HomeMy WebLinkAbout22-023ORDINANCE NO. 2022-023
,- AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
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SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
FLORIDA:
ARTICLE I
Short Title
This Ordinance shall be known as County Ordinance No. 2022-023, "Economic
Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption — Fed Ex Ground Package System, Inc."
ARTICLE II
Procedure
After consideration of the report of the Property Appraiser and in accordance with the
procedure set forth in County Ordinance 92-24, "Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax
Exemption Regulations of St. Lucie County, Florida." The Board grants and establishes an
exemption from ad valorem taxation of the assessed value of FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.,
in accordance with the following exemption phase out schedule for the tax years listed below:
Year
- 100%
Year 2
- 100%
Year 3
- 100%
Year 4
- 100%
Year 5
- 100%
Year 6
- 90%
Year 7
- 80%
Year 8
- 60%
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Year 9 - 40%
Year 10 - 20%
No exemption shall be granted on the land on which improvements are made by FedEx
Ground Package System, 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 $215,042,073.91. Revenues lost to the County for the current fiscal year by ad valorem
tax exemptions under this section currently in effect are $567,997.82. Revenues to be lost by
granting of this exemption for the current fiscal year are estimated to be $414,390.89.
ARTICLE IV
Expiration Date
The Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption granted to FedEx Ground Package
System, Inc., an expanding business, shall be for ten (10) years from the date the exemption is
applied.
ARTICLE V
Finding
The Board of County Commissioner of St. Lucie County, Florida, finds that FedEx Ground
Package System, Inc. is a new business as defined by the St. Lucie County Ordinance No. 92-24
and Section 196.012(14), Florida Statutes. The Board reserves the right to repeal the exemption
if FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. no longer satisfies the criteria set out above.
ARTICLE VI
Severa!?j i
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.
State.
ARTICLE VII
Effective Date
This Ordinance shall take effect upon receipt of notice of filling from the Secretary of
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ARTICLE VIII
Adoption
After motion and second, the vote of this Ordinance was as follows:
Commissioner Sean Mitchell, Chair AYE
Commissioner, Frannie Hutchinson Vice Chair AYE
Commissioner Linda Bartz AYE
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky AYE
Commissioner Cathy Townsend AYE
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 9th day of August, 2022.
ATTEST:
DEPUTY CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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Governor Secretary of State
August 17, 2022
Michelle R. Miller
Clerk & Comptroller
St. Lucie County
2300 Virginia Avenue
Fort Pierce, Florida 34982
Attn: Vera Smith
Dear Michelle Miller:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida Statutes, this will acknowledge receipt of your
electronic copy of St. Lucie County Ordinance No. 2022-23, which was filed in this office on August 17,
2022.
Sincerely,
Anya Owens
Program Administrator
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R. A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250
Telephone: (850) 245-6270