1339 ORDINANCE NO. 1339
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 6-16 OF CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA, THE SAME BEING
ENTITLED BUILDINGS, SAID AMENDMENT CHANGING
THE METHOD OF MAILING A NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION
OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY FROM
REGISTERED MAIL TO CERTIFIED MAIL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Section 6-16 of Chapter 6 entitled Buildings
of the Sanford City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 6-16 Periodic Inspection of Buildings; Notice of Con-
demnat[on; Hearing.
The building inspector and the fire chief are hereby required
to periodically inspect all buildings and structures within the city, and
if such officials find any building or structure to be in a dilapidated,
unsanitary or unsafe condition, shall report such fact in writing to the
city commission, specifying in detail the condition of said building or
structure, The city commission shall thereupon determine whether or
not a public hearing shall be held to condemn such buildIng or structure,
and in the event the city commission determines such hearing will be
held, it shall order placed upon such building or structure a notice of
condemnation in essentially the form marked Exhibit "A'x and attached
to Ordinance No. 768 on file in the city clerk's office, and sknultaneously
therewith direct by certified mail to the last known address as shown by
the tax assessment rolls of the city, a notice to the owner of the property
involved, that said building or structure thereon has been found by officials
of the city to be in a dilapidated, unsanitary or unsafe condition, and that
the city intends to condemn the same. Such notice shall further provide
that a hearing will be held before the city commission at a stated time,
not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of such notice, and at a stated
place, and that at such thne and place a full deterrn[nation will be made
by the city commission as to the condition of said building or structure.
The property owner at such thne shall have a full opportunity to be heard
and to present such evidence as the owner sees fit. At the time and place
of such hearing the city commission shall hear all evidence produced and
determine whether or not said building or structure shall be condemned.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordLnance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of May ,
A.D., 1976.
Mayor
Attest:
As the City Commission of the C~ty of
Sanford, Florida.
CERTIFICATE
I,H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida,
do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Ordi-
nance No. 1339, PASSED and ADOFrED by the City Commission of the City
of Sanford, Florida, on the 24th day of May, 1976, was POSTED at the
front door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the
25th day of May, 1976t
City of Sanford, Florida
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