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ORDINANCE NO. 98-LM..
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND
RELATED SERVICES PROVIDING A SPECIAL BENEFIT TO
LOCAL AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS AND FINDINGS;
PROVIDING FOR TITLE AND CITATION; PROVIDING FOR
THE CREATION OF ASSESSMENT AREAS; AUTHORIZING
THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS TO FUND THE COST OF CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED SERVICES PROVIDING A
SPECIAL BENEFIT TO LOCAL AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS; PROVIDING FOR THE OPTIONAL AND
MANDATORY PREPAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS;
ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR NOTICE AND
ADOPTION OF ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND FOR
CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS; PROVIDING
THAT ASSESSMENTS CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON ASSESSED
PROPERTY UPON ADOPTION OF THE ASSESSMENT
ROLLS; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND METHODS
FOR COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING
ASSESSMENTS IMPOSED ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY;
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS
SECURED BY ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING FOR VARIOUS
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE HOLDERS OF SUCH
OBLIGATIONS; PROVIDING THAT SUCH OBLIGATIONS
WILL NOT CREATE A GENERAL DEBT OR OBLIGATION OF
THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS, FLORIDA:
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ARTICLE I
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS. When used in this Ordinance, the following
terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution" means the resolution
described in Section 3.07 hereof, approving the Local Improvement Assessment Roll for
a specific Fiscal Year.
"Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution" means the resolution
described in Section 4.07 hereof, approving the Related Service Assessment Roll for a
specific Fiscal Year.
"Assessment" means a special assessment lawfully imposed by the City against
property located within an Assessment Area for the payment of the Project Cost of Local
Improvements or the Operating Cost of Related Services.
"Assessment Area" means any of the areas created by resolution of the City
Commission pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, that specially benefit from the acquisition
and construction of any Local Improvements or Related Services.
"Assessment Unit" means the unit or criteria utilized to determine the Assessment
for each parcel of property, as set forth in the Initial Local Improvement Assessment
Resolution or the Initial Related Service Assessment Resolution. "Assessment Units" may
include, by way of example only and not limitation, one or a combination of the following:
front footage, platted lots or parcels of record, land area, improvement area, equivalent
residential connections, permitted land use, trip generation rates, rights to future trip
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generation capacity under applicable concurrency management regulations, or any other
physical characteristic or reasonably expected use of the property that is logically related
to the Local Improvement or Related Service to be funded from proceeds of the
Assessment.
"Capital Cost" means all or any portion of the expenses that are properly
attributable to the acquisition, design, construction, installation, reconstruction, renewal
or replacement (including demolition, environmental mitigation and relocation) of Local
Improvements and imposition of the related Assessments under generally accepted
accounting principles; and including reimbursement to the City for any funds advanced for
Capital Cost and interest on any interfund or intrafund loan for such purposes.
"City" means the City of Winter Springs, Florida.
"City Clerk" means the official custodian of all City records and papers of an official
character as set forth in Section 4.10 of the City Charter, or her designee.
"City Commission" means the City Commission for the City.
"City Manager" means the administrative and executive head of the City as set
forth in Article V of the City Charter, or his designee.
"Final Local Improvement Assessment Resolution" means the resolution
described in Section 3.06 hereof, which shall confirm, modify or repeal the Initial Local
Improvement Assessment Resolution and which shall be the final proceeding for the
imposition of a Local Improvement Assessment.
"Final Related Service Assessment Resolution" means the resolution described
in Section 4.06 hereof, which shall confirm, modify or repeal the Initial Related Service
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Assessment Resolution and shall be the final proceeding for the imposition of a Related
Service Assessment.
"Fiscal Year" means the period commencing on October 1 of each year and
continuing through the next succeeding September 30, or such other period as may be
prescribed by law as the fiscal year for the City.
"Government Property" means property owned by the United States of America,
the State of Florida, a county, a special district, a municipal corporation, or any of their
respective agencies or political subdivisions.
"Initial Local Improvement Assessment Resolution" means the resolution
described in Section 3.02 hereof, which shall be the initial proceeding for the imposition
of a Local Improvement Assessment.
"Initial Related Service Assessment Resolution" means the resolution described
in Section 4.02 hereof, which shall be the initial proceeding for the imposition of a Related
Service Assessment.
"Local Improvement" means a capital improvement program or plan for the
construction or installation by the City for the special benefit of a neighborhood or other
local area.
"Local Improvement Assessment" means a special assessment imposed by the
City pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof upon each parcel of property within the Assessment
Area.
"Local Improvement Assessment Roll" means the special assessment roll
relating to Local Improvement Assessments, approved by a Final Local Improvement
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Assessment Resolution or an Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution pursuant
to Section 3.06 or Section 3.07 hereof.
"Obligations" means bonds or other evidence of indebtedness including but not
limited to, notes, commercial paper, capital leases or any other obligation issued or
incurred to finance any portion of the Project Cost of Local Improvements and secured, in
whole or in part, by proceeds of the Assessments.
"Operating Cost" means all or any portion of the expenses that are properly
attributable to Related Services under generally accepted accounting principles, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, reimbursement to the City for any funds
advanced for Related Services, and interest on any interfund or intrafund loan for such
purpose.
"Ordinance" means this Local Improvement and Related Service Assessment
Ordinance.
"Pledged Revenue" means, as to any series of Obligations, (A) the proceeds of
such Obligations, including investment earnings, (B) proceeds of the Assessments
pledged to secure the payment of such Obligations, and (C) any other legally available
non-ad valorem revenue pledged, at the City Commission's sole option, to secure the
payment of such Obligations, as specified by the ordinance and resolution authorizing
such Obligations.
"Project Cost" means (A) the Capital Cost of a Local Improvement, (B) the
Transaction Cost associated with the Obligations which financed the Local Improvement,
(C) interest accruing on such Obligations for such period of time as the City deems
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appropriate, (0) the debt service reserve fund or account, if any, established for the
Obligations which financed the Local Improvement, and (E) any other costs or expenses
related thereto.
