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vacant lot/ building or vacant foreclosure fee of$500 until the lot/building or unit is rehabilitated for active use and is not in foreclosure. The owner of a multifamily/commercial lot shall pay an annual vacant lot or building fee of$5,000 until the lot is rehabilitated for active use. The vacant lot/building or vacant foreclosure fee is due and payable upon registration. The annual lot/building or vacant foreclosure fee is due and payable, on each anniversary hereafter until the lot/ building or unit is rehabilitated for active use and is not in foreclosure. (3) The vacant lot / building or vacant foreclosure registration fees and annual fees as set forth in this section are to be delivered, by mail or in person, to the Finance Department, City of Sunny Isles Beach, 18070 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160. A late charge of 10% per month or any part thereof will be assessed on any invoice which is unpaid after 30 days from the date of the demand for payment or an invoice. A processing fee of $25 will be charged for each check returned by the bank due to insufficient funds or other reason. A replacement payment must be made in cash, money order, bank or certified check and must include the fee of$25 and any applicable late charges. Invoices and any additional fees that remain unpaid will be added to the property owner's tax bill and will include an additional penalty of$200. (4) Upon registration. if the The City Manager or his/her designee determines that the vacant lot is maintained may waive the annual vacant lot of building fee where the owner has agreed to maintain the lot in a park-like setting without any structure or building, with a decorative iron-wrought fence installed in the front setback of the property or no fence with appropriate landscaping, the annual vacant lot registration fee of $500.00 set forth in this Chapter shall be waived automatically. An annual inspection of the property to maintain the waiver of the registration fee will be conducted. The City Manager or designee may impose the registration fee for failure to comply with the requirement to maintain the property in a park-like setting. Section 3. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clause, and phrases of this Ordinance but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part. Section 4. Inclusion in the Code. It is the intention of the Commission, and it is hereby ordained, that the provisions of this Ordinancetshall become and be made a part of the code of the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida; and that the section of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intentions; and that the word "ordinance" shall be changed to "section" or other appropriate word, as required. Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances or part of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Words added underlined.words stricken deleted(ed) Paae 2 of 3