Ordinance 85-716oRDENAxcE No. It6
.~. AN ORDINANCE O
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CTION 2-131.(a1115) R CTION 2-138.
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WHEREAS, the City Commission of the C y of Longwood, Florida,
has determined that Sect eons 2-133, 2-136, 2-138, 2-139, and 2-140
require amendment, and that it vs further in the best interests
of the C ty of Longwood, that Sect cons 2-143, 2-144, and 2-145
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be added;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
N 1: TTat Eectvon 2-133. Reserved. of the Code of
Ordinances, C y of Lo gwood, Florida, rs hereby amended to read
as £o Slows:
n 2-133. Definitions. sed i
hapte r, e e following w andot oshall
have the meanings respec~idvely ascribed there<o:
City Commission m the City Commvss von of the
City of Longwood,e£LOr lda.
icy A ney m e legal counselor for the
r City of LLongwoodanFlorida.
Enforcement e and m the code enforcement
board of the City of Longwood, Florida.
e Inspector m any a agent or
employee of t ity w se dut yrit vs to
assure code complianceho
SECTION 2: That Section 2-136. ~quo[nm; Meetings; Hearings)
of the Code of Ordinances, City of Longwood, Florida, vs hereby
amended by adding Subsect eons, to be numbered (e) and (f ), which
sand Subsections read as follows:
(eI The city a ney may e nsel
e nfor~ement boardto
represenedt City by presenting c s before
the c enforcement b
r shall the c y ttorneyaserve in both capacit ves.
(f) A c nspec<or shall represent t
C vty by pSr esent g ases before the board.
Section 2-138. En £o rcement procedure.
(a) shall be the duty o£ the code inspector
enforcement proceedings of the v
Codesra natorainances. member of the codesenforce-
ha11 have the power to rnrtr ate such
enforbement sproceedings.
(b) Except as proyidea i subsection (c) b w,
if a iol at ion of t ordinances i
nspeccoasshall first n tify the
a give him/hex a naDle t
iolat ion. Shouldathe violat Tonto
etbeyond the t specified f ~.
thetcoae inspector s for c tify theocode
enforcement board and arequest a ial h
pursuant t the procedure set forth rn section
2-139 of thrs chapte z.
(c) Sf t code inspector h
iol at ion p threat t bherpebiic
health, safetyea elfarelothe code inspector m y
proceed d ilyna reyuest a ia1 h
pursuant t e procedure s inforih i n 2-139
o£ this chapter w t first n ti£y ingsther~ r
and gi v.i.ng him/heett rme to correct the vio lat ionato
SECTION 5 Thai Section 2-139 (Powers) of the Code of
ordinances, City of Longwood, el ozida, as hereby amended to read
as follows:
<ifiea mail, r regnestea, or Dy
~ personal s ing shall
andat andeplaceeo the hearing
mats - of t iolation a
reference to thet appropriate code or ordinances
(b) <he i ial hearing, t e burden o oof
shallAb nthe code inspector t ,fby a
repondera n~e of the evidence, that a vvolac ron
apes errs[.
(cl that prop
ing hasebeen s
saprovided i
y p oceea in the apse
(d) ony shal
De r L11Te board
nspector and
iolator, rif a leged v
ana from s
by the respect ive esides
conduct of [heir affairs shall be admissab le,
or his attorney, shall 'oe permit[ ea to inquire
enforcement board shall i e findings of fact,
based o vidence i the r ord, and c nclusions
of law, na hall i order affording t
proper relief c ith t e powers granted
by F ride S tby t hapcer. TTe order
shall be s llyda therm ing and s e
reduced t ing as nd mailed by c of ied mail,b
eipttrequest ed, t leg ed v
within t n (SO) days after t ing or delivered
by personal s n (30) days
afte rmthe hearing. TTerf indingrshall De Dy motron
dollars ($250.00
(7) The t aea i
s 2e138 ands2-140shere in shall m
delivery of any n by a nspector f
by 1 ing a copy ofcsu~h n order a
personVS ua1 place of a any person
siding therein who i fbfaeenr(15) years o£ age
or older and info rmingsthe person o£ its content.
