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6128/2021 <br />Indian River County, FL Code of Ordinances <br />water heater, or other household appliance or equipment, or any garbage, trash, junk, debris or <br />unserviceable vehicles on property in the unincorporated areas of the county except at an <br />authorized junk yard, or at a landfill or other solid waste disposal site that holds a permit issued <br />by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation pursuant to Part 4 of Chapter 403, <br />Florida Statutes, and is operated by, or under franchise from, the county. <br />(b) The existence of any -garbage, trash, junk, debris or unserviceable vehicle in or on any <br />unauthorized property in the unincorporated area of the county, whereby said material <br />contains evidence of ownership, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to violate and. violation <br />of this section by the person whose name appears on such material. <br />(Ord, No. 90-16, § 1, 9-11-90; Ord. No. 92-11, § 10, 4-22-92; Ord. No. 2008-003, § 1, 1-8-08) <br />Section 973.04. - Abatement of nuisance. <br />(1) Whenever a county code inspector determines that a public nuisance as described in section 973.03 of <br />this chapter exists, the inspector shall have the authority to serve the violator with notice to appear <br />before the Indian River County Code Enforcement Board and shall hold hearings in the manner <br />provided in F.S. Ch. 162. <br />(2) If the code enforcement board determines through a compliance hearing that the violator is still not in <br />compliance with section 973.03 and that the violation presents a serious threat to the public health, <br />safety, and welfare or if the violation is irreparable or irreversible in nature, then the code enforcement <br />-board shall direct staff to notify�t'he'lndian River County Commission, who no soonerthanthirty (30) <br />days after the compliance hearing, may issue an order to direct the county administrator or a designee <br />for the county administrator, to abate the nuisance, authorizing the county's employees, servants, <br />agents or contractors to enter upon the property at all reasonable times and take whatever action is <br />necessary to abate the nuisance <br />(3) Once the county has abated a specific nuisance under this section, no further code enforcement board <br />determination is needed for the county to,take'future abatement action relating to the reoccurrence of <br />the nuisance violation. <br />(4) The primary method for bringing code violator's into compliance shall continue to be the fines imposed <br />by the code enforcement board and nothing in this section shall preclude the code enforcement board <br />from issuing a fine relating to any nuisance violation. A nuisance violation need not rise to the level of a <br />serious threat to the public health, safety, welfare or be in the nature of a violation that is irreparable or <br />irreversible for the code enforcement board to Issue an order of non-compliance with section 973.03. <br />(Ord. No. 90-16, § 1, 9-11-90; Ord. No. 2008-003, § 1, 1-8-08) <br />Section 973.05. - Reserved. <br />Editor's note— Ord. No. 2008-003, § 1, adopted January 8, 2008, repealed § 973.05which pertained to public <br />hearing on nuisance. See also the Table of Amendments. <br />Section 973.06. - Assessment for abatement of nuisance.' <br />112 <br />315 <br />