Resolution 2009-133
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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, REPEALING
RESOLUTION NO. 2009-124 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, in accordance with Ordinance No. 2009-23, and to address the then existing
drought conditions and related threat of severe wildfires throughout the County, the Board
concurrently approved Resolution No. 2009-124 to implement an immediate ban on all outdoor
open burning, and outdoor ignition sources including fireworks, sparklers, incendiary devices
(including but not limited to campfires, bonfires, trash burning, disposal of lit cigarettes or
cigarette butts) until further notice; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2009-23 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 Emergency
Services and Emergency Management concur that the extreme drought conditions warranting the
aforementioned ban on outdoor burning and incendiary devices no longer exist and Resolution
No. 2009-124 may be repealed.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
I. 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 Emergency Services and Emergency Management, hereby affirms that the
local emergency related to extreme drought conditions as declared on May 12, 2009, no
longer exists.
2. Resolution No. 2009-124 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second, and majority vote favoring same
this 2(; 'fI-,. day of Hay
,2009.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER SPUNTY, FLORIDA
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