Public clocks to use official time

All clocks or other timepieces in or upon public buildings or other premises maintained at the expense of the city shall be set and run according to the official time as provided by the Congress of the United States, unless otherwise modified by the legislature of the state. It is hereby made the duty of the officer or other person having control and charge of such building or premises to see that such clocks or other timepieces are set and run in accordance with official time.

(Code 1967, § 1-8; Code 1980, § 1-7; Ord. No. 13748, § 2, 3-8-18)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 13748, § 2, adopted March 8, 2018, redesignated the former section 1-14 as section 1-15. The historical notation has been preserved for reference purposes.

Federal law reference—Provisions establishing standard time throughout the United States, but permitting states to exempt themselves from daylight saving time, 15 USC 260—267.

State Law reference— Legal time, F.S. § 1.02.