O-127-43 MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE ORDINANCE NOe 127
AN ORDINANCE REGUIA TING THE HEIGHT OF HEDGES AND SOLID
PLANTINGS.p REQUIRING THAT ALL PLANTINGS BE PROPERLY
TRIMMED AND MAINTAINED., PROVIDING FOR NOTICE IN THE
EVENT OF VIOLATION THEREOFp PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR
THE VIOLATION THEREOF AFTER NOTICE$ AND REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT*
BE IT ORDAINED BY MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE:
SECTION lo In order to insure the free passage of air and
assure the health, welfare and comfort of the residents of Miami
Shores Village, no hedge or solid planting shall be planted or
maintained in Miami Shores Village within 25 feet of any
residential building on the adjoining property at a height greater
than 5 feet from ground level*
SECTION 2* All hedges,, solid plantings, shrubbery,, trees
and plants of every kind and character located upon private
property within the boundaries of Miami Shores Village shall be
so planted, trimmed and maintained as not to interfere with the
free and unobstructed use of the sidewalks, streets and alleys of
Miami Shores Village for all proper public purposes,
SECTION 3* In the event of a violation of either or both of
the preceding sections of this ordinance, or any part thereof,
notice in writing of such violation shall be . served upon any owner
or occupant of the property upon which the violation exists, Said
written notice shall specify the violation, shall be signed by the
Village Manager, and shall be served upon the person or persons
hereinabove specified, personally by such person as the Village
Manager shall designate or by registered mail, return receipt
requested, at the option of the Village Manager* Any person or
persons so notified of such violation shall have 30 days from the
receipt of such notice in which to remove the violations specified*
SECTION 49 In the event of -the continued violation of any or
all of the preceding sections of this ordinance,, or any part thereof.,
after the expiration of 30 days from the receipt of the notice
provided for - in Section 3 of this ordinance, such violation shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $25.00 dollars or by
Imprisonment for a term of not more than 5 days, or both
such fine and Imprisonments, in the discretion of the municipal
judge, and each day such violation continues to exist shall
constitute a separate offense hereunder.
SECTION 5o All ordinances., or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewiths, or Inconsistent with the prqvisions of this
ordinances, are hereby repealed*
SECTION 6o Should any section, paragraph., sentences, phrases
clause or other part or provision of this ordinances be declared
by the courts to be invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereofs, other
than the part so, declared to be invalido
REGULARLY PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 9th day of October A.D. 1943*
V
Mayor
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