HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-13 Revising Chapter 11, Article, Section 11--1 "Definitions" 1st Reading: March 24, 2010
2°d Reading: April 14, 2010
Public Hearing: April 14, 2010
Adopted: April 14, 2010
Effective Date: April 14, 2010
Sponsored by: City Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 10-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA, REVISING CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE 1,
SECTION 11-1,"DEFINITIONS", OF THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA
CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION
OF RECITALS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND REPEALER;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,the City Opa-locka, Florida, currently assesses single family homeowners the
waste assessment on the annual tax bill; and
WHEREAS,City of Opa-locka multi-family properties were considered commercial, and
contracted with Waste Management, a commercial hauler; and
WHEREAS, the City of Opa-locka recently contracted with Choice Environmental for
residential garbage collection, including automated garbage collection; and
WHEREAS,the City of Opa-locka will provide all residential customers/residential
properties, up to four(4) units, with garbage bins for ease of collection and consistency of garbage
containment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Opa-locka desires to update Chapter 11, Article 1, Section 11-1,
"Definitions", of the City of Opa-locka Code of Ordinances, in order to assess residential property
waste fees for the Tax Bill of October 2010.
ORDINANCE No. 10-13
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF OPA-LOCKA,FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The recitals to the preamble herein are incorporated by reference.
Section 2. Chapter 11,Article 1,Section 11-1,"Definitions"of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Opa-locka, is hereby amended to assess residential properties' waste fee as follows:
Each property will be assessed per unit, the same amount single family properties are
assessed.
Section 3. For FY 2011, that amount is $500.00.
Section 4. SEVERABILITY. If any portion,section,phrase or clause of this Ordinance is held
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such ruling shall not affect the validity of the remainder of
this Ordinance.
Section 5. CODIFICATION. This Ordinance shall be codified in the Code of Ordinances
when the code is recodified.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall upon adoption, become effective
immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14`h day of April, 2010.
OSEP . KELLEY
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Attest to: Approved as o form and legal fficiency:
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DEBORAH IRBY JOS ri r GELL R, ESQUIRE
CITY CLERK INTE'IM ITY ATTORNEY
M. h 24 2010
DATE
ORDINANCE No. 10-13
Moved by: JOHNSON
Second by: HOLMES
Commission Vote: 5-0
Commissioner Holmes: YES
Commissioner Johnson: YES
Commissioner Tydus: YES
Vice-Mayor Taylor: YES
Mayor Kelley: YES
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Memorandum
TO: Mayor Joseph Kelley
Vice-Mayor Myra L. Taylor
Commissioner Dorothy Johnson
Commissioner Timothy Holmes
C I 'ssioner Rose Tydus
FROM: larance 'at erson, ityjOrrager
DATE: March 11,2010
RE: Revision of Solid Waste Definitions
Request: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OPA-
LOCKA, FLORIDA, REVISING CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 11-1
DEFINITIONS OF THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA CODE OF ORDINANCES;
PROVDING FOR CONFLICT AND REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Description: The City of Opa-locka currently assesses single family homeowners the waste assessment on
the annual tax bill. Multi family properties were considered commercial and contracted with
Waste Management Inc (the commercial waste hauler) to obtain a dumpster and schedule
pick ups.
The City recently contracted with Choice Environmental for residential garbage collection.
This contract includes automated garbage collection and all residential customers were
provided with green garbage bins. For ease of collection and consistency of garbage
containment, the City will supply containers to residential properties up to four (4) units.
Waste Management has already picked up the containers from those properties.
In order to assess these properties the waste fee on the tax bill in October 2010, it is
recommended that we update the solid waste definitions in the Code of Ordinances.
Financial Impact: Each property will be assessed per unit the same amount single family properties are
assessed. For FY 2011,that amount is$500.00.
Implementation Timeline: These properties will see the assessment on the 2010 Tax Bill.
Legislative History: Resolution 01-6283 authorizing the use of non ad valorem assessments for
collection of the waste fee.
Recommendation(s): Staff recommends approval.
Analysis: Before the use of non ad valorem assessments for the collection of the waste fee, the fee was
collected as part of the monthly utility bill for all residential properties. These properties
included single family, multi family, duplexes, apartment buildings and condominium
properties.
When the City began use of the non ad valorem assessments, the apartments successfully
challenged being considered "residential" based on the City's Code. By the second year of the
City's use of the non ad valorem assessments, all multi family properties were considered
commercial.
