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Home My WebLink AboutSupplement No. 62: 11-2002 SUPPLEMENT NO. 62 November 2002 CODE County of ST. LUCIE, FLORIDA Looseleaf Supplement This Supplement contains all ordinances deemed advisable to be included at this time through: Ordinance No. 02-26, adopted September 17, 2002. See the Code Disposition Table for further information. Remoue old pages ix, x Checklist of up-to-date pages 169, 170 313, 314 729-734 3752.7 3878.1-3880 Insert new pages ix, x Checklist of up-to-date pages (following Table of Contents) 168.1-169 313, 314 729-736 3752.7 3879-3880.1 Insert and maintain this instruction sheet in front of this publication. File removed pages for reference. MiJNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION Post Office Box 2235 1700 Capital Circle, S.W. Tallahassee, FL 32316 (850) 576-3171 1-800-262-CODE Website: www.municode.com TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Officials of County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Preface ..................................................... v Adopting Ordinance ......................................... vii Checklist of Up-to-Date Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1] PART I CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 1-1 General Provisions ..................................... 1 1-2 Administration ......................................... 55 Art. I. In General ................................... 55 Art. II. Officers and Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Art. III. Code Enforcement Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Art. IV. Purchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Div. 1. Generally ............................... 64 Div. 2. Competitive Purchase Bidding . . . . . . . . . . . . Div. 3. Design-Build Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 65 Art. V. Lobbyist Registration and Reporting . . . . . . . . . . 68 1-2.3 Airports and Aircraft .................................. 71 Art. I. In General ................................... 71 Art. II. Regulation of Vehicular ~affic and Parking ... 73 1-2.5 Alarm Systems ....................................... 83 1-3 Alcoholic Beverages ..................................... 107 Art. I. In General ................................... 107 Art. II. Regulation of Open Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Art. III. Specified Sexual Activities in Commercial Es- tablishments ............................... 109 1-4 Animals and Fowl ...................................... 157 Art. I. In General ................................... 157 Art. II. Animal Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 1-4.5 Art .................................................. 168.1 Art. I. Art in Public Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.1 1-5 Boating ................................................ 171 Art. I. Vessel Control and Water Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 1-5.5 Cable Television Franchise Ordinance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 1-6 Children ............................................... 261 Art. I. In General ................................... 261 Art. II. Parental Neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Art. III. Children's Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Supp. No. 62 lx ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE Chapter Page Art. IV. Merchandising of Tobacco Products. . . . . . . . . . . 267 1-6.3 Civil Defense and Emergency Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Art. I. Reserved .................................... 269 Art. II. Reserved ................................... 269 Art. III. Reserved ................................... 269 Art. IV. Prohibitions on Price Gouging During Emergen- cies ........................................ 269 1-6.5 Community Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Art. I. In General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Art. II. Pine Valley Community Development District . 285 Art. III. Lake Lucie Community Development District 287 Art. IV. Reserve Community Development District .... 288 Art. V. Educational Facilities Impact Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Art. VI. Reserve Community Development District #2 . 293 Art. VII. Westchester Community Development Dis- trict No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Art. VIII. Westchester Community Development Dis- trict No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296.1 Art. IX. Westchester Community Development District No.3 ...................................... 296.4 Art. X. Westchester Community Development District No. 4 ....................................... 296.6 1-6.8 Contractors .......................................... 297 Art. I. In General ................................... 297 Art. II. Unlicensed Contractors Enforcement Proce- dures ....................................... 297 1-7 Courts ................................................. 313 Art. I. In General ................................... 313 Art. II. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse ~ust Fund .... 320 Art. III. Driver Education Safety Trust Fund ......... 