Sec. 54-56. - Title and citation.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Collier County Water Pollution Control Ordinance".

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 1)

Sec. 54-57. - Applicability.

This article shall apply County-wide.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 2)

State law reference— Conflicts between ordinances of noncharted counties and municipal ordinances, Fla. Const. art. VIII, § (f).

Sec. 54-58. - Establishment; purposes and implementation.

(a)

There is hereby established the County water pollution control program (hereinafter referred to as the "program").

(b)

The program is established for the purposes of:

(1)

Implementing a County-wide pollution control program to monitor and study the treatment and disposal of sewage.

(2)

Abating the effects that the disposal of the resulting sewage effluent and solid pollutants has on the water resources of the County.

(3)

Protecting the groundwater, freshwater, surface waters and other nontidal water resources from all sources of pollution in the County.

(c)

The Board of County Commissioners shall take all necessary and desirable actions to implement the purposes of this program.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 3)

Sec. 54-59. - Funding and levy of taxes.

The monitoring, study, protection and abatement program designated pursuant to this article shall be provided from taxes levied in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the County. The levy of one-tenth of a mill which was approved in the County-wide referenda on November 6, 1984, and March 8, 1988, shall be for the purposes specified in this article. The program tax shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as provided by law for other County taxes. The property appraiser and the tax collector of the County are specifically authorized and directed to take all necessary and desirable action in furtherance of this section.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 4)

Sec. 54-60. - Advisory board.

The Board of County Commissioners may by ordinance designate an advisory board composed of residents and electors of the County with advisory authority in the business affairs of the program and such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board of County Commissioners.

(Ord. No. 89-20, § 5)

Cross reference— Boards, commissions, committees and authorities, § 2-816 et seq.

Secs. 54-61—54-80. - Reserved.