ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES AND
DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF COUNTY; CREATING A
COUNTY SOLID WASTE MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT; PROVIDING FOR
DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL
AND COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SERVICES; PROVIDING FOR THE UNIVERSAL
COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE FROM RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND COMMERCIAL ENTITIES
AND CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM THESE REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR
REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROCESS ABLE SOLID WASTE, NON-PROCESS ABLE SOLID
WASTE, RECYCLABLES, UNSIZED SOLID WASTE AND YARD WASTE; PROVIDING FOR RATE
SETTING, BILLING AND PAYMENT FOR SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR FRANCHISE
COLLECTORS RESPONSIBILITIES; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR
DISASTER RELIEF; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING CERTAIN ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the County Board of County Commissioners (Board) has the authority pursuant
to Statutes, the County Charter and Chapter , Laws of , to provide solid waste collection
services, a traditional municipal service, through its own forces or by contracting/franchising with private
entities through exclusive Franchises for the collection of Solid Waste within the County; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to contract for Solid Waste collection services with exclusive
Franchise Collectors for the collection of Solid Waste within the Service Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to establish a universal collection system in which some or all
producers of Solid Waste shall be subject to the collection of Solid Waste within the Service Area by the
Franchise Collectors; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to more clearly define the Solid Waste Collection System for
residential units and businesses in the Service Area; and
WHEREAS, the Board may adopt by ordinance those rules and regulations necessary for the
efficient and safe collection and disposal of Solid Waste within the Service Area to protect the public’s
health, safety, and welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COUNTY, , IN REGULAR MEETING ASSEMBLED THIS ___ DAY OF ____________,
20____:
SECTION I. SOLID WASTE MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT CREATED; BOUNDARIES
There is hereby created the County Solid Waste Municipal Service Benefit Unit under the
authority of Statues, Section . The boundaries of said benefit unit shall be that property within the
unincorporated areas of County, described in Exhibit "A," which is attached to and incorporated
into this section by reference.
SECTION II. DEFINITIONSFor the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
this section, unless different meanings are clearly indicated by the context. When not inconsistent with the
context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural include the singular, and
words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory.
A. "Apartment Complex" shall mean any building or structure or group of any buildings or
structures having common conveniences generally under one ownership containing four or more attached
but independent dwelling units for human habitation, which structures and buildings are designed and
constructed for the primary purpose of providing housing as a commercial enterprise for rental
compensation and which one or more of such units are generally non owner occupied.
B. "Benefit Unit" shall mean the County Solid Waste Municipal Service Benefit Unit.
C. "Board" shall mean the Board of County Commissioners of County, .
D. "Collection Frequency" shall mean the number of times a type of collection service is
provided to a Residential Customer each week.
E. "Commercial Collection Service" shall mean the provision of solid waste collection
services to Commercial Establishments, Apartment Complexes, Condominiums, and Mobile Home Parks.
F. "Commercial Establishment" shall mean all improved real property primarily used or
designed for use for commercial, manufacturing, industrial, business or government activities and
enterprises.
G. "Commercial Container" shall mean any container used by a Commercial Unit or
Commercial Customer for storage of Solid Waste. The Commercial Container shall be free of jagged or
shape edges and shall be watertight and of impervious materials with a tight fitting cover suitable to prote ct
the contents from flies, insects, rats, and other animals and prevent waste from escaping for reasons other
than servicing.
H. "Commercial Customer" shall mean any Residential Unit or Commercial Establishment,
which receives Commercial Collection Service.
I. "Condominium" shall mean any portion of a building or structure designed or constructed
for and capable of use as a residence for one family and such unit being owned under the condominium
concept of ownership and subject to the provisions of Chapter , Statutes (19 ), as amended.
J. "County" shall mean County, .
K. "Franchise" shall represent the legal arrangement between the County and a Person to
collect and transport Solid Waste from Residential and Commercial Units within the Service Area.
L. "Franchise Agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into voluntarily by the
Franchise Collector and the County and shall include all terms, conditions, specifications and exhibits, as
necessary to implement the Franchise granted by the Board.
M. "Franchise Collector" shall mean any Person awarded a Franchise by the Board for the
right to collect Solid Waste within the Service Area.
N. "Franchise District" shall mean specified areas within the Service Area for which a
Franchise is granted under the authority of this Ordinance.
O. "Hazardous Waste" shall mean waste, or a combination of wastes, which, because of its
quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantl y
contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible
illness or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when
improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated, or otherwise managed; these materials may include,
but not be limited to, volatile, chemical, biological, explosive, flammable, radioactive and toxi c material.
P. "Mobile Home Park" shall mean any improved real property divided into spaces for the
erection and maintenance of trailers, manufactured housing, and mobile homes, permanent or temporary, in
which the individual spaces are not individually owned.
Q. "Non-Processable" shall mean furniture such as couches, chairs, tables; bedding such as
mattresses and box springs and other similar items; white goods such as refrigerators, ovens, water heaters,
window air conditioning units and other similar appliances; ires larger than 20", and yard waste larger than
4" in diameter and 4' in length.
R. Person" shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint
venture, trust, government entity, or other legally recognized entities, however organized.
S. "Process able" shall mean any combustible Solid Waste, including, but not limited to,
putrescible Solid Waste, cardboard, paper products, plastics, tires 20" or less and off the rim, food
containers, and yard waste less than 4” in diameter and 4’ in length.
T. "Processable Container" shall mean a Container of the following approximate sizes:
ninety-six (96) gallons, sixty (60) gallon and thirty-five (35) gallon capacity and capable of automated
service and provided by the Franchise Collector. Processable Container shall be free of jagged or sharp
edges and shall be watertight and of impervious and non-rusting materials, have wheels for easy
transportation, a tight-fitting cover suitable to protect the contents from flies, insects, rats, and other
animals, and which shall not have any inside structures, inside bands or reinforcing, or anything to prevent
the free discharge of the contents. The Container must be adaptable to automated service. Container shall
also mean a waterproof bag, which shall be of a type and size acceptable to the County.
U. "Program Recyclables" shall mean those materials designated by the Board for the
purpose of being recycled into post-consumer products.
V. "Program Recyclables Containers" shall mean those containers provided by the County
or designated representative and utilized by Residential Customers for the collection of Recycla bles.
W. "Putrescible" shall mean all kitchen and/or table food waste, animal or vegetable waste
that results from the storage, preparation, cooking or handling of food materials.
X. "Recyclables" shall mean materials that have known recycling potential, can be recycled,
can be diverted and source separated or have been removed from the Solid Waste stream for sale, use, or
re-use as raw materials, whether or not the materials require subsequent processing or separation from each
other, but does not include materials destined for any use that constitutes disposal.
Y. "Residential Units" shall mean any building or structure designed or constructed for and
capable of use as a residence for one or more families including, but not limited to, single family homes,
mobile homes, condominiums, townhouses, apartment complexes, public lodging establishments and other
multi-family units.
Z. "Residential Customer" shall mean any Residential Unit within the Benefit Unit, which
receives Residential Collection Service.
AA. "Sale" shall mean any sale, exchange, barter or offer of sale.
BB. "Service Area" shall mean the area served by a Franchise Collector pursuant to a
Franchise Agreement with the County.
CC. "Single Family Residential Unit" means any building or structure designed or constructed
for and capable of use as a residence for one family regardless of the type of structure, unattached to similar
structures, primarily for owner occupancy but from time to time may be rented or leased; such term
includes attached independent dwelling units up to three dwelling units per structure, a mobile home,
manufactured housing, or trailer that is erected on a separate parcel of property.
DD. "Solid Waste" shall mean garbage, refuse, yard waste and other discarded solid materials
generated by Residential Units. It does not include solids or dissolved materials in domestic sewage or
other significant pollutants in water resources such as silt, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows,
other common water pollutants, or any by-products, the Sale or reuse of which is intended by the Persons
from whose process they resulted.
EE. "Special Services" shall mean any Solid Waste collection services in addition to regular
Residential Collection Service.
