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RESOLUTION NO. 92-64 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, ASSESSING COSTS OF COUNTY <br />PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT ON A PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED <br />AS FOLLOWS: .5 ACRE IN SW CORNER OF S 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF SE <br />1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 31 S, RANGE 39 E AS <br />DESCRIBED IN BK 61, PG 181, LESS W 25 FT. FOR RD R/W, <br />O.R. BK 736, PAGE 3002; SUCH ASSESSMENT BEING A BINDING <br />OBLIGATION UPON THE PROPERTY UNTIL PAID. <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River <br />County has determined that the regulation of the accumulation of <br />weeds, junk, trash, debris, and other noxious substances or <br />materials is in the public interest and necessary for the health, <br />safety, and welfare of the citizens of Indian River County; and <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 973, "Public Nuisance," of the County Land <br />Development Code defines as a public nuisance noxious substances or <br />materials which might tend to be a fire hazard or other health <br />hazard, or which is considered to be obnoxious and a nuisance to <br />the general public; and <br />WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River <br />County has determined that landowners are responsible for abating <br />public nuisances existing on their property; and <br />WHEREAS, Brenda Bright has been identified as the owner of the <br />subject property described herein; and <br />WHEREAS, a Notice of Public Nuisance calling for the abatement <br />of the described nuisance was sent to the owner by certified mail, <br />and notice was posted on the subject property for 30 days, in <br />accordance with Section 973.09 "Serving of Notice," of the County <br />Public Nuisance Ordinance, and Notice which was published in the <br />Vero Beach Press Journal on December 13, December 20, December 27, <br />1991 and January 3, 1992; and <br />WHEREAS, the landowner of the subject property failed to abate <br />the described nuisance within 30 days of the posted, mailed and <br />published notice; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 973.04(2) of the Public Nuisance Orc(inance <br />authorizes County personnel to abate a public nuisance If.,the <br />nuisance is not abated by the landowner within 30 days of notice; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, as of March 16, 1992, the County Road and Bridge <br />Division has abated the herein described public nuisance, in <br />accordance with Section 973.04(2), of the County Public Nuisance <br />Ordinance; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 973.06 of the County Public Nuisance <br />Ordinance provides that, after abatement of a nuisance by the <br />County, the cost thereof shall be calculated and reported to the <br />Board of County Commissioners; thereupon the Board, by resolution, <br />shall assess such costs against the subject property, such costs to <br />include an administrative fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per <br />lot; and <br />WHEREAS, the total cost of equipment use, labor, and <br />administrative fee for County abatement of the herein described <br />nuisance is determined to be $700.00; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 973.06 of the County Public Nuisance <br />Ordinance provides that the assessment shall be due and payable <br />thirty (30) days after the mailing of a notice of assessment, <br />whereby if the owner fails to pay assessed cost within the thirty <br />(30) days, a certified copy of the assessment shall be recorded in <br />