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ORDINANCE NO. 08-018
ORDINANCE 08-018 AMENDING CITY OF SANIBEL ORDINANCE 07-011, AS AMENDED, WHICH ESTABLISHED AN UPDATED AND REVISED SCHEDULE OF RECREATION USER FEES FOR CITY OF SANIBEL RECREATION PROGRAMS; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL RECREATION PROGRAM TO BE KNOWN AS “FUN DAYS” IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RECREATION ACTIVITIES ON THOSE WEEKDAYS WHEN THE RECREATION CENTER IS OPEN BUT SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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Ordinance 08-017
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANIBEL CHANGING THE QUALIFYING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES OF THE CITY’S GENERAL ELECTION OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO A PERIOD BEGINNING AT NOON ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN JANUARY OF ODD NUMBERED YEARS AND ENDING AT NOON ON THE FRIDAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING; AMENDING THE SANIBEL CODE, PART 1, CHARTER, ARTICLE V, “NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS”; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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Ordinance 08-015
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF SANIBEL ORDINANCE NO. 07-014, AS AMENDED, WHICH ESTABLISHED MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR THE CITY OF SANIBEL RECREATION CENTER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Ordinance 08-014
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SANIBEL CODE, SUBPART A, GENERAL ORDINANCES, AMENDING CHAPTER 66, TRAFFIC, ARTICLE II, PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING, DIVISION 2, BEACH AREA PARKING RESTRICTIONS, SUBDIVISION II, PERMITS, SECTION 66-85 - FEES; HOURS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANIBEL; AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE IN SECTION 66-85; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Ordinance 08-013
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AN ORDINANCE 08-013 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY FOR THE CITY OF SANIBEL CONTAINED IN THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY’S STUDY FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA AND AMENDING THE SANIBEL CODE, PART II LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; CHAPTER 94 FLOODS, TO ADOPT A NEW FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM), TO ADD A PURPOSE STATEMENT AND TO UPDATE THE CITY’S FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM REGULATIONS; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 82 ADMINISTRATION; ARTICLE IV DEVELOPMENT PERMITS; DIVISION 2 PROCEDURE; SECTION 82-382 FILING PROCUDURE, TO ALLOW SURVEYS TO INDICATE GROUND ELEVATIONS IN NORTH AMENRICAN VERTICAL DATUM (NAVD); PROVIDING THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND WAIVING ANY REQUIRED NOTICE; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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Ordinance 08-012
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ORDINANCE 08-012 AMENDING CITY OF SANIBEL ORDINANCE 07-011 WHICH ESTABLISHED AN UPDATED AND REVISED SCHEDULE OF RECREATION USER FEES FOR CITY OF SANIBEL RECREATION PROGRAMS; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RECREATION USER FEES FOR CITY OF SANIBEL RECREATION PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-09; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE NEW ADDITIONAL RECREATION PROGRAMS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2008-09 AND ESTABLISH FEES FOR SUCH PROGRAMS, PROVIDED THE FEES ESTABLISHED DO NOT EXCEED THE COST OF OPERATION OF THE PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR AN AUTOMATIC ANNUAL INCREASE IN THE RECREATION USER FEES; PROVIDING FOR FUTURE REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO SUCH SCHEDULE OF RECREATION USER FEES BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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Ordinance 08-011
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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THE CITY OF SANIBEL ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS, UNDER CERTAIN DEFINED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITHIN CERTAIN DEFINED AREAS, LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISASTER-GENERATED DEBRIS REMOVAL FROM PRIVATE ROADS AND/OR PRIVATE PROPERTY; SETTING FORTH DEFINITIONS; SETTING FORTH THE CRITERIA AND DETERMINATIONS UNDER WHICH DISASTER-GENERATED DEBRIS WILL BE REMOVED FROM DESIGNATED PRIVATE ROADS AND/OR PRIVATE PROPERTY; PROVIDING THAT THERE ARE NO PRIVATE THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION OF THE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Ordinance 08-010
