Resolution 131-1986
RESOLUTION NO. 131-1986
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING MONROE COUNTY CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS OR THEIR DESIGNEES TO
REMOVE ABANDONED PROPERTY FROM ITS LOCATION
ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
WHEREAS, Florida Statute 705.16 provides that a enforcement
officer, upon ascertaining that an article of abandoned property
is present on public or private property, shall take the
necessary procedures to have said abandoned property removed and
destroyed, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, has determined that abandoned property should be removed
from public or private property, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida has determined that the Code Enforcement officers or
their designees are best qualified to take the necessary
procedures, pursuant to Florida Statute 705.16, to have abandoned
property removed, now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. That the Code Enforcement Officers for Monroe County,
Florida, or their designees shall be authorized, pursuant to
Florida Statute 705.16, to have abandoned property removed and
destroyed.
2. A notice shall be attached to the abandoned property
giving notice to the owner and all persons interested in the
attached property that the property is unlawfully upon public
property and must be removed within 10 days. If the property is
a boat, then the same must be removed within 30 days from date of
notice.
If not removed within the prescribed time J then the
property will be presumed abandoned and subsequently removed and
destroyed.
3. If the abandoned property is on private property J a
notice shall be attached to the abandoned property. The notice
shall inform the owner and all interested persons that the same
is unlawfully situated on private property and must be removed
wi thin ten (10) days, or if a boat then thirty (30) days from
date of notice. If not removed within the prescribed time, then
the property will be presumed abandoned and subsequently removed
and des troyed.
In addition, the Code Enforcement Officers or
their designees shall mail a copy of the notice to the owner of
the real property upon which the abandoned property is located.
If the abandoned property is a car or boat, then a reasonable
effort should be made to ascertain ownership.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Monroe County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held
on the l'6tl. day of April, A.D. 1986.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By \.U'~~;;i/CiiA- ~
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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