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ORDINANCE NO. 81 - 27 <br />AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES BY WHICH THE <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PROVIDE FOR LOCAL <br />SERVICES OR IMPROVEMENTS ON A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT <br />BASIS, UPON ITS OWN INITIATIVE OR UPON PETITION OF <br />OWNERS TO BE BENEFITTED THEREBY; PROVIDING REQUIRE- <br />MENTS AND FORM OF PETITIONS; PROVIDING FOR ENACTMENT <br />OF SPECIFIC ORDINANCE FOR THE SERVICE OR IMPROVEMENT, <br />ITS PUBLICATION AND ADOPTION; PROVIDING FOR IMPLE- <br />MENTATION OF SERVICES OR IMPROVEMENT; PROVIDING FOR <br />PREPARATION OF PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL AND HEAR- <br />ING THEREON; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO OWNERS; PROVID- <br />ING FOR FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT <br />OF ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING FOR ASSESSMENTS TO CONSTI- <br />TUTE A LIEN; DESIGNATING ENTITIES SUBJECT TO ASSESS- <br />MENT; AUTHORIZING SALE OF LIENS; PROVIDING FOR COR- <br />RECTIONS IN THE ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING AUTHORITY <br />TO BORROW FUNDS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVID- <br />ING FOR REPEAL OF PRIOR AND CONFLICTING LAWS AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA: <br />SECTION I: The Authorization. The Board of County Commissioners <br />of Indian River County is authorized to improve and establish services <br />and improvements. Such services and improvements, performed or <br />constructed according to County standards, to include: <br />a. Streets and Roads <br />b. Water and Sewage Systems <br />c. Water and Sewage Treatment Plants <br />d. Drainage <br />e. Streetlighting <br />f. Sidewalks <br />g. Such other services or facilities which may be deemed <br />essential. <br />The Board is authorized to provide for the payment of the whole <br />or any part of the cost thereof by levying and collecting special <br />assessments upon property deemed to benefit by such improvement. <br />Procedures which may be used for determining benefit shall <br />include but not be limited to: <br />a. Front footage, including a flat rate front foot charge for <br />similar projects <br />b. Area benefited <br />c. Distance from improvement <br />d. A combination of such methods <br />e. The establishment of a benefit district which shall include <br />all property within fixed boundaries. <br />