NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSIDER
ADOPTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN that on April 15, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Marathon Government Center, 2798 Overseas Highway, 2 nd Floor, Marathon, Florida, 33050, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, intends to consider adopting the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE MONROE COUNTY CODE, CHAPTER 13, FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION,
ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 13-2 AND 13-3, THEREIN, TO UPDATE THE CODE AND ITS TERMINOLOGY; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 13-4, STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, BY RENAMING THE SECTION TO AIRBORNE FLAME DEVICES PROHIBITED, AND PROVIDING NEW LANGUAGE THEREIN; AND BY ENACTING NEW SECTIONS WITHIN THAT ARTICLE, SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS 13-5, MULTI-BUILDING COMPLEXES AND DEVELOPMENTS, 13-6, ACCESS BOXES, 13-7, PREMISES IDENTIFICATION, AND 13-8, EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS, TO SET FORTH NEW PROVISIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE FLORIDA
FIRE PREVENTION CODE; AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE II, FIRE MARSHAL, SECTIONS 13-28 THROUGH 13-31, THEREIN, TO CLARIFY THE COUNTYS AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE APPLICABLE FIRE SAFETY CODES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The proposed ordinance may be inspected by the public at the Monroe County website by viewing the agenda packet for the April 15, 2026, meeting, which will be posted beginning on April 7, 2026 at: https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/695/BOCC-Meetings-Agendas. The ordinance may also be viewed at the Monroe County Attorneys Office at 1111 12 th Street, Suite 408, Key West, FL 33040.
The public can participate in the April 15, 2026, meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, FL by attending in person or via Zoom. The Zoom link can be found in the agenda at: https://mcbocc.zoom.us/j/89204098700, or Live Closed Captioning is available via the MCTV portal
at https://cloud.castus.tv/vod/monroe/video/60832c9dcf67bb7ac0c21791?page=HOME;type=live.
ADA ASSISTANCE: If you are a person with a disability who needs special accommodations in order to participate in this proceeding, please contact the County Administrators Office, by phoning (305) 292-4441, between the hours of 8:30a.m.5:00p.m., prior to the scheduled meeting; if you are hearing or voice-impaired, call 711.
Pursuant to Section 286.0105, Florida Statutes, notice is given that if a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commissioners with respect to any matter considered at such meetings or hearings, that person will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, that person will need to ensure that a verbatim record is made of the proceedings, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Dated at Key West, Florida, this 2nd day of April 2026.
KEVIN MADOK, Clerk of the Circuit Court and (SEAL) Ex Officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida
Publish: 04/02/26 - KWC
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