NOTICE OF INTENT TO ENACT A  LEE COUNTY ORDINANCE

            NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at 9:30 o’clock a.m., in the County Commissioners’ Chambers, Old Lee County Courthouse, 2120 Main Street, Fort Myers, Florida, by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners to consider the enactment of a County ordinance:

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TAXICAB AND LIVERY COMPANIES IN LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA REPEALING AND REPLACING LEE COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 00-01; PROVIDING FOR TITLE, PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROHIBITING UNLICENSED VEHICLES FOR HIRE; PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATE APPLICATION AND DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD, RENEWAL, AND REVOCATION; REQUIRING DISPLAY OF STICKER; PROVIDING FOR TRANSFERABILITY OF CERTIFICATE; PROVIDING FOR MINIMUM INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR AREAS OF ENFORCEMENT AND MEANS OF ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS OF LAW, INCLUSION IN CODE, CODIFICATION AND SCRIVENER’S ERRORS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

                        Copies of this Notice and the proposed ordinance are on file in the Minutes Office of the Lee County Clerk of Courts and the Public Resources Office.  Both offices’ are located in the Courthouse Administration Building, 2115 Second Street, Fort Myers, Florida.

                        Interested parties may appear at the meeting, in person or through counsel, and be heard with respect to the adoption of the proposed ordinance.

                        To appeal a Board decision made during a public hearing, a record of the proceedings will be needed.  The person appealing the decision is required to ensure that the necessary verbatim record is made.

                        If you have a disability that will require special assistance or accommodations for your attendance at the public hearing, please call the Lee County Division of Public Resources at 533-2737.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

OF LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA