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ORDINANCE NO. 170
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA, REPEALING SECTIONS 44.8l, 44.83 and 44.84
OF APPENDIX "A" (ORDINANCE NO. 44) TO THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, CODE OF ORDINANCES, AMENDING
APPENDIX "A" (ORDINANCE NO. 44) TO THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS, FLORIDA, CODE OF ORDINANCES SO AS TO INCLUDE
A SECTION 44.8l PROHIBITING THE PARKING, STORAGE OR
MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES ON CERTAIN PROPERTY
CONTAINED IN A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED DISTRICT, AMENDING
CHAPTERS lO AND 11 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SO AS
TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CROSS-REFERENCES, PROVIDING
FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 44.81, 44.83 and 44.84 of Appendix
"A" (Article XIII, Ordinance 44) of the Code of Ordinances of
Winter Springs, do not properly set out the intent of the City.
WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs, Florida, wants
to protect its residential zoning. Any ordinances of this city
or laws of the state providing for the regulations of motor
vehicles or traffic control are in addition to this Ordinance
and wherever any provision of some other ordinance or applicable
statute, whether primarily for the regulation of traffic or
for purposes of zoning, imposes more stringent requirements,
regulations, restrictions of this Ordinance, it is the intent
of the City Council that the more stringent requirements, regu-
lations, restrictions or limitations shall apply.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Winter Springs, Florida,
hereby ordains:
Section 1: Repeal of Sections of Code.
l. That Sections 44.81, 44.83 and 44.84 of Appendix
"A" (Article XIII of Ordinance 44) of the Code
of Ordinances of Winter Springs are hereby repealed.
Section 2:
That new Section 44.8l is hereby created to read
as follows:
Section 44.81 Parking, Storage or Maintenance of
Certain Vehicles Prohibited in Residentially Zoned
Districts.
In order to protect and promote the public health,
safety and welfare, and among other purposes, to provide
light, safety from fire, safety from other damages and
to protect property owners from certain general
nuisances associated with the unregulated parking,
storage, or maintenance of certain vehicles, the
parking storage or maintenance of certain vehicles
as herein specified in the areas herein specified
are prohibited except as herein provided:
1. Prohibitions:
a. No person owning, renting or leasing real
property in a residentially zoned district
or living thereupon shall cause or allow to
be parked on any residential property any
vehicle commonly described as follows: [step-
van], truck, semi-tractor, semi-trailer, bus
or any other type of vehicle with a rated
capacity of three-quarters (3/4) of a ton
or more, and which is subject to regulation
by Chapter 3l6, Florida Statutes, with the
exception of those vehicles specifically exclu-
ded by the "Exceptions" provision of this
Section.
b. No person owning, renting, leasing or otherwise
being in control of the use of any lot, parcel
or piece of real property located in a resident-
ially zoned district or living thereupon shall
cause or allow any vehicles as enumerated
in Paragraph l(a) of this Section to be parked,
stored or maintained upon such property.
c. No recreational vehicles shall be occupied as
temporary living quarters while said recreat-
ional vehicle is parked or stored within a
residentially zoned district in the City of
Winter Springs. No recreational vehicle parked
or stored in Winter Springs shall have its
wheels removed except for repair or maintenance.
d. No recreational vehicle shall be parked in
such a way that it shall obstruct the view
of traffic or impede the vision of vehicular
traffic.
e. No more than one (l) recreational vehicle
shall be parked on an owner's property at any
one time.
f. No recreational vehicle in excess of twenty-
eight (281) feet in length in overall measure-
ments shall be parked or stored in a resident-
ially zoned district without a permit issued
by the City Council and renewed annually
by such Council. In the case of a truck
camper, the length measurement will include
truck and camper.
g. No boat trailer, with or without a boat thereon,
may be parked on property in residential districts
unless such boat trailer does not exceed twenty-
three (23') feet in overall length, is in
a state of good repair, is being maintained
in a neat and orderly condition and is owned
by the owner of the property upon which it
is parked.
h. It shall be a violation of this Ordinance to
park any vehicle enumerated in Paragraph l(a)
or to park any recreational vehicle within
the right-of-way of any city street, alley,
lane, way, drive or other thoroughfare overnight.
2. Exceptions:
The parking, storage or maintenance of certain vehicles
will be permitted in residentially zoned districts as exceptions
to Paragraphs l(a) through l(h) as follows:
a. Recreational vehicles may be occupied during
parking or storage if a permit has been issued
in accordance with Section 44.75 of this Code
of Ordinances.
b. A combination of boat trailer with boat and
a recreational vehicle is permissible as an
exception to Paragraph l(e).
