Ordinance 1986-002 Code Enforcement Procedures Repeat ViolationORDINANCE NO. 2 - 1986
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 2-171, SECTION 2-178 AND SECTION
2-179 OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH CODE.
' BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 2-171 of the Village of North Palm
Beach Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2-171.
Declaration of Le_islative intent. It is the intent
of this article to promote, protect and improve the health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of North Palm Beach and to
provide an equitable, expeditious, effective and inexpensive
method of enforcing the hereinafter described Codes and
Ordinances of the Village where a pending or repeated violation
continues to exist.
Section 2. Section 2-178 of the Village of North Palm
' Beach Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2-178.
Fines. The Enforcement Board, upon notification by
the Code Inspector that a previous order of the Enforcement
Board has not been complied with by the set time or, upon
finding that the same violation has been repeated by the same
violator, may order the violator to pay a fine not to exceed
$250 for each day the violation continues past the date set for
compliance. A certified copy of an order imposing a fine may
be recorded in the public records and thereafter shall
constitute a lien against the land on which the violation
exists or, if the violator does not own the land, upon any
' other real or personal property owned by the violator; and it
may be enforced in the same manner as a court judgment by the
sheriffs of this state, including levy against the personal
property, but shall not be deemed to be a court judgment except
for enforcement purposes. After 6 months from the filing of
any such lien which remains unpaid, the Enforcement Board may
authorize the local governing body attorney to foreclose on the
lien. No lien created pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter may be foreclosed on real property which is a homestead
' under Article X, Section 4 of the State Constitution.
Section 3. Section 2-179 of the Village of North Palm
Beach Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2-179.
A eal. An aggrieved party, including the Village
Council, may appeal a final administrative order of the
Enforcement Board to the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County.
Such an appeal shall not be a hearing de novo, but shall be
limited to appellate review of the record created before the
Enforcement Board. An appeal shall be filed within thirty (30)
days of the execution of the order to be appealed.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon passage.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 13TH DAY OF MARCH , 1986.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 27TH DAY
OF MARCH 1986.
(Village Seal)
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Village Clerk
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