HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthority to SellSec. 18-182. Authority to sell.
(a) The city manager is hereby authorized to sell any real property owned by the city not
needed for public use or that may have become unsuitable for use by any city department,
provided that:
(1) Such property cannot be leased so as to produce revenue to the city.
(2) Such property shall not be sold for less than its appraised or assessed value, unless
express authority is given by the city commission.
(3) The deed of conveyance for such property shall contain a provision which requires that in
the event the property is ever immune or exempt from the payment of ad valorem taxes, the
grantee, or any of the grantee's assigns, heirs, or successors, shall pay to the city an annual
payment which shall be equal to what the city would have received as ad valorem taxes based
on the valuation method employed by the county property appraiser pursuant to F.S. ch. 193, as
amended.
(b) For purposes of this section, appraised values shall be those determined by at least two
independent appraisers, both of whom shall be members of the American Institute of Real
Estate Appraisers, unless said appraisers cannot agree on value, in which case the higher value
shall be deemed the appraised value.
(c) The city commission may declare an exemption from the restrictions contained in
subsection (a) above and declare them inapplicable by resolution provided that the city manager
has made a written finding that it is in the best interest of the city, which findings must be ratified
by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the commission after a properly advertised public hearing.
(Ord. No. 9572, § 1, 2-10-83; Code 1980, § 18-80; Ord. No. 11422, § 2, 12-12-96; Ord. No.
11640, § 2, 4-14-98)