HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-2012-009Temp. Ordinance # 2248
April 11, 2012
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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 2012
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 19 ENTITLED
"SOLID WASTE" TO CREATE AN ARTICLE V ENTITLED
"RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT", TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY AND
COLLECTION OF A RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENT RELATED
TO THOSE SERVICES WITHIN CITY OF TAMARAC;
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS AND FINDINGS; AUTHORIZING THE
IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A RESIDENTIAL SOLID
WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENT;
ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR NOTICE AND ADOPTION
OF THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL AND FOR CORRECTING
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS; PROVIDING THAT RESIDENTIAL
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON ASSESSED
PROPERTY UPON ADOPTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID
WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
ROLL; ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR
THE COLLECTION OF A RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS;
ESTABLISHING THE PRIORITY OF THE LIEN OVER PRIOR
RECORDED LIENS OR MORTGAGES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING
FOR CODIFICATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
ARTICLE V - RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
SECTION 19-76. DEFINITIONS. When used in this Article, the
following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise:
"Annual Assessment Resolution" means the Resolution described in
Section 19-87 hereof, approving a Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessment Roll for a specific Fiscal Year.
"Assessed Property" means all parcels of real property included on the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll that
receives a special benefit from the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
identified in an Annual Assessment Resolution.
"City" means City of Tamarac, Florida, a municipal corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Florida.
"City Manager"' means the City Manager of the City, or such person's
designee.
"City Commission" means the City Commission for the City.
"Clerk" means the City Clerk, or such other person as may be duly
authorized to act on such person's behalf.
"Final Assessment Resolution" means the Resolution described in
Section 19-85 hereof, which shall confirm, modify, or repeal the Initial
Assessment Resolution and which shall be the final proceeding for the
imposition of the initial Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment.
"Fiscal Year" means the period commencing on October 1 of each year
and continuing through the next succeeding September 30, or such other period
as may be prescribed by law as the fiscal year for the City.
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"Initial Assessment Resolution" means the Resolution described in
Section 19-81 hereof, which shall be the initial proceeding for the imposition of
the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment.
"Ordinance" means this Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessment Ordinance as amended from time to time, codified as
Chapter 19, Article V of the City's Code of Ordinances.
"Preliminary Assessment Resolution" means the Resolution described in
Section 19-86 hereof, which sets forth the preliminary assessment rates for the
upcoming fiscal year, establishing the public hearing, and other related matters.
"Property Appraiser" means the Broward County Property Appraiser.
"Residential" means single family residential units, and all other units
identified by the City as receiving Residential Solid Waste Collection Services.
"Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment" means
a special assessment imposed by the City upon residential properties within the
City to fund the City's provision of Residential Solid Waste Collection Services to
such properties.
"Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll"
means the roll created that includes all parcels within the City and their assigned
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment relating to
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services approved by a Final Assessment
Resolution or an Annual Assessment Resolution pursuant to Sections 19-85 and
19-87 hereof.
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"Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Cost" means the estimated
amount for any Fiscal Year of all expenditures and reasonable reserves that are
properly attributable to the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services provided
to Residential Properties within the City under generally accepted accounting
principles, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, contract
costs and franchise fees charged by a service provider pursuant to an
agreement with the City to provide the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services, reimbursement to the City for any moneys advanced for the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services, and costs associated with levying
the special assessment..
"Residential Solid Waste Collection Services" means the collection of
solid waste from residential properties within the City, provided by the City.
"Tax Collector" means the Broward County Division of Financial
Management, which performs tax collection duties in Broward County.
"Tax Roll" means the real property ad valorem tax assessment roll
maintained by the Property Appraiser for the purpose of the levy and collection
of ad valorem taxes.
"Uniform Assessment Collection Act" means Sections 197.3632 and
197.3635, Florida Statutes, or any successor statutes authorizing the collection
of non -ad valorem assessments on the same bill as ad valorem taxes, and any
applicable regulations promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 19-77. INTERPRETATION. Unless the context indicates
otherwise, words importing the singular number include the plural number and
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vice versa; the terms "hereof," "hereby," "herein," "hereto," "hereunder" and
similar terms refer to this Ordinance; and the term "hereafter" means after, and
the term "heretofore" means before, the effective date of this Ordinance. Words
of any gender include the correlative words of the other genders, unless the
context indicates otherwise.
