HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1995-2631 ORDINANCE NO. 2631
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADDING
SECTION 17.07.035 TO THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO LANDSCAPING ACT PROVIDERS
SECTION h That Section 17.07.035 is hereby added to the Chula Vista Municipal
Code to read as follows:
Se~ 17.07.035 Landscaping Act Provides.
A. Distinguish Assessment from Collection Against Assessment.
There is, under this assessment district procedure applicable in the City of Chula Vista, a difference
between the mount of the assessment imposed against any parcel of property, and the amount
which may be collected against that assessment. The purpose of setting the assessment is to give
the properly owner notice of the maximum costs which may be collected, and for the purpose of
permitting a majority protest proceeding on the assessment, but not on the collection. "Assessment",
as used in these proceedings, shah mean the maximum amount collectable in a given year under
the procedures allowed by this Chapter.
B. Amount of Assessment.
1. Notwithstanding the costs which may be included in an assessment and Section 22569
through 22570 of the Streets and Highways Code, the assessment may, but is not required
to, be set in the initial year of the district's existence at an amount which is expected to be
equal to the estimated costs of operating the district, plus a reserve for unanticipated
expenses in accordance with Section 17.07,030. After the initial year of the districes
existence, the assessment shall be the prior year's assessment increased or decreased by an
inflation factor which is the lesser of Cl) the January to January San Diego Metropolitan
Area All Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI) or (2) the change in estimated California Fourth
Quarter Per Capita Personal Income as contained in the Governor's budget published in
January.
2. For existing districts the base year upon which the assessment is set is the 1995/96 Fiscal
Year. For districts created after July 1, 1995, the base year assessment shah be the first full
year's assessment. The inflation factor shah be applied FLrst to either the 1996/97
assessments or the second full year for new districts.
C. Collection on assessment.
Notwithstanding Section 22572, the amount which the City may collect on each assessment by
charge on the tax roll, shah be that needed to meet the annual expenses and expenditures of the
district, including delinquent collections and the pertained reserve allowed under Section 17.07,030,
but in no event in an amount greater than the amount of the assessment.
D. Amount Due at Given Dates During Fiscal Year.
Until a property owner receives a tax bill properly demonstrating a lower amount due on the
assessment than the mount of the assessment, the amount due on the assessment shah be assumed
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to be the amount set forth in the assessment. After receipt of a tax bill that includes a lower
amount due on the assessment for a given fiscal year, the lower amount due on the assessment shah
when paid sadsfy the assessment obligation for that fiscal year.
SECTION Ih This section shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day from
and after its adoption,
Presented by Ap,~ ~/~/orm b
hn P, Lippitt
of Public Works City Attorney
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PASSED, AI~PROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 13th day of June, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Alevy, Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Hotton
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None
Shirley Hc~ton, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beverly/A. Authelet, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2631 had its first reading on May 23, 1995, and its second
reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council on the 13th day of June, 1995.
Executed this 13th day of June, 1995.
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Beverly N. Authelet, City Clerk