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Finance
Department
Special Assessment Option for Neighborhood
Improvements
The City established a new self-help program in
1996, wherein the City acts as facilitator to assist in neighborhood
initiatives by allowing a special assessment to be levied on affected
properties.
This special assessment option enables the creation
of assessment areas initiated by a petition process of affected property owners. This
petition process allows property owners to fund needed improvements or services.
There must be majority support of the
affected owners in order for the special assessment to be
established. Examples (which are illustrative and not limiting):
Capital:
Asphalt removal (to return to
original brick
streets)
Major community change – related to
safety
or security
issues
Entranceway features and identification
Recurring:
Parkway median enhancement –
creating a
unique
neighborhood environment
Landscape Irrigation
Maintenance of neighborhood walls
For more information regarding Special Assessment
Option for Neighborhood Improvements, please refer
to:
Chapter
52 of the City Code
(Home Rule Special Assessment Ordinance)
City
of Orlando's Policy & Procedures Manual Section 401.2 Funding
for Local Improvements (through use of Special Assessment only).
For information regarding payoff of liens or amounts
due to the City for improvements, contact Accounts Receivable at (407)
246-2611, or web site: accounts
receivable.
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