It is recommended that we revise the solid waste definitions in order to avoid another challenge
and bring them up to date with current terminology.
Attachments: (1) Resolution 01-6283
(2) Current Solid Waste Definitions and Proposed Solid Waste Definitions
PREPARED BY: Faye Douglas, Assistant Finance Director—Budget&Administration
Resolution No. 01-6 2 8 3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE UNIFORM
METHOD OF COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM SOLID
WASTE AND FIRE HYDRANT ASSESSMENTS WITH AD-
VALOREM TAXES BY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FOR FY 2002-
03; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO THE NECESSARY WRITTEN AGREEMENT(S)
WITH THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER
AND TAX COLLECTOR FOR SAID UNIFORM METHOD OF
COLLECTION FOR NON-AD VALOREM RESIDENTIAL SOLID
WASTE AND FIRE HYDRANT ASSESSMENTS WITH AD-
VALOREM TAXES
WHEREAS, the City of Opa-locka, Florida presently assesses residential property owners
monthly for solid waste and fire hydrant charges; and
WHEREAS, Section 197.3632, F.S. authorizes and provides for the uniform collection of
non-ad valorem assessments and requires the local government to enter into a written agreement
with the property appraiser and tax collector providing for reimbursement of necessary
administrative costs incurred; and
WHEREAS, the City of Opa-locka is desirous of utilizing the uniform method of
collecting its non-ad valorem solid waste and fire hydrant assessments as authorized by Sections
197.3632 and 197.3635, F.S. for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2002; and
WHEREAS, the City of Opa-locka, Florida, pursuant to Section 197.3632, F.S.,has
published its intent to use the uniform method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments weekly
for four consecutive weeks preceding the hearing on December 12, 2001 to consider imposing
the uniform method of collection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals to the preamble herein are incorporated by reference.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby authorizes the use of the uniform method of
collection of non-ad valorem residential solid waste and fire hydrant assessments by Miami-Dade
County to commence FY 2002-03.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the necessary written
agreement(s)with the property appraiser and tax collector to facilitate the use of the uniform
method of collection for non-ad valorem solid waste and fire hydrant assessments with ad
valorem taxes to commence for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2002.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12 day of DECEMBER 2001.
MAYOR
Attest to: Approved as to form a • legal sufficiency:
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CITY CLERK CITY A, TORNE
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Moved by: COMMISSIONER KELLEY
Second by: COMMISSIONER TAYLOR
Commission Vote: 5-0
Commissioner Kelley: YES
Commissioner Taylor: YES
Commissioner Miller: YES
Vice-Mayor Tydus: YES
Mayor Miller: YES
Resoluti on/AdValoremTaxes
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Current Solid Waste Definitions
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
Sec. 11-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Commercial account means a rooming house, hotel, tourist cabin located in a tourist camp, trailer
located in a trailer park, apartment house wherein garbage service is paid for by the owner or
manager thereof, and any building, business or establishment of any nature or kind whatsoever, and
without limitation other than a household.
Discarded building materials and fill shall be considered waste and come within the purview of this
chapter.
Garbage means every refuse accumulation of animal, fish, fowl, fruit and vegetable matter.
Household means the whole or any part of a building used for sleeping or cooking purposes,
excepting a rooming house, hotel, tourist cabin located in a tourist camp, trailer located in a trailer
park, or apartment house which pays for waste service furnished to tenants. For the purpose of this
chapter, a trailer, a tent and a shelter of any kind whatsoever, which is used for sleeping and
cooking purposes, shall be considered a building.
Householder means a single person or head of a family using a household for himself or his family.
Industrial waste means the waste products of canneries, water houses or packing plants,
condemned food particles, agricultural waste products, waste and debris from brick, concrete block,
roofing, shingle or tile plants, debris and waste accumulated from land clearing, excavation,
building, rebuilding and all alteration of buildings, structures, roads, streets, sidewalks or parkways,
and any waste materials which, because of their volume or nature, do not lend themselves to
collection and incineration commingled with ordinary garbage and trash, or which, because of their
nature or surrounding circumstances should be, for reasons of safety or health, disposed of more
often than the city collection service schedule provides for other types of garbage or waste.
Noncombustible refuse means refuse materials that are unburnable at ordinary incinerator
temperature (800 degrees through 1800 degrees Fahrenheit), such as metals, mineral matter, large
quantities of glass or crockery, metal furniture, auto bodies or parts, and other similar materials or
residues not usual to housekeeping or to the operation of stores or offices.
