (24)
years; zero (0) percent of the member's average
monthly earnings multiplied by the member's
credited service for each year after twenty-four
(24) years up to thirty (30) years; and two (2)
percent of the member's average monthly earn-
ings multiplied by the member's credited service
for each year in excess of thirty (30) years. A
member's accrued benefit for years of credited
service earned on and after October 1, 2018
(provided the member was employed by the
Village on or after July 11, 2019) shall be equal
to two and three-fourths percent per year of
service. The total accrued benefit shall not be
greater than seventy-five (75) percent of average
*Editor’s note—Ordinance No. 9-82, enacted June 10,
1982, did not expressly amend the Code; hence, codification
of §§ 1—11 as herein set out in §§ 2-159—2-169 was at the
discretion of the editor.
Cross references—Fire division, § 12-29 et seq.; police,
Ch. 23.
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monthly earnings at the time of retirement
(including entry into the DROP), but in all cases
the accrued benefit earned on and after October
1, 2018 shall be at least two and three-fourths
percent per year of service on and after October
1, 2018. For purposes of this calculation, average
monthly earnings and credited service as of the
date of determination shall be used. The accrued
benefit is considered to be payable in the plan's
normal form commencing on the member's normal
retirement date, with such date determined as
through the member remains in full-time employ-
ment with the employer.
Accumulated contributions means a member's
own contributions plus interest credited thereto,
if any, by the board.
Actuarial equivalence or actuarially equivalent
means that any benefit payable under the terms
of this plan in a form other than the normal form
of benefit shall have the same actuarial present
value on the date payment commences as the
normal form of benefit. For purposes of establish-
ing the actuarial present value of any form of
payment, all future payments shall be discounted
for interest and mortality by using seven (7)
percent interest and the 1983 Group Annuity
Mortality Table for Males, with ages set ahead
five (5) years in the case of disability retirees.
Average monthly earnings means one-sixtieth
of earnings of a member during the five (5) years
of his employment within the last ten (10) years
of employment, which is greater than the total
during any other five (5) years during the ten-
year period; provided that if a member shall
have been employed for fewer than five (5) years,
such average shall be taken over the period of his
actual employment.
Beneficiary means the person or persons
entitled to receive benefits hereunder at the
death of a member who has or have been
designated in writing by the member and filed
with the board. If no such designation is in effect
at the time of death of the member, or if no
person so designated is living at that time, the
beneficiary shall be the estate of the member.
Board means the board of trustees which shall
administer and manage the plan herein provided
and serve as trustee of the fund.
Credited service means the total number of
years and fractional parts of years of service
expressed as years and completed months, during
which a person serves as an employee as defined
below, omitting intervening years and fractional
parts of years, when such person may not be
employed by the employer; provided, however,
such person may have, without interrupting his
other years of credited service, up to one (1)
year's leave of absence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no employee
will receive credit for years or fractional parts of
years of service for which he has withdrawn his
contributions to the pension fund for those years
or fractional parts of years of service unless he
repays into the pension fund the contributions
he has withdrawn, with interest, within ninety
(90) days after his reemployment, as provided in
section 2-160 below.
Further, an employee may voluntarily leave
his contributions in the pension fund for a period
of five (5) years after leaving the employ of the
employer, pending the possibility of his being
rehired, without losing credit for the time he has
participated actively as an employee. Should he
not be re-employed within five (5) years, his
contributions shall be returned to him without
interest.
It is provided further that credited service
shall include any service, voluntary or involuntary,
in the armed forces of the United States, provided
the employee is legally entitled to re-employ-
ment under the provisions of the federal USERRA
provisions or any similar law; and provided
further that the employee shall apply for
reemployment within the time and under the
conditions prescribed by law. Effective January
1, 2007, members who die or become disabled
while serving on active duty military service
which intervenes the member's employment shall
be entitled to the rights of this section even
though such member was not re-employed by the
village. Members who die or become disabled
while on active duty military service shall be
treated as though re-employed the day before the
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member became disabled or died, was credited
with the service they would have been entitled to
under this section, and then either died a non-
duty death while employed or became disabled
from a non-duty disability.
Early retirement date means for each member
the first day of the month coincident with or next
following the date on which he attains his fiftieth
(50th) birthday.
Earnings means a member's gross salary,
including overtime as provided below, public
safety pay increment and special pay, but exclud-
ing bonuses, such as longevity, safety and
attendance awards and any other non-regular
payments such as unused sick leave or vacation
time pay. Beginning with earnings after December
31, 2008 and pursuant to Internal Revenue Code
Section 414(u)(7), the definition of earnings
includes amounts paid by the village as dif-
ferential wages to members who are absent from
employment while serving in qualified military
service. For Police Officer members only, effec-
tive the first full payroll following October 1,
2013, Police Officers will be limited to three
hundred (300) hours of overtime per officer per
fiscal year. For Firefighter members only, effec-
tive the first full payroll following December 11,
2014, Firefighters will be limited to two hundred
(200) hours of overtime per firefighter per fiscal
year.
Effective date means March 1, 1967, the date
on which this plan initially became effective.
The effective date of this restated plan is the
date as of which the village council adopts the
plan.
Employee means each actively employed full-
time firefighter and police officer of the village.
Employer means the Village of North Palm
Beach, Florida.
Firefighter means any person employed in the
fire department who is certified as a firefighter
as a condition of employment in accordance with
the provisions of F.S. § 633.35, and whose duty it
is to extinguish fires, to protect life, and to
protect property. The term firefighter includes
all certified, supervisory, and command person-
nel whose duties include, in whole or in part, the
supervision, training, guidance, and manage-
ment responsibilities of full-time firefighters,
part-time firefighters, or auxiliary firefighters
but does not include part-time firefighters or
auxiliary firefighters.
Fund means the trust fund established herein
as part of the plan.
Member means an employee who fulfills the
prescribed participation requirements.
Normal retirement date means for each member
the first day of the month coincident with or next
following the date on which the member attains
age fifty-five (55) or the date on which the
member attains age fifty-two (52) and has twenty-
five (25) years of credited service. A member
may retire on this normal retirement date or on
the first day of any month thereafter.
Plan or system means the Village of North
Palm Beach Fire and Police Retirement Fund as
contained herein and all amendments thereto.
Plan year means each year commencing on
October 1, and ending on September 30.
Police officer means any person employed in
the police department who is certified as a law
enforcement officer as a condition of employment
in accordance with the provisions of F.S. § 943.14,
and who is vested with authority to bear arms
and make arrests, and whose primary responsibil-
ity is the prevention and detection of crime or
the enforcement of the penal, criminal, traffic or
highway laws of the state. This definition includes
all certified supervisory and command personnel
whose duties include, in whole or in part, the
supervision, training, guidance, and manage-
ment responsibilities of full-time law enforce-
ment officers, part-time law enforcement officers,
or auxiliary law enforcement officers, but does
not include part-time law enforcement officers or
auxiliary law enforcement officers as the same
are defined in F.S. §§ 943.10(6) and 943.10(8),
respectively. Any public safety officer who is
responsible for performing both police and fire
services and who is certified as a police officer or
firefighter shall be considered a police officer.
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Spouse shall mean the lawful wife or husband
of a member at time of preretirement death or
retirement.
(Ord. No. 9-82, § 1, 6-10-82; Ord. No. 1-92, § 1,
2-13-92; Ord. No. 30-95, §§ 1, 2, 10-12-95; Ord.
No. 2008-18, § 2, 11-13-08; Ord. No. 2010-01, § 2,
1-14-10; Ord. No. 2011-22, § 2, 12-8-11; Ord. No.
2014-11, § 2, 9-25-14; Ord. No. 2015-05, § 2,
4-9-15; Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2, 10-24-19)
Sec. 2-160. Membership.
(a)Conditions of eligibility.Each person who
becomes an employee must become a member of
the plan as a condition of his employment. Each
such employee shall be considered a member
immediately upon hire.
(b)Application for membership.Each eligible
employee shall, within thirty (30) days of becom-
ing eligible, complete an application form cover-
ing the following points, as well as such other
points or items as may be prescribed by the
board:
(1) Acceptance of the terms and conditions
of the plan;
(2) Designation of a beneficiary or
beneficiaries;
(3) Authorization of a payroll deduction pay-
able to the plan as hereinafter provided;
(4) Provision of acceptable evidence of his
date of birth;
(5) A certified statement as to prior medical
history; and
(6) A written release allowing distribution of
all medical records to the board.
(c)Change in designation of beneficiary.A
member may, from time to time, change his
designated beneficiary by written notice to the
board upon forms provided by the board. Upon
such change, the rights of all previously designated
beneficiaries to receive any benefit under the
plan shall cease.
(d)Buy-back of previous service.Each member
of the plan who terminates his employment with
the employer and who is subsequently reemployed
by the employer shall be permitted to buy-back
his previous credited service under the following
conditions:
(1) The length of time between the member's
termination date and his subsequent
reemployment date is not limited.
(2) The member must pay into the fund an
amount equal to the sum of the amount
he withdrew from the fund when he
terminated employment, plus interest
thereon at the rate of seven (7) percent
from the date of withdrawal to the date
of repayment.
(3) The board shall notify the employee of
the total amount payable, as described
above. Payment must be made within
ninety (90) days of such notification.
(4) Upon timely payment of the required
amount, the employee shall immediately
be reinstated as member of the plan and
shall be given credit for his previous
credited service.
(Ord. No. 9-82, § 2, 6-10-82; Ord. No. 1-92, § 2,
2-13-92; Ord. No. 2008-18, § 3, 11-13-08)
Sec. 2-161. Benefit amounts.
(a)Normal retirement benefit.
(1)Amount.Each member who retires on or
after the member's normal retirement
date shall be eligible to receive a normal
retirement benefit commencing on the
member's actual retirement date. A
retiree's maximum monthly pension
benefit shall not exceed seventy-five (75)
percent of the retiree's average monthly
earnings as that term is defined in Sec-
tion 2-159 above. In all cases, the benefit
provided for years of service on and after
October 1, 2018 shall be at least two and
three-fourths percent of average monthly
earnings per year of service (provided
the member was employed by the village
on and after July 11, 2019). The monthly
normal retirement benefit shall be
calculated as follows:
For Police Officer members:An amount
equal to the sum of two and one-half
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percent of the member's average monthly
earnings multiplied by the member's
credited service prior to October 1, 2018;
and two and three-fourths percent for
credited service on or after October 1,
2018 (provided the member remained
employed by the Village as a police officer
on or after July 11, 2019).
For Firefighter members:An amount equal
to the sum of two and one-half percent of
the member's average monthly earnings
multiplied by the member's credited
service prior to October 1, 2018; and two
and three-fourths percent for credited
service on or after October 1, 2018
(provided the member remained employed
by the Village as a firefighter on or after
July 11, 2019).
(2)Form of benefit.The normal retirement
benefit shall commence on the member's
actual retirement date and be payable on
the first day of each month thereafter,
with the last payment being the one next
preceding the retiree's death. If the
member should die before one hundred
twenty (120) monthly payments are made,
payments are then continued to the
designated beneficiary until one hundred
twenty (120) monthly payments in all
have been made, at which time the
benefits cease.
(3)Optional forms of benefit.In lieu of the
form of benefit just described, a member
may choose an optional form of benefit as
provided in section 2-162 below.
(4)One hundred (100) percent vesting.Each
member who attains normal retirement
date or reaches ten (10) years of credited
service shall be one hundred (100) percent
vested in their accrued benefit.
(b)Early retirement benefit.A member retir-
ing hereunder on or after his early retirement
date may receive either a deferred or an immedi-
ate monthly retirement benefit as follows:
(1) A deferred monthly retirement benefit
which shall commence on the normal
retirement date and shall be continued
on the first day of each month thereafter
during his lifetime, guaranteed for one
hundred twenty (120) monthly pay-
ments. The amount of the benefit shall
be determined and paid in the same
manner as for retirement at the member's
normal retirement date except that aver-
age monthly earnings and credited service
shall be determined as of his early retire-
ment date; or
(2) An immediate monthly retirement benefit
which shall commence on the member's
early retirement date and shall be con-
tin-
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b. April 1 of the calendar year follow-
ing the calendar year in which the
member attains age seventy and
one-half (70 ).
(3) If an employee dies before his entire
vested interest has been distributed to
him, the remaining portion of such inter-
est will be distributed at least as rapidly
as provided for under this Plan and will
comply with the incidental death benefit
under Internal Revenue Code Section
401(a)(9)(G).
(4) All distributions under this Plan will be
made in accordance with this section,
Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(9)
and the regulations thereunder,
notwithstanding any provisions of this
Plan to the contrary, effective beginning
January 1, 2003.
(Ord. No. 9-82, § 3, 6-10-82; Ord. No. 20-82, § 1,
11-18-82; Ord. No. 1-92, § 3, 2-13-92; Ord. No.
6-95, § 1, 3-9-95; Ord. No. 30-95, § 3, 10-12-95;
Ord. No. 20-2000, §§ 1, 2, 8-10-00; Ord. No.
08-2001, § 1, 4-12-01; Ord. No. 13-2003, §§ 1—3,
5-8-03; Ord. No. 2008-18, § 4, 11-13-08; Ord. No.
2010-01, § 3, 1-14-10; Ord. No. 2011-03, § 2,
2-10-11; Ord. No. 2011-22, § 3, 12-8-11; Ord. No.
2014-11, § 3, 9-25-14; Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2,
10-24-19)
Sec. 2-162. Optional forms of benefits.
Each member entitled to a normal, early,
disability or vested retirement benefit shall have
the right, at any time prior to the date on which
benefit payments begin, to elect to have his or
her benefit payable under any one (1) of the
options hereinafter set forth in lieu of benefits
provided herein, and to revoke any such elec-
tions and make a new election at any time prior
to the actual beginning of payments. The value
of optional benefits shall be actuarially equivalent
to the value of benefits otherwise payable, and
the present value of payments to the retiring
member must be at least equal to fifty (50)
percent of the total present value of payments to
the retiring member and his/her beneficiary. The
member shall make such an election by written
request to the board, such request being retained
in the board's files. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, a retired member may
change his or her designation of joint annuitant
or beneficiary up to two (2) times as provided in
F.S. § 175.333 without the approval of the board
of trustees or the current joint annuitant or
beneficiary. The retiree is not required to provide
proof of the good health of the joint annuitant or
beneficiary being removed, and the joint annuitant
or beneficiary being removed need not be living.
Any retired member who desires to change his or
her joint annuitant or beneficiary shall file with
the board of trustees a notarized notice of such
change. Upon receipt of a completed change of
joint annuitant form or such other notice, the
board of trustees shall adjust the member's
monthly benefit by the application of actuarial
tables and calculations developed to ensure that
the benefit paid is the actuarial equivalent of the
present value of the member's current benefit
and there is no impact to the plan. The beneficiary
or joint annuitant being removed will be assumed
deceased by the actuary in determining the
actuarially equivalent amount of the revised
monthly payment. No retiree's current benefits
shall be increased as a result of the change of
beneficiary.
(1)Option 1—Joint and last survivor option.
The member may elect to receive a benefit,
which has been adjusted to the actuarial
equivalent of the normal form of benefit,
during his/her lifetime and have such
adjusted benefit (or a designated fraction
thereof, for example one hundred (100)
percent, seventy-five (75) percent, sixty-
six and two-thirds percent or fifty (50)
percent) continued after his death to and
during the lifetime of his beneficiary.
The election of option 1 shall be null and
void if the designated beneficiary dies
before the member's benefit payments
commence.
(2)Option 2—Social security adjustment
option.If a member retires before being
eligible for social security benefits, he
may elect this option. A member may
elect to receive a larger pension up to the
date he begins receiving social security
benefits. The member's pension benefits
may be reduced or terminated after social
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security payments begin. The amount of
reduction shall be actuarially determined.
(3)Option 3—Other.In lieu of the other
optional forms enumerated in this sec-
tion, benefits may be paid in any form
approved by the board so long as actuarial
equivalence with the benefits otherwise
payable is maintained, provided, however,
that the board shall not authorize any
actuarially equivalent single or lump sum
distributions.
(Ord. No. 9-82, § 4, 6-10-82; Ord. No. 1-92, § 4,
2-13-92; Ord. No. 20-2000, § 3, 8-10-00; Ord. No.
13-2003, § 4, 5-8-03; Ord. No. 2008-18, § 5,
11-13-08; Ord. No. 2010-01, § 4, 1-14-10)
Sec. 2-163. Contributions.
(a)Member contributions.
(1)Amount.Members of the plan shall make
regular contributions to the fund at rate
equal to two (2) percent of their respec-
tive earnings.
For Police Officer members only:
(i) Effective at the beginning of the
first full payroll period after October
1, 2013, the Police Office member
contribution shall increase to two
and sixty-seven one hundredths
(2.67) percent;
(ii) Effective the first full payroll period
after October 1, 2014, the Police
Officer member contribution shall
increase to three and thirty-three
one hundredths (3.33) percent; and
(iii) Effective the first full payroll period
after October 1, 2015, the Police
Officer member contribution shall
increase to four (4) percent.
(iv) Effective the second payroll period
following the adoption of Ordinance
2019-11, the Police Officer member
shall contribute six (6) percent of
earnings.
(v) Effective the first payroll period
after October 1, 2020, the Police
Officer member shall contribute
seven (7) percent of earnings.
(vi) During participation in the DROP,
Police Officer members shall
contribute four (4) percent of earn-
ings, with three (3) percent credited
to the member's DROP account and
one (1) percent applied to the Pen-
sion Plan Unfunded Actuarial
Accrued Liability (UAAL ).
For Firefighter members only:
(i) Effective the beginning of the first
full payroll period after April 1,
2015, the Firefighter member
contribution shall increase to three
and one-half (3 ) percent; and
(ii) Effective the first full payroll period
after April 1, 2016, the Firefighter
member contribution shall increase
to five (5) percent.
