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HomeMy WebLinkAbout00-22ORDINANCE NO. 00-22 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY; ESTABLISHING AN EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN AD VALOREM TAXATION FOR BEE ELECTRONICS, INC., 7440 COMMERCIAL CIRCLE, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA, A NEW BUSINESS; PROVIDING THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE AVAILABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAX SOURCES FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF ESTIMATED REVENUE FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WHICH WOULD BE LOST BECAUSE OF THE EXEMPTION GRANTED TO BEE ELECTRONICS, INC.; PROVIDING AN EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXEMPTION FROM THE DATE ON BOARD ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A FINDING THAT BEE ELECTRONICS, INC. MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A NEW BUSINESS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. ' -- c r-j I.-:1> 0 m LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA: •- cr c-r cam r ARTICLE I " C) -a ca co n Short Title `'' 10 m -10 = ca -a P�, This Ordinance shall be known as County Ordinance No. 00-22 "Economic Development C-3 CM M to= c= m cPcz o Ad Valorem Tax Exemption - Bee Electronics, Inc. R ,, ARTICLE II CA C, s Procedure m After consideration of the report of the Property Appraiser and in accordance with Liz ra M the procedure set forth in County Ordinance 92-24, "Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax r n Exemption Regulations of St. Lucie County, Florida", the Board grants and establishes an C-i C3 exemption from ad valorem taxation of the assessed value of Bee Electronics, Inc., 7440 Commercial Circle, Fort Pierce, Florida, in accordance with the following exemption phase out schedule: Year 1 (Fiscal Year 2000-01) - 100% Year 2 - 90% Year 3 - 80% Year 4 - 70% Year 5 - 60% Year 6 - 50% Year 7 - 40% Year 8 - 30% Year 9 - 20% Year 10 - 10% No exemption shall be granted on the land on which improvements are made by Bee Electronics, Inc. ARTICLE III Ad Valorem Tax Revenues Total revenues are available to the County for the current fiscal year from ad valorem tax sources is $73,330,031.98. Revenues lost to the County for the current fiscal year by ad valorem tax exemptions under this section currently in effect are $44,608.19. Revenues to be lost by granting of this exemption for the current fiscal year are estimated to be $12,381.77. ca C3 c..a 3> M m cam L4 ARTICLE IV Expiration Date The Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption granted to Bee Electronics, Inc., a new business shall be for ten (10) years from the date of Board adoption of this Ordinance. ARTICLE V Finding The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, finds that Bee Electronics, Inc. is a new business as defined by St. Lucie County Ordinance No. 92-24 and Section 196.012(16), Florida Statutes. The Board reserves the right to repeal the exemption if Bee Electronics, Inc. no longer satisfies the criteria set out above. ARTICLE VI Severability If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason found void, invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, independent, and severable provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. c) M m U1 ARTICLE VII Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect upon receipt of notice of filing from the Secretary of State. ARTICLE VIII Adoption After motion and second, the vote on this Ordinance was as follows: Chairman John D. Bruhn AYE Vice Chairman Frannie Hutchinson AYE Commissioner Doug Coward NAY Commissioner Paula Lewis AYE c� �a Commissioner Cliff Barnes AYE c� PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 18th day of July, 2000. ATTEST: 1 Deputy W BOARD OF COUNTY COMM STONER , ^ M ST. LUC OUNTY, L�� A `- f rs `. BY: Chairman APP OVED AS TO FORM AND : BY: