Resolution 2021-134 RESOLUTION NO. 2021- 13 4
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. 2021-112 WHICH
IMPLEMENTED A BAN ON OUTDOOR BURNING AND
INCENDIARY DEVICES.
WHEREAS, on May 14, 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 May 25, 2021, the Board in response to current wildfire conditions and local
evacuations approved Resolution No. 2021-112, to implement an immediate ban m 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 o f
lit cigarettes or cigarette butts) until further notice in accordance with 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 ban on outdoor burning
and incendiary devices no longer exist and Resolution No. 2021-112 may be repealed.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
Director of the Bureau of Emergency Services, hereby affirms that the local emergency
related to extreme drought conditions as declared/ratified on May 25,2021,no longer exists.
2 Resolution No.2021-112 is hereby repealed in its entirety pursuant to Ordinance No.2009-13,
as subsequently amended.
TAIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second,and majority vote favoring same
this day of June, 2021.
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