170.02 Method of prorating special assessments.—Special assessments against property deemed to be benefited by local improvements, as provided for in s. 170.01, shall be assessed upon the property specially benefited by the improvement in proportion to the benefits to be derived therefrom, said special benefits to be determined and prorated according to the foot frontage of the respective properties specially benefited by said improvement, or by such other method as the governing body of the municipality may prescribe.
...port the final decree entered by the chancellor. Accordingly, for the reasons set forth herein, the decision of the Circuit Court is Affirmed. THORNAL, C.J., and THOMAS, CALDWELL and ERVIN, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] F.S. Section 170.01, F.S.A. [2] F.S. Section 170.02, F.S.A....
Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 WL 303
...ublic improvements, and "provide for the payment of all or any part of the costs of any such improvements by levying and collecting special assessments on the abutting, adjoining, contiguous, or other specially benefited properly-'' Florida Statutes § 170.02 states that special assessments should be assessed upon the property benefitted by the improvements in proportion to the benefits derived from the improvements....
...�s costs in relation to his benefits were higher than those of the mortgagee in New Iberia. However, the manner in which a municipality chooses to assess the costs and benefits of public improvements is discretionaiy under Florida law. See Fla.Stat. § 170.02 (1993)....
limited to, dams, weirs, and pumps[.] (e.s.) Section 170.02 describes the method of prorating special assessments
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