322 1-7.5 Drainage and Erosion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Art. I. In General ................................... 337 Art. II. St. Lucie River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 1-7.6 Environmental Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Art. I. In General ................................... 347 Art. II. Marine Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Art. III. On-Site Sewage Disposal Systems on Hutchinson Island .......................... 351 1-7.8 Firearms ............................................. 371 1-7.9 Fire Protection ....................................... 373 Art. I. Fire/EMS Protection Impact Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 1-8 Fish and Game ......................................... 382.7 Supp. No. 62 g Checklist of Up-to-Date Pages (This checklist will be updated with the printing of each Supplement) From our experience in publishing Looseleaf Supplements on a page-for-page substitution basis, it has become evident that through usage and supplementation many pages can be inserted and removed in error. 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I. Art in Public Places, §§ 1-4.5-1-1-4.5-5 AR,TICLE I. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES Sec. 1-4.5-1. Definitions. For the purpose of this article, the following words or terms are defined as follows: Artwork means works in a variety of inedia produced by professional visual artists. Works may be permanent, temporary or functional. Board means the Board of County Commissioners for St. Lucie County, Florida. Capital project means any county capital improvement project costing more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) and paid for wholly or in part by funds appropriated by St. Lucie County to construct or renovate any park, above grade utility, and to construct or renovate any building, except a county detention facility. County means St. Lucie County, Florida. For the purposes of this article, the St. Lucie County Erosion District and the St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District are specifically excluded from the definition of "County". Council means the St. Lucie Cultural Affairs Council. Eligible construction costs means the total project appropriation of county funds for an eligible project, including engineering and design, but not including demolition costs, equip- ment costs except for the cost of custom designed equipment or equipment that creates a new use for a building or facility, real property acquisition costs, impact fees, enterprise funds, funds contributed by the St. Lucie County Erosion District and/or the St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District, and soil remediation costs. Equipment costs means, for the purposes of the public art/design and transportation enhancement project calculation, those costs for the acquisition of inechanical equipment of standard manufacture. Master plan means a manual of criteria for the selection of sites and artwork and transportation enhancement projects for public capital and transportation facilities to be developed by the council with public input and approved by the board prior to its implemen- tation. This manual shall also provide for a comprehensive program for art in public places which shall include the display of loaned art in appropriate public buildings. *Editor's note-Ord. No. 99-07, Pt. A, adopted July 6, 1999, added new provisions to the Code as Ch. 1-5. As other provisions existed within the Code as Ch. 1-5, the provisions of Ord. No. 99-07 have been included herein as Ch. 1-4.5 at the discretion of the editor. Supp. No. 62 168.1 § 1-4.5-1 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE Renouation means a capital project or transportation capital project which is a major redesign of a facility or system or a portion of a facility or system which is included in the county's capital program budget and which requires a building permit from the appropriate governmental jurisdiction. Renovation shall also include a capital project or transportation capital project which is an expansion or upgrading the capacity of the facility or system, enlarging the facility, or creating new use for the facility. It shall not include repairs, maintenance, installation of inechanical equipment, or modifications required solely for ADA compliance. Transportation capital project means any county capital transportation improvement project costing more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) and paid for wholly or in part by funds appropriated by St. Lucie County to construct or renovate any highway or arterial, bridge or causeway, sidewalk, or bikeway, aviation-related, or any road beautification project. Transportation enhancement project means one (1) or more of the following projects, prioritized in the following order: (1) Visual enhancement of facilities for pedestrians and bicycles. (2) Scenic or historic highway programs, including the provision of tourist and welcome center facilities. (3) Landscaping and other scenic beautification projects. (4) Historic preservation. (5) Rehabilitation and operation of historic transportation buildings, structures, or