SECTION 19-78. GENERAL FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained,
determined, and declared that. -
(A) Pursuant to Article VIII, Section 2(b), Florida Constitution, and
Sections 166.021 and 166.041, Florida Statutes, the City has all powers of local
self-government to perform municipal functions and render municipal services
except when prohibited by law, and such power may be exercised by the
enactment of legislation in the form of City ordinances.
(B) The City Commission may exercise any governmental, corporate,
or proprietary power for a municipal purpose except when expressly prohibited
by law, and the City Commission may legislate on any subject matter on which
the Florida Legislature may act, except those subjects described in (a), (b), (c),
and (d) of Section 166.021(3), Florida Statutes. The subject matter of
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 166.021(3), Florida Statutes, are not
relevant to the imposition of Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessments by the City.
(C) The purpose of this Ordinance is to (1) provide procedures and
standards for the imposition of Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessments under the constitutional and statutory power of the City;
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(2) authorize a procedure for the funding of Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services provided to Residential properties within the City; and (3) legislatively
determine the special benefit provided to Assessed Properties from the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services.
SECTION 19-79. LEGISLATIVE DECLARATIONS OF SPECIAL
BENEFIT. It is hereby ascertained and declared that the Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services provide a special benefit to the Assessed Property
based upon the following legislative determinations:
(A) The recipients of the City's solid waste collection program will
enjoy protection and enhancement of public health and safety by the provision of
reliable and effective service to persons who own or use such property, and
enrichment of property value and minimization of potential liability attendant with
the use of the assessed property.
(B) The special benefit received by Assessed Property is the removal
and disposal of solid waste from the Assessed Properties through a service
provided by the City that ensures that real properties do not become polluted or
overrun by solid waste generated by the residential use on the property, or if no
collection services were made available the potential overrun of solid waste onto
the property from adjacent properties.
SECTION 19-80. RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
SERVICES ASSESSMENTS.
(A) The City Commission is hereby authorized to impose Residential
Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessments against Residential
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property located within the City. The Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Cost may be assessed against Residential properties within the City at a rate of
assessment based upon the special benefit accruing to such property from the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services provided by the City.
SECTION 19-81. INITIAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION. The initial
proceeding for imposition of the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessments shall be the City Commission's adoption of an Initial
Assessment Resolution. The Initial Assessment Resolution shall (A) describe
the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services proposed for funding from the
proceeds of the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessments; (B) estimate the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Cost; (C) describe with particularity the proposed method of apportioning the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Cost among the Assessed
Properties, as applicable, such that the owner of any parcel of property can
objectively determine the amount of the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessments upon the Assessed Property; and (D) include
specific legislative findings that recognize the equity provided by the
apportionment methodology and specific legislative findings that recognize the
special benefit provided by the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services.
SECTION 19-82. RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL
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(A) The City Manager shall prepare, or direct the preparation of, a
preliminary Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment
Roll that contains the following information:
(1) a summary description of each parcel of property (conforming to
the description contained on the Tax Roll) subject to the Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment;
(2) the name of the owner of record of each parcel as shown on the
Tax Roll; and
(3) the estimated Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment to become due in the Fiscal Year;
(B) Copies of the Initial Assessment Resolution and the preliminary
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll shall be
on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to public inspection. The foregoing
shall not be construed to require that the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment Roll be in printed form if the amount of the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment for each parcel
of property can be determined by use of a computer terminal available for use by
the public.
SECTION 19-83. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION. After filing the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll in the
office of the City Clerk, as required by Section 19-82 hereof, the City Manager
shall cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation within the
City a notice stating that a public hearing of the City Commission will be held on
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a certain day and hour, not earlier than twenty (20) calendar days from such
publication, at which hearing the City Commission will receive written comments
and hear testimony from all interested persons regarding adoption of the Final
Assessment Resolution in the initial year and Annual Assessment Resolution in
subsequent years, and approval of the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment Roll. Notwithstanding that the City may use a
different collection procedure in any fiscal year, the published notice shall
conform to the requirements set forth in the Uniform Assessment Collection Act
for purposes of the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment.
