Florida Statute 170.07 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XII
MUNICIPALITIES

Chapter 170
SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF MAKING LOCAL MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS

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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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Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Anderson, 756 So. 2d 29 (Fla. 2000).

Cited 337 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 25 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 211, 2000 Fla. LEXIS 629, 2000 WL 310393

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

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Crigger v. Florida Power Corp., 436 So. 2d 937 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).

Cited 24 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 22763

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

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Cape Dev. Co. v. City of Cocoa Beach, 192 So. 2d 766 (Fla. 1966).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1966 Fla. LEXIS 3179

...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. [3] F.S. Section 170.03, F.S.A. [4] F.S. Section 170.04, F.S.A. [5] F.S. Section 170.07, F.S.A....

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Zipperer v. City of Fort Myers, 41 F.3d 619 (11th Cir. 1995).

Cited 2 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 1995 WL 303

...us, 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. Florida Statutes § 170.07 requires that before these improvements or assessments are confirmed, ten days’ written notice must be given to all property owners advising them of the proposed imposition of the special assessment liens, the nature and cost of the impro...

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2001).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

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

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PBT Real Est., LLC v. Town of Palm Beach (11th Cir. 2021).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

...At the conclusion of the hearing, the Town Council passed a Final Assessment Resolution (the “Resolution”), which officially imposed the special assessment as described in the Initial Assessment Resolution. 4 Fla. Stat. § 170.07, “Publication of preliminary assessment role,” provides, in pertinent part: Upon the completion of said preliminary assessment roll, the governing authority of the municipality shall by resolution fix a time and place at...

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