facilities, including historic railroad facilities. (6) Preservation of abandoned railway corridors, including the conversion and use thereof for pedestrian or bicycle trails. Trust fund means the art in public places trust fund created pursuant to this article and shall include a11 gifts and donations deposited in the trust fund. (Ord. No. 99-07, Pt. A, 7-6-99; Ord. No. 00-30, Pt. A, 8-15-2000; Ord. No. 02-24, Pt. A, 9-17-2002) Sec. 1-4.5-2. Art in public places program. (a) Appropriations for county capital projects shall include an amount equal to two (2) per cent of the total eligible construction costs to be used for artist design services and for the selection, acquisition and display of artworks for related education programs, for the maintenance of county artworks, and for the administration of the master plan. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per project. Funds appropriated for one (1) capital project, but not deemed necessary or appropriate by the council in whole or in part for that project, may be expended on other public art projects approved under the annual master plan, subject to any bond Supp. No. 62 168.2 ART § 1-4.5-2 restrictions and legal or grant restrictions. Bond funds shall be appropriated and accounted for in the bond capital project accounts. All county agencies may opt to participate in the art in public places program for any improvement project not otherwise subject to this article. (b) Appropriations for transportation capital projects shall include an amount equal to one (1) per cent of the total eligible construction costs to be used for site specific transportation enhancement projects, including artist design services for such projects, for the maintenance Supp. No. 62 169 Chapter 1-7 COUR.TS* Art. I. In General, §§ 1-7-1-1-7-19 Art. II. Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse 14~ust Fund, §§ 1-7-20-1-7-29 Art. III. Driver Education Safety Trust Fund, §§ 1-7-30-1-7-33 ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 1-7-1. Additional costs for law enforcement training. Every court in the county, created by Article V of the State Constitution shall assess two dollars ($2.00) pursuant to section 938.15, Florida Statutes, in addition to the three dollars ($3.00) assessed by section 938.01(1), Florida Statutes, as a court cost against every person convicted for violation of a state penal or criminal statute or convicted for violation of a municipal or county ordinance or non-criminal infraction. However, no such assessment shall be made against any person convicted for violation of any state statute, municipal ordinance, or county ordinance relating to the parking of vehicles. All such costs collected by the aforesaid courts shall be deposited in a special grant fund of the county to be used for law enforcement training expenditures by said county. (Ord. No. 82-8, § 1, 9-7-82; Ord. No. 85-09, Pt. A, 9-24-85; Ord. No. 87-40, Pt. A, 5-12-87; Ord. No. 99-09, Pt. A, 3-9-99) Sec. 1-7-2. Circuit court-Civil division service charges. The party instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in the circuit court shall pay to the clerk of the court service charges as follows: (a) For filing all civil actions (over five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)): *Clerk's service charge .............................................. $40.00 Legal aid .......................................................... 10.00 Law library ........................................................ 30.00 State civil action fees ............................................... 8.00 Courtfacility charge ................................................ 45.00 State court education trustfund ..................................... 2.50 Mediation-arbitration charge ........................................ 5.00 Total .............................................................. $140.50 *This service charge is for up to and including five (5) defendants. If there are more than five (5) defendants, there is an additional charge of two dollars ($2.00) for each additional defendant. *Editor's note-Pt. A of Ord. No. 85-09, adopted Sept. 24, 1985, repealed § 1-7-1, concerning additional circuit court costs for the law library, derived from Ord. No. 73-1, adopted Jan. 2, 1973, and renumbered § 1-7-2 as § 1-7-1; Pt. B added §§ 1-7-2-1-7-7. Supp. No. 62 313 § 1-7-2 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE (b) Additional charge for proceeding of garnishment, attachment, replevin, and distress ........................................................ $35.00 (c) Additional charge to be paid by the party seeking each severance that is granted ............................................................ 10.00 (d) For filing petition for dissolution of marriage or annulment: Clerk's service charge ............................................... $40.00 Legal aid .......................................................... 10.00 Law library ........................................................ 30.00 State civil action fees ............................................... 8.00 Courtfacility charge ................................................ 45.00 HRS fee ........................................................... 