SECTION 19-84. NOTICE BY MAIL. In addition to the published notice
required by Section 19-83, the City Manager shall cause to be provided notice of
the proposed Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessments
to the owner of each parcel of property subject to the Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessments. The form of such notice shall
conform to the requirements set forth in the Uniform Assessment Collection Act,
notwithstanding that the City may use a different collection procedure in any
fiscal year. The notice shall be mailed by either first class mail, or by use of the
Annual Truth in Millage Notice, should the City utilize the Uniform Assessment
Collection Act, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the hearing to each
property owner, at such address as is shown on the Tax Roll at the time the
notices are prepared for mailing. Notice shall be deemed mailed upon delivery
thereof to the possession of the U.S. Postal Service. Failure of the owner to
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receive such notice due to mistake or inadvertence shall not affect the validity of
the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll nor
release or discharge any obligation for the payment of a Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment imposed by the City Commission
pursuant to this Ordinance.
SECTION 19-85. FINAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION. In the initial
year of the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment, at
the time named in such notice, or such time to which an adjournment or
continuance may be taken, the City Commission shall receive written objections
and hear testimony of interested persons and may then, or at any subsequent
meeting of the City Commission, adopt the Final Assessment Resolution which
shall (A) confirm, modify, or repeal the Initial Assessment Resolution with such
amendments, if any, as may be deemed appropriate by the City Commission;
(B) approve the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment Roll, with such amendments as it deems just and right; and (C)
determine the method of collection. All objections to adoption of the Final
Assessment Resolution shall be made in writing, and filed with the Clerk at or
before the time or adjourned time of such hearing.
SECTION 19-86. PRELIMINARY RATE RESOLUTION. Prior to the
adoption of the Annual Assessment Resolution pursuant to Section 19-87
herein, the City Commission shall adopt a Preliminary Assessment Resolution,
which shall include without limitation:
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(A) A brief description of the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services to be provided by the City;
(B) The amount of the cost of providing Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services to be assessed upon specially benefited properties within
the City;
(C) Setting forth the date, time and location for the City Commission to
consider public comments on the adoption of the Annual Assessment Rate
Resolution;
(D) Directing the City Manager, or designee, to update the
Assessment Roll; and,
(E) Directing the requisite notice be provided to affected property
owners for a public hearing to adopt the Annual Assessment Resolution.
SECTION 19-87. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION. During its
budget adoption process, the City Commission shall adopt an Annual
Assessment Resolution for each Fiscal Year following adoption of the Final
Assessment Resolution. The Final Assessment Resolution shall constitute the
Annual Assessment Resolution for the initial Fiscal Year. The Annual
Assessment Resolution shall approve the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment Roll for such Fiscal Year. The Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll shall be prepared in
accordance with the Preliminary Rate Resolution, as confirmed or amended by
the Annual Assessment Resolution. The City shall provide notice to the owner of
such property in accordance with Sections 19-83 and 19-84 hereof and conduct
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a public hearing prior to adoption of the Annual Assessment Resolution;
provided that should the City use the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, a
public hearing is necessary only when such is required under the Act. Failure to
adopt an Annual Assessment Resolution during the budget adoption process for
a Fiscal Year may be cured at any time.
SECTION 19-88. EFFECT OF FINAL OR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT
RESOLUTIONS. The adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual
Assessment Resolution shall be the final adjudication of the issues presented
(including, but not limited to, the apportionment methodology, the rate of
assessment, the adoption of the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessment Roll and the levy and lien of the Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessments), unless proper steps are initiated in a
court of competent jurisdiction to secure relief within twenty (20) days from the
date of City Commission adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual
Assessment Resolution. The Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessments for each Fiscal Year shall be established upon adoption of
the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual Assessment Resolution. The
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll, as
approved by the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual Assessment Resolution
shall be delivered to the Tax Collector or such other official as the City
Commission, by Resolution, deems appropriate.