"Property Appraiser" means the Seminole County Property Appraiser.
"Related Service" means the operation and maintenance of a Local Improvement.
"Related Service Assessment" means an annual special assessment imposed by
the City pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof upon each parcel of property within the
Assessment Area.
"Related Service Assessment Roll" means the special assessment roll relating
to Related Service Assessments, approved by a Final Related Service Assessment
Resolution or an Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution pursuant to Section 4.06
or Section 4.07 hereof.
"Related Service Cost" means all expenses that are properly attributable to
maintenance of the Local Improvement (excluding amounts paid or reimbursed by FOOT)
under generally accepted accounting principles, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, reimbursement to the City for any moneys advanced for Related Service,
and interest on any interfund loan for such purposes.
"Resolution of Intent" means the resolution expressing the City Commission's
intent to collect Assessments on the ad valorem tax bill required by the Uniform
Assessment Collection Act.
"Tax Collector" means the Seminole County Tax Collector.
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"Tax Roll" means the real property ad valorem tax assessment roll maintained by
the Property Appraiser for the purpose of the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes.
"Transaction Cost" means the costs, fees and expenses incurred by the City in
connection with the issuance and sale of any series of Obligations, including but not
limited to (A) rating agency and other financing fees; (8) the fees and disbursements of
bond counsel; (C) the underwriters' discount; (0) the fees and disbursements of the City's
financial advisor; (E) the costs of preparing and printing the Obligations, the preliminary
official statement, the final official statement, and all other documentation supporting
issuance of the Obligations; (F) the fees payable in respect of any municipal bond
insurance policy; (G) administrative, development, credit review, and all other fees
associated with any pooled commercial paper or similar interim financing program; and (H)
any other costs of a similar nature incurred in connection with issuance of such
Obligations.
"Uniform Assessment Collection Act" means sections 197.3632 and 197.3635,
Florida Statutes, or any successor statutes authorizing the collection of non-ad valorem
assessments on the same bill as ad valorem taxes, and any applicable regulations
promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 1.02. INTERPRETATION; TITLE AND CITATION.
(A) Unless the context indicates otherwise, words importing the singular number
include the plural number and vice versa; the terms "hereof," "hereby," "herein," "hereto,"
"hereunder" and similar terms refer to this Ordinance; and the term "hereafter" means
after, and the term "heretofore" means before, the effective date of this Ordinance. Words
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of any gender include the correlative words of the other gender, unless the sense indicates
otherwise.
(8) This Ordinance, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the City,
particularly the owners of property located within the Assessed Areas, shall be liberally
construed to effect the purposes hereof.
(C) This Ordinance shall be known and cited as the "Local Improvement and
Related Service Assessment Ordinance."
SECTION 1.03.
GENERAL FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained, determined
and declared that:
(A) Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2(b) of the Florida Constitution and sections
166.021 and 166.041, Florida Statutes, the City Commission has all powers of local self-
govemment to perform municipal functions and to render municipal services except when
prohibited by law and such power may be exercised by the enactment of legislation in the
form of City ordinances.
(8) The City Commission may exercise any govemmental, corporate, or
proprietary power for a municipal purpose except when expressly prohibited by law, and
the City Commission may legislate on any subject matter on which the Florida Legislature
may act, except those subjects described in (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section 166.021 (3),
Florida Statutes. The subject matter of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of section
166.021 (3), Florida Statutes, are not relevant to imposition of assessments related to Local
Improvements or Related Services within the City.
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(C) The Assessments imposed pursuant to this Ordinance will be imposed by the
City Commission, not the Property Appraiser or Tax Collector. Any activity of the Property
Appraiser or Tax Collector under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be construed solely
as ministerial.
(0) The subject matter of this Ordinance concerns the City's budget and capital
programs; accordingly, this Ordinance shall not be subject to reconsideration pursuant to
Article IX, Section 9.01 of the City Charter.
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ARTICLE II
ASSESSED AREAS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES
SECTION 2.01. DEFINITION OF ASSESSED AREAS. The City Commission
is hereby authorized to define Assessed Areas in accordance with the procedures set forth
herein to include property located within the incorporated area of the City. Each Assessed
Area shall encompass only that property specially benefitted by the Local Improvements
or Related Services proposed for funding from the proceeds of Assessments to be
imposed therein.
SECTION 2.02.
CREATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
(A) The City Commission may establish by resolution an advisory committee for
any Assessment Area within which Assessments are imposed.
(8) Each advisory committee shall consist of at least five members appointed by
the City Commission. Members of the advisory committee may be residents or persons
with a vocational or investment interest in the Assessed Area. All members of any
advisory committee shall serve at the pleasure of the City Commission.
(C) Each advisory committee, for its respective Assessed Area, and in
conjunction with City staff personnel, shall timely provide input and recommendations to
City staff or City consulting professionals assigned the task of providing technical
assistance in the following activities: (1) development of a budget for the desired Local
Improvement or Related Services, (2) imposition of Assessments to fund the Local
Improvement or Related Services, (3) issuance of the Obligations when required, and (4)
maintenance of the Local Improvement or the provision of Related Services. The advisory
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committee shall review and discuss issues related to the foregoing and other directly
related matters of interest to the owners of property within the respective Assessed Areas
and make such recommendations thereon as the advisory committee deems appropriate.