5.00 State court education trust fund ..................................... 2.50 Mediation-arbitration charge ........................................ 5.00 Filing of final judgment of dissolution of marriage service charge ...... 7.00 Displaced homemaker trust fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Total .............................................................. $157.50 (e) For filing petition for modification of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage: Mediation-arbitration charge ........................................ $45.00 Legal aid .......................................................... 10.00 Total .............................................................. $55.00 (f~ For filing notice of appeal: Service charge to district court of appeal and state supreme court. ..... $250.00 Service charge to clerk of the circuit court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 Certified copy of notice of appeal for district court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 (Ord. No. 85-09, Pt. B, 9-24-85; Ord. No. 87-62, Pt. A, 9-8-87; Ord. No. 88-76, Pt. A, 9-27-88; Ord. No. 90-23, Pt. A, 6-12-90; Ord. No. 90-39, Pt. A, 9-25-90; Ord. No. 90-48, Pt. A, 12-4-90; Ord. No. 91-20, Pt. A, 10-8-91; Ord. No. 94-20, Pt. A, 8-2-94; Ord. No. 97-05, Pt. A, 6-3-97; Ord. No. 99-09, Pt. B, 3-9-99; Ord. No. 02-26, Pt. A, 9-17-2002) Sec. 1-7-3. Circuit court-Probate and guardianship division service charges. The service charges of the clerk of the circuit court for filing probate and guardianship cases are as follows: (a) For the opening of any estate of one document or more, including but not limited to petitions and orders to approve settlement of minor's claims; to open a safe deposit box; to enter rooms and places; for the determination of heirs if not formal administration and for a foreign guardian to manage property of a nonresident, but not to include issuance of letters or order of summary and family administration: Clerk's service charge ............................................... $20.00 Supp. No. 62 314 Chapter 1-13.8 NOISE CONTROL* Sec. 1-13.&1. Egcessive, unnecessary, etc., noises prohibited; violation generally. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue, or cause to be made or continued any excessive, unnecessary or unusually loud noise or any noise which either annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others, within the unincorporated areas of the county. Failure to comply with this chapter shall constitute a violation of this Code. (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88) Secs. 1-13.8-2-1-13.8-15. Reserved. Sec. 1-13.8-16. Terminology, standards, and definitions. (a) All technical acoustical terminology and standards used in this article which are not defined below shall be read or constructed in conformance with the American National Standards Institute, Inc., ("ANSI") publication entitled "Acoustical Terminology", designated as ANSI Sl.1-1960, or its successor publication. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: Ambient noise is the all-encompassing noise associated with a given environment, being usually a composite of sounds from many sources, near and far, independent of any single, identifiable noise source. Bel is a unit of level when the base of logarithm is ten (10). Use of the Bel is restricted to levels of quantities proportional to power. Boat is every description of watercraft, barge and airboat used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, mode of habitation or a place of business or professional or social association on the water of the unincorporated areas of St. Lucie County including, but not limited to: (1) Foreign and domestic watercraft engaged in commerce; (2) Passenger or other cargo-carrying watercraft; (3) Privately owned recreational watercraft; *Editor's note-Part B of Ord. No. 88-20 amended the Code by creating Ch. 1-13.8 thereto to read as set out in § 1-13.8-1-1-13.8-21. Part A of such ordinance repealed § 1-14-1 relative to playing musical devices or instruments. See the editor's footnote to such repealed section. Cross references-Housing, Ch. 1-10.5; use of audible warning signals by railroad trains, § 1-16.5-1; roads and bridges, Ch. 1-17; restrictions on heavy vehicles and equipment in residential districts, § 1-20-26 et seq.; special act provisions relative to boats and waterways, Ch. 2-4. Supp. No. 62 729 § 1-13.8-16 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE (4) Airboats and seaplanes; (5) Houseboats or other floating homes. Decibel is a unit for measuring the volume of a sound, equal to twenty (20) times the logarithm to the base ten (10) of the ratio of the pressure of the sound measured to the reference pressure, which is twenty (20) micropascals (twenty (20) micronewtons) per square meter. Discrete tone is the condition of a noise source in which sharp, piercing or hum-like steady tones occur in the octave noise spectrum. Downwind gradient is within plus or minus forty-five (45) degrees of the wind direction connecting the center of the noise source and the center of the received, with the wind blowing from source to receiver. The wind speed is given as up