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A RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ASSESSING COSTS OF COUNTY WEED NUISANCE ABATEMENT ON LOT 15, BLOCK 9, OF VERO SHORES SUBDIVISION UNIT 1; SUCH ASSESSMENT BEING A BINDING OBLIGATION UPON THE PROPERTY UNTIL PAID. WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County has determined that the regulation of the accumu- lation of weeds is in the public interest and necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Indian River County; and WHEREAS, Indian River County Ordinances No. 87-33, "Public Nuisances," defines as a public nuisance weeds in excess Of 18 inches in height on a lot contiguous to a residential structure within a platted residential subdivision where the platted lots are at a minimum of 50% developed; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County has determined that landowners are responsible for abating public nuisance 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, as of April 21, 1989, County & Bridge Division abated the herein described weed nuisance, in accordance with Section 13-19(b), of the County Public Nuisance Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Section 13-21(a) of the County Public Nuisance Ordinances 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 resolu- tion, 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 three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325.00); 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;