§ 18-99. Modular newsrack districts and modular newsracks.

(a)

The board of county commissioners reserves the right to designate any portion of the unincorporated areas of the county as a modular newsrack district and require the placement of modular newsracks therein.

(b)

The board of county commissioners may choose to enter into an agreement with a modular newsrack provider, for the placement of modular newsracks, in any portion of the unincorporated areas of the county which the board of county commissioners has designated as a modular newsrack district. The terms and conditions of said agreement shall govern all aspects of those modular newsracks placed by the modular newsrack provider.

(c)

Through its agreement with a modular newsrack provider, the county may deviate from the provisions of this article with respect to location and placement, of modular newsracks, so long as such deviation does not conflict with the provisions of subsection 18-96(h).

(d)

The required placement of modular newsracks in a modular newsrack district may be suspended, in certain areas of said district, during times of heavy construction for which the county, the state or any other political subdivision of the state is responsible. Said suspension must be requested in the form of a petition, supported by a majority of the newsrack providers placing modular newsracks in the subject area. The county will consider the request along with the anticipated time for project completion and make a determination as to whether or not the request should be approved. If approved, the county shall set a reasonable date for the area to be brought into compliance.

(e)

If the county decides to designate an area of unincorporated Osceola County as a modular newsrack district, it will designate same through the adoption of an amendment to this article and will provide notice of its intent to consider the designation, by publishing said notice twice, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, at least twenty (20) days prior to the public hearing.

(Ord. No. 01-15, § 9, 10-29-01)