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c. Any person owning, renting, leasing or otherwise
being in control of the use of any lot, parcel
or piece of real property located in a residentially
zoned district and contiguous to the parcel
upon which that person's residence is located
may use said contiguous lot as if it were a
separate piece of owner's property for the
parking of vehicles subject to the restrictions
set forth in this Section. Provided, however,
that no vehicle owned, operated or under the
direct control by other than the person owning,
renting, leasing or otherwise being in control
of the use of said lot, parcel or piece of
real property shall be parked thereupon.
d. Commercial vehicles as described in Section
44.8l(a) shall be allowed on public streets
or within privately owned driveways or on
residential property for the limited and temp-
orary purpose of loading or unloading goods
or materials for the property owner upon whose
property or adjacent to whose property the
commercial vehicle is parked.
3. Definitions:
As used in this Section, the following words are to
be interpreted as having their commonly accepted meanings as
well as the following specific definitions. If the two definitions
are in conflict, the definition provided herein is to prevail:
a. Boat Trailer. A trailer designed to carry a
boat is a boat trailer with or without a boat
thereon. If with a boat, then both boat and trail-
er will be measured.
b. Camping Trailer. A vehicular portable structure
mounted on wheels, constructed with collapsible
partial side walls of fabric, plastic or other
material, for folding compactly while being drawn
by another vehicle, and when unfolded at the site
or location providing temporary living quarters,
and the primary design of which is for recreation,
camping or travel use.
c. Travel Trailer. A vehicular portable structure
built on a chassis designed to be pulled by an
automobile or truck and to be used as a dwelling
for recreation, travel or living purposes. The
vehicle shall be equipped with tanks for storage
of water and for holding of sewerage and shall
have an interior light system operable from a source
of power from within the vehicle.
d. Motor Home. A structure, built on and made an
integral part of a self-propelled motor vehicle
chassis primarily designed to provide temporary
living quarters for recreation, camping or travel
use.
e. Occupy. To reside in or use as owner, tenant
or occupant for the purposes of eating, sleeping,
bathing, entertaining or such other activites.
f. Overnight. A period commencing at 7:00 P.M. on
one day and terminating at 7:00 A.M. on the day
immediately following or any period therein contain-
ed of more than seven (7) hours.
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g. Owner's Property. The property of owners of
the parked or stored vehicle. This Section only
applies to property in residentially zoned districts.
h. Recreational Vehicle. Camping trailer,
truck camper, motor home, house trailer or other
such vehicle designed or modified to provide tempor-
ary living quarters or designed or modified to facil-
itate recreation, camping or travel by accommodating
the needs for temporary quarters.
i. Residentially Zoned District. Any residential
district as identified in Section 44.25, 44.27.1,
44.27.9, 44.28, 44.37, 44.45.l. Such districts
to include but not be limited to R-U, R-lAAA, R-
CI, R-lAA, R-lA, R-l, and R-3.
j. State of Good Repair. The vehicle must be
functional, usable and in such a state as it may
be used without further repair or alteration for
the purpose for which it is intended.
k. Temporary Living Quarters. Any vehicle used on
a temporary basis for the purposes of eating,
sleeping, bathing, resting, entertaining or other
such activities normally associated with residential
property or recreational vehicles.
1. Truck Camper. A portable structure, designed
to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed or chassis
of a truck, constructed to provide temporary living
quarters for recreation, camping or travel use.
4. Penalty:
a. Any person who violates this Ordinance or fails
to comply with any of its requirements shall upon
conviction thereof be fined not more than Five
Hundred and nO/lOO ($500.00) Dollars, or imprison-
ed for not more than sixty (60) days, or both.
Each day a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense. The judge shall
consider the costs incurred in enforcing this
Statute in determining the amount of any fine
assessed.
b. The owner or tenant of any building, structure,
premises, or part thereof, and any other person
who commits, participates in, assists in, or main-
tains such violation may each be found guilty
of a separate offense and suffer the penalties
herein provided.
c. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City
from taking such other lawful action as is necess-
ary to prevent or remedy any violation or nuisance.
Section 3: Severability.
If any Section or portion of a Section of this Ordinance
proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall
not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect
of any other Section or part of this Ordinance.
Section 4: Conflicts.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby superseded unless they invoke
more stringent requirements in which case the more stringent
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requirement is to be incorporated in this Section unless other-
wise directed by a subsequent ordinance or statute.
If any Section or portion of a Section of this Ordinance
proves to be in conflict with "Deed Restrictions" in any zoned
residential area, the requirements as set forth with the more
stringent requirements will be complied with.
Section 5: Cross-References.
