HomeMy WebLinkAbout210ORDINANCE NO. z/0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AMENDING THE
LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO PROVISIONS
FOR PLACEMENT OF SEWER CHARGES ON THE TAX ROLL.
The City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills does hereby
ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. There is hereby added to Chapter 4 of Title 6
of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code a new Article 3, to read
as follows:
ROBIN O. FAISANT
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"Article 3. Use of Tax Roll
Sec.6-4.301. Procedure
When the City elects to use the tax roll on which
general City taxes are collected for the collection of
current or delinquent sewer service charges, proceedings
therefor shall be had as now or hereafter provided
therefor in Article 4, Chapter 6, Part 3, Division 5
of the Health and Safety Code of the State.
Sec.6-4.302. Report.
A written report shall be prepared and filed with
the Clerk which shall contain a description of each
parcel of real property receiving such services and
facilities and the amount of the charge for each parcel
for the forthcoming fiscal year, computed in conformity
with the charges prescribed by this chapter.
Sec.6-4.303. Notice: Publication.
The Clerk shall cause notice of the filing of the
report and of the time and place of hearing thereon to
be published once a week for two (2) successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing, in a newspaper of
general circulation published within the City.
Sec.6-4.304. Notice by mail.
Prior to such election for the first time, the
Clerk shall cause a notice in writing of the filing of
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said first report proposing to have such charges for
the forthcoming fiscal year collected on the tax roll
and of the time and place of hearing thereon to be
mailed to each person to whom any part of parcel of
real property described in the report is assessed in
the last equalized assessment roll on which general
City taxes are collected, at the address shown on the
roll or as known to the Clerk.
Sec.6-4.305. Subsequent years.
If the Council adopts the report, then the
requirements for notice in writing shall not apply
to hearings on reports prepared in subsequent years,
but notice by publication as herein provided shall
be adequate.
Sec.6-4.306. Hearing.
At the time of the hearing, the Council shall hear
and consider all objections or protests, if any, to said
report referred to in the notice and may continue the
hearing from time to time.
Sec.6-4.307. Majority protest.
If the Council finds that protest is made by the
owners of a majority of separate parcels or property
described in the report, then the report shall not be
adopted, and the charges shall be collected separately
from the tax roll and shall not constitute a lien
against any parcel of land.
Sec.6-4.308. Final determination.
Upon the conclusion of the hearing of the report,
the Council may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify
any charge or overrule any or all objections and shall
make its determination upon each charge as described
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in said report, which determination shall be final.
Sec.6-4.309. Report to Auditor.
On or before the tenth (10th) day of August in
each year following such final determination of the
Council, the Clerk shall file with the Auditor having
charge of the tax roll a copy of said report with a
statement endorsed thereon over his signature that it
has been finally adopted by the Council, and the
Auditor shall enter the amounts of the charges against
the respective lots or parcels of land as they appear
on the current assessment roll.
Sec.6-4.310. Parcels outside the City.
When any such parcels are outside the boundaries
of the City, they shall be added to the assessment roll
of the City for the purpose of collecting such charges.
Sec.6-4.311. Parcels not on roll.
If the property is not described on the roll, the
Auditor may enter the description thereon together with
the amounts of the charges as shown on the report.
Sec.6-4.312. Lien.
The amount of the charges shall constitute a lien
against the lot or parcel of land against which the
charge has been imposed as of noon on the first Monday
in March immediately preceding the date of levy. The
Tax Collector shall include the amount of the charges
on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots
and parcels of land.
Sec.6-4.313. Collection.
Thereafter the amount of the charges shall be
collected at the same time and in the same manner and
by the same persons together with and not separately
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delinquent at the same time and thereafter be subject
to the same penalties for delinquency.
Sec.6-4.314. Laws applicable.
All laws applicable to the levy, collection and
enforcement of general taxes of the City including,
but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of
delinquency, collection, cancellation, refund and
redemption, are applicable to such charges.
Sec.6-4.315. Separate bills.
The Tax Collector, in his discretion, may issue
separate bills for such charges and separate receipts
for collection on account of such charges.
Sec.6-4.316. Compensation.
The County shall be compensated for services
rendered in connection with the levy, collection and
enforcement of such charges for the City in an amount
to be fixed by agreement between the Board of Supervisors
and the Council. The compensation shall not exceed one
per cent (1%) of all money collected. The compensation
shall be paid into the County's Salary Fund."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be posted within the Town
of Los Altos Hills in three (3) public places and shall become
effective thirty (30) days following its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Town of Los Altos
Hills on June 6, 1973, and was thereafter, at a regular meeting
of said Council held on June 20, 1973, passed and adopted.
City Clerk
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