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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
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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
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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.
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ATTEST:
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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
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