FF. "Special Waste" shall mean any Solid Waste that requires extraordinary management,
including, but is not limited to, asbestos, abandoned automobiles, inoperative and discarded refrigerators,
ranges, washers, water heaters, and other similar appliances, used tires, waste oil, sludge, septic tank
pumpings, and dead animals.
GG. "System" shall mean the County Solid Waste Management System.
HH. "Unsized Waste" shall mean non-processable construction and demolition debris such as
steel, concrete, brick, glass, asphalt, roofing materials, stumps or other vegetation from a land clearing
process, motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts.
II. "Yard Waste" shall mean vegetative matter resulting from landscaping maintenance or
land clearing operations and includes materials such as tree and shrub trimmings, grass clippings, palm
fronds, trees and tree stumps.
SECTION III. GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. It shall be unlawful for a Residential Customer and Commercial Customers to accumulate
Solid Waste or have Solid Waste removed and disposed of by any means other than the authorized
Franchise Collector or as otherwise provided for herein.
B. The System does not provide any services for the collection and/or the disposition of
Hazardous Waste. Residential Units and Commercial Customers will not be permitted to dispose of
Hazardous Waste in the System.
C. Unless otherwise stated herein, all customer requests for service or complaints shall be
directed to the Franchise Collector. Should the Residential Customer or Commercial Customer not be
satisfied with the Franchise Collector’s response to the customer’s request for service or complaint, the
Residential Customer and Commercial Customer should direct their concerns or complaints to the Cont ract
Administrator.
D. Residential Customers and Commercial Customer shall separate their Non-Processable
Solid Waste from other Solid Waste and shall utilize those services enumerated herein to dispose of such
Non-Processable Solid Waste.
SECTION IV. RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION SERVICE
A. General Provisions
1. Residential Collection Service shall generally apply to those curbside collection services
in which the Franchise Collector supplies the Processable Container, the Recyclables Container(s) and the
Residential Customer places the Container(s) at the curb on the designated collection day for collecti on by
the designated Franchise Collector. Residential Collection Service may be provided to Residentia l Units as
well as Commercial Establishments. Residential Collection Service does not include coll ection services in
which the Solid Waste is collected from a Front-End Container or Roll-Off Container.
2. Unless identified elsewhere in this Ordinance, Residential Collection Service shall
include curbside collection at a public maintained roadway.
3. Containers shall be set out prior to 6:00 a.m. on the day of collection, but in no case shall
such Containers be placed on the public maintained roadway prior to 6:00 p.m. the day proceeding the day
of collection. The normal hours of collection are after the hour of 6:00 a.m. and prior to 6:00 p.m. on days
designated by the Franchise Collector.
4. Residential Customers shall place Containers ready for pickup at a maximum distance of
two (2) feet from the public maintained roadway and adjacent to the residential customer's driveway. Each
Residential Customer choosing to place its Containers at locations other than those designated by this
Ordinance may request a Special Collection Service from the Franchise Collector for the alternative
collection location. The Residential Customer shall pay a fee for Special Collection Service c ommensurate
with said service.
5. On non-collection days, Containers shall be placed out-of-sight on the property of the
Residential Customer.
6. Residential Units shall not be permitted to share Residential Collection Service with othe r
Residential Units.
B. Processable Solid Waste Collection
1. Residential Customers shall place Processable Solid Waste in County-approved rigid
Processable Containers or County approved plastic bags. The Franchise Collector shall provide approved
Processable Containers as outlined herein. Residential Units shall notify Franchise Collector as to the
number of processable container and capacity required.
2. Processable Containers shall be kept covered at all times and maintained in good
condition.
3. Residential Customers who desire to place their Processable Containers at locations other
than those designated by this Ordinance may place their processable Container at their back door, at a
maximum distance of 150 feet from the publicly maintained roadway, and shall be subject to an additional
charge determined by the County in its rate resolution. Each Residential Customer choosing to place its
Containers at locations other than those designated by this Ordinance shall apply to the Contract
Administrator for a special Container location.
4. Residential Customers shall dispose of their Processable Solid Waste generated at their
property no less than once each week by having it collected by a Franchise Collector or, if exempted from
Residential Collection Service, by self hauling it to a properly permitted Solid Waste Disposal facili ty.
