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Property Appraiser’s Office from page 6
Drainage Information
Your participation in Short-Term Rental Of A
the 2020 Census matters: From Northern
• An accurate count Homesteaded Property
of Palm Beach County Palm Beach County
in the 2020 census is You may rent your homesteaded property for 30
vitally important to the days or less per calendar year and maintain a homestead Improvement District
county’s future. Every exemption. Rental for more than 30 days for two
year, more than $675 consecutive years or for more than six months constitutes Why do some yards flood after large quantities
billion in federal funds abandonment of a homestead exemption. of rain? The simple answer is according to most
is awarded to states and Exempt property rented after Jan. 1 of any year does approved drainage designs, some water is meant
communities based on not affect the homestead exemption for that particular to be temporarily stored in public recreational
census data. That is more year. If the property is rented on Jan. 1 of the following areas, yard swale and streets. The excess surface
than $4 trillion over a 10-year period. year or the terms of the lease are six months or more the water slowly drains to community lakes or on-
• Census data guide local decision-makers in important exemption will be denied. site ponds via street and yard drainage grates
community planning efforts, including where to build new Property owners are required to notify the Property and/or via swales, ditches and canals. The more
roads, hospitals and schools. Appraiser’s Office when their property no longer complex answer is that each yard is different.
• Census data is also used to determine the need qualifies for exemption. Failure to do so could result in a Some yards have drainage swale areas. These are
for additional social services, including community Homestead Tax Lien with substantial penalty and interest. areas that are sloped to catch water and filter out
development block grants and other grant programs Be aware of the law before deciding to rent your property. pollutants as water is absorbed into the ground.
essential to many communities. (Florida Statute 196.061 and 196.011 (9) (a)).
• Every 10 years, the census data affects your voice in For more information, go to our website: www.pbcgov. Some yards direct water to the community
Congress by determining how many seats each state will org/PAPA or contact Exemption Services at (561) 355-2866. drainage system as run-off with very little water
have in the U.S. House of Representatives. retained in the yard. Familiarize yourself with
For more information, go to 2020census.gov. how your yard was built to determine how water
drains from your home.

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