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HomeMy WebLinkAbout735-99 Replace Ordinance 284 00 10 ORDINANCE NO.: 7 35-00 111 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA, REPLACING ORDINANCE NO.: 284 IN ITS ENTIRETY, RECOGNIZING ONLY CERTAIN AREAS FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; PRESCRIBING THAT ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TAKE PLACE FROM A PERMANENT STRUCTURE; EXEMPTING PLANT NURSERIES AND PORTABLE SHED SALES THEREFROM; REQUIRING THAT PERMANENT STRUCTURES MEET THE STANDARD BUILDING CODE; DEFINING THE TERM TEMPORARY AS USED HEREIN; PERMITTING CERTAIN TEMPORARY SALES AND RESTRICTING THE LOCATION THEREOF; PROVIDING THAT THE CITY BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL ISSUE PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY SALES AND PROVIDING FOR APPEAL FROM NEGATIVE DETERMINATIONS OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL; REQUIRING TENTS USED IN SUCH SALES MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR SANITATION AND FOOD SALES; PROVIDING FOR A DECLARATION OF INVALIDITY OF ANY PART OF THIS ORDINANCE; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. WHEREAS, the City of Zephyrhills has heretofore established appropriate zoning of the City to provide those areas acceptable to commercial business activity; and WHEREAS,the City Council is aware that in areas properly zoned for sales, items have been offered to the public for sale from non-permanent structures which were unsightly, unsafe and unsanitary; and WHEREAS, the City of Zephyrhills acknowledges that certain types of community events and other sales of a temporary nature, do not warrant the erection of a permanent structure; and WHEREAS, the City of Zephyrhills does hereby intend to regulate the content, location and duration of such temporary sales. NOW THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, sitting in regular meeting that: Section 1: Permanent Commercial Activity To Be Housed All permanent commercial activity wherein goods are offered for sale within the City limits of the City of Zephyrhills shall be conducted within a permanent structure erected on the premises. Section 2: Structural Standards. The aforementioned structure shall meet and comply in all respects with the minimum requirements of the Standard Building Code. Section 3: Certain Permanent ActivityExempted Section 1 above shall not apply to the sale of motor vehicles, mobile homes, travel trailers, plant nurseries and portable sheds. Section 4: Temporary Outdoor Sales. Temporary outdoor sales shall be permitted, but limited to: a. Enterprises directly associated with traditional, local or national holidays or events. b. Enterprises directly associated with a permanent permitted business of like service or product and the sale is conducted on or upon abutting property, upon which the permanent permitted business is located. Section 5: Permits for Temporary Sales. The City Building Official is hereby authorized to issue permits for temporary sales that conform with this Ordinance. Any person adversely effected by the Building Official's decision, not to issue a permit for temporary sales,may appeal said decision to the City Council within thirty(30) days of the date of refusal. Each temporary sale event shall require a City permit. The fee for such permit shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00)for the first two (2) days and Five Dollars ($5.00) per day for each consecutive day thereafter, not to exceed the time allowed in Section 7 below. Section 6: Restriction of Location. Temporary sales must be conducted within an appropriate zoning district, unless explicitly authorized by an affirmative motion of the City Council. Section 7: Definition of Temporary. For the purpose of this Ordinance, temporary shall mean no longer in duration of thirty (30) consecutive days and no more than once per calendar month and a cumulative total of no more than forty-five (45) days per calendar year at any given location or by any one vendor. Section 8: Fire Protection. Tents shall meet the Regulations set forth in Ordinance#397-7-20m VII-36, under supplementary district regulations. Section 9: Sanitation. All food sales must comply with Regulations of the Pasco County Health Department. Section 10: Declaration of Invalidity. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, sentence, clause,phrase, or word of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held or declared to be unconstitutional,inoperative, or void, such holding of invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance and it shall be construed to have been the intent to pass this Ordinance without such unconstitutional invalid, or inoperative part therein. Section 11: Penaltyfor Violation. Anyone found to be in violation of the terms or provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or incarcerated for a period of up to thirty(30) days or both. Section 12: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon third reading and signing by the Mayor. The foregoing Ordinance No. was read and passed on its first reading by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this day of , A.D., 1999. ELIZABETH A. GEIGER President of City Council ATTEST: City Clerk, Linda D. Boan The foregoing Ordinance No. was read and passed on its second reading by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this day of , A.D., 1999. ELIZABETH A. GEIGER President of City Council ATTEST: City Clerk,Linda D. Boan The foregoing Ordinance No. was approved by me this day of , A.D., 1999. JAMES A. BAILEY, Mayor c:\tempsale.ord(12-8-99)