C. Non-Processable Solid Waste Collection
1. Residential Collection Service shall include the curbside collection of Non-processable
Solid Waste.
2. Residential collection Service includes a separate, once per month, non-processable Solid
Waste Collection Service. Non-processable must be separated from other Solid Waste prior to placement at
the curb for collection.
3. The maximum volume of non-processable for collection shall not exceed two (2) cubic
yards per household, per month.
D. Program Recyclables Collection
1. Residential Collection Service shall include a separate once a week Program Recyclables
collection. Residential Customers who voluntarily separate their Program Recyclables for recycling
collection shall separate Program Recyclables into categories as designated by the County. Such Program
Recyclables shall be placed for Program Recyclables collection on the day designated by the Franchise
Collector in the manner prescribed by the County.
2. Program Recyclables Containers shall be provided the Franchise Collector. Residential
Customers are responsible for utilizing the Program Recyclables Containers for Program Recyclables
collection only and insuring that the Program Recyclables Containers are properly maintained to maximi ze
the useful life of the Program Recyclables Containers. Should the Residential Customer desire not to
voluntarily participate in Program Recyclables collection, the Residential Customer shall return t he
Program Recyclables Container to the Franchise Collector.
3. Should the Board determine that it is necessary to increase the level of recycling, the
Board may mandate Residential Customers and Residential Units to separate the designated Recycl ables
from other Solid Waste and place the Recyclables for Recyclables collection.
E. Yard Waste Collection
1. Residential Customers shall not be required to separate Yard Waste from other Solid
Waste.
2. In determining type of curbside collection to be used for Yard Waste in Residential
Collection Service, the definitions processable, non-processable and unsized waste shall be used.
3. Should the Board determine that it is necessary to separate or withhold Yard Waste from
Residential Collection Service, the Board may mandate that Residential Customers separa te or withhold
Yard Waste from normal disposal methods.
4. Residential Customers exempt from Residential Collection Service may self-haul their
Yard Waste to a properly permitted Solid Waste disposal facility.
5. Residential Units, which choose to manage Yard Waste on site, must manage the Yard
Waste generated on-site in a manner that does not negatively impact adjacent property owners and that is
free of objectionable odors, sights, and vectors.
F. Special Collection Services
1. For collection services that are not included in the regular Residential Collection Service,
Residential Customers may contract with the Franchise Collector for Special Collection Service s. Special
Collection Services may include, but are not limited to, the curbside collection of Unsized Solid Wa ste and
the collection of Processable Solid Waste at a distance greater than two (2) feet from the curbside.
G. Collection Frequency
1. The Collection Frequency shall be determined by the Board and shall be a. One (1)
Processable Collection, one (1) Recyclable Collection each week, and one (1) Non-Processable collecti on
each month. Rate Setting, Billing and Payment for Service. Except for Special Collection Services, t he
collection charges for Residential Collection Service shall be determined by the Board.
2. All Residential Customers that are exempt from Residential Collection Service shall be
billed by the Contract Administrator for services provided at the Community Collection Center and shall be
commensurate with the services provided.
3. Residential Customers shall be billed directly by the Franchise Collector for all Special
Collection Services provided by the Franchise Collector. Residential Collection Service for Residenti al
Units
1. Residential Collection Service shall be mandatory for all Residential Units except for
those Residential Units that are not located on a publicly maintained roadway or those residential custom ers
that currently hold Solid Waste Discount Cards. Should residential customers that hold Solid Waste
Discount Cards have a change of address, the Solid Waste Discount Card shall become void, and the
Residential Customer shall contact the Contract Administrator to institute curbside service for that
Residential Customer.
2. Residential Units are exempted from Residential Collection Service if the Residential
Unit is located on a roadway, which is not publicly maintained. However, should the exempted Residential
Unit elect to receive Residential Collection Service, Residential Collection Service will be provided to this
Residential Unit. This otherwise exempted Residential Unit which receives Residential Coll ection Service
will be required to place its Solid Waste for collection at the closest publicly maintained roadway and be
subject to all conditions of Residential Collection Service.
