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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 ORDINANCE NO. 2008 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A CHAPTER 8 TO ARTICLE I AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT CHARGES AND SERVICE FEES VIA PROPERTY TAX COLLECTION LIEN PROCEDURES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That a Chapter 8 to Article I is hereby added to the Arcadia Municipal Code to read as follows: CHAPTER 8 COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT CHARGES AND SERVICE FEES - PROCESS TO IMPOSE LIENS AND COLLECT VIA PROPERTY TAXES 1800. COLLECTION PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS - CREATING OF LIEN. Any fees authorized pursuant to the Arcadia Municipal Code which remain unpaid for a period of three (3) or more months after the date upon which they are billed may be collected thereafter by the City as provided herein. These fees and charges include the following: 1. False Alarm assessment charges per Arcadia Municipal Code 3907. 2. Water bills per Arcadia Municipal Code Section 5732.1. 3. Residential trash collection fees per Arcadia Municipal Code Section 5120.7 et seq. and related resolutions. 4. Business license fee per Arcadia Municipal Code Section 6211 et seq. (a) The City Council shall cause a report of delinquent 1 property related service fees to be prepared periodically. The City Council shall fix a time, date and place for hearing the report and any objections or protests thereto. The report shall contain a list and description of each parcel of real property to which is attributed a delinquency in the payment of property related charges and services fees, for a period of ninety (90) days or more, the name of the owners of the parcel and the total amount of the delinquency attributable to that parcel. (b) The City Council shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to the owners of the parcels with delinquencies, as listed on the latest equalized assessment roll of the County of Los Angeles. Such notice shall be sent not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owners of the amount of unpaid property related charges and penalties. Such notice shall inform the property owners that the property related charges and penalties will be assessed against, and may result in a lien on their real property. (c) At the hearing, the City Council shall hear any objections or protests of the owners of real property upon which liens are to be placed. The City council may make such revisions or corrections to the report containing the list of property owners with delinquent accounts, as the City Council deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed. (d) The delinquent fees, and any penalties thereon, if any, set forth in the report, shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of property and may constitute a 2 2008 lien on the parcels for the amount of the delinquent fees, the late charges and the cost of imposing the liens. 1801. LATE FEE. PENALTIES. For any fee or charge subject to section 1800 which is not subject to a late fee under authority of any other Section of the Arcadia Municipal Code, a late fee of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the fee is hereby authorized, plus one-half percent (1/2%) for each month or portion of a month, after the delinquent date. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify, over his or her signature, that the report has been adopted by the City Council in its final form, and file the report with the Los Angeles County Auditor/Controller. In addition, the City Clerk shall also record the amount of the unpaid charges with the Los Angeles County Recorder. SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause a copy of same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. Passed, approved and adopted this 21st day of June , 1994. ma4;r:.~~ Mayor of e l.ty f Arca a ATTEST: 1) . of Arcadia / 3 2008 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA . ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, city Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2008 was passed and adopted by the city Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 21st day of June, 1994 and that said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmember Chang, Kuhn, Lojeski, Margett and Young NOES: None ABSENT: None ,& Arcadia 2008