HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-99-19 ORDINANCE NO. 9-99-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, SCHEDULING AN ELECTION TO SUBMIT A REFERENDUM ISSUE TO
THE ELECTORATE IN ORDER TO AMEND ARTICLE I OF THE CiTY CHARTER
TO DELETE SECTION 1.05 TO REMOVE SPECIAL STATUS FOR
NONCONFORMING USES ANNEXED INTO THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER IN WHICH SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED; PROVIDING
THE TIME AND PLACES FOR HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; ESTABLISHING THE
FORM OF THE BALLOT FOR SUCH ELECTION;; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 166.031 of Florida Statutes provides that the governing body of a municipality
may submit to the electors of that municipality a proposed amendment to all or part of its charter; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City Charter, the City of Sebastian Charter Review Committee has
recommended that certain revisions be made to the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to submit the amendments to the City Charter for ratification by
the electors of the City of Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. That upon passage of the Referendum submitted hereunder, the existing Section 1.05
of the City Charter of the City of Sebastian, Florida, shall be deleted in its entirety.
Section 2. An election is hereby called and scheduled to he held on March 14, 2000, to determine
whether the revisions to the City Charter of the City of Sebastian, Florida shall be approved by a majority of the
votes cast in such election, in which the qualified electors residing in the City of Sebastian shall participate.
Section 3. The places of voting in such election shall be the usual places of voting in the City of
Sebastian, Florida, in the regular election as determined under the applicable provisions of Florida law, which
are currently as follows:
POLLING PLACE
PRECINCT
Precinct 12 ................................................................ The Sebastian Community Center,
1805 North Central Avenue
Precinct 14 ................................................................ Highlands Chapel Church of God,
281 Delaware Avenue
Precinct 15 ................................................................ The North Indian River County Library,
1001 Fellsmere Road (CR :512)
Precinct 16 ................................................................ Sebastian Elks Lodge No. 2714,
731 South Flemin§ Street
The polls shall olin at such voting places on March 14, 2000, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All duly
qualiii~ electors r~siding within ~¢ City of Sebastian shall b~ entitled to p~rticipate and vote in such election.
Section 4. The purpos~ of this election shall b~ to preset a referendum issu~ to the electors of the
City of Sebastian of wh~d~r or not to udopt r~visions to the City Chiu-t~r. TI~ ballot shall be substantially in the
BALLOT
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
Referendum
following form:
Deleting Section 1.05 concerning annexed property.
Shall the City of Sebastian amend the City Charter to remove the special status given
nonconforming uses annexed into the City?
Yes for Approval
No for Rejection
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Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall bccorn~ effective immediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinan~ was moved for adoption by Councilm~mber~'~~"~/ The motion
was s~conded by Councilmember ~ and upon, being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Mayor Chuck Neuberger
Councilmember Joseph Barczyk
Councilmember Walter Barnes
Councilmember Ben Bishop
Councilmember Edward Majcher
The Mayor thereupon d~clared this Ordinance duly passed and adopted thisbe__ day of
~'J~ j 1999.
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Chuck~uberger' May°r/
T ST:
'K-athryn ~. O'Halloran, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
(Seal)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that notice of public hearing on this Ordinance was published in the Vero Beach
Press Journal as required by State Statute, that one public hearing was held on this Ordinance at 7:00 p.m. on the
~ day of'~~ 1999, and that following said public hearing this Ordinance was passed by the
City Council. s
~athryn M.~'Halloran, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
Approved as to form and legality for
reliangM~ the Cigj-~lf--Sebastian only:
City Attorney
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