to eleven (11) mph (5m/sec). Emergency work is work made necessary to restore property to a safe condition following a public calamity or work required to protect persons or property from an imminent exposure to danger. Frequency of a function periodic in time is the reciprocal of the primitive period. The unit is the cycle per unit time and must be specified. Ldn leuel is the twenty-four (24) Leq level in an environment in which all the ambient sound and other noises at night (defined as 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) are added up as ten (10) dB(A) above actual noise level. Leq level is the level of the time-weighted, mean-square, A-weighted sound pressure. Stationary noise sources are measured, in terms of octave band Leq, for a minimum of ten (10) minutes of operation. The background sound level measured for a minimum of five (5) minutes with the source off, must be subtracted from the Leq level in each of the nine (9) octave frequency bands. Person is any person, person's firm, association, copartnership, joint venture, corporation or any entity, public or private in nature. Sound level meter is an instruxnent including a microphone, an amplifier, an output meter and frequency weighting networks for the measurement of noise and sound levels in a specified manner. Sound pressure level in decibels of sound is twenty (20) times the logarithm to the base ten (10) of the ratio of the pressure of this sound to the reference pressure, which reference pressure must be explicitly stated. (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88; Ord. No. 02-16, pt. A, 9-17-2002) Sec. 1-13.8-17. Classification of use districts. For purposes of defining the "use occupancy," all premises containing habitually occupied sleeping quarters shall be considered in residential use. All premises containing transient commercial sleeping quarters shall be considered commercial use. All premises containing Supp. No. 62 730 NOISE CONTROL § 1-13.8-18 businesses where sales, professional or other commercial use is legally permitted shall be considered commercial use. All premises where manufacturing is legally permitted shall be considered industrial use. In cases of multiple use, the more restrictive use category shall prevail. Hospitals, nursing homes, schools, libraries, churches and all institutional uses shall be considered residential uses. Any area not otherwise classified shall conform to commercial standards. (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88) Cross reference-Land use regulations, App. A, § 3.0.000. Sec. 1-13.8-18. Maximum permissible sound levels and vibration levels by use dis- trict. (1) It shall be unlawful to project a sound or noise from one property into another property within the boundary of the use district which exceeds either the limiting noise spectra set forth in Table 1 below or exceeds the ambient noise level by more than three (3) decibels for any minimum part of a measurement period which measurement period shall not be less than sixty (60) seconds when measured as specified under the noise enforcement practices as adopted by the board of county commissioners by resolution. (2) (a) Sound or noise projecting from one (1) use district into another use district with a different noise level limit shall not exceed the limits of the district into which the noise is projected. For the purpose of this section, "day" shall be considered to be from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and "night" shall be considered to be from 10:01 p.m. to 6:59 p.m. (b) Unless provided otherwise, such sound that tests in excess of any such sound affected site specific applicable resultant value, after applying all site-specific impulse sound and /or pure tone (character of sound) adjustments, shall be a violation of this article. (c) Corrections for character of sound: 1. Steady pure tone. For each sound that is a steady pure tone, the applicable maximum sound level limits set forth in Table 1 shall be reduced by five (5) decibels at sound-affected sites/units in residential use districts. 2. Non-repetitive impulsive sound. For any non-repetitive impulsive sound (up to five (5) impulses in an hour), the ma~cimum sound level limits set forth in Table 1 shall be increased by ten (10) decibels from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Supp. No. 62 731 § 1-13.8-18 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE TABLE 1 OCTAVE BAND NOISE LIMITS IN TERMS OF UN-WEIGHTED DECIBELS AND EQUNALENT A-WEIGHTED DBA LEVELS Octave Band Frequency Residential /Residential Commercial /Residential Industrial /Residential (Hertz) Day Night Day Night Day Night 31.5 57-59 52-54 64 59 64 59 63 57-59 52-54 64 59 64 59 125 54-56 49-51 61 56 61 56 250 50-52 45-47 57 52 57 52 500 46-48 41-43 53 48 53 48 1000 41-43 36-38 48 43 48 43 2000 37-39 32-34 44 39 44 39 4000 34-36 29-31 41 36 41 36 8000 30-32 25-27 37 32 37 32 dBA 48-50 43-45 55 50 55 50 (3) It is a violation of this article to operate, permit, of suffer operation or use of any industrial, manufacturing and/or commercial device, facility, operation, or process that causes any vibrations which exceed the applicable displacement(s) in inches specified in Tables 2 and 3 