SECTION 19-89. LIEN OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
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(A) Upon adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual
Assessment Resolution for each Fiscal Year, the Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment to be collected under the Uniform
Assessment Collection Act shall constitute a lien against Assessed Property
equal in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district, or municipal
taxes and other non -ad valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by
law, such lien shall be superior in dignity to all other prior liens, titles and claims,
until paid. The lien shall be deemed perfected upon adoption by the City
Commission of the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual Assessment
Resolution and shall attach to the property included on the Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services Special Assessment Roll as of the prior January 1,
the lien date for ad valorem taxes.
(B) For Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessments to be collected under the alternative method of collection provided
in Section 19-91, the adoption of the Final Assessment Resolution or Annual
Assessment Resolution shall constitute a lien against Assessed Property equal
in rank and dignity with the liens of all state, county, district or municipal taxes
and other non -ad valorem assessments. Except as otherwise provided by law,
such lien shall be superior in dignity to all other prior liens, titles and claims, until
paid. The lien shall be deemed perfected on the date notice thereof is recorded
in the Official Records of Broward County, Florida.
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SECTION 19-90. METHOD OF COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. Unless
directed otherwise by the City Commission, the Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment shall be collected pursuant to the
Uniform Assessment Collection Act, and the City shall comply with all applicable
provisions thereof. Any hearing or notice required by this Ordinance may be
combined with any other hearing or notice required by the Uniform Assessment
Collection Act.
SECTION 19-91. ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF COLLECTION OF
THE RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT. In lieu of using the Uniform Assessment Collection Act, the City
may elect to collect the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment by any other method which is authorized by law or under an
alternative collection method provided by this Section.
(A) The City shall have the right to record a lien for unpaid
assessments in the public records of Broward County, Florida.
(B) The City shall have the right to appoint or retain an agent to
foreclose and collect all delinquent Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessments in the manner provided by law. A Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment shall become delinquent if it is not paid
within thirty (30) days from the date any payment is due. In the event the City
exercises its rights to foreclose and collect a delinquent Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment, the City or its agent shall notify any
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property owner who is delinquent in payment of his or her Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services Special Assessment within sixty (60) days from the
date the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment was
due. Such notice shall state in effect that the City or its agent will initiate a
foreclosure action and cause the foreclosure of such property subject to a
delinquent Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment in a
method now or hereafter provided by law for foreclosure of mortgages on real
estate, or otherwise as provided by law.
(C) All costs, fees and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees
and title search expenses related to any foreclosure action as described herein
shall be included in any judgment or decree rendered therein. At the sale
pursuant to decree in any such action, the City may be the purchaser to the
same extent as an individual person or corporation. The City may join in one
foreclosure action the collection of Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessments against any or all property assessed in accordance with
the provisions hereof. All delinquent property owners whose property is
foreclosed shall be liable for an apportioned amount of reasonable costs and
expenses incurred by the City and its agents, including reasonable attorney
fees, in collection of such delinquent Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessments and any other costs incurred by the City as a result of
such delinquent Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessments including, but not limited to, costs paid for draws on a credit facility
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and the same shall be collectible as a part of or in addition to, the costs of the
action.
(D) In lieu of foreclosure, any delinquent Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment and costs, fees, and expenses
attributable thereto, may be rolled into the Special Assessment for such parcel in
a subsequent fiscal year.
(E) In lieu of foreclosure, any delinquent Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment and the costs, fees and expenses
attributable thereto, may be collected pursuant to the Uniform Assessment
Collection Act; provided however, that (1) notice is provided to the owner in the
manner required by law and this Ordinance; and (2) any existing lien of record
on the affected parcel for the delinquent Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment is supplanted by the lien resulting from
certification of the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment Roll to the Tax Collector.
SECTION 19-92. REVISIONS TO RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE
COLLECTION SERVICES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. If any Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services Special Assessment made under the provisions of
this Ordinance is either in whole or in part annulled, vacated or set aside by the
judgment of any court, or if the City Commission is satisfied that any such
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment is so irregular
or defective that the same cannot be enforced or collected, or if the City
Commission has failed to include any property on the Residential Solid Waste
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Collection Services Special Assessment Roll that should have been so included,
the City Commission may take all necessary steps to impose a new Residential
Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment against any such property,
following as nearly as may be practicable the provisions of this Ordinance and in
case such second Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment is annulled, the City Commission may obtain and impose other
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessments until a valid
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment is imposed.
