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ORDINANCE NO. 2025- 010 <br />AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE PROVISION OF <br />SERVICES, FACILITIES, PROGRAMS AND LOCAL <br />IMPROVEMENTS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA; <br />REPEALING CHAPTER 206., OF THE INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES ENTITLED "SPECIAL <br />ASSESSMENTS" AND ADOPTING A NEW MASTER <br />CAPITAL AND SERVICE ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE; <br />AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF <br />SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY WITHIN <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY; PROVIDING CERTAIN <br />DEFINITIONS AND DEFINING THE TERMS <br />"ASSESSMENT," "SERVICE ASSESSMENT," AND <br />"CAPITAL ASSESSMENT"; PROVIDING FOR THE <br />CREATION OF ASSESSMENT AREAS; ESTABLISHING <br />THE PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSING CAPITAL AND <br />SERVICE ASSESSMENTS; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES <br />FOR NOTICE AND ADOPTION OF ASSESSMENT ROLLS; <br />PROVIDING THAT ASSESSMENTS CONSTITUTE A LIEN <br />ON ASSESSED PROPERTY UPON ADOPTION OF THE <br />ASSESSMENT ROLL; PROVIDING THAT THE LIEN FOR AN <br />ASSESSMENT COLLECTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS <br />197.3632 AND 197.3635, FLORIDA STATUTES, UPON <br />PERFECTION SHALL ATTACH TO THE PROPERTY ON <br />THE PRIOR JANUARY 1, THE LIEN DATE FOR AD <br />VALOREM TAXES; PROVIDING THAT A PERFECTED LIEN <br />SHALL BE EQUAL IN RANK AND DIGNITY WITH THE <br />LIENS OF ALL STATE, COUNTY, DISTRICT, OR <br />MUNICIPAL TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS AND SUPERIOR <br />IN DIGNITY TO ALL OTHER PRIOR LIENS, MORTGAGES, <br />TITLES, AND CLAIMS; AUTHORIZING EXEMPTIONS; <br />PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTION OF <br />ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR THE <br />IMPOSITION OF ASSESSMENTS ON GOVERNMENT <br />PROPERTY; DECLARING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS <br />ORDINANCE TO BE SUPPLEMENTAL, ADDITIONAL, AND <br />AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD; PROVIDING FOR <br />APPLICABILITY AND SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR <br />CONFLICTS AND CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY: <br />