Resolution 2022-101 RESOLUTION NO. 2022 - 101
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.2022-48 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,"which has been amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022, the Board in response to current wildfire conditions and
local evacuations approved Resolution No. 2022-48, to implement an immediate ban al 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 ban on outdoor burning
and incendiary devices no longer exist and Resolution No. 2022-48 may be repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
L 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 March 22, 2022, no longer exists.
2 Resolution No. 2022-48 is hereby repealed in its entirety pursuant to Ordinance No. 2009-
13, as subsequently amended, and the restrictions on burning or discharge of fireworks are
hereby lifted.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same
this 14th day of June, 2022.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Crystal K. Kinzel. Clerk of Courts COLLIER CO .! 'IDA
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Jeffrey la ow, County Attorney
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