(iii) Effective with the second payroll
period following adoption of
Ordinance No. 2019-11, the
Firefighter member contribution
shall increase from five (5) percent
of earnings to seven (7) [percent] of
earnings.
(iv) During DROP, the Firefighter
member shall contribute four (4)
percent of earnings, with three (3)
percent credited to the member's
DROP account and one (1) percent
applied to the Pension Plan.
(2)Duration.The village shall pick-up, rather
than deduct from each member's pay,
beginning with the date of employment,
two (2) percent of the member's basic
compensation. The monies so picked-up
shall be deposited in the fund on a
monthly basis. An account record shall
be maintained continuously for each
member. Pick-up contributions shall
continue until death, disability or termina-
tion of service, whichever shall occur
first. Contributions shall remain in the
fund unless withdrawn as provided in
the plan. No member shall have the
option to choose to receive the contributed
amounts directly instead of having them
paid by the village directly to the plan.
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All such pick-up contributions by the
village shall be deemed and be considered
as part of the member's accumulated
contributions and subject to all provi-
sions of the plan pertaining to
accumulated contributions of members.
The intent of this provision is to comply
with Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code. For paying Social Security
taxes, and for such other purposes except
as specified in this plan, the amount of
employee contributions picked-up or paid
by the village will be added to the amount
distributed on a current basis in order to
determine total wages, salary, pay or
compensation. In the event that the
employer agrees to assume and pay
member contributions in lieu of direct
contributions by the member, such
contributions shall accordingly be paid
into the plan on behalf of the members.
No member subject to such agreement
shall have the option of choosing to receive
the contributed amounts directly instead
of having them paid by the employer
directly to the plan. All such contribu-
tions by the employer shall be deemed
and considered as part of the member's
accumulated contributions and subject to
all provisions of this plan pertaining to
accumulated contributions of members.
The intent of this language is to comply
with section 414(h)(2) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
(3)Interest.Interest shall be credited to
member contributions as of September
30 of each year at a rate equal to the
change in the consumer price index,
published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, over the twelve-month period
ending on the previous June 30. The
maximum rate for any year shall be
seven (7) percent and the minimum rate
shall be zero (0) percent.
(4)Guaranteed refund.All benefits payable
under this plan are in lieu of a refund of
accumulated contributions. In any event,
however, each member shall be
guaranteed the payment of benefits on
his behalf at least equal in total amount
to his accumulated contributions.
(b)State contributions.Any monies received
or receivable by reason of the laws of the State of
Florida for the express purpose of funding and
paying for the benefits of police officers or firefight-
ers shall be deposited in the fund within the time
prescribed by law. Such monies shall be for the
sole and exclusive use of members or may be
used to pay extra benefits for members.
(c)Employer contributions.So long as this
plan is in effect, the employer shall make contribu-
tions to the fund in an amount at least equal to
the difference in each year as between the
aggregate member and state contributions for
the year and the total cost for the year as shown
by the most recent actuarial valuation report for
the system. The total cost for any year shall be
defined as the total of normal cost plus the
additional amount sufficient to amortize the
unfunded actuarial liability in accordance with
applicable laws of the State of Florida. The
employer's contribution shall be deposited on at
least a quarterly basis.
(d)Forfeitures.Any forfeitures arising shall
be applied to reduce future contributions to the
plan. No forfeited amount shall be applied to
change benefit amounts for members.
(Ord. No. 9-82, § 5, 6-10-82; Ord. No. 23-86, § 1,
12-11-86; Ord. No. 1-92, § 5, 2-13-92; Ord. No.
30-95, § 4, 10-12-95; Ord. No. 29-96, § 1, 7-25-96;
Ord. No. 2014-11, § 4, 9-25-14; Ord. No. 2015-
05, § 3, 4-9-15; Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2, 10-24-19)
Sec. 2-164. Board of trustees—Generally.
(a)Composition. The board of trustees shall
consist of five (5) members: four (4) of whom
shall be elected by a majority of the members of
the plan. Two (2) of the elected members shall be
certified firefighters of the village, and two (2)
shall be certified police officers of the village.
The fifth member of the board shall be a legal
resident of the village and shall be appointed by
the village council. Each of the elected board
members shall be appointed for a period of four
(4) years, unless he sooner leaves the employ-
ment of the village or forfeits membership on the
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board, whereupon a successor shall be elected by
a majority of the members of the plan. Each of
the elected board members may succeed himself
in office. The resident member shall be a trustee
for a term of four (4) years unless he forfeits
membership on the board and he may succeed
himself in office. The resident member shall be
appointed by the village council for a term
commencing October 1, 1998, and expiring April
30, 1999. The resident member shall be appointed
by the village council for a two-year term com-
mencing May 1, 1999, and on the first day of May
of each second year thereafter. The resident
member shall hold office at the pleasure of the
village council. The fifth member shall have the
same rights as each of the other four (4) members
appointed or elected as herein provided. The
trustees shall by majority vote elect from its
members a chairman and a secretary. The
secretary of the board shall keep a complete
minute book of the actions, proceedings, or hear-
ings of the board. The trustees shall not receive
any compensation as such, but may receive
expenses and per diem as provided by law.
(b)Report and records.The secretary of the
board shall keep, or cause to be kept in convenient
form, such data as shall be necessary for an
actuarial valuation of the assets and liabilities of
the system. The fiscal year for the keeping of
records and rendering reports shall be from
October 1 through September 30.
(c)Board meetings.The board shall meet at
least quarterly each year. All board meetings
shall be held at village hall. At any meeting of
the board, three (3) trustees shall constitute a
quorum. Any and all acts and decisions shall be
by at least three (3) members of the board;
however, no trustee shall take part in any action
in connection with his or her own participation
in the plan, and no unfair discrimination shall be
shown to any individual participating in the
plan.
(d)Power to bring and defend lawsuits.The
board shall be a legal entity with, in addition to
otherpowersandresponsibilitiescontainedherein,
the power to bring and defend lawsuits of every
kind, nature and description. The board shall be
independent of the village to the extent required
to accomplish the intent, requirements, and
responsibilities provided for in this article and
applicable law.
(Ord. No. 9-82, § 6, 6-10-82; Ord. No. 14-87, § 1,
9-10-87; Ord. No. 1-92, § 6, 2-13-92; Ord. No.
22-98, § 1, 9-24-98; Ord. No. 06-2002, § 3,
2-28-02; Ord. No. 2006-04, § 1, 3-23-06; Ord. No.
2006-07, § 2, 3, 5-25-06; Ord. No. 2010-01, § 5,
1-14-10)
Sec. 2-165. Prior service.
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the years
or fractional parts of years that a member
previously served as a firefighter, police officer
or public safety officer with the village during a
period of employment and for which accumulated
contributions were withdrawn from the fund, or
the years and fractional parts of years that a
member served as a firefighter, police officer or
public safety officer for this or any other municipal,
county, state or federal fire, police or public
safety department, or any time served in the
military service of the armed forces of the United
States, shall be added to the years of credited
service provided that:
(1) The member contributes to the fund the
sum that would have been contributed,
based on the member's salary and the
employee contribution rate in effect at
the time that the credited service is re-
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Sec. 2-170. Direct transfers of eligible
rollover distribution.
(1)General.This section applies to distribu-
tions made on or after January 1, 1993.
Notwithstanding any provision of the system to
the contrary that would otherwise limit a dis-
tributee's election under this section, a distribu-
tee may elect, at the time and in the manner
prescribed by the board, to have any portion of
an eligible retirement plan specified by the
distributee in a direct rollover.
(2)Definitions.
(A) The term Code as used herein refers to
the Internal Revenue Code of the United
States.
(B)Eligible rollover distribution:An eligible
rollover distribution is any distribution
of all or any portion of the balance to the
credit of the distributee, except that an
eligible rollover distribution does not
include: any distribution that is one of a
series of substantially equal periodic pay-
ments (not less frequently than annu-
ally) made for the life (or life expectancy)
of the distributee or the joint lives (or
joint life expectancies) of the distributee
and the distributee's designated
beneficiary, or for a specified period of
ten (10) years or more; any distribution
to the extent such distribution is required
under Section 401(a)(9) of the Code exclud-
ing hardship distributions; and the por-
tion of any distribution that is not
includable in gross income. For purposes
of a direct rollover, a portion of a distribu-
tion shall not fail to be an eligible rollover
distribution merely because the portion
consists of after-tax employee contribu-
tions which are not includible in gross
income. However, such portion may be
paid only to an individual retirement
account or annuity described in Section
408(a) or (b) of the Code, or to a qualified
defined contribution plan described in
401(a) or 403(a) of the Code that agrees
to separately account for amounts so
transferred, including separately account-
ing for the portion of such distribution
which is includible in gross income and
the portion of such distribution which is
not so includible.