(D) Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the City Commission: (1) each
initial member of an advisory committee shall be nominated (one each) by the City
Commission; however each nominee shall be confirmed by majority vote of the entire City
Commission, (2) two members of the advisory committee first appointed, by the
Commissioners from seats 2 and 4, shall serve 2-year terms and the remaining three
members first appointed shall serve 3-year terms; thereafter members shall serve not more
than two consecutive 3-year terms; persons serving partial terms shall be entitled to serve
the partial term and two full consecutive 3-year terms, (3) each advisory committee shall
have the authority to determine its own rules and procedures, provided that such rules and
procedures are not inconsistent with law or direction of the City Commission; (4) each
advisory committee may elect from its members a chairman and such officers as it may
deem appropriate; however, each advisory committee shall designate from its members
one person who shall serve as the official liaison between the advisory committee and the
City; such liaison shall direct all formal communications to the City Manager regarding the
business of the advisory committee; (5) all meetings of the advisory committee shall be
noticed in advance and be held at City Hall and in all ways conducted in conformance with
all government in-the-sunshine and open public-records laws, (6) on matters requiring a
vote of the membership of the advisory committee, all members shall vote unless an actual
conflict of interest is stated on the record, (7) each advisory committee shall meet not less
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than once quarterly failure to attend three meetings in anyone twelve month period or
three consecutive advisory committee meetings shall be grounds for removal.
SECTION 2.03.
LANDOWNER PETITION PROCESS. At its option, the City
Commission may establish or ratify a process pursuant to which the owners of property
may petition or provide direction to the Commission relative to the creation of an Assessed
Area to fund Local Improvements and Related Services. Notwithstanding any such
process established or ratified pursuant to this Ordinance, the City Commission shall retain
the authority to create Assessed Areas without a landowner petition non-binding ballot.
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ARTICLE III
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS
SECTION 3.01. AUTHORITY. The City Commission is hereby authorized to
impose Local Improvement Assessments against property located within an Assessed
Area to fund the Project Cost of Local Improvements. The Assessment shall be computed
in a manner that fairly and reasonably apportions the Project Cost among the parcels of
property within the Assessed Area, based upon objectively determinable Assessment
Units.
SECTION 3.02.
INITIAL
LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT
ASSESSMENT
RESOLUTION. The initial proceeding for defining an Assessed Area and imposition of a
Local Improvement Assessment shall be the City Commission's adoption of an Initial Local
Improvement Assessment Resolution. The Initial Local Improvement Assessment
Resolution shall (A) describe the property to be located within the proposed Assessed
Area; (8) describe the Local Improvement proposed for funding from proceeds of the Local
Improvement Assessments; (C) estimate the Capital Cost and Project Cost; (0) describe
with particularity the proposed method of apportioning the Capital Cost and Project Cost
among the parcels of property located within the proposed Assessed Area, such that the
owner of any parcel of property can objectively determine the number of Assessment Units
and the amount of the Assessment; (E) describe the provisions, if any, for acceleration and
prepayment of the Assessment; (F) describe the provisions, if any, for reallocating the
Assessment upon future subdivision; and (G) include specific legislative findings that
recognize the fairness provided by the apportionment methodology.
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SECTION 3.03. LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT ROLL.
(A) The City Clerk shall prepare a preliminary Local Improvement Assessment
Roll that contains the following information:
(1) a summary description of each parcel of property (conforming
to the description contained on the Tax Roll) subject to the Local
Improvement Assessment;
(2) the name of the owner of record of each parcel, as shown on
the Tax Roll;
(3) the number of Assessment Units attributable to each parcel;
(4) the estimated maximum annual Local Improvement
Assessment to become due in any Fiscal Year for each Assessment Unit;
and
(5) the estimated maximum annual Local Improvement
Assessment to become due in any Fiscal Year for each parcel.
(B) Copies of the Initial Local Improvement Assessment Resolution and the
preliminary Local Improvement Assessment Roll shall be on file in the office of the City
Clerk and open to public inspection. The foregoing shall not be construed to require that
the Local Improvement Assessment Roll be in printed form if the amount of the Local
Improvement Assessment for each parcel of property can be determined by use of a
computer terminal available to the public.
SECTION 3.04. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. After filing the Local Improvement
Assessment Roll in the office of the City Clerk, as required by Section 3.03(8) hereof, the
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City Clerk shall publish once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City a notice
stating that at a public hearing of the City Commission will be held on a certain day and
hour, not earlier than 20 calendar days from such publication, at which hearing the City
Commission will receive written comments and hear testimony from all interested persons
regarding definition of the Assessed Area and adoption of the Final Local Improvement
Assessment Resolution. The published notice shall conform to the requirements set forth
in the Uniform Assessment Collection Act.
SECTION 3.05. NOTICE BY MAIL. In addition to the published notice required
by Section 3.04, the City Clerk shall provide notice of the proposed Local Improvement
Assessment by first class mail to the owner of each parcel of property subject to the
Assessment. The mailed notice shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Uniform
Assessment Collection Act. Notice shall be mailed at least 20 calendar days prior to the
hearing to each property owner at such address as is shown on the Tax Roll on the
twentieth calendar day prior to the date of mailing. Notice shall be deemed mailed upon
delivery thereof to the possession of the U.S. Postal Service. The City Clerk may provide
proof of such notice by affidavit. Failure of the owner to receive such notice due to mistake
or inadvertence shall not affect the validity of the Local Improvement Assessment Roll nor
release or discharge any obligation for the payment of a Local Improvement Assessment
imposed by the City Commission pursuant to this Ordinance.
SECTION 3.06.
ADOPTION OF FINAL LOCAL IMPROVEMENT
ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION. At the time named in such notice, or such time to which
an adjournment or continuance may be taken, the City Commission shall receive written
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objections and hear testimony of interested persons and may then, or at any subsequent
meeting of the City Commission, adopt the Final Local Improvement Assessment
Resolution which shall (A) define the Assessed Area; (8) confirm, modify or repeal the
Initial Local Improvement Assessment Resolution with such amendments, if any, as may
be deemed appropriate by the City Commission; (C) establish the maximum amount of the
Local Improvement Assessment for each Assessment Unit; (D) approve the Local
Improvement Assessment Roll, with such amendments as it deems just and right; and (E)
determine the method of collection. Following adoption of the Final Local Improvement
Assessment Resolution but prior to the date on which the Local Improvement Assessment
Roll is certified for collection pursuant to Article V hereof, the City Commission may obtain
a written legal opinion that the Local Improvement Assessments have been validly
imposed from the Office of the City Attorney, an attorney-at-law or firm of attorneys of
recognized standing in matters pertaining to local government law; provided however, that
the failure to obtain such opinion shall not invalidate the Local Improvement Assessments
or affect the factual findings made by the City Commission in connection therewith.