The Cross-Reference Sections to Chapters 10 and 11
of the Code of Ordinances are to amended to reflect a cross-
reference to Section 44.81.
Section 6: Effective Date.
If adopted by the City Council, this Ordinance shall
take effect on July 3l, 1978, or thirty (30) days following
the first reading, whichever is earlier.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 11th day of July,
1978.
FIRST READING June 27, 1978
SECOND READING July 11, 1978
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
BY: Troy J. Piland
Mayor
ATTEST:
Mary T. Norton
CITY CLERK
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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City Council of the
City of Winter Springs, Florida, that said City Council will
hold a public hearing at the City of Winter Springs Community
Building on Tuesday, June 27, 1978 at 7:30 P.M., or as soon
thereafter as possible to consider an Ordinance entitled as
follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA,
REPEALING SECTIONS 44.81, 44.82, 44.83 and 44.84
OF APPENDIX "A" (ORDINANCE NO. 44) TO THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS CODE OF ORDINANCES, AMENDING APPENDIX
"A" (ORDINANCE NO. 44) TO THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
CODE OF ORDINANCES SO AS TO INCLUDE A SECTION 44.81
PROHIBITING THE PARKING, STORAGE OR MAINTENANCE OF
CERTAIN VEHICLES ON CERTAIN PROPERTY CONTAINED IN A
RESIDENTIALLY ZONED DISTRICT, A~ENDING CHAPTERS 10
AND 11 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES SO AS TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CROSS-REFERENCES, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
A copy of said Ordinance shall be available at the
office of the City Clerk of the City of Winter Springs, Florida,
for all persons desiring to examine same.
All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard.
THIS NOTICE is to be published in the Evening Herald and
the Sentinel Star, both newspapers of general circulation in the
City, one (1) time at least fifteen (15) days prior to the time
of the public hearing.
DATED this 5th day of June, 1978.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
By:
%';"'1 r M~
Mar T. Norton, City Clerk
Notice from Sentinel Star
dated June 12, 1978
(scanned sideways)
Evening Herald
An Independent Newspaper
SANFORD, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF SEMINOLE
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared...........................
. .Ruth F. Rowley. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .... . . . . . . . who on oath says that she is
... .Office Manager ... ... . .of the EVENING HERALD, a Newspaper Pub-
lished at Sanford, in Seminole County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertise-
ment, being a. .Legal Notice....... ...... ... ...... ... ..in the matter of
...Public Hearing re Ordinance Number 44..........................
............................. .in the. .Circuit.... . Court,
was published in said newspaper in the issues of....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . .. . . . . ... ....... June 8, 1978. . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .
Affiant further says that the said EVENING HERALD is a newspaper published by
The Sanford Herald, Inc., at Sanford, in said Seminole County, Florida, and that the
said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Seminole County.
Florida, and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Sanford,
in said Seminole County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first
publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he
has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate,
commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in
the said newspaper.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
6th day of
June A.D. 1978 Ruth F. Rowley
(SEAL) Notary Public
Notary Public, State or Florida at Large
My Commission Expires June 18, 1979
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
FLORIDA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the City Council of the City of Winter-
Springs, Florida, that said City
Council will hold a public hearing at
the City of Winter Springs Commun-
ity Building on Tuesday, June 27,
1978 at 7:30 pm or as soon ther-
eafter as possible to consider an
Ordinance entitled as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLOR-
IDA, REPEALING SECTIONS
44.81,44.82,44.83 and 44.84 of
APPENDIX "A" 9ORDINANCE
NO. 44) TO THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS CODE OF
ORDINANCES, AMENDING AP-
PENDIX "A" (ORDINANCE NO
44) TO THE CITY OF WIHNTER
SPRINGS CODE OF ORDIN-
ANCES SO AS TO INCLUDE A
SECTION 44.81 PROHIBITING
THE PARKING, STORAGE OR
MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN
VEHICLES ON CERTAIN
PROPERTY CONTAINED IN A
RESIDENTIALLY ZONED DIS-
TRICT, AMENDING CHAPTERS
10 AND 11 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES SO AS TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CROSS-REFERENCES,
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS,
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
A copy of said Ordinance shall be
available at the office of the City
Clerk of the City of Winter Springs,
Florida, for all persons desiring to
examine the same.
All Interested parties are invited to
attend and be heard.
THIS NOTICE is to be published in
the Evening Herald and the Sentinel
Star, both newspapers of general
circulation in the City, one (1) time
at least fifteen (15) days prior to the
time of the public hearing.
DATED this 5th day of June, 1978.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA
By: Mary T. Norton
City Clerk
Publish June 8, 1978
DEY 39
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