TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY

TOWN COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APRIL 4, 2016 – 7:00 PM

Notice is hereby given that the Longboat Key Town Commission will hold second reading and public hearing for Ordinance 2016-06 on April 4, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The public hearing will be held in the Town Commission Chamber, at Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, Florida.

ORDINANCE 2016-06

AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA, AMENDING WITHIN TITLE 5 PUBLIC WORKS, CHAPTER 57, RIGHTS-OF-WAY USE; SECTION 57.01, DEFINITIONS; 57.04 RELOCATION; SECTION 57.06 EXEMPTIONS; ESTABLISHING WITHIN TITLE 5 PUBLIC WORKS, CHAPTER 58, UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES; PROVIDING THAT ALL FACILITIES FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VIDEO, CABLE TELEVISION, INTERNET, BROADBAND, AND SIMILAR DEVICES (COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS “UTILITY FACILITIES”) SHALL BE PLACED UNDERGROUND; ESTABLISHING 58.00, DEFINITIONS; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.01, PURPOSE; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.02, POLES, OVERHEAD WIRES, AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES UNLAWFUL; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.03, EXISTING UTILITIES; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.04, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER’S RESPONSIBILITIES; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.05, PERMIT REQUIRED; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.06, TIME LIMITATION ON CONNECTION; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.07, EXCEPTIONS; ESTABLISHING SECTION 58.08, PENALTIES; AMENDING CHAPTER 98, TREES; AMENDING SECTION 98.08, PROHIBITED PLANTINGS, REMOVAL OF NUISANCE EXOTIC SPECIES, PROTECTION OF UTILITY FACILITIES TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR TOWN INSTALLED LIGHT FIXTURES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

All interested persons may appear and be heard with respect to the ordinances.  Copies of the ordinances and related materials may be viewed prior to the public hearing at the Office of the Town Clerk, 501 Bay Isles Road, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.  No verbatim record by a certified court reporter is made of these proceedings.  Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at these proceedings upon which any appeal is to be based (see Section 286.0105, FS).  In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, FS, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the Town Clerk’s Office at 941-316-1999 forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this proceeding.  Call 941-373-7002 if you are hearing impaired.

Published:  March 18, 2016