SECTION 19-93. PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITIES. Any irregularity
in the proceedings in connection with the levy of any Residential Solid Waste
Collection Services Special Assessment under the provisions of this Ordinance
shall not affect the validity of the same after the approval thereof, and any
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment as finally
approved shall be competent and sufficient evidence that such Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services Special Assessment was duly levied, that the
Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment was duly made
and adopted, and that all other proceedings adequate to such Residential Solid
Waste Collection Services Special Assessment were duly had, taken and
performed as required by this Ordinance; and no variance from the directions
hereunder shall be held material unless it be clearly shown that the party
objecting was materially injured thereby. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
Section 19-93, any party objecting to a Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment imposed pursuant to this Ordinance must file an
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objection with a court of competent jurisdiction within the time periods prescribed
in Section 19-88 of this Ordinance.
SECTION 19-94. CORRECTION OF ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.
(A) No act of error or omission on the part of the City Commission, City
Manager, Property Appraiser, Tax Collector, City Clerk, or their respective
deputies, employees or designees, shall operate to release or discharge any
obligation for payment of any Residential Solid Waste Collection Services
Special Assessment imposed by the City Commission under the provisions of
this Ordinance.
(B) The assessment amount on any Assessed Property may be
corrected at any time by the City Manager when an error is confirmed. Any such
correction which reduces a Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment shall be considered valid from the date on which the Residential
Solid Waste Collection Services Special Assessment was imposed and shall in
no way affect the enforcement of the Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment imposed under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Any such correction which increases a Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment or imposes a Residential Solid Waste Collection
Services Special Assessment on omitted property shall first require notice to the
affected owner in the manner described in Section 19-84 hereof, providing the
date, time and place that the City Commission will consider confirming the
correction and offering the owner an opportunity to be heard.
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(C) After the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment Roll has been delivered to the Tax Collector, any changes,
modifications or corrections thereto shall be made in accordance with the
procedures applicable to errors and insolvencies for ad valorem taxes.
SECTION 19-95. APPLICABILITY. This Ordinance and the City's
authority to impose the Residential Solid Waste Collection Services Special
Assessment pursuant hereto shall be applicable throughout the City.
SECTION 19-96. ALTERNATIVE METHOD. This Ordinance shall be
deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the
things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional
to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of
any powers now existing or which may hereafter come into existence. This
Ordinance, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the City, shall
be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.
SECTION 2. CODIFICATION. It is the intention ofithe City Commission
that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become a part of the City's Code of
Ordinances, as amended. The provisions of this Ordinance may be renumbered
or re -lettered and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section," "article" or
other appropriate word to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are
severable, and if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision is held
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
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SECTION 4. CONFLICTS. All ordinances or parts of ordinances,
resolutions or parts of resolutions, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING BY THE CITY OMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, THIS _j DAY OF , 2012.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY THE CITY
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AGREEMENT
between
LORI PARRISH, AS BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER
and
City of Tamarac, FLORIDA
for
NON -AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS
This is an Agreement, made and entered into, by, and between: LORI PARRISH, as BROWARD
COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER ("PROPERTY APPRAISER"), and City of Tamarac,
FLORIDA ("CITY")
WHEREAS, the City desires to develop and implement a non -ad valorem assessment roll for the
year 2012 and succeeding years, to provide funds from property owners within the City for
Stormwater services.
WHEREAS, the City desires to use the services of Property Appraiser to create and maintain a
non -ad valorem tax roll, and Property Appraiser is prepared to do so on behalf of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties do hereby agree as follows:
1. The Property Appraiser agrees to perform the following services for the City:
A. Create a Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll for the City for the year 2012 and
each succeeding year until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Paragraph 11
below, using data presently in the Property Appraiser's computer as to the
property characteristics the City intends to use for purposes of levying the non -ad
valorem assessments. Should the City desire to use additional property
characteristics other than those already in the computer records, Property
Appraiser will advise City whether this is possible, when it can be accomplished,
and the additional cost incurred of so doing.