(C) Eligible retirement plan: An eligible retire-
ment plan is: an individual retirement
account described in Section 408(a) of the
Code; an individual retirement annuity
described in Section 408(b) of the Code; a
qualified trust;an annuity plan described
in Section 403(a) of the Code; an eligible
deferred compensation plan described in
Section 457(b) of the Code which is
maintained by eligible employer described
in Section 457(e)(1)(A) of the Code or an
annuity contract described in Section
403(b) of the Code that accepts the dis-
tributee's eligible rollover distribution
and agrees to separately account for
amounts contributed into such plan from
this plan; or a qualified trust described
in Section 401(a) of the Code, that accepts
the distributee's eligible rollover distribu-
tion. However, in the case of an eligible
rollover distribution to the surviving
spouse, an eligible retirement plan is an
individual retirement account or
individual retirement annuity.
(D)Distributee:A distributee includes an
employee or former employee. In addi-
tion, the employee's or former employee's
surviving spouse is a distributee with
regard to the interest of the spouse.
(E)Direct rollover:A direct rollover is a
payment by the plan to the eligible retire-
ment plan specified by the distributee.
(3)Mandatory distributions.In the event of a
mandatory distribution greater than one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) under this Plan, if the
participant does not elect to have such distribu-
tion paid directly to an eligible retirement plan
specified by the participant in a direct rollover or
to receive such distribution directly, then the
Board will pay the distribution in a direct rollover
to an individual retirement plan designated by
the Board. This section is effective for manda-
tory distributions after October 1, 2006.
(Ord. No. 15-95, § 1, 5-11-95; Ord. No. 2011-22,
§ 4, 12-8-11)
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Sec. 2-170.1. Deferred option benefit plan
(DROP).
(a) Effective upon the adoption of the
Ordinance from which this section derived, a
DeferredRetirementOptionPlan(DROP )benefit
is created and added to the Plan and shall be
available to employees upon reaching their normal
retirement date.
(b) Upon entry into the DROP, an employee is
considered retired for pension plan purposes.
(c) An employee may elect to participate in
the DROP provided the employee makes the
election no later than thirty (30) days after
reaching the employee's normal retirement date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon first enact-
ment of the Ordinance from which this section
derived, members must make their initial elec-
tion to participate in the DROP by the later of:
(1) Thirty (30) days after reaching their
normal retirement date; or
(2) Ninety (90) days after creation of the
DROP.
(d) An election to participate in the DROP
must be made in writing and shall become
irrevocable thirty (30) days following the date it
is received by the Pension Administrator and the
Village's Director of Human Resources.
(e) An employee who elects to participate in
the DROP may participate in the plan for a
maximum of sixty (60) months. The application
to enter into the DROP shall include an irrevocable
letter of resignation effective upon the last day of
DROP participation. Employees who participate
in the DROP may elect to terminate their
participation prior to sixty (60) months of
participation, but may not continue participa-
tion beyond sixty (60) months from the date of
entry into the DROP.
(f) An eligible employee who elects to
participate in the DROP shall have the employee's
benefit calculated based on credited service,
multiplier, and average monthly earnings
determined as of the effective date of the
employee's election to participate in the DROP.
No further credited service, benefit changes, or
changes in earnings shall be considered for
pension purposes.
(g) After entering the DROP, a participant
shall not be eligible for disability or pre-
retirement death benefits under the Plan. This
provision is not intended to limit entitlement to
any statutory line of duty death benefit under
state or federal law.
(h) A DROP account shall be established for
each employee who elects to participate. These
are not actual accounts; rather they are nominal
accounts and balances kept as a bookkeeping
process.
(i) During the period of the employee's
participation in the DROP, the employee's normal
retirement benefit shall be accounted for in the
employee's DROP account.
(j) The employee's DROP account shall be
invested with the retirement plan assets and
credited with the overall net (earnings less costs)
investment rate of return on the retirement plan
assets during the period of the employee's
participation in the DROP and the crediting rate
will be no less than zero (0) percent and no more
than 6.40 percent.
(k) At the conclusion of the employee's
participation in the DROP, and as a condition of
participating in such plan, the employee will
terminate Village employment. The retiree will
thereafter receive a normal monthly retirement
benefit as previously calculated upon entry into
the DROP, but the monthly amount will be paid
to the retiree and no longer accounted for in the
DROP account. If the employee does not terminate
participation in the DROP at the end of the sixty
(60) month maximum participation period, no
earnings shall be credited on the DROP balance
and no further DROP deposits shall be made.
(l) No amount can be paid from the retire-
ment plan until the DROP employee terminates
employment.
(m) Upon termination, the retiree's DROP
account will be distributed to the retiree in a
lump sum, which can be rolled over or paid in
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cash at the retiree's discretion. Direct rollover
may be accomplished by any reasonable means
determined by the Board.
(n) If a retiree dies before distribution of the
retiree's DROP account commences, the account
balance shall be distributed to the retiree's
designated beneficiary in a lump sum, which can
be rolled over or paid in cash at the beneficiary's
discretion.
(o) Distribution of an employee's DROP account
shall begin as soon as administratively practicable
following the employee's termination of employ-
ment. The employee must elect the distribution
within forty-five (45) days following the employee's
termination date. If the employee does not timely
request the withdrawal of the asset in the DROP,
no further earnings shall be credited on the
DROP balance.
(p) Any form of payment selected by the
employee must comply with the minimum
distribution requirements of the IRC 401(A)(9),
i.e., payments must commence by age 70.50.
(Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2, 10-24-19)
Sec. 2-170.2. Use of insurance premium tax
revenue.
The 2015 Florida Legislature enacted Chapter
2015-39, Laws of Florida (hereinafter Legisla-
tion ) regarding the use of insurance premium
tax revenue (IPTR ). The Fund meets or exceeds
the minimum benefits and minimum standards
established by the State of Florida for public
employee police officer and firefighter pension
plans as set forth in F.S. chs. 175 and 185. The
Legislation provides that use of IPTR, including
any accumulations of additional premium tax
revenues which have not been allocated to fund
benefits in excess of the minimum benefits, may
deviate from the provisions of the Legislation by
mutual consent of the collective bargaining agents
of the police officer and firefighter employees.
This provision of the Plan reflects the mutual
agreement of the Village and the respective
collective bargaining agents that all IPTR,
whether base premium at revenue or additional
premium tax revenue, received by the Village
will be used by the Village to meet its annual
actuarially required contribution (ARC ) to the
Fund.
(Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2, 10-24-19)
Sec. 2-170.3. Defined contribution
component.
Pursuant to the requirements of F.S.
§§ 175.351(6) and 185.35(6), a defined contribu-
tion component is established in addition to the
defined benefit component of this local law plan.
This defined contribution component is not cur-
rently funded. Once the plan is funded, the
Board has the authority to adopt rules regarding
the operation of the defined contribution
component of the local law plan.
(Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2, 10-24-19)
Sec. 2-170.4. Reserved.
DIVISION 5. LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD
PLAN FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS*
Sec. 2-170.5. Purpose.
The purpose of this plan is to award and
provide retirement income for active members of
the volunteer firefighters of the village in recogni-
tion of their years of dedicated community service.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 1, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.6. Name of sponsor.
The name of the sponsor shall be the Village of
North Palm Beach.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 2, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.7. Name of plan.
The name of the plan shall be length of
service award plan for volunteer firefighters.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 3, 4-11-91)
*Editor’s note—Ord. No. 2019-11, § 3, adopted Oct. 24,
2019, added provisions to the Code designated as §§ 2-170.1—
2-170.3 and in so doing renumbered former §§ 2-170.01—2-
170.11 as §§ 2-170.5—2-170.16, as set out herein.
Cross reference—Fire division, § 12-29 et seq.
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Sec. 2-170.8. Effective date of plan.
The effective date of the plan shall be May 1,
1990.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 4, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.9. Eligibility to enter plan.
Members, as defined herein, means volunteer
firefighters duly recognized and enrolled as
volunteer firefighters with the village. All
members must meet each of the following require-
ments before participating in the plan:
(1) Minimum age, eighteen (18).
(2) Maximum age, sixty (60).
(3) Completed one (1) year of active service
with the sponsor.
(4) Completed the sponsor's required
probationary period.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 5, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.10. Entitlement age.
The entitlement age is the age that members
will begin receiving their monthly retirement
benefit. Age sixty-five (65) with one (1) year of
plan participation is generally utilized; however,
service and participation requirements may be
included. Entitlement age is sixty (60) with one
(1) year of plan participation.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 6, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.11. Benefit formula.
[The benefit formula shall be as follows:]
(1)Past service (before the plan began).Ten
dollars ($10.00) per month for year of
past service for currently enrolled
members of the volunteer firefighters.
Eight (8) is the maximum years of past
service for which a member may receive
credit.
(2)Future service (after plan begins).Ten
dollars ($10.00) per month for each year
of future service.
(3)Maximum monthly benefit.The maximum
monthly benefit a member can receive at
the entitlement age is three hundred
dollars ($300.00).
(4)Minimum monthly benefit.The minimum
monthly benefit a member can receive if
the member remains active in the plan
until the designated entitlement age is
fifty dollars ($50.00).
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 7, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.12. Preretirement death benefit.
The preretirement death benefit is the death
benefit payable if a member dies before entitle-
ment age while still active in the plan. The
amount payable is the greater of the face amount
of the life insurance or the member's accrued
benefit:
(1) Face amount of the life insurance, thirty
thousand dollars ($30,000.00).
