§ 2-20-1. Amendment and restatement of prior ordinance.

Manatee County Ordinance No. 81-22, codified as Chapter 2-20 of the Manatee County Code of Laws, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein, and the text of Chapter 2-20 of the Manatee County Code of Laws shall be replaced in its entirety by the text of this Ordinance No. 04-39 [this chapter]. Most of the restrictions and requirements set forth herein are substantively the same as those imposed under Ordinance No. 81-22 (although some have been revised for purposes of clarity, conciseness and organization), and it is the board's intent that the provisions of this ordinance [chapter] that represent a restatement of the provisions of Ordinance No. 81-22 be applied to regulated property in the same manner as were the provisions of Ordinance No. 81-22. Mining activities under operating permits and master mining plans issued and approved prior to the effective date of this ordinance [chapter], pursuant to Ordinance No. 81-22, shall be governed by this ordinance [chapter] in accordance with section 2-20-4 hereof.

(Ord. No. 04-39, § I(A), 11-2-04)