TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: August 25, 2021
Title
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 23 - LANDSCAPING, AMENDING SECTION 23-5 MATERIALS, INSTALLATION AND IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS, AND SECTION 23-12 MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPING; PROVIDING FOR YEAR-ROUND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION MEASURES OF FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE CHAPTER 40E-24; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BACKGROUND: The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) implemented its Year-round Landscape Irrigation Conservation Measures Rule (Chapter 40E-24, Florida Administrative Code) to promote water conservation and provide for consistent rules throughout the region. While the City of Margate implemented year-round irrigation restrictions in 2012 (Ordinance No. 1500.589), this ordinance will update the City’s Code to bring the City into compliance with all of the elements of the SFWMD’s Year-round Landscape Irrigation Conservation Measures Rule.
Approved at First Reading 4-0 by the City Commission at the August 18, 2021, Regular City Commission meeting.
RECOMMENDATION: For approval.
FISCAL IMPACT: Fees in this ordinance will cover the administrative costs associated with the waiver process.
CONTACT PERSON: Curt Keyser, P.E., Director of DEES