Martin County

File #: 23-0481   
Type: Public Hearing Status: Passed
In control: Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 6/20/2023 Final action: 6/20/2023
Title: PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 67.201, NUISANCES DECLARED, ARTICLE 7, NUISANCE ABATEMENT, CHAPTER 67, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, GENERAL ORDINANCES, MARTIN COUNTY CODE
Attachments: 1. Section 67.201 ROW Weeds and Trash.pdf
PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
TITLE:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 67.201, NUISANCES DECLARED, ARTICLE 7, NUISANCE ABATEMENT, CHAPTER 67, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, GENERAL ORDINANCES, MARTIN COUNTY CODE
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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This is a public hearing consider adoption of an ordinance that amends Section 67.201, General Ordinances, Martin County Code to require property owners to maintain weeds and undergrowth and excessive accumulation of trash on their property up to the edge of the street surface.
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DEPARTMENT: County Attorney
PREPARED BY: Name: Elysse A. Elder
Title: Deputy County Attorney
REQUESTED BY: Building Department and Public Works Department

PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None

BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:

The proposed ordinance requires property owners to maintain property to the edge of the street surface. It is in the best interest of the public, health, safety and welfare to revise the ordinance because lack of maintenance of the frontage of property could constitute a sanitary nuisance or impede sight distance for motorists.

This public hearing was duly noticed in The Stuart News on June 9, 2023.

ISSUES:

None

LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:

This is a legislative matter. Legislative decisions are those in which the local government formulates policy rather than applying specific rules to a particular situation. A local government's approval or denial of an issue in its legislative capacity is typically subject to a fairly debatable standard of review. Fairly debatable means that the government's action must be upheld ...

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