(2) Payment mode, annual.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 8, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.13. Vesting provisions.
The vesting is based on years of credited
service and the following schedule:
Years of Service Vested Percentage
Less than 4 0
4 40
5 50
6 60
7 70
8 80
9 90
Ten (10) or more 100
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 9, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.14. Village contributions.
So long as this system is in effect, the village
shall make a yearly contribution to the plan
equal to the cost for the year by the most recent
actuarial valuation.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 10, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.15. Trustee and contact person.
The village finance director will act as trustee
and contact person and will be responsible for
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contacting the agent or agency administrating
the plan regarding changes and modifications to
the plan.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 11, 4-11-91)
Sec. 2-170.16. Point system.
A minimum of fifty (50) points is needed to
earn a year of credited service. The point system
that can be earned by volunteer firefighters is
set forth in Exhibit A attached to Ordinance No.
16-91 and made a part of this division.
(Ord. No. 16-91, § 12, 4-11-91)
Editor’s note—Exhibit A, attached to Ord. No. 16-91
from which this division derives, is not printed herein, but is
on file and available for reference in the offices of the village.
DIVISION 6. ICMA DEFINED
CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLAN*
Sec. 2-170.17. Creation.
The village council hereby approves the creation
of an ICMA defined contribution pension plan for
each of the following village employee groups:
(1) Department directors;
(2) General employees; and
(3) FPE employees.
(Ord. No. 2006-26, § 2, 12-14-06)
Sec. 2-170.18. Vesting period.
The vesting period for each defined contribu-
tion plan shall be five (5) years, with a vesting of
zero (0) percent in the first year and a vesting of
twenty-five (25) percent for each year thereafter.
While the plans will not provide for retroactive
funding, the vesting period shall run from each
employee's original date of hire.
(Ord. No. 2006-26, § 3, 12-14-06)
Sec. 2-170.19. Administrative services
agreement and adoption
agreements.
The village council hereby approves the
administrative services agreement and adoption
agreements with ICMA and authorizes the mayor
and village clerk to execute such agreements on
behalf of the village. The village clerk shall
transmit a copy of the ordinance from which this
division derives to the State of Florida Division
of Retirement.
(Ord. No. 2006-26, § 4, 12-14-06)
Sec. 2-170.20. Effective date.
This division shall be retroactive to October 1,
2006 and shall take effect upon adoption. However,
the provisions of this division shall not be
implemented as to bargaining unit employees
until the village and the union representing the
bargaining unit agree to an amendment of the
collective bargaining agreement incorporating
the additional benefits set forth in this division
and that agreement is ratified or the union
waives bargaining and consents to its implementa-
tion.
(Ord. No. 2006-26, § 6, 12-14-06)
ARTICLE VI. CODE ENFORCEMENT†
Sec. 2-171. Declaration of legislative intent.
It is the intent of this article to promote,
protect and improve the health, safety and welfare
of the citizens of the village and to provide an
equitable, expeditious, effective and inexpensive
method of enforcing the hereinafter described
codes and ordinances of the village where a
pending or repeated violation continues to exist.
(Ord. No. 2010-09, § 2, 7-8-10)
Sec. 2-172. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when
used in this article, shall have the meanings
*Editor’s note—Ord. No. 2019-11, § 3, adopted Oct. 24,
2019, added provisions to the Code designated as §§ 2-170.1—
2-170.3 and in so doing renumbered former §§ 2-170.12—2-
170.15 as §§ 2-170.17—2-170.20, as set out herein.
†Editor’s note—Ord. No. 2010-09, § 2, adopted July 8,
2010, deleted the former Art. VI, §§ 2-171—2-182, and
enacted a new Art. VI as set out herein. The former Art. VI
pertained to code enforcement board and derived from Ord.
No. 19-79, §§ 1—10, 9-27-79; Ord. No. 25-79, § 1, 12-13-79;
Ord. No. 9-80, §§ 2—10, 4-24-80; Ord. No. 16-82, Arts. I—VI,
9-9-82; Ord. No. 19-85, § 1, 10-24-85; Ord. No. 2-86, §§ 1—3,
3-27-86; Ord. No. 15-86, § 2, 10-9-86; Ord. No. 8-90, § 1,
§§ 3—7, 4-12-90; Ord. No. 4-91, § 1, 2-28-91; Ord. No. 17-91,
§ 1, 4-25-91; Ord. No. 18-96, §§ 1—6, 5-9-96; Ord. No.
04-2000, §§ 1—5, 2-10-00; Ord. No. 11-2001, §§ 1, 2, 4-26-01;
Ord. No. 23-2002, § 1, 7-11-02; Ord. No. 08-2003, §§ 1, 2,
3-27-03; Ord. No. 2006-28, § 2, 12-14-06; Ord. No. 2007-19,
§ 3, 12-13-07.
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ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Attorney means the attorney for the village
who will represent the village in proceedings
before a special magistrate.
Code inspector means those authorized agents
or employees of the village whose duty it is to
ensure compliance with the codes referred to
below.
Repeat violation means a violation of a provi-
sion of a code or ordinance by a person who has
been previously found through a code enforce-
ment board, special magistrate or any other
quasi-judicial or judicial process, to have violated
or who has admitted violating the same provi-
sion within five (5) years prior to the violation,
notwithstanding the violations occur at different
locations.
Special magistrate means a special magistrate
appointed by the village council pursuant to
section 2-174 to conduct code enforcement proceed-
ings in accordance with the provisions of this
article.
(Ord. No. 2010-09, § 2, 7-8-10)
Sec. 2-173. Applicability.
The special magistrate shall enforce and have
jurisdiction over the following codes:
Chapter 4, Village of North Palm Beach Code,
containing the animals and fowl code.
Chapter 5, Village of North Palm Beach Code,
containing the docks and waterways code.
Chapter 6, Village of North Palm Beach Code,
including the Florida building code, the appear-
ance code and appearance plan (Appendix A),
and the sign code.
Chapter 7, Village of North Palm Beach Code,
containing the bulkhead lines code.
Chapter 12, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, including the fire prevention code.
Chapter 14, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the health and sanitation
code.
Chapter 15, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the housing code.
Chapter 17, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the business tax code.
Sections 18-34, 18-35 and 18-35.1 of Chapter
18.
Chapter 19, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing noise control code.
Chapter 21, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, administrating and regulating the Vil-
lage's stormwater management system.
Chapter 24, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the streets, sidewalks and
driveways code.
Chapter 25, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the swimming pool code.
Chapter 27, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the trees and shrubbery
code, including landscaping of yards and park-
ing lots.
Chapter 28, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the franchise ordinance for
the use of the village rights-of-way for utilities
Chapter 36, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the subdivision code.
Chapter 45, Village of North Palm Beach
Code, containing the zoning code.
(Ord. No. 2010-09, § 2, 7-8-10; Ord. No. 2011-19,
§ 3, 10-13-11; Ord. No. 2016-07, § 5, 9-8-16)
Sec. 2-174. Special magistrates.
(a)Appointment.The village council may
appoint one (1) or more special magistrates to
conduct code enforcement hearings. The special
magistrate shall serve at the pleasure of the
village council and may be removed by the
village council
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C.Dumpsters and similar containers.
Dumpsters and similar containers, including
recycling bins, compactors, etc., shall be screened
in a manner consistent with the following:
1. Similar containers shall be located only
at the rear of a building or structure.
2. Enclosures shall be constructed in a
manner consistent with the architectural
style, color, materials, etc., of the principal
building, and shall screen the dumpsters
on all four (4) sides of the enclosure from
public view.
a. An opaque concrete wall or similar
material shall screen both sides and
the rear of such facilities.
b. The front of a screen enclosure shall
be gated and shall consist of durable
opaque materials consistent with
the overall design of the project.
c. Dependent upon the location of an
enclosure on the site, landscaping
may be required in addition to the
opaque screening material.
3.Alternative dumpster location.When it is
not possible to locate the enclosure in the
rear of the site, the dumpster shall be
enclosed by landscaping to the greatest
extent possible.
4. Access to the dumpster should be provided
from a secondary street.
5. Enclosures are to be designed to provide
space to accommodate recycling bins.
D.Sidewalks.Sidewalks shall be provided
along all roadways on both sides of the street. At
corners handicapped ramps shall be provided
and sidewalks shall continue across driveway
and parking lot surfaces using decorative paving
materials to delineate crosswalks. All new
construction or substantial renovation of exist-
ing buildings and structures shall include one (1)
or more-clearly delineated walkways from the
public sidewalk to the private sidewalk, arcade,
pedestrian way, etc. Examples of other
complementary materials include the following:
1. Paver blocks or alternative style or color;
2. New and used brick; and
3. Concrete stamped with a pattern.
E.Retaining walls.Retaining walls shall be
constructed as necessary, provided such walls
are constructed utilizing the same architectural
style, materials, and color of the principle
structure.
F.Alley screening walls.All new construction
or substantial renovation of existing buildings
and structures shall construct or reconstruct a
solid masonry or concrete wall a minimum of six
(6) feet in height.
