In unincorporated St. Lucie County, accumulated trash, junk, debris, stagnant water, overgrowth, and unsanitary conditions are declared a nuisance under the lot-cleanup ordinance and must be abated by the owner.
St. Lucie County Code Sec. 38-28 (Lot cleanup) prohibits accumulations of trash, junk or debris, living and nonliving plant material, stagnant water, excessive overgrowth, non-weathertight windows and doors, and any other objectionable, unsightly or unsanitary conditions on property, whether improved or unimproved. Code compliance issues a notice giving the owner 20 calendar days to abate. If the county remediates, it recovers the cost of cleanup plus notice, title-search and administrative costs as a non-ad valorem assessment that becomes a lien on the property. Port St. Lucie enforces its own Property Maintenance Code (Ch. 41) and Nuisance Abatement Program (Ch. 40) inside city limits.
Notice gives 20 days to abate; county cleanup costs plus notice, title-search and administrative fees are levied as a non-ad valorem assessment lien.
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