Rubbish means shrubbery, trees, palm fronds, and trimmings or limbs there from, and other
combustible material too large to be deposited in trash cans for collection.
Trash means small, discarded materials from around the premises, such as cans, glass, paper, paper
cartons and other materials which can be deposited in the approved trash cans for collection, and
lawn clippings, grass cuttings, leaves and small trimmings that can be placed in approved thirty (30)
gallon garbage cans without protruding there from.
Waste means trash and garbage.
(Code 1955, § 12-1)
Proposed Solid Waste Definitions
Bulky waste: Less than one (1) cubic yard of construction and demolition debris, large discarded items or
large accumulations of trash. Bulky waste shall include, without limitation, appliances, furniture, yard trash,
crates, corrugated cardboard, and other similar items. Bulky waste shall not include tires or other solid waste
requiring special handling.
Bundled yard trash: Clean yard trash which is gathered into bundles and tied securely so that each bundle
does not exceed three (3)feet in length or weigh more than fifty(50) pounds.
Commercial establishment:Any structure used or constructed for use for business operations. For purposes
of this chapter, hotels and motels are commercial establishments. The term "commercial establishment" shall
not include any residential unit or multi-family residential establishment.
Commingled yard trash:Yard trash mixed with other forms of solid waste.
Composting:Controlled biological decomposition of organic materials.
Construction and demolition debris: Discarded material generally considered not to be water-soluble or
hazardous, including, without limitation, steel, concrete, glass, brick, asphalt roofing material, or lumber from
a construction or demolition project. Commingling construction and demolition debris with any amount of
other types of solid waste will cause it to be classified as other than construction and demolition debris.
Containerized waste:Solid waste (other than solid waste requiring special handling) which is placed in cans,
plastic garbage bags or bulk containers, or in bundles, in the case of bundled yard trash.
Curbside: The area between the sidewalk and the street edge, or, in areas without sidewalks, the area
between the edge of the traveled portion of any public or private street and the property line, which area shall
not exceed ten (10)feet.
Customer: A person who uses the solid waste or recycling collection services of a permitted hauler or the
appropriate governmental agency.
Delivery: The bringing of solid waste or recyclable material to a solid waste management facility for the
purpose of resource recovery, disposal, recycling, processing,transfer, or storage.
Department:The City of Opa-locka Public Works Department.
Director: The Director of the City of Opa-locka Public Works Department or person(s) designated by the
Director.
Dumping: Throwing, discarding, placing, depositing or burying any solid waste in an area or manner not
permitted by the Code of the City of Opa-locka.
Facility: Anything that is built or purchased to make an action or operation easier or to serve a special
purpose.
Garbage: Any accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter that attends the preparation, use, cooking
and dealing in, or storage of, edibles, and any other matter, of any nature whatsoever, which is subject to
decay, putrefaction and the generation of noxious or offensive gases or odors, or which, during or after
decay, may serve as breeding or feeding material for flies or other germ-carrying insects.
Garbage can: A container made of galvanized metal, durable plastic or other similar material capable of
containing garbage, with a capacity of not less than twenty (20) gallons and not more than thirty-two (32)
gallons and having the following characteristics: (1) at least two (2) handles upon the sides or a bail by which
it may be lifted; (2) sufficient strength for workmen to empty conveniently; (3) a tight-fitting metal or plastic
top with handle; (4) construction as to permit the free discharge of its contents; and (5) no inside structures
such as inside bands and reinforcing angles or anything within the container to prevent the free discharge of
the contents.
Hazardous waste: Solid waste which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or
infectious characteristics, may, when improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated or otherwise
managed, cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality, or an increase in serious irreversible
or incapacitating reversible illness, or may pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or
the environment when improperly transported, disposed of, stored, treated or otherwise managed.
Industrial waste: Condemned food products, or solid waste resulting from the following activities or
operations of the following facilities: (1) canneries; (2) slaughterhouses or meat packing plants; (3) brick,
concrete block, roofing shingle or tile plants; and (4) land clearing, excavating, building, rebuilding and
altering of buildings, structures, roads, streets, sidewalks, or parkways. Industrial waste shall also include
any solid waste materials which, because of their volume or nature, do not lend themselves to collection and
incineration commingled with ordinary garbage and trash, or which, because of their nature or surrounding
circumstances should be, for reasons of safety or health, disposed of more often than the County collection
service schedule provided for in this chapter.
Landscaping business: Any person operating a business in the City of Opa-locka that is engaged in the
business of creating or maintaining landscaped areas, including tree trimming and tree removal.
