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Home My WebLink About20-092 RESOLUTION NO. 20-092 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE m F n o` COUNTY, FLORIDA RATIFYING AN EMERGENCY ORDER OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY o00 W m Z y �m ADMINISTRATOR REGARDING CODE ENFORCEMENT AMNESTY PROGRAM CODE Z N 8N m LIENS TOLLED a�'m 9 N �O �DCac gm��mn ^'{ WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St Lucie County, Florida has made the N A o T following determinations: w m 1. On March 17, 2020, the St. Lucie County Public Safety Director declared a State of CD Local Emergency COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ("St. Lucie County Declaration of o c Emergency"); and 2. The findings in the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency are incorporated herein; and 3. On March 16, 2020, President Donald J.Trump and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ('CDC") issued the "15 Days to Slow the Spread" guidance advising individuals to adopt far-reaching social distancing measures, such as avoiding gatherings of more than 10 people, and in states with evidence of community spread, recommending restrictions to certain establishments conducive to mass gatherings and congregations; and 4. On March 29, 2020,the President extended such guidance to be in effect until April 30, 2020; and 5. On March 24, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order No. 20-83 directing the State Surgeon General and State Health Officer to issue a public health advisory to all persons over 65 years of age and persons that have serious underlying medical conditions that place them at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 urging them to stay home and to take such other measures as necessary to limit their risk of exposure to COVID-19; and 6. Pursuant to Executive Order No. 20-83, the Governor of the State of Florida further directed the State Surgeon General and the State Health Officer to issue a public health advisory providing that individuals should cease all social or recreational gatherings of 10 or more people; and 1 7. On March 25, 2020, the State Surgeon General issued a Public Health Advisory consistent with Executive Order 20-83; and 8. On March 25, 2020, the President of the United States declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Florida as a result of COVID-19; and 9. On April 1, 2020, the Governor of the State of Florida issued Executive Order 20- 91 directing senior citizens, individuals with a significant underlying medication condition, and persons engaging in nonessential services or activities to stay at home; and 10. Paragraph 2 of the St. Lucie County Declaration of Emergency provides that the County Administrator may take all actions necessary and appropriate to protect human life and prosperity, to the extent necessary to accommodate the emergency; and 11. The United States Department of Labor April 2, 2020, News Release states, "In the week ending March 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 6,648,000, an increase of 3,341,000 from the previous week's revised level. This marks the highest level of seasonally adjusted initial claims in the history of the seasonally adjusted series." See attached Exhibit A"; and 12. St. Lucie County Code Enforcement Board levies fines for failure to abate Code violations by a given date. The fine may be recorded as a lien against the property. The recorded fine order will be reflected on the title of the property; and 13. The County's goal is for the violator to abate the violation and bring the property into compliance with St. Lucie County Codes; and 14. Property owners may not be able to transfer title to their property due to the recorded lien. 15. To best protect the health, safety, and welfare of the County and its residents, the County Administrator signed Order No. 20-010 authorizing the St. Lucie County Code Compliance to commence the Amnesty Lien Program. The Amnesty Lien Program will assist property owners who have outstanding code enforcement liens and have abated all code violations on the entire property. The specifications of the programs are attached as Exhibit A. 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida: 1. The County Administrator's April 8, 2020 Order No. 20-010 is hereby ratified. 2. This resolution shall take effect upon adoption. After motion and second, the vote on this resolution was as follows: Commissioner Cathy Townsend, Chair AYE Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky, Vice Chair AYE Commissioner Sean Mitchell AYE Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson AYE PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 19th day of May 2020. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA Angela Riggins By: Cathy Townsend Deputy Clerk Chair County Commissioners Seal is here APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: BY: Daniel S. McIntyre County Attorney 3 Planning and develoPment ServiceS EXHIBIT A St. Lucie County Code Compliance Amnesty Lien Program St. Lucie County is offering its annual Code Enforcement Amnesty Program as an assistance to property owners who may have outstanding code enforcement liens reflected on the title to their property. Program Duration: April 1 thru July 31, 2020 Terms of Amnesty Lien Program: • Available to all residential and commercial property owners with outstanding Code Enforcement liens. • Eligible for a 90% reduction of lien if property is brought into 100% Compliance. • The entire property must be in compliance with all County Codes and Ordinances. • Property owner shall NOT have any active code enforcement violations on Any other properties owned in the unincorporated areas of St. Lucie County. • Properties will be inspected to confirm there are no code violations. • Upon approved inspection, the reduced lien (10% of original lien) must be Paid within thirty (30) days. Please fill out the attached application or for your convenience, you can submit the application online at: http://www.stlucieco.gov/amnesty Please mail, fax, or email the application before the deadline. Mailing Address: 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL 34982 FAX E-mail (772) 462-1148 Code_Enforcement@stlucieco.org St. lucie county Board of county commiSSionerS Linda Bartz Chair District 3 Cathy Townsend Vice-Chair District 5 Chris Dzadovsky District 1 Sean Mitchell District 2 Frannie Hutchinson District 4 Howard N. Tipton County Administrator Dan McIntyre County Attorney Mailing address 2300 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34982 Phone (772) 462-1567 TDD (772) 462-1428 FAX (772) 462-1148 E-mail williamsda@stlucieco.org Website www.stlucieco.gov