1. The wall shall be located along the rear
property line of the parcel being improved.
2. Chain link and wooden fences are
prohibited.
3. Properties within the marine district of
the NBOZ are exempt from this require-
ment.
G.Underground utilities.The village may
require existing overhead utilities to be placed
underground when located on properties subject
to new construction or substantial renovation.
H.Shopping carts.If a use requires shopping
carts, they shall not be allowed to accumulate in
any outside area including parking lots and
loading areas, and shall be removed from cart
corrals in a timely manner and relocated to
designated storage areas near the principle
structure.
I.Mailboxes.Mailboxes, including special drop
boxes, may be clustered within buildings, grouped
under a kiosk, or individually freestanding. In
all cases the design and installation of mailboxes
shall comply with the following standards:
1. The village and the U.S. Postal Service
shall approve the size, type, and location
of mailboxes.
2. Mailboxes shall be landscaped consistent
with and architecturally compatible to
the development.
J.Satellite dishes.Satellite dishes may be
installed provided the dishes are not visible from
any street, and the color is compatible with the
surrounding environment. Plans for the instal-
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lation of communication equipment, such as
dishes and antennas, shall be submitted for
review during the planning phase of a project.
K.Telephones, vending machines, and
newspaper racks.All public telephones, vending
machines, newspaper racks, and facilities dispens-
ing merchandise or services on private property
shall be enclosed within a building, enclosed
within a structure, attached to a building, or
enclosed in a separate area.
1. Attachedandfreestandingstructuresshall
be landscaped consistent with and
architecturally compatible with the
principal structure.
2. Public telephones. Wall-mounted and
freestandingpublictelephonesvisiblefrom
a public right-of-way shall be fully or
partially enclosed.
3. Vending machines.
a. Vending machines dispensing bever-
ages, food, ice, and related consumer
products shall not be visible from a
public right-of-way.
b. Vending machines may be located
in outdoor enclosures, provided such
enclosures are constructed utilizing
the same architectural style, materi-
als, and colors as the principal
structure.
(Ord. No. 05-2003, § 1, 2-27-03; Ord. No. 2011-
02, § 3, 2-10-11; Ord. No. 2011-05, § 2, 4-14-11;
Ord. No. 2012-07, §§ 2—4, 7-26-12)
Sec. 45-36. General provisions.
The provisions of this article shall be subject
to the following provisions and exceptions:
A. Chimneys, water tanks, radio or televi-
sion towers, telecommunications antenna/
towers, church spires, elevator lofts,
flagpoles and parapet walls may be erected
above the height limits herein established.
A-1. No addition to any building and no
structure or object shall be erected, placed
or maintained or built to a height which
exceeds four (4) stories or sixty (60) feet
where any portion of said building or of
the property upon which it is located is
within five hundred feet of any R-1,
single-family dwelling district.
B. Swimming pools shall be set back at
least seven and one-half (7
1/2) feet from
the back property line measured from
the rim of the pool and not less than five
(5) feet from the side property line includ-
ing the two-and-one-half-foot walk around
the pool. The highest projection of the
swimming pool shall not exceed two (2)
feet. Outdoor fireplaces not exceeding six
(6) feet in height may be erected and
maintained, said structure, however, shall
not be erected within five (5) feet of any
rear lot line.
(a) Swimming pools may be enclosed by
screening provided same are not
erected closer than five (5) feet from
the side and rear yard lines.
(b) No swimming pool shall be located
in the area lying between the front
property line and the front building
line in the R-1 and R-2 zoning
districts.
C. Detached garages not more than one (1)
story in height may be erected and
maintained within seven and one-half
(71/2) feet of the rear line of any such lot.
D. Walls and fences built within the area
between the property line and the build-
ing setback line shall not exceed six (6)
feet in height; provided, however, that no
walls or fences may be erected between
the required front yard setback and the
front property line except as provided in
subsection D-2 below, nor may walls or
fences exceed four (4) feet in height for a
distance of forty (40) feet from any body
of water located within the village. On
corner lots, walls or fences shall not
exceed four (4) feet in height for a distance
of twenty (20) feet from the side property
line.
On all building permits for walls or
fences greater than four (4) feet in height
that are to be located outside building
setback lines, there shall be a prominent
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notice that a village building permit in
no way offsets the deed covenants, and
that the applicant should also check the
deed covenants to protect himself.
D-1. On vacant lots adjacent to any water-
body, a non-opaque galvanized metal,
wrought-iron or chain link fence no greater
than four (4) feet in height may be
constructed within five (5) feet of the
seawall or bulkhead line to restrict access
to the waterbody from the vacant lot.
Chain link fences may also be vinyl
coated.
D-2. Where a parcel within a residential zoning
district abuts a parcel within a com-
mercial or industrial zoning district, a
wall or fence not exceeding six (6) feet in
height may be erected along the side
property line between the front yard
setback and the street line provided that
such wall or fence is set back at least
three (3) feet from the front property line
or as otherwise required to comply with
the sight triangle and clear zone require-
ments of the Florida Department of
Transportation's Manual of Uniform
Minimum Standards for Design, Construc-
tion, and Maintenance of Streets and
Highways, whichever is greater.
D-3. The restrictions on the height of walls
and fences set forth in this section shall
not apply to properties within the Public
(P) zoning district where the Village
Council determines, in the exercise of its
discretion, that a greater height is neces-
sary to protect the public health, safety
or welfare.
D-4. The height of a gate affixed to a wall or
fence shall not exceed the maximum wall
or fence height, provided, however, that
on residential lots, one (1) gate up to
twenty (20) feet in width (inclusive of
gate posts) may exceed the maximum
height by up two (2) feet.
E. In the event one (1) lot, or portion thereof,
and the whole or a portion of a contigu-
ous lot, all in one (1) ownership, shall be
used as one (1) building site for one (1)
residence building, and its appurtenant
outbuildings permitted by this ordinance,
then while so owned and used the side
lines and rear line of such site shall be
deemed to be the side and rear lot lines of
such sites.
F. No business, professional, or commercial
activity shall be conducted upon any
portion of real property zoned R-1 single-
family dwelling district, R-2 multiple-
family dwelling district and R-3 apartment
dwelling district or within any dwelling
thereon or upon a dock, pier or other
waterside structure appurtenant thereto
and attached to such real property, other
than as provided by section 17-2.
G. In all multifamily residential buildings
two (2) stories or greater in height, and
in all commercial buildings over four (4)
stories in height, which are not equipped
with elevators provided with standby
emergency power and having minimum
cab dimensions which will permit the use
of the elevator cab by normal size
emergency ambulance stretchers, and in
all commercial buildings two (2) stories
to four (4) stories in height which are not
equipped with elevators having minimum
cab dimensions which will permit the use
of the elevator cab by normal size
emergency stretchers, there shall be a
minimum of one (1) access stairway serv-
ing every story. Such stairway shall have
the following minimum dimensions:
(1) Minimum width of stairway to be
five (5) feet.
(2) Minimum dimensions of all land-
ings to be ten (10) feet by six (6)
feet, six (6) inches.
H. Patios connected to the rear of a dwelling
unit may be enclosed by screening
provided there shall be a rear yard of not
less than fifteen (15) feet measured from
the rear of the screened enclosure to the
rear lot line.
I. There shall be a front yard of not less
than forty (40) feet measured from the
street line to the front building line in
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the case of Lots 11 to 35 inclusive, Block
3, as shown on the plat of Village of
North Palm Beach, Plat 1, recorded in
plat book 24, page 205, Public Records of
Palm Beach County, Florida.
J. Whenever, by this ordinance, off-street
parking is required in any commercial
district or in any R-3 apartment dwelling
district, no such parking facilities shall
be hereafter constructed until a permit
therefor shall have been issued by the
building inspector, and until the plans
and specifications therefor are such that:
a. Such off-street parking area is
designed with appropriate means of
vehicular access to a public street or
alley.
b. Such off-street parking area is
designed with appropriate vehicular
maneuvering areas.
c. Such off-street parking area is paved
with an asphaltic or concrete surfac-
ing, or other material designed to
prevent dust.
d. Such off-street parking area is so
constructed, graded and surfaced as
to prevent surface water from drain-
ing onto public right-of-way, or on
adjoining properties, the outlets for
such surface waters to be connected
directly or indirectly to storm sewer
conduits terminating in existing
publicly controlled waterways or in
other seepage areas approved by
the building department.
e. Such off-street parking areas shall
be used for vehicular traffic only,
with no sales, dead storage, repair
work, dismantling or servicing of
any kind unless expressly permit-
ted by the zoning of the district in
question.
f. If lighting of such areas is to be
provided, the plans therefor shall
be such that such lighting shall
reflect away from any public street
and at such an angle as to prevent
glare or undue illumination of
residential properties in the
neighborhood.
