A. No vehicles removed from property pursuant to §22-141.1, §22-143 or §22-145 shall be returned to any registered owner or claimant until such time as all expenses related to removing the vehicle from the nonconforming off-street parking area have been paid in full and proof has been provided that the vehicle has been properly registered and insured unless return is expressly ordered by a Court of competent jurisdiction within thirty (30) days of impoundment.
B. If the costs and expenses of removing the vehicle from the nonconforming off-street parking area are not paid within the time provided, the City Council shall, and it does hereby empower to, levy and assess the costs and expenses of such removal upon the property so benefited. The same shall be levied on all lots, tracts or parcels of land to the extent of the special benefit to such real estate, by reason of such improvement, such benefits to be determined by the City Council sitting as a board of equalization after publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the City and personal notice at least ten (10) days prior thereto. The assessment so levied shall be a lien on the property on which levied from the date of levy and shall be due and payable to the City Treasurer thirty (30) days after such levy and shall become delinquent fifty (50) days after such levy and shall bear interest at the rate of seven percent (7%) per annum from the date they become delinquent; and, at the time of the next certification for general revenue purposes to the County Clerk, if not previously paid, this special tax shall be certified to the County Clerk, be placed upon the tax list and be collected as other real estate taxes are collected and be paid over to the City Treasurer.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 9962 on 2/14/2024