3. Those Residential Units that are exempted from Residential Collection Service shall be
subject to all of the provisions of this Ordinance except that the exempted Residential Unit will not rec eive
the curbside collection service.
4. Those Residential Units which are exempted from Residential Collection Service by the
County shall self haul their Processable Solid Waste, Non-Processable Solid Waste, Recyclables, and Yard
Waste to designated System facilities.
SECTION V. COMMERCIAL COLLECTION SERVICE
A. General Provisions
1. Commercial Collection Service shall generally apply to front-end or roll-off collection
services in which the Franchise Collector provides the collection Container. However, the Commercial
Customer may provide the Front-End Container or Roll-Off Container for collection by the Franchise
Collector. Commercial Collection Service may be provided to Commercial Establishments as we ll as
Residential Units.
2. Each Commercial Establishment and Commercial Customer shall utilize the Franchise
Collector designated for the Service Area to collect and dispose of the Solid Waste generated at that
establishment.
3. Commercial Establishments and Commercial Customers must make the Container
available for collection by the Franchise Collector between the hours of 3:00 AM and 9:00 PM Monday
through Sunday unless specific alternative times, within this time frame are agreed upon by the
Commercial Customer and the Franchise Collector. However, in the event the Commercial Customer’s
property is located 500 feet or less from any Residential Unit, the hours of collection shall be 6:00 AM to
6:00 PM, Monday through Sunday, except for those days that are identified as County designated holidays.
4. All Commercial Establishments and Commercial Customer collection Containers shall be
kept on private property in a place easily accessible to the Franchise Collection and in such locations as to
prevent a nuisance condition to inhabitants and the general public. Containers shall be set back from
adjacent properties or rights-of-ways as determined by the County. Adequate screening from public view
shall be provided either by locating the Container as close to the building as possible or by providing other
concealment to be least noticeable from a public thoroughfare. The Container shall be placed as to not
interfere with the movement of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
B. Processable Solid Waste Collection
1. Each Commercial Establishment and Commercial Customer shall arrange to have the
Processable Solid Waste generated at their Commercial Customer’s property removed and disposed of as
provided herein no less that once each week and additionally as is necessary to prevent an illegal
accumulation of Processable Solid Waste. More frequent collections may be required if it is determined
necessary by Code Enforcement personnel.
2. Neither Commercial Establishment nor Commercial Customer shall self-haul the
Processable Solid Waste generated by the Commercial Establishment and Commercial Customer.
Exemptions shall apply only to those Commercial Customers licensed as a collector or transporter of solid
waste in unincorporated Bay County.
C. Non-Processable and Unsized Solid Waste Collection
1. Commercial Establishments and Commercial Customers shall separate the Non-
Processable Solid Waste and Unsized generated at the Commercial Establishment’s and Commercial
Customer’s property and shall dispose of such Non-Processable Solid Waste by contracting with the
Franchise Collector for the Service area.
2. Neither Commercial Establishments nor Commercial Customers shall self-haul Non-
Processable or Unsized Solid Waste generated by the Commercial Establishment’s and Commercial
Customer. Exemptions shall apply only to those Commercial Customers licensed as a collector or
transporter of solid waste in unincorporated Bay County.
D. Yard Waste
1. Commercial Establishments and Commercial Customers shall not be required to separate yard
waste from other wastes.
2. In determining requirements for collection of yard waste, refer to the definitions for
Processable, non-Processable and unsized waste.
3. Neither Commercial Establishment nor Commercial Customer shall self-haul yard waste
generated by the Commercial Establishment or Commercial Customer. Exceptions shall apply only those
Commercial Establishments and Commercial Customers licensed as collectors or transporters of solid
waste in unincorporated County.
E. Franchise Collector Responsibilities County shall award one or more Residential
Solid Waste Franchises within the Service Area. Said Franchises shall provide the Franchise Collector
with the exclusive right and responsibility to provide Residential Collection Service within their designa ted
Franchise District. The Board shall require that the Franchise Collectors comply with all existing C ounty,
State and Federal laws and the Franchise Agreement relative to solid waste collection and disposal. T he
Franchise shall be contingent upon the faithful performance of all duties and requirements imposed by
existing law, this Ordinance, the Franchise Agreement, and requirements established by the County.