Litter:Solid waste, in any amount, which is not containerized.
Mixed paper: Paper material free of any solid waste. Mixed paper shall include, without limitation, white
ledger, colored ledger, discarded letters and envelopes, computer paper and office paper. For purposes of
this chapter, the term "mixed paper" shall not include newspaper and cardboard. Commingling of mixed
paper with newspaper, cardboard or solid waste shall cause it to be classified as other than mixed paper.
Multi-family residential establishment: Any structure other than a residential unit which is used, or
constructed for use, as a multiple-dwelling facility. Multi-family residential establishments shall include
without limitation, rooming house, tourist court, trailer park, bungalow court, apartment building with rental or
cooperative apartments, or multiple story condominiums with common means of ingress and egress.
Neighborhood trash and recycling center: A neighborhood site, maintained by the Department, for use by
residents of the City of Opa-locka to deposit household-generated bulky waste such as clean yard trash; and
other household items; and, where collection of such items is provided for, recyclable items. Bulky waste
shall be presumed to be other than household-generated, and shall be rejected, if delivery to a neighborhood
trash and recycling center is attempted by means other than the following: (1) hand; (2) automobile; (3) van;
(4) pick-up truck. The recycling center does not accept white goods, construction debris, or demolition debris.
Noncombustible solid waste:Solid waste that is not burnable at ordinary incinerator temperature which shall
include, without limitation, metals, mineral matter, large quantities of glass or crockery, metal furniture, auto
bodies or parts, and other similar material not usual to housekeeping or to operation of commercial
establishments.
Ordinary incinerator temperature: Eight hundred (800) degrees to one thousand eight hundred (1,800)
degrees Fahrenheit.
Permittee:Any person who obtains a permit from the Department.
Person: Any natural person, individual, public or private corporation, firm, partnership, association, joint
venture, municipality, governmental agency, political subdivision, public officer, or any other entity
whatsoever, or any combination of such,jointly or severally.
Pick-up truck:A light truck having a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of not more than fifteen thousands (15,000)
pounds, manufactured with a fixed open cargo bed, which bed does not exceed the width nor the height of
the cab and is no longer than eight(8) feet.
Plastic garbage bag: A polyethylene or other heavy-duty plastic bag which meets the National Sanitation
Foundation standard for thickness of one and five-tenths (1.5) mils, has a capacity not to exceed thirty-two
(32) gallons, and has a securing mechanism.
Portable container:A dumpster, rollaway or other similar container designed for mechanized collection.
Private solid waste hauler (collector); Private hauler; Hauler:Any person, entity, corporation, or partnership
having a current permit issued in accordance with Section 15-17.1 of this Code that removes, collects or
transports for hire any solid waste over the streets or public rights-of-way within any unincorporated area of
the County.
Recyclable material: Any material which is capable of being recycled and which, if not recycled, would be
processed and disposed of as solid waste. The term "recyclable material" shall include green glass, brown
glass and clear glass; aluminum and steel cans and scrap metal; plastic containers, mixed paper,
newspaper, corrugated cardboard, office paper, and phonebooks. Any recyclable material mixed with solid
waste shall be considered to be solid waste.
Recycling container:Receptacle used for recyclable material.
Recycling program: An operation which provides for the separate gathering, storage, collection and
marketing of recyclable material.
Recycling services: Business activities related to the buying, selling, trading, marketing, transferring,
separating, collecting or processing of recyclable material. Such service shall include the proper handling
and disposal of any portion of collected recyclable material deemed unusable or unmarketable.
Residential unit: Any structure which is used, or constructed for use, as a single-family dwelling, duplex,
cluster house, or townhouse, and which is located on a single lot, parcel or tract of land. For the purposes of
this chapter, any condominium structure composed of privately owned, single-family housing units with
separate means of ingress and egress and containing no more than two (2) stories shall be considered a
residential unit. The term residential unit shall not include any multi-family residential establishment.
Resource recovery: The process of recovering materials or energy from solid waste, excluding those
materials or solid waste under control of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Resource recovery and management facility: Any facility the purpose of which is disposal, recycling,
incineration, processing, storage, transfer, or treatment of solid or liquid waste; but for the purpose of
permitting does not include sewage treatment, industrial waste treatment, or facilities exclusively within state
or federal jurisdiction.
Service unit:An area located in any commercial establishment which provides four (4) sleeping rooms or a
fraction thereof, where no cooking facilities are provided.
