2024-07 Code Amendment- Electronic Publication of NoticesORDINANCE NO. 2024-07
` AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 1, "GENERAL
PROVISIONS," OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADOPTING A
NEW SECTION 1-12, "ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION OF NOTICES;"
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, specifically authorizes municipalities to utilize the
publicly accessible website of the county in which it lies to publish legally required advertisements
and public notices subject to certain requirements; and
WHEREAS, the Village wishes to utilize the provisions of Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, and will
comply with the provisions of subsection (6), which requires the Village to provide notice at least
once per year in a newspaper of general circulation indicating that property owners and residents may
receive legally required advertisements and public notices from the Village by first-class mail or e-
mail upon registering their name and address or e-mail address with the Village; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best interests
of the residents of the Village of North Palm Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are ratified as true and correct and are incorporated herein.
Section 2. The Village Council hereby amends Chapter 1, "General Provisions," of the Village
Code of Ordinances by adopting a new Section 1-12, "Electronic publication of notices," to read as
follows (additional language underlined):
Sec. 1-12. Electronic publication of notices.
Wherever this code, including the provisions of chapter 45 (appendix C),
requires publication of a notice in a newspaper of general circulation, the publication
requirement shall be satisfied by posting such notice on the county's publicly
accessible website in accordance with the requirements of F.S. §50.0311.
Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of
Ordinances of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
Section 4. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such
holding shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance.
Section 5. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances and resolutions of the Village of
j North Palm Beach, Florida, which are conflict with this Ordinance, are hereby repealed to extent of
such conflict.
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Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 23"D DAY OF MAY, 2024.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 13TH DAY OF JUNE, 2024.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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