SECTION VI. ENFORCEMENTA. It shall be unlawful for any person to collect, remove or transport residential solid waste
for others generated within the Service Area without first obtaining a Franchise Agreement and/or having a
license to collect and transport solid waste in the unincorporated areas of County.
B. The dumping and burning of putresible of Solid Waste on either public or private
property within the jurisdictional boundaries of this ordinance is prohibited.
C. As stated previously, it shall be unlawful for the owner of real property to have
accumulations of Solid Waste.
D. The fact that any place of abode or place of business is occupied shall be prima facie
evidence that Solid Waste is being produced and accumulated upon such premises and that charges for the
collection and disposal thereof are due.
E. Accumulation of Solid Waste for more than seven (7) days shall be prima facie evidence
of a violation of this Ordinance.
F. The Contract Administrator, upon finding evidence of accumulation, shall notify the
person or persons committing violation or the property owner of the violation and to remove or cause to be
removed same within twenty-four (24) hours.
G. The Contract Administrator may, in order to avoid the creation of a public nuisance,
undertake any required correctional procedures, including the removal of the accumulation if necessary.
The violator or property owner shall pay the cost or expense of such removal or correctional procedures.
H. Any monies due and owing the Contract Administrator for the removal or other
correctional procedures shall be collected as provided for by law.
I. Persons violating this Ordinance will be notified, warned, prosecuted, or any other
measure provided for by law may be taken. If the violator is not the property owner, the Contract
Administrator will notify the owner and may take appropriate action against the violator and/or the owner.
The property owner bears ultimate responsibility for compliance. The Contract Administrator shall issue
notice of such violation by one of the following means:
Certified U.S. Mail
Hand delivery by a Contract Administrator representative
Posting of such notice in a conspicuous place on the Residential Unit or Commercial
Establishment
J. Continued violation of this ordinance may result in discontinuation of service and/or
referral to the Environmental Code Enforcement Office.
K. If the County determines that a violation has not been corrected within the time
prescribed in a notice of violation issued to the property owner, the case will be passed on to the Court
System, as described in County Ordinances and Statutes.
L. The County may have recourse to such remedies in law and equity as may be necessary
to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance. The County may pursue any of the following
remedies concurrently, and the pursuance of one shall not preclude the pursuance of another. The remedies
include, but are not limited to:
1. Written Citation payable in 30 days.
2. Prosecution before the County Code Enforcement Board.
3. Prosecution before the Court System.
M. Injunctive relief to enjoin and restrain any person from violating the provisions of this
Ordinance.
N. Prosecution of the violator in the name of the State in the same manner as misdemeanors
pursuant to Statutes.
O. An action to recover any and all damages that may result from a violation of this
Ordinance including an action to recover fines imposed by law or the Code Enforcement Board.
SECTION VII. DISASTER RELIEF
In the event of hurricane, tropical storm, severe disturbance, riot or other calamity, the County
may require a Franchise Collector to remove and dispose of excess Solid Waste. Collection service may be
reduced or modified until such time as the County approves resumption of normal service.
SECTION IX. SEVERABILITY
If any section, part of a section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
for any reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding of invalidity shall
not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance and it shall be construed to have been the intent of the
Board to pass this Ordinance without such unconstitutional, invalid, or inoperative part therein, and the
remainder of this Ordinance after exclusion of such part or parts shall be deemed to be held valid as if such
part or parts had not been included therein, or if said Ordinance or any of the provisions thereof shall be
held inapplicable to any person, group of persons, kind of property, circumstance or set of circumstances,
such holding shall not affect the applicability thereof to any other person, property or circumstances.
SECTION X. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect upon filing a certified copy of this ordinance with the Department
of State.
STATE OF
COUNTY OF
I, ___________________, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Ex Officio Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of County, , do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy
of an Ordinance adopted by the Board at its regular meeting of, as the same appears of record in Minute
Book of the Public Records of County, .
WITNESS my hand and official seal this _____ day of ______________________, 20 .
______________, CLERK
APPROVED BY COUNTY ATTORNEY
By: _______________________________
Deputy Clerk
By:________________________________
