Ord G-388(07-61)(]~.~ ~ ORDINANCE NO. G-~88
AN ORDINA~NCE OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING SECTIONS 15-7
~' AND 15-11, AND ~ENDING SECTIONS 15-6,
15-9 AND 15-10, ALL OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CI TY OF D ELRAY BEACH
PERTAINING TO LOT CLEARANCE ON A HEALTH
AND SANITATION BASIS.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Delray Beach deems
it in the best interests of the residents of the city that lands
be kept free of weeds when constituting a nuisance, and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes it to be in the best
interests of the health of the inhabitants of this city that
when Said lands constitube a nuisance for reasons of health and
sanitation that said lands be cleared expeditiously although
providing sufficient notice to violators,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Sections 15-7 and 15-11 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That Section 15-6 of the City's Code of
Ordinances be amended to read as follows:
Notice Of V~olation Directed To Owner Of Premises,,; Form.
The City Council shall consider each survey report at a
regular or special meeting and shall hear such supporting data as
it may require of the Chief of Police or Fire Chief in order to
decide if a nuisance exists; and, if, the city council decides
that a prima facie case showing the existence of a nuisance is
established the city council shall then direct the city clerk
to send a written notice within five days thereafter to the last
record owner of each of such parcels of land declared to be a
nuisance at the last available address for such owner, such
notice to be in substantially the following form:
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NOTICE
Date
To:
ADDRESS:
PROPERTY:
You, as the owner of record of the property above
described, are hereby notified that the city council of the city
of Delray Beach, Florida, on the day of ,
19 .... , determined that a nuisance exists upon such property
caused by (list briefly the details).
You are hereby notified that you must abate this nuisance
within thirty (30) ~ays, failing in which the city council will
have it done, and the cost thereof will be levied as an
assessment against such property.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
City Clerk
SECTION3. That Section 15-8 of the Code of Ordinances
be renumbered 15-7.
SECTION4. That Section 15-9 of the Code of Ordinances
be renumbered 15-8 and amended to read as follows:
Sec. 15-S. Assessment Of Costs For Abating Nuisance.
As soon after such abatement as feasible, the cost thereof
to the city as to each parcel shall be calculated and reported
by the city manager to the city council. Thereupon the city
council shall, by resolution, assess such cost against such
parcel. Such resolution shall describe the land, the cost of
abatement actually incurred by the city with reference thereto.
"Such assessments shall be legal, valid and binding obligations
upon the property against which made until paid. Such assessments
will be payable at once, and will draw interest thereafter at
six percent perannUm until paid."
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SECTION 5' That Section 15-10 of the Code of Ordinances
be renumbered to Section 15-9 and the notice contained therein
amended to read as follows:
MOTICE
TO: Date
ADDRESS:
PROPERTY:
You, as the record owner of the property above described,
are hereby advised that, the city council of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, did on the day of , 19
order the abatement of a certain nuisance existing on the above
property sending you notice thereof, such nuisance being (here
describe briefly).
A copy of such notice has been heretofore sent you.
You failed to abate such nuisance whereupon it was abated
by the city at a cost of $ . Such cost has been, by
resolution of the city council dated , levied
against the above property.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
City Clerk
SECTION6 · That Section 15-12 of the Code of Ordinances
be renumbered 15-10.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 6~.h day of February ,
A.D. 1961.
iayor
Second Readin~ Feb. 6th, 1961.
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Affidavit of Publication
THE DELRAY BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL
Published Weekly
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
Before et~nd~rsigned aut. hprj~y personally
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News-Journal, a weekly newspaper published at
Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida; that
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0/Affront further' · .sa~s~ that the said' Delray Beach
News-Journal is a newspaper published at Delray
Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Florida, and
that the said newspaper has heretofore been con-
tinuously published in said Palm Beach County,
Florida, each Thursday and has been entered as
second class mail matter at the post office in
Delray Beach, in said Palm Beach County, Flor-
ida, for a period of one year next preceding the
first publication of the attached copy o~f a~er-
tisement; and affiant further says that____.'~x.X-~.
has neither paid nor promised any person, firm
or corporation any discount, rebate, commission
or refund for the purpose~ securing this adver-
tisement for publicatio~i~,~e ~said~w~aper~
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My Comr~ssion Expires Nov. 6, 1964