Solid waste:Garbage, trash, litter, yard trash, hazardous waste, construction and demolition debris, industrial
waste, or other discarded material, including solid or contained gaseous material resulting from domestic,
industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural, or governmental operations.
Solid waste collection service area:That portion or entirety of the city-wide solid waste service area to which
the department provides curbside garbage and trash collection service.
Solid waste disposal: Disposition of solid waste by means of combustion, landfilling or other final method of
discard.
Solid waste management facility: Any solid waste disposal area, volume reduction plant, transfer station or
other facility, the purpose of which is resource recovery or the disposal, recycling, processing, transfer or
storage of solid waste.
Solid waste management master plan:A document which shall set forth (a) goal(s), objectives and policies
for solid waste management in the City of Opa-locka, and shall include a comprehensive evaluation of solid
waste management alternatives and recommended actions.
Solid Waste Management System Costs: Costs incurred to provide solid waste management services,
including, without limitation, (a) costs for construction, reconstruction, or completion, of any facility, (b) the
costs of acquisition or purchase of any facility, (c) the cost of labor, materials, machinery and equipment, (d)
the cost of fuel, parts, supplies, maintenance, repairs and utilities, (e) the cost of computer services, data
processing and communications, (f) the cost of all lands and interest therein, leases, property rights,
easements and franchises of any nature whatsoever, (g) the cost of any indemnity or surety bonds and
premiums for insurance, (h) the cost of salaries, workers compensation insurance or other employment
benefits, (i) the cost of uniforms, training, travel and per diem, (j) amounts necessary to pay redemption
premiums or other costs associated with the early retirement of obligations, (k) the creation of reserve or
debt service funds, (I) costs and expenses related to the issuance of obligations, all financing charges and
any expenses related to the issuance of obligations, all financing charges and any expenses related to any
liquidity facility or credit facility, (m) the cost of construction plans and specifications, surveys and estimates
of costs, (n) the cost of engineering, financial, legal and other professional services and, (o) all other costs
and expenses properly attributable to providing solid waste management capacity by the County.
Solid waste requiring special handling:Solid waste materials which, because of their quantity, concentration,
composition or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics require transportation or disposal in a manner
not typical of other solid waste.
Tire:A continuous covering for the wheel of a motor vehicle usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of
nylon, fiberglass or other material and filled with compressed air.
Trailer:An accessory vehicle that is towed by the permitted vehicle. Trailer bed shall not be larger than 6 feet
high, 6 feet wide by 10 feet long. Any trailer which does not exceed 6 cubic yards carrying capacity shall be
charged for disposal at neighborhood trash and recycling centers at the same rate as pickup trucks and
vans.
Trash: Any accumulation of paper, packing material, rags or wooden or paper boxes or containers,
sweepings and all other accumulations of a nature other than garbage, which are usual to housekeeping and
to the operation of commercial establishments.
Used tire: A tire that is suitable for vehicular use or is suitable for retreading and is intended by the holder
thereof to be for vehicular use or retreading.
Van:A fully enclosed vehicle which is manufactured and marketed by a major automobile manufacturer as a
van and which has a gross vehicle weight of not more than 11,000 pounds.
Vegetative food waste: Discarded edible fruit and vegetable matter which is capable of biological
decomposition.
Waste: Trash and garbage.
Waste tire: A tire from a motorized vehicle, that is no longer suitable for its originally intended purpose
because of wear, damage or defect, or which is no longer intended by the holder thereof for vehicular use.
Waste tire generator: Any person that is either principally or partially engaged in the selling, trading or
otherwise transferring of new, used or waste tires, whether such transactions are for cash, barter or without
consideration.
Waste tire transporter:Any person transporting five (5) or more waste tires for hire.
Yard trash:Vegetative matter resulting from landscaping and land clearing operations.
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MEMORANDUM Liloricia
To: Deborah Irby
City Clerk
From: Faye Douglas
Assistant Finance Director
Date: November 1, 2001
Re: Notice of Public Hearing Advertisement
Attached you will find the Notice of Public Hearing to Impose and Provide for Uniform
Method of(Residential) Collection of Solid Waste Special Assessments and Fire Hydrant
Charges advertisement.
It is my understanding that this advertisement is to be run for four(4)weeks
consecutively prior to the hearing scheduled for December 12, 2001 with the first ad
runningtis Sunday, November2001.
