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11 411 It is requested that the data herein presented be given .formal consideration by Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of January 03, 1989. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: On September 06, 1988, code enforcement staff had the Indian River County Sheriff's Department serve a Notice of Public Nuisance to Inez Workman, concerning the accumulation of aluminum cans, glass bottles, trash and debris on her property in the J.T. Gray's Town of Gifford Subdivision. The Respondent was cited as maintaining her property in violation. of Section 13-18(b)(1), of the County Code, which prohibits the accumulation of garbage, trash, junk, debris or unserviceable vehicles. The accumulation of the aluminum cans, glass bottles, trash and debris was not cleared from the property within the thirty day time period. Therefore, in accordance with Section 13-19(b), of the County Code, County personnel (ie: County Road and Bridge Division) abated the nuisance violation, with the cost to be assessed against the property owner. Section 13-21 of the' County Code requiies that the cost of a County nuisance abatement shall be calculated and reported to the County Commissioners, who, by resolution, shall assess such costs against the property. This matter is presented herein to the Board for consideration to adopt said resolution. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: Section 13-21(a), Public Nuisance, of the Code of Laws and Ordi- nances of Indian River County specifically reads as follows: "After abatement of nuisance by the county, the cost thereof to the county as to each lot, parcel or tract of land shall be calculated and reported to the board of county commissioners. Thereupon,the board of county commissioners, by resolution, shall assess such costs against such lot, parcel or tract of land. Such resolution shall describe the land and state the cost of abatement, which shall include an administrative cost of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per lot. Such assessment shall be a legal, valid and binding obligation upon the property against which made until paid. The assessment shall be due and payable thirty (30) days after the mailing of the notice of assessment after which interest shall accrue at the rate of twelve (12) per cent per annum on any unpaid portion thereof." Costs for equipment use, labor, and landfill charges, as indicat- ed by the Road and Bridge Division, plus the $75.00 administrative fee calculates to be: Equipment: Labor: Landfill Charges: Administrative fee: TOTAL: $1,440.00 $1,731.16 $3,775.30 $ 75.00 $7,021.46 RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed resolution assessing $7,021.46 in abatement costs, in accordance with Section 13-21 (a), Public Nuisance, of the Code of Laws and Ordinances of Indian River County. SAN 1989 31 BOOK 75 PALE 47'