SECTION 3.07.
ANNUAL
LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT
RESOLUTION. During its budget adoption process, the City Commission shall adopt an
Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution for each Fiscal Year in which Local
Improvement Assessments will be imposed to approve the Local Improvement Assessment
Roll for such Fiscal Year. The Final Local Improvement Assessment Resolution shall
constitute the Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution for the initial Fiscal Year.
The Local Improvement Assessment Roll shall be prepared in accordance with the Initial
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Local Improvement Assessment Resolution, as confirmed or amended by the Final Local
Improvement Assessment Resolution. If the proposed Local Improvement Assessment for
any parcel of property exceeds the maximum amount established in the notice provided
pursuant to Section 3.05 hereof or if a Local Improvement Assessment is imposed against
property not previously subject thereto, the City Commission shall provide notice to the
owner of such property in accordance with Sections 3.04 and 3.05 hereof and conduct a
public hearing prior to adoption of the Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution.
Failure to adopt an Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution during the budget
adoption process for a Fiscal Year may be cured at any time.
SECTION 3.08.
EFFECT OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT
RESOLUTIONS. The adoption of the Final Local Improvement Assessment Resolution
shall be the final adjudication of the issues presented (including, but not limited to, the
apportionment methodology, the rate of assessment, the adoption of the Local
Improvement Assessment Roll and the levy and lien of the Local Improvement
Assessments), unless proper steps are initiated in a court of competent jurisdiction to
secure relief within 20 days from the date of City Commission adoption of the Final Local
Improvement Assessment Resolution. The Local Improvement Assessments for each
Fiscal Year shall be established upon adoption of the Annual Local Improvement
Assessment Resolution. The Local Improvement Assessment Roll, as approved by the
Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution, shall be certified to the Tax Collector,
or such other official as the City Commission by resolution deems appropriate.
SECTION 3.09.
LIEN OF ASSESSMENTS.
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(A) Upon adoption of the Annual Local Improvement Assessment Resolution for
each Fiscal Year, Local Improvement Assessments to be collected under the Uniform
Assessment Collection Act shall constitute a lien against assessed property equal in rank
and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-ad
valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law, such lien shall be superior
in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. The lien shall be deemed perfected
upon adoption by the City Commission of the Annual Local Improvement Assessment
Resolution and shall attach to the property included on the Local Improvement
Assessment Roll as of the prior January 1, the lien date for ad valorem taxes.
(8) Upon adoption of the Final Local Improvement Assessment Resolution, Local
Improvement Assessments to be collected under any alternative method of collection
provided in Section 5.02 hereof shall constitute a lien against assessed property equal in
rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-
ad valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law, such lien shall be superior
in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. The lien shall be deemed perfected
on the date notice thereof is recorded in the Official Records of Seminole County, Florida.
SECTION 3.10.
REVISIONS TO LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS.
If any Local Improvement Assessment made under the provisions of this Ordinance is
either in whole or in part annulled, vacated or set aside by the judgment of any court, or
if the City Commission is satisfied that any such Local Improvement Assessment is so
irregular or defective that the same cannot be enforced or collected, or if the City
Commission has failed to include any property on the Local Improvement Assessment Roll
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which property should have been so included, the City Commission may take all necessary
steps to impose a new Local Improvement Assessment against any property benefitted by
the Local Improvement, fol/owing as nearly as may be practicable, the provisions of this
Ordinance and in case such second Local Improvement Assessment is annulled, the City
Commission may obtain and impose other Local Improvement Assessments until a valid
Local Improvement Assessment is imposed.
SECTION 3.11.
PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITIES. Any irregularity in the
proceedings in connection with the levy of any Local Improvement Assessment under the
provisions of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the same after the approval
thereof, and any Local Improvement Assessment as finally approved shall be competent
and sufficient evidence that such Local Improvement Assessment was duly levied, that the
Local Improvement Assessment was duly made and adopted, and that aI/ other
proceedings adequate to such Local Improvement Assessment were duly had, taken and
performed as required by this Ordinance; and no variance from the directions hereunder
shall be held material unless it be clearly shown that the party objecting was materially
injured thereby. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any party objecting to a
Local Improvement Assessment imposed pursuant to this Ordinance must file an objection
with a court of competent jurisdiction within the time periods prescribed herein.
SECTION 3.12. CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.
(A) No act of error or omission on the part of the City Commission, City Manager,
Property Appraiser, Tax Col/ector, City Clerk, or their respective deputies or employees,
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shall operate to release or discharge any obligation for payment of any Local Improvement
Assessment imposed by the City Commission under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(8) The number of Assessment Units attributed to a parcel of property may be
corrected at any time by the City Manager. Any such correction which reduces a Local
Improvement Assessment shall be considered valid from the date on which the Local
Improvement Assessment was imposed and shall in no way affect the enforcement of the
Local Improvement Assessment imposed under the provisions of this Ordinance. Any such
correction which increases a Local Improvement Assessment or imposes a Local
Improvement Assessment on omitted property shall first require notice to the affected
owner in the manner described in Section 3.05 hereof, providing the date, time and place
that the City Commission will consider confirming the correction and offering the owner an
opportunity to be heard.
(C) After the Local Improvement Assessment Roll has been delivered to the Tax
Collector in accordance with the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, any changes,
modifications or corrections thereto shall be made in accordance with the procedures
applicable to errors and insolvencies for ad valorem taxes.
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SECTION 4.01.
ARTICLE IV
RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENTS
AUTHORITY. The City Commission is hereby authorized to
impose Related Service Assessments against property located within an Assessed Area
to fund the Operating Cost of Related Services. The Assessment shall be computed in a
manner that fairly and reasonably apportions the Operating Cost among the parcels of
property within the Assessed Area, based upon objectively determinable Assessment
Units.
