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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, DECLARING THAT A LOCAL
EMERGENCY CAUSED BY EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS
NO LONGER EXISTS IN COLLIER COUNTY AND, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 2009-23, AS AMENDED,
REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2017-83 WHICH IMPLEMENTED
A BAN ON OUTDOOR BURNING AND INCENDIARY DEVICES.
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2009, Board of County Commissioners (Board) upon declaring
that a local emergency existed within Collier County, Florida, requiring immediate measures to
protect the public health, safety and welfare, and to protect real and personal property, adopted
Ordinance No. 2009-23, known as the "Regulation of Outdoor Burning and Incendiary Devices
during Drought Conditions Ordinance;" and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2017, the Board ratified Proclamation/Resolution 2017-82,
declaring a State of Emergency in response to current wildfire conditions and local evacuations.
Concurrently, the Board approved Resolution No. 2017-83, to implement an immediate ban on
all outdoor open burning, and outdoor ignition sources including fireworks (other than
commercially permitted displays), sparklers, incendiary devices (including but not limited to
campfires, bonfires, trash burning, disposal of lit cigarettes or cigarette butts) until further notice
in accordance to Ordinance No. 2009-23, as subsequently amended; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2009-23, as amended, provides that such Resolution shall
remain in effect until a like Resolution repealing the burning ban is adopted by the Board and
upon adoption of the repeal, the restrictions on burning or discharge of fireworks shall be
immediately lifted; and
WHEREAS, local fire chiefs, the Division of Forestry, and the Director of the Bureau of
Emergency Services concur that the extreme drought conditions warranting the aforementioned
ban on outdoor burning and incendiary devices no longer exist and Resolution No. 2017-83 may
be repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
1. The Collier County Board of County Commissioners, convened in regular session and
based on information provided by local fire chiefs, the Division of Forestry, and the
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Director of the Bureau of Emergency Services, hereby affirms that the local emergency
related to extreme drought conditions as declared/ratified on April 25, 2017, no longer
exists.
2. Resolution No. 2017-83 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same
this \3.\-‘ day of urs , 2017.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COL `4 )UTY, FLORIDA
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Attest s O ch I Deputy Clerk PENN,AYLOR, ►.irman
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