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If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact either myself or
A. Quinn Jones, City Attorney.
cc: Newall J. Daughtrey, Interim City Manager
A. Quinn Jones, City Attorney
Attachment
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CITY OF OPA-LOCKA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE OF HEARING TO IMPOSE AND PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM
METHOD OF (RESIDENTIAL) COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE SPECIAL
ASSESSMENTS AND FIRE HYDRANT CHARGES
Notice is given that the City Commission of the City of Opa-locka will conduct a public hearing to consider
imposing the uniform method to collect special assessments for provision of solid waste services and fire hydrant
charges within the City of Opa-locka,Florida for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1,2002.
The hearing will be held in the City Commission Chambers of City Hall, 777 Sharazad Boulevard, Opa-locka,
Florida,at 7:00 pm on December 12,2001,for the purpose of receiving public comments on the use of the uniform
method of collection of the non-ad valorem assessments. All affected property owners have a right to appear at the
hearing and to file written objections with the City Commission within 20 days of this notice. If a person decides to
appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at the hearing,such person
will need a record of the proceedings and may need to ensure that a verbatim record is made, including the
testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be made.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation or an interpreter
to participate in this proceeding should contact the City Clerk at(305)953-2800 at least seven days prior to the date
of the hearing.
The assessments for each parcel of property will be based upon each parcel classification and the total number of
billing units attributed to that parcel. The following table reflects the schedule for solid waste and fire hydrant
service assessments.
RATE
PROPERTY OE PER EACH
CATEGORIES DWELLING UNIT •'-�
Solid Waste-Residential
• r ♦+'� pSingie/Malti Family $321.36 !► t. lam!ak 1::1„ ll ii ai
Fire Hydrant Charge • .40.1..4
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Size Rate
3/.inch S 12.00 I■ 3E�
1 Y:inches 60.00 1 'N
2 inches 84.00 rew 127SrREIT
3 - inches 120.00
4 inches 144.00
6 inches 180.00
8 inches 300.00
Copies of the Solid Waste Assessment Ordinance and Fire Hydrant Assessment Ordinance imposing the Solid
Waste Assessments and the Fire Hydrant Assessments are available for inspection at the Office of the City Clerk of
Opa-locka,Florida
Unless proper steps are initiated in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure relief within 20 days from the date of
City Commission action at the above hearing(including the method of apportionment the rate of assessment, and
the imposition of assessments),such action shall be the final adjudication of the issues presented.
The assessments will be collected on the ad valorem tax bill to be mailed in November 2002, as authorized by
Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes. Failure to pay the assessments will cause a tax certificate to be issued against
the property,which may result in a loss of title.
If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Finance at (305) 953-2832, Monday through Friday
between the hours of 8:30 am.and 4:30 p.m.
DEBORAH S.IRBY
CITY CLERK
CITY OF OPA-LOCICA,FLORIDA
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p •Rockin'Baby:Music and 46th Ter.,Miami.305-251-4975 or $132 membership,free for first- Jewish Community Center,11155 305-460-5762. chemotherapy)for breast cancer
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.11' movement class for babies 1-2 www.activedivers.org. time guests.305-395-9599 or SW 112th Ave.,Room 510,Ken- Crisis Intervention and Informa- within the past six months.The
0 To C years.Babies develop their sense Buena Vista West Neighborhood miamibeachtoastmasters.com. doll;free.305-271-9000,ext.264 tion and Referral Services: 10-week group sessions are form-
>, a of rhythm,balance and coopera- Association Inc.:Join neighbors Miracle Mile Toastmasters Club: or iprimack @alperjcc.org. Switchboard of Miami offers a ing now as part of a University of
F- C tine learning,while parents dis- in a lively discussion about issues Designed to improve public free telephone service for those Miami research study.Informa-
U U) — cover how to integrate music, and concerns related to safety, speaking skills;12:15-1:30 p.m. GETTING/GIVING feeling sad,lonely or depressed Lion is confidential and partici-
motion and foster social skills; neighborhood beautification, Thursday;Marriott Hotel Coral and thinking about suicide. pants are compensated at the
Ili HELP AND SUPPORT
•E 10:45-11:45 am.Mondays. education and preservation of Gables,2051 S.LeJeune Rd., Trained and caring counselors end of the project.Call
c l •; •My Little One&Me:Art,music, the neighborhood.Provides an Coral Gables;$16.305-439-0705 GROUPS are available 24 hours a day. 305-243-8367 for more informa-
•> puppets,story time and bubbles opportunity to get involved and or realestate @wandabee.com. Available in English,Spanish and tion.
