Ordinance 88-906AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO LOT CLEARING
AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, PROV IDSNG
FOR THE DE'fERNINATIEN F PUBLIC
SANE ; PROVIDE NG F R THEREMOVAL
BYI OWNERS OF MATERIALS CONSTITUTING
NUISANCES: PROVIDING FOR THE NOTIFI-
CATION OF OWNERS OF THE EXISTENCE A'NUISANCES; Pft.1 DING FOR THE REMOVAL
OF THE NUISANCES BY THE GITY;
PAOVI DING FOR THE COSTS TO THE
OWNERS; PROVIDING POR LIENS, AND THE
12RECLOSURE OF SAME, ANEN➢ING CHAPTER
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
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PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY
AND AN EFFECTIVEDATE.
WHEREAS, prop rty owners within the City of
Longwood have p Titled £ion ttee to time exisee nce of
_xcessive accumulation or untended gr ow[h of Weeds, grasses,
undergrowth or other tlead or Iry ne plane life HIT their
property in such a manner as to become, or ay easonablF
Eecome, infested or inhabited by rodents, GG,Ti. or wild
a nrmals, or may furnish a breeding place £or mosq toes, or
threaten and endanger the public heal[E, safety and welfare,
or may easonablF cause disease, Gr adversely affect and
i.p.il the economic welfare of adjacent property; and
LT E ood have permitted from time to time the accumulation
O£ garbage, [rash, rubbish and Gth— debris upon their
property in such a manner as to Eecome, or y ea—bly
become, infested or inhabited by rodents, vermin or wild
a n.i mals, IT may furnish a breeding place for mo Equftoes, Gr
threaten and endanger the public health, safety Or welfare,
OT may reasonably cause disease, or adversely affect and
p r the ec pnom is welfare of adjacent prope y, and
WHEREAS, the accu.HI-- of garbage, [rash,
rubbish and GIh— debris as aforesaid constitutes public
.—Gce, and
WHEREAS, the CITY OF LONGWOOD desires [o
[mplemene a PlTgT.. to provide for the abatement Gf such
or -- of said 1— It'tt or ptj of I— as
b ... rtasaid &tIb, t—C, —1-1
or -h., tlebris from said lot, 1-11 or P-11 of land.
Sec. 12 -23. Accumulation g—....
declared a
nuisance
That the existence of excessive accumu Sation or
t--d growth
_- of , g sse s, under gr oweh or tbbtlead
-
- living plant life 'p— ..y I., tract or parcel of land,
imp —d or .—pt—d, -- ... bandied (100) ftIC of any
i.,.—d pttp,tty -1— the City to It. —1— and i. the
—C— —, such —, it, ct — p.—I of 1—d is or may
reasonably became infested or ith—Ild by 1—tt, —.i.
or wild animals, ., ay furnish . breed pl.— for
.q.iI, or threatens or —d—,— the public health,
--y or welfare, ox may reasonably —1— disease, or
adversely of and p.it. the economic —Iftt, of
adjacent P—PtIty, is hereby prohibited ..d d.,I.t.d to b,
t.blit ..—t-
-. 12-24. Ac coma la eion of weeds o Ct.—
nuisance Duty of fl—tt.
That is —11 be the responsibility and duty of
the owners f a lot, ttt,, or pt,ttl of I— —h— the
City - tl.t and remove from acid I., tract or parcel of
I.td all --- as described in S— 12-23.
12-25. -t-1-i— of —d. — gt— dttl.tld
nuisance - C.ty of City.
That whenever any lot, tract or parcel If land
within the City shall It, perm —d t. exist by the —t
without complying with the pt—tl— of S11-1 12-23. it
shall be the duty of the City Ad.i."t—I., or — designee
co notify the .—It of said it,, 'Itt' .1 P-111 of —d, as
hereinafter pt—dId, 1. PI.— ..id property it conformance
with the P-1—t.. of I— Code.
11-2A. No
A. All notices to 0—t— 1-1 be —d. by
United States CertSf Sed or Registered hail, return receipt
requested, to the address of the owner as shown on the
c urre ne it. roll of Seminole Count➢. Florid-
b. The NOtice to be g en by the City
Administrator or his designee to the p P—Y owner as
requ'tx ea in set. 12-22. or set. 12-21. sna11 rntinae the
following:
<li The legal description of the lot, ttatt or
parcel of land which is not rn compl'lance with
the provisions of this Cod-
(2) The manner in which sa Sa propextr s not in
t omplia nce with the pxgvr aipna of enie Coae.
(5) Thac as la tunaiunn moat be corxett,d by
the Owner wit hrn fifteen 1111 da Ys of marling of
the Notice.
(4) That if the Owner shall fail to correct the
c o nait it, within said f.i.£teen (15) "ara. chat
the City of ice ae signet will enter apon aaia
premises and remove the condition creating the
nuisance and the cost of same will be assessed
g nst the p operty and if not paid within
thr ty (SO) Y after [he receipt of the
sca to ni a nt £or same by the owner. a lien will be
£ilea asa oat aaia prope tr.
15) An estimate of the cost of removing the
nuisance in the eve nc the City or its designee
does so upon the fallure of the Owner to do so.
Sec, 12-2I. Correction o£ Nuisance by City.
That upon the failure of the owner or owners to
remove the con, itSons crating the nuisance as aforesaid
within [he designate" time period, the CS ty or its de s.ignee
"hall cause sa ra condition to be removed and shall assess
the owner or ow Hera of aaia prope y for aaia se il— in an
amount q 1 to the costs rncuxxed by the C Y n the
correction of y b.i sance, which cost shall include but not
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