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assessments on the same bill as ad valorem taxes, and any applicable regulations <br />promulgated thereunder. <br />"Vacant Property" means any Tax Parcel that is not Developed Property. <br />SECTION 1.03. INTERPRETATION. Unless the context indicates otherwise, <br />words importing the singular number include the plural number, and vice versa; the terms <br />" hereof," " hereby," " herein," "hereto," "hereunder" and similar terms refer to this Resolution; <br />and the term "hereafter" means after, and the term "heretofore" means before, the effective <br />date of this Resolution. Words of any gender include the correlative words of the other <br />gender, unless the sense indicates otherwise. <br />SECTION 1.04. FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared <br />that: <br />(A) The City is authorized by Article VIII, Section 2 of the State Constitution, <br />Section 166.021, Florida Statutes, the Assessment Ordinance, the Uniform Assessment <br />Collection Act, and other applicable provisions of law to provide for the imposition and <br />collection of charges in the form of Assessments. <br />(B) The City has provided, and has imposed Street Lighting Assessments to <br />fund, Street Lighting Services since 2009. <br />(C) In 2014 the City adopted a Street Lighting Assessments methodology which <br />(1) eliminated the distinction between commercial corridors and all other property in the <br />City, and (2) including multi - family parcels in the assessment program. <br />(D) The City provides Street Lighting Services at levels of service that are <br />essentially equal throughout the Street Lighting Service Area, such that there is no material <br />difference in the benefit to Tax Parcels in commercial corridors compared to the rest of the <br />I <br />