below, at the property boundary of, or within, any vibration affected site or unit in a residential use district. Steady state vibrations are continuous or occur in discrete pulses more frequently than 100 impulses per minute. Discrete pulses that do not exceed 100 impulses per minute must not cause displacement in excess of twice the applicable value(s) in Tables 2 or 3. Impact vibrations occur in discrete pulses which are separated by a time interval of at least one minute and which occur no more than eight times in any 24-hour period. These vibrations regulations do not apply to activities conducted pursuant to, and to the extent authorized by, blasting permits issued by the board or any other governmental entity that is authorized to issue such permits. TABLE 2 APPLICABLE VIBRATION LIMITS RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL USE DISTRICT Permitted Level Frequency Rate of Vibrational Strokes Greater than Less than 100 /Min 100 /Min Less than 10 HZ .0004 .0008 10-19 Hz .0002 .0004 20-29 Hz .0001 .0002 Supp. No. 62 732 NOISE CONTROL § 1-13.8-19 Permitted Level Frequency Rate of Vibrational Strokes Greater than Less than 100 /Min 100 /Min 30-39 Hz .0001 .0002 40-49 Hz .0001 .0002 50 and Over .0001 .0002 TABLE 3 APPLICABLE VIBRATION LIMITS COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL Permitted Leuel Frequency Rate of Vibr¢tional Strokes Greater than Less than 100 /Min 100 /Min Less than 10 HZ .0004 .0008 10-19 Hz .0002 .0004 20-29 Hz .0001 .0002 30-39 Hz .0001 .0002 40-49 Hz .0001 .0002 50 and Over .0001 .0002 (a) The following standards shall be used, as applicable, to measure vibrations: ISO-2631 (Mechanical vibrations and shock B Evaluation of human exposure to whole body vibration); ANSI 522-1959 (R1990) (Calibration of shock and vibration pickups); ANSI 52.61-1989 (ASA 78) (Mechanical mounting of accelerometers); ANSI 524.21-1957 (R1989) Characteristics of shock and vibration measurements). (b) A three-component measuring system shall be used to measure vibrations. The testing system shall measure earth borne vibrations in three directions, each of which occurs at right angles to the other two (2). (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88; Ord. No. 02-16, Pt. B, 9-17-2002) Sec. 1-13.8-19. Exemptions. (1) The following uses and activities shall be exempt from noise level regulations: (a) Noises of safety signals, warning devices, and emergency pressure relief valves. (b) Noises resulting from any authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or acting in time of emergency. (c) Noises resulting from emergency work as defined in section 1-13.8-16. Supp. No. 62 733 § 1-13.8-19 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE (d) Noise resulting from the operation of any type of aircraft, not including scale model aircraft. (e) Noise resulting from the operation of any motor vehicle as specified in Chapter 316 and Chapter 403, Florida Statutes. (f) Noise resulting from the operation of the following facilities existing and in operation on the effective date of this chapter: 1. Electricity regulating substations. 2. Electric generation plants. 3. Other electric utilities. 4. Gas pressure control stations. 5. Gas production plants. 6. Natural or manufactured gas storage and distribution points. 7. Other gas utilities. 8. Pipeline pressure control stations. 9. Railroad, rapid rail transit, and street railway transportation. 10. Industrial wastewater disposal. 11. Sewage disposal. 12. Sewage pressure control stations. 13. Sewage treatment plants. 14. Sewage sludge drying beds. 15. Water utilities and irrigation. 16. Solid waste disposal. (g) Noise resulting from agricultural activities in districts zoned agricultural (AG) under section 3.3.117, St. Lucie County Zoning Ordinance, and agricultural, residential-1 (AR-1), under section 3.3.101, St. Lucie County Zoning Ordinance. (h) Noise resulting from the operation of the engine of any boat on the waters of the unincorporated areas of the county. (i) Noises resulting from any authorized law enforcement and firefighting training activities including, but not limited to, sheriff department shooting range exercises. (j) Noise resulting from the activities of any permitted use, conditional use or accessory use permitted in districts zoned industrial, light (IL) under section 3.3.114, St. Lucie County Zoning Ordinance, industrial, heavy (IH) under section 3.3.115, St. Lucie County Zoning Ordinance, and industrial, extraction (IX) under section 3.3.116, St. Lucie County Zoning Ordinance, existing and in operation on the effective date of this chapter. Supp. No. 62 734 NOISE CONTROL § 1-13.8-20 (k) Noise resulting from the temporary operation of equipment or activities relating to normal maintenance of residential or commercial uses, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. including, but not limited to, the following activities: lawn mowing, maintenance of trees, hedges, and gardens; refuse collection; soil cultivation; and pavement sweeping and cleaning. (1) Noise resulting from the operation of any mining activities under a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 1-12.5 of this Code. The hours of operation shall be limited to