SECTION 4.02.
INITIAL RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION.
The initial proceeding for defining an Assessed Area and imposition of a Related Service
Assessment shall be the City Commission's adoption of an Initial Related Service
Assessment Resolution. The Initial Related Service Assessment Resolution shall (A)
describe the property to be located within the proposed Assessed Area; (B) describe the
Related Service proposed for funding from proceeds of the Related Service Assessments;
(C) estimate the Operating Cost; (0) describe with particularity the proposed method of
apportioning the Operating Cost among the parcels of property located within the proposed
Assessed Area, such that the owner of any parcel of property can objectively determine
the number of Assessment Units and the amount of the Assessment; (E) describe the
provisions, if any, for acceleration and prepayment of the Assessment; (G) describe the
provisions, if any, for reallocating the Assessment upon future subdivision; and (H) include
specific legislative findings that recognize the fairness provided by the apportionment
methodology.
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SECTION 4.03.
RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENT ROLL.
(A) The City Clerk shall prepare a preliminary Related Service Assessment Roll
that contains the following information:
(1) a summary description of each parcel of property (conforming
to the description contained on the Tax Roll) subject to the Related Service
Assessment;
(2) the name of the owner of record of each parcel, as shown on
the Tax Roll;
(3) the number of Assessment Units attributable to each parcel;
(4) the estimated maximum annual Related Service Assessment
to become due in any Fiscal Year for each Assessment Unit; and
(5) the estimated maximum annual Related Service Assessment
to become due in any Fiscal Year for each parcel.
(8) Copies of the Initial Related Service Assessment Resolution and the
preliminary Related Service Assessment Roll shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk
and open to public inspection. The foregoing shall not be construed to require that the
Related Service Assessment Roll be in printed form if the amount of the Related Service
Assessment for each parcel of property can be determined by use of a computer terminal
available to the public.
SECTION 4.04. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. After filing the Related Service
Assessment Roll in the office of the City Clerk, as required by Section 4.03(8) hereof, the
City Clerk shall publish once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City a notice
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stating that at a public hearing of the City Commission will be held on a certain day and
hour, not earlier than 20 calendar days from such publication, at which hearing the City
Commission will receive written comments and hear testimony from all interested persons
regarding definition of the Assessed Area and adoption of the Final Related Service
Assessment Resolution. The published notice shall conform to the requirements set forth
in the Uniform Assessment Collection Act.
SECTION 4.05. NOTICE BY MAIL. In addition to the published notice required
by Section 4.04, the City Clerk shall provide notice of the proposed Related Service
Assessment by first class mail to the owner of each parcel of property subject to the
Assessment. The mailed notice shall conform to the requirements set forth in the Uniform
Assessment Collection Act. Notice shall be mailed at least 20 calendar days prior to the
hearing to each property owner at such address as is shown on the Tax Roll on the
twentieth calendar day prior to the date of mailing. Notice shall be deemed mailed upon
delivery thereof to the possession of the U.S. Postal Service. The City Clerk may provide
proof of such notice by affidavit. Failure of the owner to receive such notice due to mistake
or inadvertence shall not affect the validity of the Related Service Assessment Roll nor
release or discharge any obligation for the payment of a Related Service Assessment
imposed by the City Commission pursuant to this Ordinance.
SECTION 4.06.
ADOPTION OF FINAL RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENT
RESOLUTION. At the time named in such notice, or such time to which an adjournment
or continuance may be taken, the City Commission shall receive written objections and
hear testimony of interested persons and may then, or at any subsequent meeting of the
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City Commission, adopt the Final Related Service Assessment Resolution which shall (A)
define the Assessed Area; (B) confirm, modify or repeal the Initial Related Service
Assessment Resolution with such amendments, if any, as may be deemed appropriate by
the City Commission; (C) establish the maximum amount of the Related Service
Assessment for each Assessment Unit; (0) approve the Related Service Assessment Roll,
with such amendments as it deems just and right; and (E) determine the method of
collection. Following adoption of the Final Related Service Assessment Resolution but
prior to the date on which the Related Service Assessment Roll is certified for collection
pursuant to Article V hereof, the City Commission may obtain a written legal opinion that
the Related Service Assessments have been validly imposed from the Office of the City
Attorney, an attorney-at-law or firm of attorneys of recognized standing in matters
pertaining to local government law; provided however, that the failure to obtain such
opinion shall not invalidate the Related Service Assessments or affect the factual findings
made by the City Commission in connection therewith.
SECTION 4.07.
ANNUAL RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION.
During its budget adoption process, the City Commission shall adopt an Annual Related
Service Assessment Resolution for each Fiscal Year in which Related Service
Assessments will be imposed to approve the Related Service Assessment Roll for such
Fiscal Year. The Final Related Service Assessment Resolution shall constitute the Annual
Related Service Assessment Resolution for the initial Fiscal Year. The Related Service
Assessment Roll shall be prepared in accordance with the Initial Related Service
Assessment Resolution, as confirmed or amended by the Final Related Service
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Assessment Resolution. If the proposed Related Service Assessment for any parcel of
property exceeds the maximum amount established in the notice provided pursuant to
Section 4.05 hereof or if a Related Service Assessment is imposed against property not
previously subject thereto, the City Commission shall provide notice to the owner of such
property in accordance with Sections 4.04 and 4.05 hereof and conduct a public hearing
prior to adoption of the Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution. Failure to adopt
an Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution during the budget adoption process
for a Fiscal Year may be cured at any time.
SECTION 4.08.
EFFECT OF RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENT
RESOLUTIONS. The adoption of the Final Related Service Assessment Resolution shall
be the final adjudication of the issues presented (including, but not limited to, the
apportionment methodology, the rate of assessment, the adoption of the Related Service
Assessment Roll and the levy and lien of the Related Service Assessments), unless proper
steps are initiated in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure relief within 20 days from
the date of City Commission adoption of the Final Related Service Assessment Resolution.