m p1 .. for kids 8-30 months and their make a difference in the commu- mail at pottedorchid @aol.com BrAlve Hotline:Switchboard of Creole.305-358-4357 or 800- Rainbow Ladies-Our Space Inc.:
m m m -t.o parents.Available in Spanish and nity;6:30 p.m.Thursday;Charles for more information. Miami Inc.and other Florida Hel- SUICIDE. For lesbians 30 and up,bisexual
Z r o . . English;9:30-10:30 am,Tues- Hadley Park,1300 NW 50th St., North Bay Village Optimist Club: pline/211 agencies offer the free Diabetes Support Group for women and those women who
"" days,10:30-11:30 a.m.Thursdays. Model City;free.Call Alma Brown Dinner meeting for civic-minded specialty hotline service to assist Families with Diabetic Children: are questioning or discovering
d 2 e •Mini Masters of Art:Artist-in- at 305-754-6146 or buenavistw- men and women.Prospective Floridians who are or were Families with newly diagnosed their sexuality.Call for venue
o Q rn O -6 residence leads families in inter- est11 @yahoo.com for more infor- members welcome.Call for deployed as military personnel in children meet in the Diabetes information.305-772-4712 or
active projects using various motion. venue;6:30 p.m.Wednesday;$11- Afghanistan and Iraq and their Care Center conference room; rainbowladiesourspaceinc.org.
Etechniques.For babies 1-2 years; Doral Toastmasters:Designed to $15.305-758-8188. families.Various services offered, 6-8 p.m.Wednesday;Baptist Solos Support Group:For those
c 9:30-10:30 a.m.and 10:45-11:45 improve communication,public Nurse Associates:Group of including crisis counseling,gen- Hospital,8900 North Kendall Dr., who are going through a separa-
a a.m.Wednesdays,10:45-11:45 speaking and leadership skills; retired nurses meet monthly. eral discussion and information Kendall;free.786-596-3696. tion,divorce or loss of a spouse.
o o A am.Fridays. 7:30-8:30 a.m.Thursday;Doral Includes an educational program; and referral to other local social Grandparents Raising Grand- Facilitated by Barbara Stoler,a
N n •Art 2 Start:Kids 15-30 months Chamber of Commerce Training 10 a.m.-noon first Tuesday of services.Line is answered 24 kids:10 am-noon Tuesday and
r n o explore materials,colors,tech- Center,3900 NW 79th Ave., each month;Baptist Hospital, hours a day,seven days a week. every first and third Tuesday of
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ap ap sr; • piques and the elements of Ste.108,Doral;free. 8900 N.Kendall Dr.,Miami;free. To speak to a counselor,call 877- each month;Dave and Mary
m m X m $ design with various artistic 305-978-5167 or www.doral- Call Gloria at 305-271-9524 or
v media.Must bring extra clothes; chamberofcommerce.org. Marge at 305-385-0571. . . .. _. _.
10:45-11:45 a.m.Thursdays. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gar- Redland Fruit and Spice Park: '
tt Musikgarten:Classes for babies, den Events:10901 Old Cutler Rd., 24801 SW 187th Ave.,Redland.
toddlers and preschoolers up to Coral Gables.305-667-1651 or 305-247-5727 or fruitandspice-
c- S age 5.Taught weekly by an early www.fairchildgarden.org: park.org:
Z r n childhood music specialist;call ••South Florida Palm Society: ••Redland Evening Herb Society: _n`
E o F. for time,Mondays and Thursdays, Rick Johnson,roadway opera- 7:30 p.m.Wednesday and every -
o ,r °. through May13;Wayside Baptist Lions manager for Miami-Dade first Wednesday of each month. �•
v at N o 1 Church;7701 SW 98 SL,Miami; Expressway Authority(MDX), •South Dade Garden Club:
0 W 0 E $10 per class.305-598-2963 or talks about the palms and other p.m.Thursday and every second
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
f Janetdk @bellsouth.net. plants being planted along local Thursday of each month. CITY OF OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA
The Music Workshop:Offers expressways.Also includes an Rotary Club Miami-Granada: s
w one-on-one private lessons in auction of palms and light Dinner meetings in Spanish. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Regular Commission Meeting on Wednesday,April 14,2010 at 7:00 p.m.
piano,voice,drums,guitar(clan- refreshments;7:30 p.m.Monday Weekly speakers and fundraising in the City Commission Chambers,777 Sharazad Boulevard,the City Commission wit consider the following
.ac C sical,electric,acoustic),electric and every first Monday of each events for local and international ordinances for final adoption:
bass,electronic keyboard,violin month. service projects;7:45-9:15 p.m.
