§ 2-150. Acquisition, sale or lease of real property.

(a)

The city shall comply with F.S. § 166.045 when acquiring real property. Pursuant to F.S. § 166.045(1)(b), the city council hereby waives the appraisal requirement for any purchase of real property in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or less.

(b)

The following regulations shall apply to the sale or lease of city property.

(1)

City property includes but is not limited to any land, water or air rights and all fixtures or improvements attached to land owned, dedicated or under city control by lease or other means.

(2)

Lease of city property means any right to lease city property by way of agreement, irrespective of consideration being paid to the city, and irrespective of the city also utilizing or being allowed to utilize the property for any purpose during the term of the lease. For purposes of this article, the term "lease" shall not include special event permits, revocable permits, concession agreements, management agreements, use agreement or leases for a term one (1) week or less, including option periods.

(3)

Sale of city property means any conveyance, transfer, gift, exchange or other transaction in which legal title passes from the city to any person or entity, whether or not the city retains any partial title, interest, reservation, easement, right-of-way, restriction or license in regard to the property. This definition shall include any sale of development rights as defined in the city Code, and transfer of development rights. This definition shall not include a vacation or abandonment of a city public right-of-way, including streets or alleys, or the encroachment thereupon.

(4)

All costs incurred by the city associated with the sale or lease of city property, including but not limited to attorney fees, appraisal costs, engineering fees, shall be paid by the purchaser or lessee, unless the city council waives this requirement.

(Ord. No. 17-06 , §§ 1, 2, 6-13-17)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 17-06 , §§ 1, 2, adopted June 13, 2017, repealed the former § 2-150 and enacted a new § 2-150 as set out herein. The former § 2-150 pertained to additional regulations and procedures and derived from Code 1966, § 2-63.