B. Provide the City with an annual preliminary estimate of the number of each type
of property within the City (e.g., single family residential, vacant land,
condominium, etc.) for the City's planning purposes in establishing its non -ad
valorem assessments.
C. Receive from the City its preliminary non -ad valorem assessment levy for each
type of property and preliminarily extend that amount against each parcel of real
property within the City.
D. Furnish the City with a computer -readable data file of the Non -Ad Valorem Roll
when such preliminary amounts have been extended.
E. Upon notification by the City of their proposed date for the scheduled public
hearing, the Property Appraiser shall immediately let the City know whether the
20-day advanced notification requirement cannot be met for said proposed public
hearing date.
F. Include the City's non -ad valorem assessment in the TRIM notice sent to the
City's property owners in August.
G. Receive from the City corrections to the roll and update the Non -Ad Valorem
Assessment Roll with the changed and corrected information.
H. Deliver the City's Uniform Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll to the Broward
County Revenue Collector's office so that the tax bills mailed on or about
November 1 will include the amount for the City's assessment levies.
2. City agrees to perform the following acts in connection with this agreement:
A. Advise the property owners within the City in an appropriate and lawful manner
of the City's intention to utilize the uniform non -ad valorem assessment method
described in Sections 197.3631 through 197.3635, Florida Statutes and carry out
its responsibilities under said Sections.
B. Timely provide the Property Appraiser with information required to prepare the
Uniform Non -Ad Valorem Assessment Roll.
C. Any material changes of assessment, including, but not limited to, methodology,
units of measurement, or creation of additional rates within a single district, must
be submitted to the Property Appraiser no later than May 1st of the applicable tax
year.
D. Establish an appropriate appeal process for property owners who wish to contest
the classification of their property or amounts of uniform non -ad valorem
assessments.
E. Advise the property owners within the City, as appropriate, that the Property
Appraiser's office is acting in a ministerial capacity for the City in connection
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with the non -ad valorem assessments.
F. The City shall notify Property Appraiser of the proposed date of the scheduled
public hearing to be included in the TRIM Notice no later than July 31.
G. Within 30 days of invoice, pay the Property Appraiser the necessary
administrative costs incurred in carrying out her functions under this Agreement,
including but not limited to those costs associated with personnel, forms, supplies,
data processing, computer equipment, postage if necessary, and programming.
3. Within 30 days of invoice, the Property Appraiser shall be compensated by the City for
all administrative costs incurred in carrying out this Agreement at the rate of $.50 per
parcel. The parties understand this rate per parcel does not include any amount for
extraordinary programming or other services required by the City. For purposes of this
Agreement, "extraordinary programming" shall mean the creation of customized
computer programs, assessment calculation routines or creation of data not normally used
by the Property Appraiser. In the event that the use of extraordinary programming or
creation of such data is required, the Property Appraiser shall estimate the cost of such
programming or creation of such data and inform the City of such cost in writing in
advance. The Property Appraiser will not engage in such extraordinary programming or
creation of such data without prior written approval from the City.
4. Any changes submitted to the Property Appraiser after the May 1 st cutoff date shall be
disregarded by the Property Appraiser and will not be reflected on the TRIM Notice, or in
the file passed to the Revenue Collector. Failure of the Taxing Authority to provide the
Property Appraiser with material changes of assessment by May Is' shall not be grounds
for a refund of any monies paid, and shall not relieve the Taxing Authority of any
outstanding financial obligations to the Property Appraiser, and the Taxing Authority
agrees to hold the Property Appraiser harmless for any repercussions resulting from the
new material changes of assessment not being reflected on the TRIM Notice, or in the file
passed to the Revenue Collector.
5. The specific duties to be performed under this Agreement and their respective timeframes
are contained in Attachment A, which is incorporated herein by reference.
6. If the Property Appraiser or City determines this Agreement needs modification, said
modification must be in writing, signed by both parties, and entered into prior to January
1st of the tax year in which such modification is to become effective.
