City of Lauderhill - File #: 25O-0051

• File #: 25O-0051
• Version: 1
• Name: SW ANNEX
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: First Reading
• File created: 9/1/2025
• In control: Storm Water Special Assessment Meeting
• On agenda: 9/12/2025
• Title: ORDINANCE NO. 25: 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 THE COSTS AND FEES OF PROVIDING STORM WATER SERVICES ONLY TO THOSE AREAS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS ST. GEORGE, WEST KEN LARK, BROWARD ESTATES, AND THE SWAP SHOP; DECLARING A STORM WATER ASSESSED COST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026; PROVIDING FOR RE-IMPOSITION OF ANNUAL BILLING ON THE TAX BILL FOR ALL RELATED COSTS AND FEES FOR THE DESIGNATED 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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ORDINANCE NO. 25: 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 THE COSTS AND FEES OF PROVIDING STORM WATER SERVICES ONLY TO THOSE AREAS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS ST. GEORGE, WEST KEN LARK, BROWARD ESTATES, AND THE SWAP SHOP; DECLARING A STORM WATER ASSESSED COST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026; PROVIDING FOR RE-IMPOSITION OF ANNUAL BILLING ON THE TAX BILL FOR ALL RELATED COSTS AND FEES FOR THE DESIGNATED 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 re-impose the uniform method for collecting non-ad valorem special assessments as reflected on the Annual Tax Bill for the cost of providing storm water services to the designated areas.

Need Summary Explanation/ Background:

The City of Lauderhill is re-imposing the costs necessary for providing storm water services on an annual basis to be collected by the Broward County Revenue Tax Collector as reflected on the owner’s Annual Tax Bill for Fiscal Year 2025-26.

The City of Lauderhill previously passed and adopted the original Intent Resolution to begin to impose storm water fee assessments to the annexed areas of West Ken Lark, St. George, Swap Shop and Broward Estates as a non-ad valorem special assessment on the Annual Tax Bill that is sent by the Broward County Property Appraiser’s Office and which is collected by the Revenue Tax Collector.  These non-ad valorem assessments were previously imposed. This Ordinance proposes to re-impose the uniform method o...