Please take note. If you own property in the Village of Palm Springs, “You are hereby notified. . .”

“. . . [Y]ou are required by law to cut and prevent the excessive accumulation of weeds, underbrush, grass or other dead and living plant life upon your improved property; to remove any trash, waste, rubble, debris, refuse, abandoned appliance, or other nocuous matter or condition. . .”

Please note that failure to do so, “may result
in a loss of title to your property.”

Below are more excerpts and information about this public notice issued by the Village of Palm Springs.

Question: How does one find out for sure if you own property in the Village of Palm Springs?

Maybe the property you own is just outside the village in a “pocket” of unincorporated Palm Beach County nearby the Great Walled City of Atlantis?

Or let’s say you’re an enterprising young reporter in the press or news media and you want to do a story about what’s happening in this delightful village (please see map below) nestled between the cities of Lake Worth and Greenacres? How do you know for certain you’re actually in Palm Springs?

The last thing you want to do is have your editor be forced to issue a “Correction” like what happened last week to a beat reporter at The Palm Beach Post:

LOXAHATCHEE — Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said the home in question was in Wellington. The home is in Loxahatchee.

And guess what? The correction is incorrect!

There is a Town of Loxahatchee Groves in Palm Beach County but no town, city, or village called ‘Loxahatchee’. The correction above should read either “Unincorporated Loxahatchee” or “Loxahatchee Groves” if this incident happened within the municipal limits of the town.

Phew! So how is one to know for sure if you own property in the Village of Palm Springs or not? How does a reporter make sure his or her editor will not have to issue a correction the very next day?

It’s easy. Just click on this link for all the information you’ll need to know.

Without further ado. . .

If you own property in the Village of Palm Springs,
 “You are hereby notified. . .”

Below are two excerpts from a public notice published in The Lake Worth Herald:

ATTENTION OWNERS, AGENTS, CUSTODIANS, LESSEES AND OCCUPANTS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE VILLAGE
OF PALM SPRINGS

You are hereby notified that you are required by law to cut and prevent the excessive accumulation of weeds, underbrush, grass or other dead and living plant life upon your improved property; to remove any trash, waste, rubble, debris, refuse, abandoned appliance, or other nocuous matter or condition located on any property owned, controlled or occupied by you in the Village of Palm Springs; and that upon your failure to do so, the Village of Palm Springs will institute nuisance abatement proceedings against your property and cause such nuisance to be abated. [emphasis added]

and. . .

     A failure to pay said lien, even such lien upon homesteaded property, may result in a loss of title to your property.

Want to learn more about the topic of code enforcement in the Village of Palm Springs? Then please click on this link.