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SANIBEL CODE, SUBPART A, GENERAL ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 1, - GENERAL PROVISIONS, ADDING NEW SUBSECTION 1.18 ENTITLED “IMPOSITION OF FILING FEE APPLICABLE TO ALL CITATIONS FOR VIOLATION OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE”; AMENDING CHAPTER 66, TRAFFIC, ARTICLE II, PARKING, STOPPING AND STANDING, DIVISION 1, GENERALLY, SECTION 66.37 - PENALTY; PAYMENT OF FINE; REFERRAL TO COUNTY COURT; AMENDING DIVISION 2, BEACH AREA PARKING RESTRICTIONS, SUBDIVISION II, PERMITS, SECTION 66-85 - FEES; HOURS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANIBEL; ESTABLISHING A $10.00 FILING FEE TO BE ADDED TO ALL MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION CITATIONS, SAID FILING FEE REPRESENTING THE FEE CHARGED TO THE CITY OF SANIBEL BY THE LEE COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS FOR PROCESSING MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION CITATIONS ISSUED WITHIN THE CITY OF SANIBEL; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Ordinance 08-008
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANIBEL ESTABLISHING THE CITY COMMUNITY PARK LOCATED AT 2221 PERIWINKLE WAY AS A TOBACCO FREE PUBLIC SPACE; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance 08-007
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 07-014 WHICH ESTABLISHED MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR THE CITY OF SANIBEL RECREATION CENTER; ESTABLISHING FEES FOR CERTAIN SUMMER AQUATICS PROGRAMS; AMENDING ORDINANCE 07-011 TO REVISE CERTAIN FEES FOR THE YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAM AND SUMMER AQUATICS PROGRAMS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance 08-006
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SUBPART A GENERAL ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 30 ENVIRONMENT, ARTICLE III NOISE, SECTION 30-65 EXCEPTIONS, TO MAKE EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS EXEMPT FROM THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE SOUND PRESSURE LEVELS; AND AMENDING SUBPART B LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CHAPTER 126 ZONING, DIVISION 16 EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS, SECTION 126-1305 GENERALLY, TO REVISE AND ADD DEFINITIONS AND CHANGE PROCEDURES FOR PERMITTING EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS; AND AMENDING SECTION 126-1306 STANDARDS, TO CHANGE SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL STANDARDS FOR EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS; AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 126-1307 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT; AND AMENDING SECTION 82-401 TO ADD PERMANENTLY INSTALLED EMERGENCY ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATORS TO THE LIST OF ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR A SHORT FORM DEVELOPMENT PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance 08-005
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE SANIBEL CODE, “BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS”, ARTICLE III, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS, DIVISION 2, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS, SECTION 14-127, PREREQUISITE TO ISSUANCE OF AUTHORIZED CONTRACTORS LICENSE, AND SECTION 14-138, TYPES OF AUTHORIZED CONTRACTOR LICENSES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance 08-004
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SANIBEL CODE, PART II LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE: CHAPTER 82 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE IV DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, DIVISION 2 PROCEDURE, SUBDIVISION III LONG FORM, SECTION 82-421 APPLICATION, TO REQUIRE A LONG FORM PERMIT APPLICATION, AND REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, FOR ALL PRINCIPAL STRUCTURES THAT INCLUDE AN INTEGRALLY ATTACHED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT REQUIRES A LONG FORM PERMIT; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVER-ANCE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance 08-003
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SANIBEL CODE, PART II LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE: CHAPTER 126 ZONING, ARTICLE XIV SUPPLEMENTARY DISTRICT REGULATIONS, DIVISION 5, COMMERCIAL USES GENERALLY, TO ADD A NEW SECTION 126-1032 OUTDOOR SEATING FOR CARRYOUT RESTAURANTS, TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR PROVIDING OUTDOOR SEATING FOR CARRYOUT RESTAURANTS; CHAPTER 90 FEES, ARTICLE II. DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, DIVISION 3. NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, TO ADD A NEW SECTION 90-86. OUTDOOR SEATING; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ordinance 08-001
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 07-014 ESTABLISHING MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR THE CITY OF SANIBEL RECREATION CENTER; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY EMPLOYERS CORPORATE WELLNESS MEMBERSHIP VOUCHER(S); PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RENTAL RATES FOR SANIBEL BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER VARIOUS RENTAL RATES FOR RECREATION CENTER FACILITIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
