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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES
Chapter 170
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS
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F.S. 170.07
170.07 Publication of preliminary assessment roll.Upon the completion of said preliminary assessment roll, the governing authority of the municipality shall by resolution fix a time and place at which the owners of the property to be assessed or any other persons interested therein may appear before said governing authority and be heard as to the propriety and advisability of making such improvements, as to the cost thereof, as to the manner of payment therefor, and as to the amount thereof to be assessed against each property so improved. Thirty days’ notice in writing of such time and place shall be given to such property owners. The notice shall include the amount of the assessment and shall be served by mailing a copy to each of such property owners at his or her last known address, the names and addresses of such property owners to be obtained from the records of the property appraiser or from such other sources as the city or town clerk or engineer deems reliable, proof of such mailing to be made by the affidavit of the clerk or deputy clerk of said municipality, or by the engineer, said proof to be filed with the clerk, provided, that failure to mail said notice or notices shall not invalidate any of the proceedings hereunder. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall also be given by two publications a week apart in a newspaper of general circulation in said municipality, and if there be no newspaper published in said municipality the governing authority of said municipality shall cause said notice to be published in like manner in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which said municipality is located; provided that the last publication shall be at least 1 week prior to the date of the hearing. Said notice shall describe the streets or other areas to be improved and advise all persons interested that the description of each property to be assessed and the amount to be assessed to each piece or parcel of property may be ascertained at the office of the clerk of the municipality. Such service by publication shall be verified by the affidavit of the publisher and filed with the clerk of said municipality.
History.s. 7, ch. 9298, 1923; CGL 3028; s. 4, ch. 59-396; s. 1, ch. 77-102; s. 5, ch. 87-103; s. 914, ch. 95-147; s. 1, ch. 98-52.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 170.07

Total Results: 6

Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Anderson

756 So. 2d 29, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 211, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 629, 2000 WL 310393

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 2000 | Docket: 1290071

Cited 337 times | Published

Russ & Thomas F. Segalla, Couch on Insurance § 170:7 (3d ed.1997). In contrast, the Auto-Owners' policy

Crigger v. Florida Power Corp.

436 So. 2d 937, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22763

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 30, 1983 | Docket: 1701106

Cited 24 times | Published

not to the contrary." Littleton, L.2, c. 10, § 170. [7] See 2 G. Thompson, Commentaries on The Modern

Cape Development Co. v. City of Cocoa Beach

192 So. 2d 766, 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3179

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 14, 1966 | Docket: 1262395

Cited 8 times | Published

[4] F.S. Section 170.04, F.S.A. [5] F.S. Section 170.07, F.S.A. [6] F.S. Section 170.08, F.S.A. [7]

Zipperer v. City of Fort Myers

41 F.3d 619, 1995 WL 303

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jan 3, 1995 | Docket: 64019211

Cited 2 times | Published

derived from the improvements. Florida Statutes § 170.07 requires that before these improvements or assessments

PBT Real Estate, LLC v. Town of Palm Beach

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 22, 2021 | Docket: 59672951

Published

Resolution. 4 Fla. Stat. § 170.07, “Publication of preliminary assessment role,”

Ago

Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Oct 3, 2001 | Docket: 3256327

Published

Section 170.06, Fla. Stat. 5 Section 170.07, Fla. Stat. 6 Section 170.07, Fla. Stat., and see, s. 170