K. No carnival, fair, amusement park or
circus shall be carried on in any residential
or commercial zoning district in the Vil-
lage of North Palm Beach, including
zoning districts R-1, R-2A, R-3, C-A, C-1A,
C-1 and C-2; provided, however, that a
carnival, fair or circus may be carried by
a nonprofit organization to collect funds
to further the purposes of such organiza-
tion at the premises where the organiza-
tion is located within the Village of North
Palm Beach. No such carnival, fair or
circus shall extend for more than three
(3) consecutive days, and no such carnival,
fair or circus may be open to the public
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
10:00 a.m. during any day. A permit for
such permitted carnival, fair or circus
must be obtained from the office of the
village manager. There will be no charge
or fee for such permit.
L. No gasoline or oil filling stations and no
service station shall be erected within
five hundred (500) feet of any church,
hospital, school or other similar institu-
tion where large numbers of pedestrians
congregate, nor within five hundred (500)
feet of the location in said village of
another gasoline or oil filling station or
service station. No church, hospital, school
or similar institution where large numbers
of pedestrians congregate shall locate or
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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
this Code
1.01 27-31
1.01 et seq. 1-2
ch. 22F App. B, Art. II,
§ 36-10
ch. 39 App. C, § 45-2
Ch. 50 2-181
50.041 2-181
50.051 2-181
55.03 29-5(a)
ch. 98 Ch. 10
101.657 10-7
112.181 2-161(e)(9)
ch. 121 2-155
161.55(1)(d) 6-156
161.041 6-153
161.053 6-154
ch. 162 2-174
162.12(2) 2-180
ch. 163 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
163.01 2-4(f)
163.161 et seq. 21-01
ch. 163.170,
§163.3164(17)
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36-10
163.295 6-150
163.3161 et seq. Ch. 21, Art. II
163.3177 21-44
163.3178 6-155
21-44
163.3180(12) 21-48
ch. 166 6-16
Ch. 24
Ord. No. 2478 § 3
166.021 Ch. 17, Art. II
166.221 17-34
166.231 Ch. 26, Art. III
ch. 170 21-2
170.01 Ch. 24
Section
Section
this Code
ch. 175 2-167
2-170.2
175.061((7) 2-169
175.071(1) 2-166
175.071(8) 2-166
175.101 26-17
175.333 2-162
175.351(6) 2-170.3
ch. 177 App. B, Art. I,
§ 36-2
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36-8
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36-15
App. B, Art. IV,
§ 36-27
ch. 185 2-167
2-170.2
185.05(6) 2-169
185.06(1)(b) 2-166
185.06(7) 2-166
185.08 26-16
185.35(6) 2-170.3
202.195 29-8(m)
203.012 26-51, 29-3
29-5(b)
203.012(5)(b) 26-51
ch. 205 Ch. 17, Art. II
205.043(2),
205.043(3) 17-24, 17-25
205.053 17-20
205.192 17-22
210.03 17-33
ch. 212 26-53
215.473 2-166
222.17 5-1
ch. 252 Ch. 8
8-4(a)(2)
252.38 et seq. 8-6
253.125 7-19
Ch. 280 2-4
280.04 2-4
286.011 2-1
Ch. 316 18-20
316.008 Ch. 18
316.1955, 316.1956 18-37
2819Supp. No. 73
Section
Section
this Code
320.01(1) 14-37
ch. 327 Ch. 5
5-1
327.02 5-1
5-33
19-99
335.065 App. B, Art. IV,
§ 36-29.1
337.29 29-2
337.401 29-2, 29-3
29-5(a), (e)
29-6(a)
337.401(3) 28-3
337.403, 337.404 29-7
342.03 Ch. 5
362.01 29-2
364.02 29-3
ch. 373 19-200
ch. 380 21-44
App. B, Art. II,
§ 36-10
380.04 21-103
393 App. C, § 45-2
ch. 394 App. C, § 45-2
ch. 395 App. C, § 45-36
397.311(18) App. C, § 45-38
397.487 App. C, § 45-25
ch. 400 App. C, § 45-2
ch. 401 11.5-21
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
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)
Section
Section
this Code
633.35 2-159
633.025 12-16
633.0215 12-16
ch. 650 Ch. 2, Art. V, Div. 2
2-136
650.02 2-136
658.12 2-4
ch. 760 App. C, § 45-2
768.28 29-12(d)
775.082, 775.083 2-169(f)
2-255
794.011 19-31
800.04 19-31
827.071 19-31
ch. 828 4-13
ch. 847 App. C, § 45-20
847.0145 19-31
870.041 8-21
870.44 8-22
870.45 8-22
872.05 2-104
893.03 45-36
893.035 45-36
893.0356 45-36
943.10(6) 2-159
943.10(8) 2-159
943.14 2-159
943.25(13) 1-9
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Ord. No.
Adoption
Date Section
Section
this Code
3 5-69—5-71
Added 5-72
5-73
5-81—5-86
4 Rpld 7-1
Rnbd 7-2
as 7-1
Rnbd 7-3
as 7-2
7-16—7-20
2019-08 8- 8-19 2 App. C, §§ 45-24,
45-25
2019-11 10-24-19 2 2-159(b)
2-161(a)
2-163(a)
Added 2-170.1—2-170.3
3 Rnbd 2-170.01—2-170.15
as 2-170.5—2-170.20
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
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NOISE CONTROL (Cont'd.)
Prohibition against
Speakers in rights-of-way and air space 19-102
Unreasonable noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-100
Radios or other mechanical sound-making
devices or instruments in vessels,
operation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-103
NUDITY
Topless costumes prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-64
NUISANCES
Abandoned real property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-11 et seq.
See: PROPERTY
Abatement of public nuisances on private
property
Abatement of public nuisance. . . . . . . . . 14-82
Assessment of costs and imposition of
lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-83
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-79
Notice of public nuisance;right to request
hearing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-81
Uses or activities constituting a public
nuisance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-80
Animals creating nuisances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
False alarms
Excessive false alarms declared public
nuisance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-212
Panhandling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-12
Rabid animals declared nuisance . . . . . . . . 4-42
NUMBER
Definitions and rules of construction. . . . . 1-2
O
OATH, AFFIRMATION, SWEAR OR SWORN
Administrative code, provisions re oaths
of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Definitions and rules of construction. . . . . 1-2
General employees retirement board;oaths
of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-154
Reserve police force; oath required. . . . . . . 23-47
OBSCENITY. See: INDECENCY AND
OBSCENITY
OBSTRUCTIONS
Passageways, obstructing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-47
OFFENSES
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-1
Enumerated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-3 et seq.
See also specific offenses as indexed
State misdemeanors adopted . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-2
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Administrative code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-39 et seq.
See: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chief of police's duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-75
Definitions and rules of construction. . . . . 1-2
Elections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 et seq.
See: ELECTIONS
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.)
Emergency management
Exempt employee emergency duty
Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31
Finance director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-59
Fire chief's duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-81
Golf advisory board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 et seq.
See: GOLF ADVISORY BOARD
Impersonating village official. . . . . . . . . . . . 19-8
Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-93
Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18, 8-16
Pensions and retirement. See also that
subject
Length of service award plan for
volunteer firefighters. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170 et seq.
Pension and certain other benefits for
fire and police employees . . . . . . . . 2-159 et seq.
Pension and certain other benefits for
general employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-146 et seq.
Social security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-136 et seq.
Police
Reserve force
Appointment to service by chief of
police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-45
Public works director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-84
Recreation director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-110
Social security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-136 et seq.
See: SOCIAL SECURITY
Village clerk and deputy village clerk. . . . 2-67 et seq.
See: DOCUMENTS AND PUBLIC
RECORDS
Village manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-115 et seq.
See: VILLAGE MANAGER
OFFICIAL TIME
Definitions and rules of construction. . . . . 1-2
OPEN SPACES. See: YARDS AND OPEN
SPACES
ORDINANCES. See: CODE OF
ORDINANCES
OWNER
Definitions and rules of construction. . . . . 1-2
P
PALM BEACH COUNTY. See: COUNTY
PARKING
Boat launching area
Vehicle/trailer parking in designated
areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Landscaping, provisions re off-street park-
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-38, 27-59
et seq.
See: LANDSCAPING
Parks; designated parking areas. . . . . . . . . 20-5(6)
Stopping, standing and parking . . . . . . . . . 18-34 et seq.
See: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAF-
FIC
CODE INDEX
Section Section
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PARKING (Cont'd.)
Zoning, provisions re off-street parking . . 45-27 et seq.
See: ZONING (Appendix C)
PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND
RECREATION
Alcoholic beverages
Consumption on playgrounds and public
parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Bicycles
Operation in safe manner, etc. . . . . . . . . 20-6(2)
Operation prohibited in certain areas . 20-6(1)
Boat launching areas
Vehicle/trailer parking in designated
areas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Buildings or structure, erecting . . . . . . . . . 20-3
Department of recreation
Director's duties
Conduct community activity. . . . . . . . 2-110(2)
Supervise recreation areas . . . . . . . . . 2-110(1)
Ejectment of violators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-8
Enforcement of provisions, responsibility. 20-7
Golf advisory board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 et seq.
