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ORDINANCE NO. 25O: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, ADOPTING, APPROVING, CERTIFYING AND RE-IMPOSING THE UNIFORM METHOD FOR COLLECTING NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS LEVIED WITHIN THE INCORPORATED AREA OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL ON THE ANNUAL TAX BILL FOR ALL COSTS AND FEES INCURRED BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE SELF-HELP REMEDIES FOR NUISANCE ABATEMENT VIOLATIONS OF CITY CODE CHAPTER 10 RELATIVE TO GARBAGE, TRASH, UNSANITARY AND UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS WHERE VIOLATORS FAIL TO TIMELY PAY BY SEPTEMBER 30TH; PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL BILLING FOR SUCH NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, ON THE INDIVIDUAL VIOLATORS’ BROWARD COUNTY ANNUAL TAX BILL; DECLARING NUISANCE ABATEMENT ASSESSMENT COSTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026; PROVIDING FOR IMPOSITION OF ANNUAL BILLING ON THE TAX BILL FOR ALL RELATED COSTS AND FEES FOR THOSE AREAS; STATING A NEED FOR SUCH LEVY TO COVER THE ACTUAL COSTS AND FEES FOR SERVICES; ALLOWING FOR INCREASES EQUIVALENT TO THE ACTUAL COSTS CHARGED BY THE SERVICE PROVIDER; PROVIDING FOR THE MAILING OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Request Action:
Ordinance required by Florida Statutes, Section 197.3632 in order to certify the assessment roll and impose the uniform method for collecting non-ad valorem special assessments as reflected on the Annual Tax Bill for all costs and fees incurred by the City to provide self-help remedies for Nuisance Abatement violations of City Code, Chapter 10 relative to garbage, trash, unsanitary and unsightly conditions to the designated parcels.
Need Summary Explanation/ Background:
The City of Lauderhill is imposing the costs and fees incurred by the City to provide self-help remedies for nuisance abatement violations of City Code, Chapter 10 relative to garbage, trash, unsanitary and unsightly conditions where violators fail to timely pay on an annual basis to be collected by the Broward County Revenue Tax Collector as reflected on the owner’s Annual T...
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