The Related Service Assessments for each Fiscal Year shall be established upon adoption
of the Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution. The Related Service Assessment
Roll, as approved by the Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution, shall be certified
to the Tax Collector, or such other official as the City Commission by resolution deems
appropriate.
SECTION 4.09.
LIEN OF ASSESSMENTS.
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(A) Upon adoption of the Annual Related Service Assessment Resolution for
each Fiscal Year, Related Service Assessments to be collected under the Uniform
Assessment Collection Act shall constitute a lien against assessed property equal in rank
and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-ad
valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law, such lien shall be superior
in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. The lien shall be deemed perfected
upon adoption by the City Commission of the Annual Related Service Assessment
Resolution and shall attach to the property included on the Related Service Assessment
Roll as of the prior January 1, the lien date for ad valorem taxes.
(8) Upon adoption of the Final Related Service Assessment Resolution, Related
Service Assessments to be collected under any alternative method of collection provided
in Section 5.02 hereof shall constitute a lien against assessed property equal in rank and
dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-ad
valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law, such lien shall be superior
in dignity to all other liens, titles and claims, until paid. The lien shall be deemed perfected
on the date notice thereof is recorded in the Official Records of Seminole County, Florida.
SECTION 4.10. REVISIONS TO RELATED SERVICE ASSESSMENTS. If any
Related Service Assessment made under the provisions of this Ordinance is either in
whole or in part annulled, vacated or set aside by the judgment of any court, or if the City
Commission is satisfied that any such Related Service Assessment is so irregular or
defective that the same cannot be enforced or collected, or if the City Commission has
failed to include any property on the Related Service Assessment Roll which property
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should have been so included, the City Commission may take all necessary steps to
impose a new Related Service Assessment against any property benefitted by the Related
Service, following as nearly as may be practicable, the provisions of this Ordinance and
in case such second Related Service Assessment is annulled, the City Commission may
obtain and impose other Related Service Assessments until a valid Related Service
Assessment is imposed.
SECTION 4.11.
PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITIES. Any irregularity in the
proceedings in connection with the levy of any Related Service Assessment under the
provisions of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the same after the approval
thereof, and any Related Service Assessment as finally approved shall be competent and
sufficient evidence that such Related Service Assessment was duly levied, that the
Related Service Assessment was duly made and adopted, and that all other proceedings
adequate to such Related Service Assessment were duly had, taken and performed as
required by this Ordinance; and no variance from the directions hereunder shall be held
material unless it be clearly shown that the party objecting was materially injured thereby.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any party objecting to a Related Service
Assessment imposed pursuant to this Ordinance must file an objection with a court of
competent jurisdiction within the time periods prescribed herein.
SECTION 4.12. CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.
(A) No act of error or omission on the part of the City Commission, City Manager,
Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, City Clerk, or their respective deputies or employees,
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shall operate to release or discharge any obligation for payment of any Related Service
Assessment imposed by the City Commission under the provisions of this Ordinance.
(8) The number of Assessment Units attributed to a parcel of property may be
corrected at any time by the City Manager. Any such correction which reduces a Related
Service Assessment shall be considered valid from the date on which the Related Service
Assessment was imposed and shall in no way affect the enforcement of the Related
Service Assessment imposed under the provisions of this Ordinance. Any such correction
which increases a Related Service Assessment or imposes a Related Service Assessment
on omitted property shall first require notice to the affected owner in the manner described
in Section 4.05 hereof, providing the date, time and place that the City Commission will
consider confirming the correction and offering the owner an opportunity to be heard.
(C) After the Related Service Assessment Roll has been delivered to the Tax
Collector in accordance with the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, any changes,
modifications or corrections thereto shall be made in accordance with the procedures
applicable to errors and insolvencies for ad valorem taxes.
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SECTION 5.01.
ARTICLE V
COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS
METHOD OF COLLECTION. Unless directed otherwise by the
City Commission, Assessments (other than Assessments imposed against Government
Property) shall be collected pursuant to the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, and the
City shall comply with all applicable provisions thereof. The Resolution of Intent required
by the Uniform Assessment Collection Act may be adopted either prior to or following the
Initial Local Improvement Assessment Resolution or Initial Related Service Assessment
Resolution; provided however, that the Resolution of Intent must be adopted prior to
January 1 (or March 1 with consent of the Property Appraiser and Tax Collector) of the
year in which the Assessments are first collected on the ad valorem tax bill. Any hearing
or notice required by this Ordinance may be combined with any other hearing or notice
required by the Uniform Assessment Collection Act.
SECTION 5.02.
ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF COLLECTION. In lieu of using
the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, the City may elect to collect the Assessment by
any other method which is authorized by law or provided by this Section as follows:
(A) The City shall provide Assessment bills by first class mail to the owner of
each affected parcel of property, other than Government Property. The bill or
accompanying explanatory material shall include (1 ) a brief explanation of the Assessment,
(2) a description of the Assessment Units used to determine the amount of the
Assessment, (3) the number of Assessment Units attributable to the parcel, (4) the total
amount of the parcel's Assessment for the appropriate period, (5) the location at which
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payment will be accepted, (6) the date on which the Assessment is due, and (7) a
statement that the Assessment constitutes a lien against assessed property equal in rank
and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes and other non-ad
valorem assessments.
(8) A general notice of the lien resulting from imposition of the Assessments
shall be recorded in the Official Records of Seminole County, Florida. Nothing herein shall
be construed to require that individual liens or releases be filed in the Official Records.
(C) The City shall have the right to appoint or retain an agent to foreclose and
collect all delinquent Assessments in the manner provided by law. An Assessment shall
become delinquent if it is not paid within 30 days from the due date. The City or its agent
shall notify any property owner who is delinquent in payment of an Assessment within 60
days from the date such Assessment was due. Such notice shall state in effect that the
City or its agent will initiate a foreclosure action and cause the foreclosure of such property
subject to a delinquent Assessment in a method now or hereafter provided by law for
foreclosure of mortgages on real estate, or otherwise as provided by law.
