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_I WAY 2 1999 BOOK 76 mu. 8,9 excess of 18 inches in height on a lot contiguous to a residen- tial structure and within a platted residential subdivision where the platted lots are at -a minimum of 50% developed; and WHEREAS, Tkeeds in excess of 18 inches in height existed on property owned by Federal National Mortgage Association, such property having a legal description as follows: Clearview Terrace Subdivision, PBI 4-56, Lot 6, Block 1; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County has determined that landowners are responsible for abating public nuisances existing on their property; and WHEREAS, a Notice of Public Nuisance calling for the abatement of the described nuisance was sent to the owner(s) by certified mail, and notice was posted on the subject property for 30 days, in accordance with Section 13-23, "serving of notice," of the County Public Nuisance Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the landowners of the subject property failed to abate the described weed nuisance within 30 days of the posted and mailed notice; and WHEREAS, Section 13-19(b) of the County Public Nuisance Ordinance (No. 87-33) authorizes County personnel to abate a public nuisance if the nuisance is not abated by the landowner within 30 days of notice; and WHEREAS, the County Road & Bridge Division has, as of April 20, 1989, abated the herein described weed nuisance; and WHEREAS, Section 13-21(a) of the County Public Nuisance Ordinance provides that, after abatement of a nuisance by the County, the cost thereof shall be calculated and reported to the Board of County Commissioners; thereupon, the Board, by resolution, shall assess such costs against the subject property, such costs to include an administrative fee of seventy five dollars ($75.00) per lot; and WHEREAS, the total cost of equipment use, labor, and administrative fee for County abatement of the herein described nuisance is determined to be five hundred -and twenty one dollars ($521.00); and WHEREAS, Section 13-21(c) of the County Public Nuisance Ordinance provides that the assessment shall be due and payable thirty (30) days after the mailing of a notice of assessment, whereby if the owner fails to pay assessed costs within the thirty (30) days, a certified copy of the assessment shall be recorded in the official record books of the County, constituting a lien against the property, subject to twelve (12) percent per annum interest; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: 1) The foregoing recitals are adopted and ratified in their entirety.