Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-04-12 regular — reading text

1867 has no direct financial impact to the City. 4. RECOMMENDATION: 4. 1. Staff respectfully recommends City Council approval of Ordinance 1867, amending Chapters 2 and 5 of the Code of Ordinances to provide consistency with the City's Land Development Code.  Ordinance 1867 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, AMENDING CHAPTERS 2 AND 5, CODE OF ORDINANCES, RESOLVING CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REGARDING BOARD MEETINGS AND PUBLIC NUISANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Authority and Intent A. The authority for enactment of this ordinance is contained in Chapter 166. 021 and other provisions of the Florida Statutes and section 2 of the City Charter. B. The intent of this ordinance is to resolve conflicts and provide consistency resulting from the adoption of Ordinance 1861. Section 2. Amendment of Chapter 2, Administration, of the Code of Ordinances Chapter 2, Administration, of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: AND 2. 02. 02 Terms of Members: The appointment of any member of any city agency, authority, board, commission or committee except for the Local Planning Agency, Board of Adjustment, and Code Enforcement Board, shall be for a term of 48 months, which term shall commence at a time to be specified by council at the time of the appointment. The council may, from time to time, establish temporary committees appointed for a specific term. Terms of appointments to newly created city agencies, authorities, boards,  121 b; commissions or committees may be staggered to provide for continuity. Any appointment for any vacancy on any city agency, authority, board, commission or committee shall fill the unexpired term of the appointment. AND AND 2. 02. 05 Vacancies on any agency, authority, board, commission or Vacancies: committee except for the Local Planning Agency Board of Adjustment, or Code Enforcement Board, shall occur when a member has four unexcused absences within any calendar year. It shall be the duty of the chair of each agency, authority, board, commission or committee, to report to the council a member who has exceeded the maximum absences allowed. The report of the chair, with a certificate of mailing notice to the absentee member, shall constitute evidence that the vacancy has occurred and shall be authorization for the council to appoint another member for the unexpired term. An absence shall be excused only for reasons of death in the immediate family, serious illness, or out -of t-own business. 00-CC 2. 04.01 Establishment; 114embeFShip! here is hereby establishes a board of adjustment eensisting of seven meffi-bcrs shall be appointed by the raouneil. A 4 ' in the — eity, and their teFms offiee —smell be f r„YeaFS OF idfAil thei sueeessor-s afe ap einted and qualified. The membefs shall be appointed for- staggered teFms. The boafd shall designate one of its fneff beFs as eh for- eaeli ealeada 3eaf- in RMSON.  MA RMM UU OO JJ ESff.ESff. mm OO L..,,- L..,,- ofof thethe eerieeerie o..o.. FF.. .. o.,..o.,.. o„o„ tt beafdbeafd failsfails totoµ,+µ,+ o..,o.., 11 twE)twE) ofof UU 2.2. nc- vv.nc- . 00++ raeonraeon , , ifif anyany ,.. ,.. NN threethree sueeessivesueeessive meetingsmeetings withoutwithout eauseeause andand witheu4witheu4 prior-prior- approvalapproval ofof thethe ehair-ehair-per-per-sonson ofof cc 1„1„„ „ DD 1,1, thethe , , rFrF ..,,..,,o.o. efAefA 1.1.,.,.,.-,-, 11 shallshall , , 10,.10,. 1x,1x,- - 0_0_ thethe member-'member-'ss oo ffieeffiee vaeant,vaeant, EE QQ andand thethe eityeity eouneileouneil shallshall PP ptlyptly Fil Fil ss iehieh titi toco t„ t„ shallshall serveserve asas legallegal .. .. o. o. ncnc ncnc LegalLegal Representation;Representation; TheThe — — cc ii tttt u., u., representrepresent the-the- e6dee6de eafefeefneii-eafefeefneii- Leafd.Leafd. F-F-r- r-ofnofnrtimertime toto time,time, anan a4temeya4temey maymay bebe employeemploye O07 0000 rr titi t0co rr dd VC