§ 2-23. Public records.

The city clerk shall be responsible for the inspection and examination of all city public records pursuant to the terms of F.S. § 119.07. The city clerk may delegate the responsibility for the inspection and examination of records maintained by the police department and/or the fire department to those individual departments.

Charges therefor shall be as follows:

(1)

Copies per page: Fifteen cents ($0.15).

(2)

Certification of any document: One dollar ($1.00) per certification.

(3)

Microfilm plan prints, per sheet: Five dollars ($5.00).

(4)

Microfilm, per sheet: One dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).

(5)

City maps or plats: Seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) each.

(6)

Audio recording tapes: Five dollars ($5.00) each.

(7)

Video tapes, CDs, or DVDs: Five dollars ($5.00) each.

(8)

Photographs: Twenty-five cents ($0.25) per photograph.

(9)

Building records search fee: Thirty dollars ($30.00) per address when a request is submitted to the city clerk's office (includes open/closed building permit searches, permit history, and building code violations, etc.). As a convenience, a search can be conducted on your own at no charge online through the city's website.

(10)

Computer/technology research time utilized to provide public records: In the event that the requested information shall require more than one-half (½) hour of staff research time, it shall be presumed that the request required extensive use of technology resources or computer access to retrieve or obtain the records. Then, in addition to the charges set forth above for actual duplication, there shall also be a special service charge which shall be equivalent to the hourly rate of the pay of the personnel providing the service multiplied by the actual amount of time required to perform the service in excess of the first one-half (½) hour, which shall be billed to the person requesting the public records on a pro rata basis. If a request will require in excess of three (3) hours of staff time, then a deposit of fifty (50) percent of the estimated total staff time will be required to be paid in advance.

All lien research done by city employees to determine the existence of city liens: One hundred twenty dollars ($120.00) per address. Expedited lien searches, which will be returned within two (2) business days, are available for a charge of two hundred twenty dollars ($220.00) per address. Payment must accompany all lien search requests.

(11)

[Reserved.]

(12)

Special service charge for extensive clerical or supervisory assistance: In the event that the examination, redaction, or copying of the requested information shall require in excess of one-half (½) hour of staff time, then it shall be presumed to justify a special service charge. This special service charge shall be billed for the extensive use of any information, technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance in addition to the charges set forth above for actual duplication. The special service charge shall be billed at the hourly rate of the pay of the personnel providing the service multiplied by the actual amount of time required to perform the service in excess of the first one-half (½) hour on a pro rata basis. If a request will require in excess of three (3) hours of staff time, then a deposit of fifty (50) percent of the estimated total staff time will be required to be paid in advance. Once the responsive documents are gathered and copied, then the remaining balance owed shall be billed to the requester regardless if the requester fails to pick up the documents or if he/she indicates that they no longer want them after the documents have already been prepared in response to the request.

(13)

Code and Land Development Regulations:

a.

City Code of Ordinances (not to include Land Development Regulations): Two hundred twelve dollars ($212.00).

b.

Land Development Regulations (hard bound): One hundred sixty-one dollars ($161.00).

c.

Land Development Regulations (soft bound): One hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).

d.

Annual supplements to City Code of Ordinances: Fifty dollars ($50.00).

e.

Annual supplements to the Land Development Regulations: Fifty dollars ($50.00).

f.

No more than ten (10) pages of the Code of Ordinances or the Land Development Regulations may be copied for a fee of fifteen cents ($0.15) per page.

(14)

Fingerprinting:

a.

Residents of Lauderhill: Five dollars ($5.00).

b.

Nonresidents of Lauderhill: Ten dollars ($10.00).

c.

Processed for INS purposes:

1.

City residents: Ten dollars ($10.00).

2.

Nonresidents of the city: Fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(15)

Grid searches: Five dollars ($5.00) per address.

(16)

GIS data license agreement fee schedule: **

Coverage Name/Format	Commercial*	Intergovernmental/Educational	Public Records/Personal Use
Street Centerlines (Arcinfo.e00, shape file, CAD, .bmp, jpg)	$10.00 per section (10 sections in the city)	No charge	$10.00
Situs Address (shape file)	$50.00 per section (10 sections in the city)	$10.00 per section	$10.00 per section
Long-Term Development Vision (.bmp, jpg)	$10.00	No charge	$10.00
Future Land Use Map-Flex Zones (.bmp, jpg)	$10.00	No charge	$10.00
Brownfield Map (.bmp, jpg)	$10.00	No charge	$10.00
* An additional charge of $5.00 per CD will be added.
** Additional coverages may be available, check with the City GIS Coordinator for additional data regarding data coverage availability.
*** Data format shall be provided, if available, at the actual cost of duplication plus a special service charge which shall be the hourly rate of the pay of the personnel providing the service multiplied by the amount of time required to perform the service.
NOTE
1. Data provided is considered as-is. All information is constantly being updated and it is the responsibility of each Licensee to acquire updates as necessary.
2. Prices are subject to change in order to reflect changes in the actual cost of duplication.

 

(Ord. No. 86-163, § 1, 1-12-87; Ord. No. 88-123, § 1, 8-8-88; Ord. No. 90-163, § 1, 9-10-90; Ord. No. 91-118, § 1, 4-29-91; Ord. No. 91-204, § 1, 11-25-91; Ord. No. 93-102, § 1, 1-25-93; Ord. No. 95-118, § 1, 3-27-95; Ord. No. 960-132, § 3, 8-26-96; Ord. No. 96O-144, § 1, 10-15-96; Ord. No. 970-126, § 1, 6-9-97; Ord. No. 02O-09-162, § 1, 10-28-02; Ord. No. 04O-11-226, § 1, 12-13-04; Ord. No. 06O-10-175, § 1, 11-13-06; Ord. No. 10O-06-137, § 1, 7-12-2010; Ord. No. 10O-07-143, § 1, 8-30-2010; Ord. No. 10O-08-146, § 1, 9-13-2010; Ord. No. 12O-04-113, § 1, 5-14-2012; Ord. No. 14O-09-156, § 1, 9-29-2014)