CITY OF COOPER CITY v. WALTER S. JOLIFF, BARBARA JOLIFF & BRENDA J. KEZAR

The City of Cooper City appeals the court’s final judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs, a class of citizens -challenging the city’s special assessment. The court found the special assessment void and, therefore, found its twenty-day deadline to challenge it inapplicable. We disagree. The Plaintiffs limited their challenge to Cooper City’s apportionment of the special assessment and the improper apportionment of-a special assessment renders it voidable. As a result of the special assessment being voidable, rather than void, the deadline to challenge the special assessment applied and the…