the hours set forth in the permit. (m) Noise resulting from the operation of railways and shipping activities. (n) Noise resulting from construction activities occurring between 7:00 a.m. and sundown. The exemption shall be effective upon obtaining a building permit and shall pertain to any construction activity directly related to the construction authorized under the permit. A special permit issued pursuant to section 1-13.8-20 shall be required for the generation of noise resulting from construction activities between sundown and 7:00 a.m. For any violation of the terms of the special permit, the permit holder and the violator shall be jointly and severally liable. (o) Any other noise resulting from activities of a temporary duration permitted by law and for which a license or permit therefor has been granted by the board of county commissioners in accordance with section 1-13.8-20. (2) Where an industrial or commercial use is established on property not adjacent to a residential use district and the adjacent property subsequently becomes residential, the noise resulting from the operation of the pre-existing industrial or commercial use which is projected into the residential use district shall be subject to the permissible noise levels for industrial or commercial use districts, as appropriate. (3) Where the noise levels for pre-existing use are more restrictive than those for a subsequent use established adjacent to the pre-existing use, the noise level for the pre-existing use shall apply. (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88) Sec. 1-13.8-20. Application for special permit. Application for a permit for relief from the noise level designated in this chapter on the basis of undue hardship may be made to the board of county commissioners. Any permit granted by the board hereunder shall contain all conditions upon which the permit has been granted and shall specify a reasonable time that the permit shall be effective. The board may grant the relief as applied for if it finds: (1) That additional time is necessary for the applicant to alter or modify his activity or operation to comply with this chapter; or (2) The activity, operation or noise source will be of temporary duration and cannot be done in a manner that would comply with other sections of this chapter. Supp. No. 62 735 § 1-13.8-20 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE (3) That no other reasonable alternative is available to the applicant; and The board of county commissioners may prescribe any conditions or requirements it deems necessary to minimize adverse effects upon the community or the surrounding neighborhood. (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88) Cross reference-Licenses, permits and miscellaneous business regulations, Ch. 1-12. Sec. 1-13.8-21. Penalties. Violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor pursuant to Section 125.69, Florida Statutes, and is punishable under said section by imprisonment for up to sixty (60) days, or a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) or both such imprisonment and fine. (Ord. No. 88-20, Pt. B, 2-2-88) [The next page is 739] Supp. No. 62 736 ~ CODE DISPOSITION TABLE Ordinance Number Subject Section Disposition 01-012 Establishes Westchester Pt. A Added 1-6.5-100-1- Community Development 6.5-109 District No. 3 01-013 Establishes Westchester Pt. A Added 1-6.5-110-1- Community Development 6.5-113 District No. 4 01-003 Amends land development code 02-009 Amends land development code 02-010 Amends boundaries to Pt. A 1-6.5-81 Westchester Community De- velopment District No. 1 02-011 Amends boundaries to Pt. A. 1-6.5-91 Westchester Community De- velopment District No. 2 02-012 Amends boundaries to Pt. A. 1-6.5.101 Westchester Community De- velopment District No. 3 02-013 Amends boundaries to Pt. A. 1-6.5-111 Westchester Community De- velopment District No. 4 02-17 Creates Driver Education Pt. A Added 1-7-30-1- Safety ~ust Fund 7-33 02-18 Creates Chapter 1-16.2, Pub- Pt. B Added 1-16.2-1-1- lic Property 16.2-6 02-21 Amends terminal incentive Pt. A 1-2-16 pay for accumulated and un- used sick leave 02-16 Amends noise control defini- Pt. A 1-13.8-16 tions; establishes maximum permissable sound levels by district use Pt. B 1-13.8-18 02-24 Amends definition of "coun- Pt. A 1-4.5-1 ty" and "eligible project costs" 02-26 Increases court facility Pt. A 1-7-2 charges Supp. No. 62 3752.7 CODE INDEX Section MiJNICIPAL SERVICE TAXiNG OR BENEFIT IJNITS (Cont'd.) Budget adoption; t~ing units .................................. 1-13.5-4 Contracts .......................................................... 1-13.5-9 County authorized to advance necessary expenses . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13.5-12 County engineer Proceeding subsequent to hearing ... ........................ 1-13.5-8 Creation of units .................. ....... ........................ 1-13.5-5 Authorized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1-13.5-1 Procedure for creation of municipal service benefit units Information meeting ........................................ 1-13.5-7(c) Initial hearing ....................... ........................ 