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O-61-199 ORDINANCE NO. / '19 .. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 15 OF CHAPTER X OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLERMONT; PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND OTHER MA TIERS RELATING THERETO WHEREAS, under Chapter 61-2016 Special Acts of the Leg- .islature of Florida, the Charter of the City of Clermont was amend- ed to provide for a period of and discount for payment of taxes, de- linquent taxes, advertising and sale of property for delinquent taxes, issuing tax certificates and adopting the general laws of the State of Florida pertaining to assessment and collection of all taxes; and, WHEREAS, the amendment of said Charter was so made in order to give the taxpayers the benefit of the extra discount and to apply to 1961 taxes in every respect; therefore, BE IT ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF .ÇLERMONT, FLORIDA SECTION 1. That Section 15 of Chapter X of the Revised Gen- eral Ordinance of the City of Clermont is hereby amended in toto to read as follows: Section 15 (a) In all matters pertaining to the assessment and collection of real and personal property taxes, where the same are not other- wise provided for in the Charter of the City, the provisions of the general laws of the State of Florida relative to like matters shall govern. (b) All Taxes shall be due and payable on November first (1st) of each year, and discounts shall be allowed thereon when paid in the following months of each year: four per cent (4%) if paid in November, and three per cent (3%) if paid in December of that year, and in the following year two per cent (2%) if paid in January and one per cent (1%) ü paid in February. .. (c) All unpaid taxes upon real estate shall become delinquent on April first (1st) of the year following the year in which such taxes were assessed, and shall bear interest from such date at the rate of eighteen per centum (18%) per annum for the time after the first year and the tax collector shall, on or before June first (1st) of each year, advertise and sell in the foHowing manner: He shaH make out a state- ment of all such real estate, specifying the amount due on each parcel, including interest from April first (lst) to date of sale at the rate of eighteen per centum (18%) per annum, together with the cost of ad- vertising and expense of sale in the same order in which the lands were assessed, and such list shall be published once each week for Page 1. :{) four (4) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the City. If there be more than one (1) newspaper published in the City, the Coun- cil shall at the first meeting in April of each year, designate the news- paper in which such list shall be published. If there be no newspaper published in the City, then such list shall be posted in three (3) public places in the City for four (4) consecutive weeks, one (1) of said places shall be the office of the City Clerk. (d) Lands upon which taxes have become delinquent may be re- deemed at any time between April first (1st) and the date of sale of the tax certificate upon payment of all costs and delinquent taxes and interest on such amount at the rate of eighteen per centum (18%) per annum, but not less than three per centum (3%) of the delinquent taxes and costs. (e) In all other matters pertaining to the sale of said lands upon which real estate taxes are delinquent, the issuance of tax certificates, then redemption and records to be kept in connection therewith, the provisions of Sections 193.52 to 193.62, inclusive, Florida Statutes, are hereby, by reference thereto, adopted and made a part hereof as if fully and at large set forth herein, except as to triplicate lists as re- quired and provided for in Section 193.58 only one (1) list shall be kept. SECTION II. All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in con- flict herewith are hereby repealed. If any part of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any Court of compe- tent jurisdiction, such part shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts hereof. SECTION III. This Council desiring the taxpayers of the City to have the advantage of the extra discount declares its passage to be an emergency measure and same shall become effective upon being duly adopted; and, further, if any 1961 taxes have been heretofore collected on which the former and lesser discounts were allowed or taken the City shall refund to any taxpayer such additional sums as will equal the discount herein provided for. -------------------------------- PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council at its regular meet- ing held on November 7, 1961, after three readings. ~ ¿" (l I'M~ ://ú"u P esident óí: ity coudfl ..' l'~~ . -; ./ './ ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _"'t'-;;:;..",:.;, ~ , '~', """'.. .;~ . - ::, =--= :, ...= . --:: , , . ::: .:-;,.... $' ~ ~~ :. ',...,...... :..... . - Page 2. :{) RECEIVED AND APPROVED by me this November 7, 1961. ayor r!mt d~ -- ---- - --- ---- ---------- -- ------ CERTIFICATE The foregoing Ordinance No.L11- was duly posted by me this November 8, 1961. oæ~ /~. . . y éÚ~~k-/ f . ':' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -",- - - - -' . - - . ;. ~.....~~~ ~ / ~",..,/'" --. '~~.. '. " I" *J.- ~/:.I-~ ... _I'..~ . #-<# ~ -.~ . _J -:-.'-~ È?-o.ª .. -::; ..~.:. :: .....~-$ ........~'-$ . ::-- ",~ ~'..'" .:;.>~.::,.ì >() Page 3.