§ 14-60. County abatement of nuisance or correction of prohibited conditions.

(a)

If a finding of violation is made by the special master, then notwithstanding any order by the special master, and as a supplement thereto, the division shall notify the record owner or owners of the lot in question by registered or by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the owner or owners shall have fourteen (14) days from the date of the special master's order of finding to abate said nuisance or to otherwise correct the prohibited condition or conditions, and that if said nuisance is not abated or condition corrected within the fourteen (14) days, the county shall forthwith abate the nuisance or correct the prohibited condition or conditions, and shall, through its agents or contractors, be authorized to enter upon the property and take such steps as are reasonably necessary to affect abatement or to correct the prohibited condition or conditions.

(b)

In the event that such notice is returned by postal authorities, the director shall cause a copy of the notice to be served by the Lake County Sheriff's Office to the record owner or owners of the lot in question. In the event that personal service upon the owner or owners of the property or upon any agent of the owner or owners thereof cannot be performed after a reasonable search by the sheriff's office, then notice shall be accomplished by physical posting on the lot in question. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF NUISANCE AND/OR PROHIBITED CONDITIONS.

Name of Owner:	_____
Address of Owner:	_____
	_____
Date of Notice:	_____

 

Our records indicate that you are the owner(s) of the following described real property in Lake County, Florida, to wit:

(describe property)

On _____ day of ________ 200___, the Lake County Code Enforcement Special Master issued its Order of Finding that a nuisance and/or prohibited condition or conditions exist on the above-described property in violation of the Lake County Nuisance Abatement Ordinance, in that:

(describe here the condition which the board found in violation).

You, as the owner or owners of the above-described property shall have fourteen (14) days from the date of this notice to abate said nuisance or to otherwise correct the prohibited condition or conditions, and that if said nuisance is not abated or prohibited condition or conditions corrected within the fourteen (14) days, Lake County shall forthwith abate said nuisance or correct the prohibited condition or conditions, and shall, through its agents or contractors, be authorized to enter upon the property and take such steps that are reasonably necessary to affect abatement or to correct the prohibited condition or conditions. If Lake County affects an abatement as described above, the cost of the work, including advertising costs, other expenses and an administrative fee, shall be imposed as a lien on the property if not otherwise paid within thirty (30) days after receipt of billing.

LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA

by:  _____ Director, Code Compliance Division

 

(c)

At the expiration of the thirty-day period from the special master's order of finding or from the posting of the property as the case may be, the director or an inspector shall conduct a re-inspection of the property. If the director or an inspector finds that an abatement has not occurred and that the nuisance or prohibited condition or conditions have not been corrected, the director shall forthwith abate the same, and shall, through the county's agents or contractors, be authorized to enter upon the lot and take such steps as are reasonable and necessary to affect abatement. Lake County shall not be required to have any lot abated, corrected or mowed by its contractors or agents more than two (2) times per year.

(Ord. No. 2015-14, § 1, 5-5-15)