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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0904 ORDINANCE NO. 904 AN ORIDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF, 'fHE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING FOR THE A$SESSMENT OF CITY PROPi<;RTY FOR CITY TAXES, THE EQUALIZATION, AND CORRECTioN OF SUCH ASSESS- MENTS, THE COLLECTION, PAYMENT AND ENFORCIDv~NT OF SUCH TAXES, INCLUDING DELINQUENT TAXES, THE REDEMPTION OF PR'OPERTY FRO!1l SALE OR OTHER PENALTY FOR THE NON-PAYMENT OF CITY TAXE:S, BY THE ASSESSOR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TAX COLLECTOR, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AND AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOR SUCH PURPOSES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF,THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORTIAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. 'pursuant to Section 200 of the Arcadia City Charter, adopted by a majority of the ~ualified electors voting at a special election held on April 24, 1951, passed by the'California state Legislature and filed with the Secretary of State of Cali- fornia on May 14, 1951, the City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby ,elects to ava:il>, itself of the provisions of Title 5, Division I: 1, Part 2, Chapter 2, Artiple 1, of the Government Code of the " Stape of California, and does hereby elect that the duty of assess- ,'mimt of city property for I,city taxes, provided by the Arcadia City Cbarter to be performed by the City Clerk as ex-officio Assessor, " shall be and the same is hereby transferred to and shall hereafter be performed by the County Assessor of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that the duties of equalizing and correcting the. assessmen~ of oity property for city taxes, heretofore per- . ,~ , , . . .. - ,. formed by the City Council pf the' City' of Arcadia pursuant to Ordi- , ,I nance No. 460 of the City of Arcadia, shall be and the same are , , hereby transferred to an:d~shall hereafter be performed by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; .. that the duties of collecting, paying and enforcing taxes, including delinquent taxes, and redeeming property from sale or other ~enalty for non-payment of city taxes, shall be and the same',are hereby, transferred to and shall hereafter be performed by the County Tax Collector of the County of Los Angeles, State of California. - 1 - ,,,"~ ",v 904 SECTION 2. From and after the effective date of this Ordi- nance and the filing of certified copies hereof with the Board of Supervisors, the County Auditor, Tax Collector and Treasurer, re- spectively, of the County of Los Angeles, all assessments made by said County Assessor, after the same shall have been equalized or corrected'by the Board: of Supervisors or the State Board of Equaliza- tion) shall be used as the ~asis for the levy of the taxes of, the City of Arcadia, and such taxes !shall be collected by the Assessor and Tax Collector of Los Angeles County, at the same time and in the same . ~ . manner as Los Ange~es County taxes are by them collected. SECTION 3. F!'om and after the effective date of this Ordi- nance and the filing of certified copies hereof with the Board of Supervisors, the County Auditor, Tax 'Collector and Treasurer, re- spectively, of the County of Los Angeles, the assessment for taxa- " . tion, the equalization and ,:correction of assessments, the levy of taxes and the collection of the same in the City of Arcadia shall be conducted in all respects fn accordance with and in the manner set out in the California Government Code, as more particularly described in Section 1 of this Ordin~nce, as the same now exists or may here- '\ " I . after be amended. 'The, duties' ~:..all officers ar:dagents of the County of Los Angeles and the City of'A~cadia in relation to the assessment, equalization, correction, ~evY,l'nd collection of all taxes, current " and delinquent, in t he City of Arcadi~ shall be such as are prescribed, by said Gove~ent Code and all state laws amendatory thereof or sup- . ' plementary thereto; prov~ded, however, that all such taxes when so , , " collected shall be 9aid tO,the City Treasurer of the City of Arcadia as provided in said Government Code. SECTION 4. All duties required by the Arcadia City Charter, or Ordinances of ,the City of Arcadia, to be performed by the City Treasurer, City Council or'City Clerk, other than those hereinabove transferred to and after the effective date hereof to be performed by - 2 - 904 the Assessor, Board of Supervisors and Tax COlle?tor, respectively, of the County of Los Angeles, shall continue to be performed by the City Treasurer, City Council and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Arcadia. All ordinances of the City of Arcadia, to the ex- tent that the same are inconsistent with or in conflict with any of the foregoing, are to such extent superseded hereby so long as this ;' ~ - I. Ordinance shall remain in effect. SECTION 5'. .\;. . \ 'rhe :City Clerk' shall', upon this Ordinance' . ';'. ~ , " ^, becoming effective, cause a certified copy hereof, together with a certified copy of the Ancadia City Charter, to be filed with the Board of Supervisors, the County Auditor, Tax'Collector and Treas- urer of the 'County of Los ,Angeles~ and shall thereafter perform such other duties and functions as are required to be: performed by him in those portions of ~he California Government Code described in Section 1 her~of. SECTION 6. The:City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days , from the passage thereof" shall cause the same to be published once in the Arcadia Bulletin, a newspaper of general circulation, 1?ublished and circulated in the City of ArGadiu, and thirty (30) days f~om and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 4th day of January, 1955, by the'affirmative vote of aG least,three Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: II . . Councilmen Camphouse; Dennis, Dow, Hulse and Phillips NOE,S: None ABSENT: None \ -;?lI~~d tity Clerk of the City of Arcadia .. ;3 904 SIGNED AND APPROVED this 4th day 'of January, 1955. . ~ j . " Jt!~ 'the'City ofJ\"rcadia " ~"":-: ,~ A T;I'EST: e" '- ~:.:r... " ' - . ..... ,I, , .c.-' j- " , I "-. . , " .'~~i~~ -tIt;)' Clerk . :." :~; ;~.-;<'"': ",' ~.;,.. . , !~ .1, - 4 - 904 ..'J .',.