See: GOLF ADVISORY BOARD
Hours regulated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
Meetings and gatherings
Liability for loss or injury . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23
Permit
Appeal from refusal to issue. . . . . . . . 20-35
Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-33
Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-32
Issuance standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-34
Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-31
Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-36
Rules and regulations, permittee bound
by. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-22
Property used to violate provisions,
confiscation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-9
Recreation advisory board
Compensation; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-62
Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-61
Duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-63
Recreational vehicles and trailers; park-
ing on residential property restricted
in R-1 and R-2 residential zoning
districts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-35.1
Restrooms, failure to cooperate in keeping
neat or sanitary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-2
Traffic
Enforcement of traffic regulations. . . . . 20-5(2)
Operation confined to roads. . . . . . . . . . . 20-5(5)
Parking areas designated. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-5(6)
Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-5(3)
Speed of vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-5(4)
State motor vehicle laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-5(1)
Trees
Climbing trees, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-4
Use by public only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-1
PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
Age restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-91
PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS (Cont'd.)
Appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-93
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-82
Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-94
Granting or rejecting application . . . . . . . . 17-85
License
Application for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-84
Limitation on hours for peddling or solicita-
tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-88
Notice by property owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-90
Permit
Application for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-84
Display of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-87
Not transferable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-86
Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-83
Revocation of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-92
Prohibited practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-89
Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-81
PENALTIES. See: FINES, FORFEITURES
AND OTHER PENALTIES
PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
ICMA defined contribution pension plan
Administrative services agreement and
adoption agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.19
Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.17
Effective date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.20
Vesting period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.18
Length of service award plan for volunteer
firefighters
Benefit formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.11
Contact person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.15
Effective date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.8
Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.9
Entitlement age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.10
Plan, name of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.7
Point system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.16
Preretirement death benefit . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.12
Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.5
Sponsor, name of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.6
Trustee and contact person . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.15
Vesting provisions, schedule of. . . . . . . . 2-170.13
Village contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170.14
Pension and certain other benefits for fire
and police employees
Benefit amounts
401(a)(9) Required Distributions. . . . 2-161(i)
Cost of living. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-161(g)
Disability retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-161(e)
Early retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-161(b)
Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-161(c)
Limitation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-161(h)
Normal retirement benefit . . . . . . . . . 2-161(a)
Preretirement death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-161(d)
Termination benefits and vesting . . . 2-161(f)
Board of trustees
Bring and defend lawsuits
Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-164(e)
Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-164(a)
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PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT (Cont'd.)
Forfeiture of membership on board
for absenteeism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-164(b)
Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-164(d)
Power and authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-166
Reports and records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-164(c)
Contributions
Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-163(c)
Forfeitures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-163(d)
Member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-163(a)
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-163(b)
Creation of trust and definitions . . . . . . 2-159
Creation of trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-159(a)
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-159(b)
Deferred option benefit plan (DROP) . . 2-170.1
Defined contribution component . . . . . . 2-170.3
Direct transfers of eligible rollover
distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-170
Discharged members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169(a)
False, misleading statements made to
obtain retirement benefits
prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169(f)
Incompetents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169(d)
Insurance premium tax revenue, use of 2-170.2
Insurers, tax on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-167
Membership
Application for membership . . . . . . . . 2-160(b)
Buy-back of previous service . . . . . . . 2-160(d)
Changes in designation of beneficiary 2-160(c)
Conditions of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-160(a)
Nonassignability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169(b)
Number and gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169(e)
Optional forms of benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-162
Pension validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-169(c)
Prior service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-165
Repeal or termination of plan. . . . . . . . . 2-168
Tax on insurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-167
Pension and certain other benefits for
general employees
Bargaining unit employees . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(e)
Benefit amounts and eligibility
Early retirement
Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(d)(1)
Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(d)(2)
Late retirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(c)
Preretirement death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(e)
Refund of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(g)
Retirement benefit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(b)
Retirement date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-148(a)
Termination of employment . . . . . . . . 2-148(f)
Contributions
Member contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-150(b)
Other contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-150(c)
Village contributions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-150(a)
Cost of living adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-158
Creation of plan and trust . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-146.1
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-146
Discharged members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(a)
Distribution of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(h)
Incompetence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(d)
PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT (Cont'd.)
Maximum Pension
Additional Limitation on Pension
Benefits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(f)(2)
Section 415(b) Internal Revenue Code
Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(f)(1)
Membership
Application for membership . . . . . . . . 2-147(b)
Change in designation of beneficiary 2-147(c)
Conditions of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-147(a)
Nonassignability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(b)
Normal and optional forms of benefits. 2-149
Pension validity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(c)
Repeal or termination of system . . . . . . 2-155
Retirement board
Additional rules and regulations
authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-152
Established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-151
Investing funds; custodian of securi-
ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-153
Oaths of office; meetings; quorum. . . 2-154
Rollovers, direct transfers of eligible
rollover distribution
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-157(b)
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-157(a)
Mandatory distributions . . . . . . . . . . . 2-157(d)
Rollovers from qualified plans. . . . . . 2-157(c)
Section 401(a)(17) Limitation on
Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-156(g)
Social security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-136 et seq.
See: SOCIAL SECURITY
Volunteer firefighters, length of service
award plan for. See herein: Length of
Service Award Plan for Volunteer
Firefighters
PERMITS. See: LICENSES AND PERMITS
PERSON
Definitions and rules of construction. . . . . 1-2
PIERS
Docks and piers, construction require-
ments re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81 et seq.
See: BOATS, DOCKS AND
WATERWAYS
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Appearance plan (Appendix A). See that
subject
Archaeological site protection regulations 21-101 et seq.
See: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
PROTECTION
Board of adjustment
Composition; conduct generally
Administrative orders, review of. . . . 21-21(d)
Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-21(a)
Decision of administrative official,
appeals to board from. . . . . . . . . 21-21(e)
Hearing of appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-21(g)
Judicial review of decisions of board 21-21(h)
Membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-21(b)
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Powers and duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-21(c)
Stay of work and proceedings on
appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-21(f)
Community development department
Planning division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-112(3)
Comprehensive plan
Adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-01
Filing fees and costs for changes
Enactment and authority . . . . . . . . . . 21-1(a)
Fee; application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1(c)
Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-1(b)
Planning commission, advise of. . . . . 21-1(d)
Concurrency management
Adequate public facilities available to
service development. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-45
Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-42
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-44
Intent and purpose
Comprehensive plan, implementa-
tion of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-43(a)
Management/monitoring and regula-
tory program, establishment of 21-43(b)
Minimum requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 21-43(c)
Management and monitoring program
Amendments to CIE and annual
budget, recommendations on . . 21-46(c)
Annual public facilities update report 21-46(b)
Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-46(a)
Proportionate fair-share program
Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-48(b)
Application process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-48(e)
Appropriation of fair-share revenues 21-48(i)
Determining proportionate fair-share
obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-48(f)
General requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-48(c)
Impact fee credit for proportionate
fair-share mitigation. . . . . . . . . . 21-48(g)
Intergovernmental coordination . . . . 21-48(d)
Proportionate fair-share agreements 21-48(h)
Purpose and intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-48(a)
Regulatory program
Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-47(b)
Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-47(a)
Public facility adequacy, review to
determine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-47(c)
Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-41
Filing fees and costs for voluntary annexa-
tion of land
Enactment and authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-2(a)
Fees: application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-2(c)
Jurisdiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-2(b)
Planning commission, advice of . . . . . . . 21-2(d)
Public notice requirements for develop-
ment applications and approvals
Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-3(a)
Mailing requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-3(b)
Newspaper requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-3(d)
Posting requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-3(c)
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT (Cont'd.)
Stormwater management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-61 et seq.
See: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Subdivision regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-1 et seq.
See: SUBDIVISIONS (Appendix B)
Zoning regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-1 et seq.
See: ZONING (Appendix C)
PLANNING COMMISSION
Composition; conduct generally
Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-11(a)
Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-11(c)
Membership; terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-11(b)
Powers and duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-11(d)
Zoning ordinances, changes to. . . . . . . . . . . 21-12
PLATS. See: SURVEYS, MAPS AND PLATS
PLAYGROUNDS. See: PARKS,
PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION
POLICE
Court cost
Assessment of additional court costs for
criminal justice education
expenditures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Department of law enforcement (police
department). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-75, 2-76
See: LAW ENFORCEMENT, DEPART-
MENT OF (POLICE DEPART-
MENT)
Impersonating police officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-8
Interference with police and fire rescue
department telephone trunk lines
prohibited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-215
Oaths of office
Members of police department, form of
oath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41(c)
Persons required to take oath of office. 2-41(a)(2)
Pension and certain other benefits for fire
and police employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-159 et seq.
See: PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT
Reserve force
Application for membership . . . . . . . . . . 23-43
Appointment to service by chief of police 23-45
Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-50
Created; purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-42
Oath required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-47
Powers and duties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-48
Reserve list to be maintained . . . . . . . . . 23-44
Resignation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-46
Uniforms and insignia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23-49
POLLUTION
Smoke, dust, odors, liquids, etc. . . . . . . . . . 19-9
Stormwater management provisions re pol-
lutant loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-67
Waterways, pollution of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Wellfield protection
Regulation of business activities with
potential to contaminate land and
water resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-221
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