-7-- !" °n and viola.Other instruments •Orchid Society of Coral every Wednesday;Big Five Club, SECOND READING ORDINANCES/PUBLIC HEARING:
w open on request.Group classes in Gables:Members teach growing 600 SW 92nd Ave.,Southwest AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA,FLORIDA,TO AMEND SECTION
N • guitar and rock ensemble avail- techniques and culture for the Miami-Dade;call for price. 2-316 OF THE CRY CODE TO CHANGE THE AMOUNT THE CITY MANAGER MAY SPEND WITHOUT THE CITY
= able for beginners and intermedi- various types of orchids.Also 305-335-1216 or rotaryclubmia- COMMISSION'S APPROVAL;PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF RECITALS;PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT
et: 0 c• ate students;call for time;12491 includes show and tell,silent auc- migranada @hotmail.com. AND REPEALER;PROVIDING FOR S.Spoon IUTY AND CODIFICATION;PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
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■ SW 134th Ct.,Ste.19,Miami;$39 tion,raffle,food and a beginners South Florida Woodcarvers:For (first reading held on March 10,2010).Sponsored by D.J.
g for an hour,$23 for half hour. class with Jim Davison,past Pres- beginners and the experienced; AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA,FLORIDA,APPROVING THE
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•'i °— 305-256-9997 or WWW.themu- ident of East Everglades Orchid 7-9 p.m.every Thursday;South VACATION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OFA CITY OWNED PARCEL LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF THE PROPERTY
5icwofk5hopmiami.com. Society;6:45 p.m.Tuesday and Miami Middle School,6750 SW AT 160 AU-BABA AVENUE(VETERANS WAY),WHICH IS EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF VETERANS WAY
44 ; Self-Defense Instruction:For every first Tuesday of each 60th St.,Room 67,South Miami; AND DOUGLAS ROAD;PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF RECITALS;PROVIDING FOR CONFUCT AND
d w REPEALER;PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE(first reading held on March 10,2010).Sponsored by C.M.
••� to u ages 8 l and up.Ian;6:30 p p.m. month;gg G oup:Pr Presented by University Miami's ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA FLORIDA,REVISING CHAPTER
ow*tw Michael Friedman;6:30 p.m. Mah-Jongg Group:Presented b University of Miami's Families
Monday;North Miami Public New Neighbors Club of South First Network:Offers parents of 11 ARTICLE 1,SECTION 11-1,"DEFINITIONS",OF THE CITY OF OPA-LOCKA CODE OF ORDINANCES;
�,•,r i0 p PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION OF RECITALS;PROVIDING FOR CONFUCT AND REPEALER;PROVIDING
W Library,835 NE 132nd St.,North Dade;group meets twice a kids 5 and under in Miami-Dade FOR SEVERABILITY AND CODIFICATION;PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
•.�► m Miami;free.305-891-5535 or month;call for time,through May County to join free parenting (first reading held on
www.northmiamift. ov. 31.For more information,call March 24,20/0).Sponsored by C.M.
a g groups.Groups discuss ways to
Systematic Training for Effective 305-279-6945. manage behavior,build stronger Additional information and/or copies relating to the above items may be obtained in the Office of the City Clerk,
�•n a Parenting:Seven-week program McDonald Center;17051 NE 19th families and help the kids grow 780 Fisherman Street.4"'Floor,Opa-locks,Florida.All interested persons are encouraged to attend this meeting
1Ti V i teaches skills for parents of kids 6 Ave.,North Miami Beach. and develop.Parents receive free and will be heard with respect to the public hearing.
and under;through April 30; 305-948-2972,305-948-2973 or items related to the topics dis- PURSUANT TO FS 286.0105:Anyone who desires to appeal any decision made by any board,agency,
• South Miami Hospital Child www.citynmb.com: cussed.All programs are offered or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing will need a record of the
V.:1)---- IA w Development Center,5975 Sun- •Master Fencing Club:6-8:45 in English and Spanish;free.Call Proceedings,and for that reason,may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made,which
set Dr.,Ste.100,South Miami;call p.m.every Tuesday and Friday,11 at 305-243-8425 ore-mail at record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal may be based.
Q.i- for price.786-662-5080. a.m.-3 p.m.every Saturday;call FamiliesFirst @med.miami.edu DEBORAH S.IRBY,CMC
CITY CLERK