Ordinance 89-020WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRA~ AND
FOR ITS PURPOSES AND IMPLEMENTATION; PROV~DIN(~ .
SHORT TITLE; PROVIDING FOR APPLICABILITY; ' ~'
PROVIDING FOR FUNDING AND LEVY OF TAXES; ~--
PROVIDING FOR CREATION OF A WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD; REPEALING AND SUPERSEDING
COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 85-31; PROVIDING
FOR CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the electors of Collier County, voting in a
county-wide referendum on November 6, 1984, approved the levy of
one-tenth (1/10) of a mill tax for the purpose of establishing a
water pollution control program; and
WHEREAS, the ~qater pollution control program was expanded on
March 8, 1988 by a county-wide referendum to protect Collier
County's water resources from all pollutants without an increase
in the millage of one-tenth (1/10th) of a mill;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA:
SECTION ONE. TITLE AND CITATION
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the
"Collier County Water Pollution Control Ordinance".
SECTION TWO. APPLICABILITY
This Ordinance shall apply county-wide.
SECTION THREE. ESTABLISHMENT OF COLLIER COUNTY WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL PROGRAM; PURPOSES AND IMPLEM~{TATION
There is hereby established the Collier County Water
Pollution Control Program (hereinafter referred to as the
"Program").
The Program is established for the purposes of:
a) Implementing a county-wide pollution control Progra~ to
monitor and study the treatment and disposal of sewage.
b) To abate the effects that the disposal of the resulting
sewage effluent and solid pollutants has on the water resources
of Collier County.
c) To protect the groundwater, freshwater surface waters
and other non-tidal water resources from all sources of pollution
in Collier County.
The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida
shall take all necessary and desirable actions to implement the
purposes of this Program.
SECTION FOUR. FUNDING AND LEVY OF TAXES
The monitoring, study, protection and abatement program
designated pursuant to Section One of this Ordinance shall be
provided from taxes levied in both the incorporated and
unincorporated areas of Collier County. The levy of one-tenth
(1/10th) of a mill which was approved in the county-wide
referenda on November 6, 1984, and March 8, 1988 shall be for the
purposes specified in Section One of this Ordinance. The Program
tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the
same manner as provided by law for other County taxes. The
Property Appraiser and the Tax Collector of Collier County,
Florida, are specifically authorized and directed to take all
necessary and desirable action in furtherance of this Section.
SECTION FIVE. PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF THE WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD
The Board of County Commissioners may by ordinance designate
an Advisory Board composed of residents and electors of Collier
County with advisory authority in the business affairs of the
Program and such other duties as may be assigned from time to
time by the Board of County Commissioners.
SECTION SIX. REPEAL OF COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 85-31
Collier County Ordinance No. 85-31 which established the
Collier County Water Pollution Control Program is hereby
superseded and repealed in its entirety.
SECTION SEVEN. CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any other
ordinance of Collier County or other applicable law, the more
restrictive shall apply. If any phrase or portion of this
Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate,
distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion.
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SECTION EIGHT. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective upon receipt of notice
from the.S~cretary of State that this Ordinance has been filed
,W~h the .Secr.~tary of State.
~DATED= March 2~, 1989
ATTEST= ,.,
~JAMES C. GILES.~ Clerk
Approved as to form and
legal sufficiency=
Assistant County A~Z~orne¥
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
B~RT L. SAUNDERS, Chairman
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF COLLIER
I, JAMES C. GILES, Clerk of Courts in and for the
Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Collier
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of:
Ordinance No. 89-20
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which was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on the
28th day of March, 1989, during Regular Session.
WITNESS my hand and the off/cia/ seal of the Board of
County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, this 30th
day of March, 1989.
JAMES C. GILES
Clerk of Courts and Clerk ....
Ex-offlc~o to Board of ,'~'~:~
County Commissioners ' ' '" '~/
~y: /s/Maureen Xen¥on ~
Deputy Clerk