7. Neither party may assign his or its obligations under this Agreement.
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8. This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with Florida law. Any and
all legal action necessary to enforce this Agreement will be held in Broward County,
Florida. No remedy herein conferred upon any party is intended to be exclusive of any
other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in
addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or by statute or otherwise. No single or partial exercise by any party of any right,
power, or remedy hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof.
9. All parts of this Agreement not held unenforceable for any reason shall be given full
force and effect.
10. All communications required by this Agreement shall be in writing and sent by first class
mail or email to the other party. Notices to the City shall be addressed to City Manager
at the following address:
7525 NW 88th Av
Tamarac, FL 33321-2401
Email: Michael.Cernech@tamarac.org
Notices to the Property Appraiser shall be addressed to:
Lori Parrish, Broward County Property Appraiser
115 South Andrews Avenue, Room 111
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
Email: lori@bcpa.net
11. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall continue from year to year
unless cancelled by either party. Either party may cancel this Agreement by providing
the other party written notice of the cancellation prior to January 1st of the year the
agreement shall stand terminated. Property Appraiser will perform no further work after
a written cancellation. This agreement shall automatically terminate at the end of the
Property Appraiser's term of office (January, 2013).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have made and executed this Agreement on the
respective dates under each signature: PROPERTY APPRAISER by and through LORI
PARRISH and CITY, by and through Michael C. Cernech, City Manager, duly authorized to
execute same.
Approved as to form:
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PROPERTY APPRAISER:
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LORI PARRISH, BROWARD COUNTY
PROPERTY APPRAISER
AI day of F �ary,2012
Jerro Mathias, Deputy General Counsel
Br and County Property Appraiser's Office
CITY:
MICHAEL C. CERNECH, CITY MANAGER
PAday of ar , 2012
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City of Tamarac, FLORIDA
CALENDAR FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
NON -AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT
TASK TO BE PERFORMED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
DUE DATE
1. Property Appraiser to provide the City with an electronic file that
On or prior to June
includes owner name, property address and property ID, property
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classifications, square footage of non-residential property, and number of
units for residential property.
Note: The file shall be a text file or an excel file and shall include a file
layout of all data fields, as well as a description of all Property Appraiser
codes.
2. Property Appraiser certifies City's taxable value.
On or prior to July 1.
3. City reviews assessment data (unit counts, square footage amounts,
From June 1 to July
property classifications, etc.) provided by the Property Appraiser for
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accuracy, and notifies the Property Appraiser of any corrections.
4. City calculates its preliminary Stormwater Assessment rates. If the
From June 1 to July
preliminary rates are different than existing rates, the Property Appraiser
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shall provide a recap of revenues to be generated based upon the new
rates or, if necessary, re -run the assessment data file with the new rates
for the City.
5. City adopts its preliminary millage rate and preliminary non -ad
On or prior to
valorem Stormwater Assessment rates.
August 4.
6. City adopts an Initial Assessment Resolution for the Stormwater
On or prior to
Assessment program.
August 4.
7. City provides the Property Appraiser with its preliminary adopted
On or prior to
non -ad valorem Stormwater Assessment rates, and the date, time and
August 4.
place of the public hearing, and any other information necessary to be
placed on the TRIM notice.
8. Property Appraiser shall send TRIM notices, which include the non-
On or prior to
ad valorem Stormwater Assessment to all City property owners.
August 24.
9. City advertises its public hearing in a newspaper.
On or prior to
August 24.
10. City provides Property Appraiser with any corrections for re -TRIM.
September
11. City holds its public hearing and adopts a Final Assessment
September
Resolution.
12. In conformance with Fla. Stat. 197.3632, the City certifies the final
Within 3 days of
non -ad valorem Stormwater Assessment rates, and provides the Property
adoption of the final
Appraiser with a certified copy of the resolution adopting the rates.
resolution.
13. Property Appraiser delivers the City's non -ad valorem Stormwater
At the time of ad
Assessment rolls to the Revenue Collector.
valorem tax roll
certification.
14. Property Appraiser provides the City a file of the non -ad valorem
30 days after
assessment roll delivered to the Revenue Collector as the final record of
delivery of non -ad
current year Stormwater Assessment.
valorem assessment
roll to the Revenue
Collector.
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