N 6: That Section 2-140. (Penalties) of the Code of
Ordrnances, Ci[y of Longwood, Florida, rs hereby amended to read
as £o MOws:
Sect ron 2-140. Powers of the board.
The code enforcement Doard shall have the power to.
(a) Adopt rules for the conduct of i<s hearings.
(61 Subpoena alleged v and w
ings which subpoenas shallrb erved
by the City of Longwood, Florida, Police s
Department, or the Sheriff of Semr nole County. '~
(c) EuDpoena r vey s, pl.a <s and other
ary evidences which subpoenas s
nby the City o ridahP
Department, oc the Sher~ff ofd5emrnole County
(d) Take [estvmony under oath.
(e) orders having t e force and effect
of laws sc anding whatever steps a necessary
to biinq a vrolat ron into compliances
(f) tab lish and levy fines a p e liens
pursuant to sect ron 2-143 here vn.
N J: That Section 2-141. (Appeal) of the Cade of
ordinancees, City of Longwood, FSOrida, is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sect ron 2-141. Appeal.
An aggrieved party, including the City Commission,
may appeal a final a order of <fie
enforcement b diherC taCOUrt.
appeal s a hearing d
sfiall be 1 appellate r not t
ora n tedeeefore the coae enfozcemence
ard. shall be filed w 30 days
of <he ere cutronlot <he order to bet appealed.
SECTION 8: That <he Code of Ordinances, City of Longwood,
Florida, is hereby amended by adding a se ct ron to be numbered
2-143, whrch Bard sect von reads as follows:
sec[ion z-143. xaministrati~e fines; liens.
l (a) enforcement b ard, upon n ti£icat ion
by t. nspector t o£
enforcement b and hasin omplaea with
byethe s upon £inabng nthat e e same
iolation[hasmb repeated by the s
iolator, m order the violator to pay a
eed $250.00 for each day the violation
s cpast t e Eor compliance
t if ied copyho£dt order impoeing a
e fine may b orded i public
ordsta eafter, s
against athe land o nthe[v
if t io latorwdoes n Sthe n
la ndCSUpon any other real or perso~al property
ned by t iolator, and may be enforced in
the s t judgment b the
sheriffs ofnt ncluding levy
against [he p rty, buc s
med to besa coju agment e ceptlfcot
enforcement purposeour After 6 m s from
e filing o any s h lien wh ichnr
r unpaid, c e enforcembnt b may authorize
the localhgoverni ng ody a ney to £oreclose
e lien. No lien c ted pursuant t
_ of t hapter may be forecloseds
1 propertyrwhich i ead u
Artacle X, se ct von 4 of the State Const vtutron.
SECTION 9: Sectvon 2-144. Murat von o£ lven.
No lien imposed pars uani t chapter shall
r pez (2) yea
after nt tifiedecopy ofda imposi ngra
fin
onfoiec lose o cea
tof competent jar„sdict ions <
o£ the lien effected by t
eagood
agai nst ec subsequent lpurchase rs for
valuable c ithout n ce, unless a
not rce of lisrpendensnis recordeati
SECTION 10: Se<tvon 2-145. Construction o£ chapc er
provisions. The provisions of this chapter shall be lvbera y
construed to effect its purpose.
SECTION 1 Conflicts. All ordinances or parts thereof
rn conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.
N 12: Separability. Should any section, paragraph,
clause, sentence, Item, phrase, word, or provision of thus
ordinance be declared invalid by court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not a£feci the validity of
thus ordinance as a whole or any part hereof, not so declared
SECTION 13: Effective date. This ordinance shall be
effective up ats final passage and adoption by the city
commissron of the City of Longwood, Florida.
FI xsT aenolNC: ~ ~ i2, i 9F~
secaND xeADxNC: ~ 9, i 9 6S
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 9K Y OF A D. 1985