(0) All costs, fees and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and title
search expenses, related to any foreclosure action as described herein shall be included
in any judgment or decree rendered therein. At the sale pursuant to decree in any such
action, the City may be the purchaser to the same extent as an individual person or
corporation. The City may join in one foreclosure action the collection of Assessments
against any or all property assessed in accordance with the provisions hereof. All
delinquent property owners whose property is foreclosed shall be liable for an apportioned
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amount of reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the City and its agents, including
reasonable attorney fees, in collection of such delinquent Assessments and any other
costs incurred by the City as a result of such delinquent Assessments including, but not
limited to, costs paid for draws on a credit facility and the same shall be collectible as a
part of or in addition to, the costs of the action.
(E) In lieu of foreclosure, any delinquent Assessment and the costs, fees and
expenses attributable thereto, may be collected pursuant to the Uniform Assessment
Collection Act; provided however, that (1) notice is provided to the owner in the manner
required by law and this Ordinance, and (2) any existing lien of record on the affected
parcel for the delinquent Assessment is supplanted by the lien resulting from certification
of the Local Improvement Assessment Roll or the Related Service Assessment Roll to the
Tax Collector.
SECTION 5.03.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENFORCEMENT. The City and its
agent, if any, shall maintain the duty to enforce the prompt collection of Assessments by
the means provided herein. The duties related to collection of Assessments may be
enforced at the suit of any holder of Obligations in a court of competent jurisdiction by
mandamus or other appropriate proceedings or actions.
SECTION 5.04. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
(A) If Assessments are imposed against Government Property, the City shall
provide Assessment bills by first class mail to the owner of each affected parcel of
Government Property. The bill or accompanying explanatory material shall include (1 ) a
brief explanation of the Assessment, (2) a description of the Assessment Units used to
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determine the amount of the Assessment, (3) the number of Assessment Units attributable
to the parcel, (4) the total amount of the parcel's Assessment for the appropriate period,
(5) the location at which payment will be accepted, and (6) the date on which the
Assessment is due.
(8) Assessments imposed against Governmental Property shall be due on the
same date as Assessments against other property within the Assessed Area and, if
applicable, shall be subject to the same discounts for early payment.
(C) An Assessment shall become delinquent if it is not paid within 30 days from
the due date. The City shall notify the owner of any Government Property that is
delinquent in payment of its Assessment within 60 days from the date such Assessment
was due. Such notice shall state in effect that the City will initiate a mandamus or other
appropriate judicial action to compel payment.
(0) All costs, fees and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and title
search expenses, related to any mandamus or other action as described herein shall be
included in any judgment or decree rendered therein. All delinquent owners of
Government Property against which a mandamus or other appropriate action is filed shall
be liable for an apportioned amount of reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
City, including reasonable attorney fees, in collection of such delinquent Assessments and
any other costs incurred by the City as a result of such delinquent Assessments including,
but not limited to, costs paid for draws on a credit facility and the same shall be collectible
as a part of or in addition to, the costs of the action.
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(E) As an alternative to the foregoing, an Assessment imposed against
Government Property may be collected on the bill for any utility service provided to such
Governmental Property. The City Commission may contract for such billing services with
any utility provider.
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ARTICLE VI
ISSUANCE OF OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 6.01. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
(A) Upon adoption of the Final Loca/lmprovement Assessment Resolution or
Final Related Service Assessment Resolution imposing Assessments to fund, respectively,
a Local Improvement or a Related Service, or at any time thereafter, the City Commission
shall have the power and is hereby authorized to provide by resolution, at one time or from
time to time in series, for the issuance of Obligations to fund the Project Cost or Operating
Cost thereof.
(8) The principal of and interest on each series of Obligations shall be payable
from Pledged Revenue. At the option of the City Commission, the City may agree, by
resolution, to budget and appropriate funds to make up any deficiency in the reserve
account established for the Obligations or in the payment of the Obligations, from other
non-ad valorem revenue sources. The City Commission may also provide, by resolution,
for a pledge of or lien upon proceeds of such non-ad valorem revenue sources for the
benefit of the holders of the Obligations. Any such resolution shall determine the nature
and extent of any pledge of or lien upon proceeds of such non-ad valorem revenue
sources.
SECTION 6.02.
TERMS OF THE OBLIGATIONS. The Obligations shall be
dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, shall mature at such times as may be
determined by resolution of the City Commission, and may be made redeemable before
maturity, at the option of the City, at such price or prices and under such terms and
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conditions, all as may be fixed by the City Commission. Said Obligations shall mature not
later than 40 years after their issuance. The City Commission shall determine by
resolution the form of the Obligations, the manner of executing such Obligations, and shall
fix the denominations of such Obligations, the place or places of payment of the principal
and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or outside of the State of
Florida, and such other terms and provisions of the Obligations as it deems appropriate.
The Obligations may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the City
Commission shall determine by resolution. The Obligations may be delivered to any
contractor to pay for construction of the Local Improvements or may be sold in such
manner and for such price as the City Commission may determine by resolution to be for
the best interests of the City.
SECTION 6.03. VARIABLE RATE OBLIGATIONS. At the option of the City
Commission, Obligations may bear interest at a variable rate.
SECTION 6.04. TEMPORARY OBLIGATIONS. Prior to the preparation of
definitive Obligations of any series, the City Commission may, under like restrictions, issue
interim receipts, interim certificates, or temporary Obligations, exchangeable for definitive
Obligations when such Obligations have been executed and are available for delivery.
The City Commission may also provide for the replacement of any Obligations which shall
become mutilated, destroyed or lost. Obligations may be issued without any other
proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings,
conditions or things which are specifically required by this Ordinance.
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SECTION 6.05. ANTICIPA TION NOTES. In anticipation of the sale of
Obligations, the City Commission may, by resolution, issue notes and may renew the same
from time to time. Such notes may be paid from the proceeds of the Obligations, the
proceeds of the Assessments, the proceeds of the notes and such other legally available
moneys as the City Commission deems appropriate by resolution. Said notes shall mature
within five years of their issuance and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the
maximum rate provided by law. The City Commission may issue Obligations or renewal
notes to repay the notes. The notes shall be issued in the same manner as the
Obligations.
