You are hereby notified. . .

What follows is an excerpt from a public notice published in this week’s Lake Worth Herald:


ATTENTION OWNERS, AGENTS, CUSTODIANS, LESSEES AND OCCUPANTS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF LAKE WORTH BEACH

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the City Commission of the City of Lake Worth Beach, Florida, in accordance with provisions found in Ordinances 2016-08, 2016-09 and 2016-10, is hereby giving notice to property owners that:

You are hereby notified that you are required by law to cut and prevent the accumulation of weeds, grasses or other vegetation over ten (10) inches in height or that otherwise are conducive to harboring vermin, reptiles, or other wild animal life upon your property; and to remove any trash, waste, rubble, debris, refuse, garbage, or other nocuous matter or condition located on any property owned, controlled or occupied by you in the City of Lake Worth Beach; and that upon your failure to do so, the City of Lake Worth Beach will institute nuisance abatement proceedings against your property and cause such nuisance to be abated. The cost of such abatement will constitute a special assessment lien against the property on which the nuisance is located. Such special assessment lien shall be coequal with the lien of all state, county, district, and municipal taxes and superior in dignity to mortgages and all other liens, irrespective of the date of the recording of the special assessment lien, if recorded, or the date of the recording of any mortgage or any other lien on real property. A failure to pay said lien, even such lien upon homesteaded property, may result in a loss of title to your property.

AND

You are hereby notified that you are required by law to maintain vacant or unoccupied structures so that no doors, windows or other openings are broken or missing so as to allow access to the interior and to have a valid boarding certificate when boarding the structure is necessary. Upon your failure to do so, the City of Lake Worth Beach . . .

End of excerpt.

The entire public notice in the Herald this week is three long paragraphs and appears on p. 5 below the fold.

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Also worth noting in this week’s paper is a front page feature story headlined, “Lake Worth Beach Opportunity Zone Master Plan Adopted”; this is a major development in this City’s redevelopment efforts.