City of Coral Gables

File #: 18-7646    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 6/29/2018 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 7/10/2018 Final action: 8/28/2018
Enactment date: 8/28/2018 Enactment #: 2018-27
Title: An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, amending Section 101-143 of the City Code of Coral Gables to provide for Procedures and a Fee for Partial Releases of Liens for Code Enforcement Fines; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, codification, and providing for an effective date.
Attachments: 1. Signed Ordinance 2018-27, 2. cover memo - lien partial release fee - second reading, 3. ordinance - lien partial release fee - second reading, 4. cover memo - lien partial release fee - first reading, 5. ordinance - lien partial release fee - first reading, 6. Verbatim Transcript - CCMtg July 10 2018 - Agenda Item F-5 - Ordinance amending Section 101-143 of the City Code for partial releases of liens, 7. Verbatim Transcript - CCMtg August 28 2018 - Agenda Item F-2 - Ordinance amending Section 101-143 of the City Code

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An Ordinance of the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, amending Section 101-143 of the City Code of Coral Gables to provide for Procedures and a Fee for Partial Releases of Liens for Code Enforcement Fines; providing for a repealer provision, severability clause, codification, and providing for an effective date.

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Routinely, the City receives requests for the release of code enforcement liens that have not been satisfied in order to confirm of record that the liens do not encumber the property, whether as a result of a legal proceeding or by operation of law.  The City does not currently assess a fee for processing a partial release of lien, however, there is a cost associated with assessing the validity of the request and preparing and recording the partial release of the lien.  This Ordinance provides for a fee to recover those costs in order to maximize the City’s ability to recover the public funds expended to provide this service.