SECTION 6.06. TAXING POWER NOT PLEDGED. Obligations issued under
the provisions of this Ordinance shall not be deemed to constitute a general obligation or
pledge of the full faith and credit of the City within the meaning of the Constitution of the
State of Florida, but such Obligations shall be payable only from Pledged Revenue in the
manner provided herein and by the resolution authorizing the Obligations. The issuance
of Obligations under the provisions of this Ordinance shall not directly or indirectly obligate
the City to levy or to pledge any form of ad valorem taxation whatever therefor. No holder
of any such Obligations shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the ad valorem
taxing power on the part of the City to pay any such Obligations or the interest thereon or
to enforce payment of such Obligations or the interest thereon against any property of the
City, nor shall such Obligations constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or
equitable, upon any property of the City, except the Pledged Revenue.
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SECTION 6.07. TRUST FUNDS. The Pledged Revenue received pursuant to
the authority of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be trust funds, to be held and applied
solely as provided in this Ordinance and in the resolution authorizing issuance of the
Obligations. Such Pledged Revenue may be invested by the City, or its designee, in the
manner provided by the resolution authorizing issuance of the Obligations. The Pledged
Revenue upon receipt thereof by the City shall be subject to the lien and pledge of the
holders of any Obligations or any entity other than the City providing credit enhancement
on the Obligations.
SECTION 6.08.
REMEDIES OF HOLDERS. Any holder of Obligations, except
to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by the resolution authorizing
issuance of the Obligations, may, whether at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus
or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State of
Florida or granted hereunder or under such resolution, and may enforce and compel the
performance of all duties required by this part, or by such resolution, to be performed by
the City.
SECTION 6.09. REFUNDING OBLIGATIONS. The City may, by resolution of
the City Commission, issue Obligations to refund any Obligations issued pursuant to this
Ordinance, or any other obligations of the City theretofore issued to finance the Project
Cost of a Local Improvement, or the Operating Cost of a Related Service, and provide for
the rights of the holders hereof. Such refunding Obligations may be issued in an amount
sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and
interest on the outstanding Obligations to be refunded. If the issuance of such refunding
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Obligations results in an annual Assessment that exceeds the estimated maximum annual
Assessments set forth in the notice provided pursuant to Section 3.05 or Section 4.05
hereof, the City Commission shall provide notice to the affected property owners and
conduct a public hearing in the manner required by Article III or IV of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 7.01.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ALTERNATIVE METHOD. This Ordinance shall be deemed
to provide an additional and alternative method for the imposition and collection of
Assessments and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred
by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing or
which may hereafter come into existence.
SECTION 7.02. SEVERABILITY. If any portion of this Ordinance is for any
reason held or declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding shall not
affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance. If this Ordinance or any provision thereof
shall be held to be inapplicable to any person, property or circumstances, such holding
shall not affect its applicability to any other person, property or circumstances.
SECTION 7.03. EFFECTIVE DATE. A certified copy of this Ordinance shall be
filed in the Department of State by the City Clerk within ten (10) days after enactment by
the City Commission and shall take effect when official acknowledgment has been
received from that office that the same has been filed.
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PASSED ON FIRST READING BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA THIS 13TH DAY OF JULY, 1998.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND READING BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA THIS 27TH DAY OF JUL Y, 1998.
( SEAL)
ATTEST:
Paul P. Partyka
Mayor
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Margo opkins
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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FrankC. ruppenbacher
City Attorney
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Ordinance No.
98-704
Capital Improvements and services providing a special benefiit to local areas
The Orlando Sentinel
in the ~E"TNOI f"
was published in said newspaper in the issue; of n7/1.t:t/Cfa
Court,
NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING
NOTICE'IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the City Commission of the c::itY
of Winter Springs, .F1orida that
said Commission will hold a
Public Hearing on an Ord. lnanos
i ll1ltitled as follOws: ,
ORDINANCE NO. 704
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
, OF WINTER SPRINGS FLORI.
: DA.I._I!J!-ATING TO CAPITAL
IMntUvEMENTS AND RELAT.'
ED SERVICES PROVIDING A 'I'
SPECIAL BENEFIT TO LOCAL ,
AReAS WITHIN THE CITY OF I
WINTER SPRINGS. FLORIDA I
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS:
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Published Doily
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COUNTY OF ORANGE
Before the undersigned authority '\irsonally appeared
ELIZABETH RI ERA , who on oath says
that he/she is the Legal Advertising Representative of The Orlando Sentinel, a dally
news~aper Rublished at C A~~n RFRRY in
Sf" NOt E County, Florida;
that the attached co)s of advertisement, being a NOTTC. OF PUR' TC
in the matter of OR' 7[]1f
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816:30 p.m., on.JUIY 27, 1998 or I
as soon thereafter as poasIble In
the Commlsslon Chambers. City
Hall, 1126 E;.S.R. 434. Winter
Springs, FL 32708, Copies 01
the proposed. Ordinance are
8Y8iI8ble In the'olllos of the City
, Clerk lor Inspeetion . Interested
parties may appear 81 this hear,
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thlS proposed Ordinanos,
pe.rsons with diSabl.lnle s need'r
ing assistance" to participate In
any 01 these proceedings .
should eontaet the Emplo~ee
Relations Department ADA c0-
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~~~ meeting at (407) 327,
Affiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper published at
C ASSFI BFRRY ,in said
SEftTNOL[ County, Florida,
and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in
said SEIHNOLF County, Florida,
each Week Day and has been entered as second-class mail matter at the post
office in CASSELBERRY in said
S[ftINOL[ County, Florida,
for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached
copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he/she has neither paid
nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate,
commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for
publication in the said newspaper, fJ... ~~
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