Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

MOTION TO CONSIDER enactment of an Ordinance, the title of which is as follows:
 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, PERTAINING TO TREE MAINTENANCE; AMENDING CHAPTERS 8½, 27, AND 39 OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ("CODE") TO DELETE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO TREE MAINTENANCE AND TO REPEAL SUNSETTED PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, INCLUSION IN THE CODE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
 

(Sponsored by Commissioner Barbara Sharief)

ACTION:  (T-2:01 PM)  Filed proof of publication and enacted the Ordinance to become effective as provided by law.  (Refer to minutes for full discussion.)

VOTE: 8-0.  Commissioner Sharief was not present.

A Resolution directing the County Administrator to publish notice of public hearing to consider enactment of the Ordinance was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners at its meeting of May 21, 2019.

Amends the Broward County Code of Ordinances to delete violations related to tree maintenance and to repeal sunsetted provisions.

On May 8, 2018, the Board enacted Ordinance No. 2018-22, which amended Chapters 8½, 27, and 39 of the Code to, among other things, penalize property owners in unincorporated Broward County that fail to properly maintain trees that were planted near power lines prior to the Ordinance's effective date. In addition, the Ordinance created one (1) year programs intended to assist property owners to meet the newly imposed obligations.

On April 16, 2019 (Agenda Item 52), the Board directed the Office of the County Attorney to draft an Ordinance to remove the penalties for failing to maintain these trees and to remove expired Code sections. The attached proposed Ordinance accomplishes those purposes.

Joseph K. Jarone, Assistant County Attorney, (954) 357-7600