1-13.5-7(a) Project report and preliminary assessment roll.......... 1-13.5-7(b) Second public hearing ....................................... 1-13.5-7(d) Procedure for creation of municipal service taxing units Public hearing ............................................... 1-13.5-6(a) Resolution creating ta~ung unit ............................ 1-13.5-6(b) Dissolution of units ... ........................................... 1-13.5-15 Governing body . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13.5-2 Powers ............................................................. 1-13.5-3 Special assessments; collection Alternate method of financing improvement ............... 1-13.5-11(e) Assessment roll sufficient evidence .. . ... ... . ... .. .. .. .. .... . 1-13.5-11(g) Certificate of indebtedness .................................... 1-13.5-11(c) Issuance ...................................................... Defaults ......................................................... 1-13.5-11(d) 1-13.5-11(fl Method of payxnent . ............... ............................ 1-13.5-11(a) Optional method of collection ..... ............................ 1-13.5-11(i) Payxnents ....................................................... 1-13.5-11(h) Priority of lien, interest, method of payment .. .... .... ... .. 1-13.5-11(a) Valid assessment to be made ................................. 1-13.5-11(b) Supplemental, provisions deemed as ........................... 1-13.5-13 N NEGLECT Parental neglect . .. .. .. .. . ... . . .. .. . .. . .. . .... ....... . ... ... . ... .. 1-6-16 et seq. See: MINORS NET Indian River Length of nets restricted; marking .. ........................ 1-8-1 NINTH CENT GAS TAX Provisions enumerated ........................................... 149.3-81 et seq. See: TAXATION NOISE Noise control Excessive, unnecessary, etc., noises prohibited .. .. .. .. .. . . . 1-13.8-1 Exemptions ......................... ............................ Penalties ... .. . ... . .. . . . .. . ... . . . . ... . .. . . .. . .. .. .... .... .. . ..... 1-13.8-19 1-13.8-21 Supp. No. 62 3879 ST. LUCIE COUNTY CODE Section NOISE (Cont'dJ Special permit; application for ............................... 1-13.8-20 Terxninology, standards, and definitions ..................... 1-13.8-16 Use districts Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13.8-17 Maximum permissible sound levels and vibration levels 1-13.8-18 ~olations generally ............................................ 1-13.8-1 Railroads; use of audible warning signals .... ................ . 1-16.5-1 NUISANCES Animals; public nuisance prohibited ........................... 1-4-17 NUMBER Defined ............................................................ 1-1-2 NURSING HOMES Indigents, authority to contract for care ....................... 1-21-1 O OATH Defined ............................................................ 1-1-2 OCCUPANT Defined ............................................................ 1-1-2 OCCUPATIONS Occupational license taxes and regulations enumerated..... 1-12-16 et seq. See: LICENSES AND PERMITS (Occupational license taxes and regulations) OFFENSES Miscellaneous offenses and regulations ........................ 2-11-1 et seq. Specific penalties, remedies, etc. See specific offenses which are indexed alphabetically OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Animal control of~'icer training requirements ............ ... .. 1-4-27 Board of county commissioners. See: COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS Circuit court clerk Mosquito control district; service as secretary and trea- surer ........................................................ 2-9-17 Clerk of circuit court to give bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9-18 Civil suits arising from acts within scope of employxnent or function Payment of defense costs ...................................... 1-2-18 County administrator . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-16 et seq. Deferred compensation program Administration ... ... . ... ... ........ ........ .... ....... .... ..... 1-14.5-22 Adoption ........................................................ 1-14.5-21 Environmental control officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6.5-6 et seq. See: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL Supp. No. 62 3880 CODE INDEX Section OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES (Cont'd.) Execution of participation agreements ......................... 1-14.5-23 Program committee ............................................ 1-14.5-24 Failure to perform duties Liability to fine for ............................................. 1-1-9 Food and non-alcoholic beverage expenses .................... 1-2-162 Insurance for officers, employees and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1-31 Judgments resulting from acts within scope of employment or function Payment of ...................................................... 1-2-17 Library director, county .......................................... 1-11-3 Longevity and special recognition awards . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1-2-16.1 Officers, defined .................................................. 1-1-2 Supp. No. 62 3880.1