330-39 ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING AND EQUALIZING ASSESS~,~ENTS FOR THE
PAVING OF LAING STREET, C OD~ENC!NG AT ANDREWS AVENUE AND
RUNNING EAST 212 FEET, AND Lh~KING SPECIAL IMPROVEME~ ASSESS-
MENTS AS SHOWN BY THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR SAID SPECIAL IMPROVE-
MENTS; PROVIDING THE METHOD SAID SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE
MADE; THE TII~SE W~WEN THE SA~IE SHALL BECOME PAYABLE; THAT SAID
ASSESS~NTS TO BE LEVIED SHALL BE A LIEN FROM THE DJ~TE OF THE
ASSESSMENT UPON Tl~ RESPECTIVE LOTS DESCRIBED IN SAID ASSESS-
~-d~T ROLL AND SET FORTH HEREIN; THE MANNER IN V~iICH SAID
ASSESSMEMTS ARE TO BE COLLECTED AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF SPECIAL C~TIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS FOR ~tE A~0UNT SO
ASSESSED AGAINST THE ~SSESSABLE PROPERTY AND PROVIDING THAT
T~iE CITY MAY TRANSFER AND DELIVER A PORTION OF SAID SPECI.~L
CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO Tt-[E COI'~RACTOR IN PA~E~T OF
SAID SPECIAL
WHE~, an assessment roll covering the cost of certain
street improvements was duly prepared by the City Engineer in
accordance with a resolution adopted by the Oity oouncil of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida, aggregating Four Hundred Eighteen
and S2/~10~$hs'.~.DOlla~s ~$418.8~), and said assessment roll was duly
published in the Delray Beach News, a newspaper published and
circulated in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, on September 15,
22 and 29, 1939, and attached to said assessment roll was a notice
reciting that the City ~ouncil would sit to hear complaints and as
a Board of Equalization on October 9, 1939, at 7:30 P.M., and
whereas, the City Council met at the time mentioned in said notice,
to-wit, on the 9th day of October, 1939, at t~e City Hall, at 7:30
o'clock P.M., and whereas, no person or persons appeared to object,
complain or protest against any of the assessments as published for
the street improvements on Laing Street, and the said assessment
roll for said street improvements, as published, was found to be
correct and the assessments equal and Just and in t~e aggregate
amount of $418.82,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED By the City Council of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida:
Section 1. That the aforesaid assessments, as set forth
in the engineer's report and the assessment roll, and published
in the Delray Beach News on September 15, 22, and 29, 1939, a copy
of said assessment roll, together with the proof of publication
being on file in the City Clerk's office, be and the same are hereby
ratified, approved and confirmed, and that said assessments shall
be and remain legal, valid and binding liens upon the property against
which said assessments are made until paid in accordance with the
charter of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, and the laws of the
State of Florida thereto appertaining.
Section 2. That the cost o~ paving iLaing Street co~maucing
at~'~drew~ ..Avenue and running East 212 feet, be and the same is
assessed against the property abutting thereon, and the City of
Delray Beach have a lien against the following lots or parcels of
land for the paving of said Laing Street, as above described.
Section 3. That the following assessments be and the
same are hereby made and levied against each of the following named
lots or parcels of land abutting upon said street; said lots or
parcels being specifically benefited by said improvement in the
amounts assessed and said description being with reference to lots,
tracts and blocks in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, to-wit:
SUBDIV. AND ASSESSMENT TOTAL AMOUNT OF
BLOCK NUMBF~ LOT NU~BER FT. FR0~ PER FT.. ~_S_ESSMENTS_
Ocean Beach E.108' of
Ocean Beach E. 89' of
~'Vista Del Mar Lots 13 and
~ ~ ~ 14 ~8' 1. 024 100.35
Vista Del Mar Lots 11,12
and W.14'
~of Lot 10 114' 1.024 C~:.~..~ 116.74
TOTAL ...... $ 418.82
Section 4. That each of said assessments be payable in
ten (10) equal annual installments payable on the 9th day of
October in each and every year from the 9th day of October, 1940
to the 9th day of October, 1949, both inclusive, together with
interest at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum from date,
provided, however, that the owner of any property assessed shall
have the right to pay said assessment in full, together with
accrued interest, at any time.
Section 5. That said special assessments sh~ll be a
lien from the 9th day of October, 1939, the date of assessment,
upon the respective lots and parcels of land described herein and
shall be of the same nature and to the same extent as the lien for
city taxes and shall be collected in the same manner and with the
same promptness and under the same provisions as to sale and
forfeiture as city taxes are collectible, provided said assess-
ments may be collected in any other manner and by any other
method as may be provided by the charter of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida~ ~
Section 6. Th~- City Council is hereby authorized to issue
certificates of indebtedness for the amounts so assessed against
the assessable property and separate certificates shall be issued
against each tract of land assessed containing a description of
the land and the amount of the assessment, together with the
general nature of the improvement for which the said assessment
is made.
Section 7. The City Council is hereby authorized to
deliver a sufficient number of said certificates of indebtedness
to the contractor performing said work in such amounts as to pay
said contractor for the amount due him for said special improvements.
PASSED on first reading, this the 9th day of October, 1939.
PASSED on second and final reading, this the ~.~ day of
October, 1939. ~ ~ .~~~.~
~P~iden~ of c~'ty Council'
~ity Clerk ~ ~ayor~ - - '