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DIVISION 6 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 1 PROCEDURE FOR FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRE IMPROVEMENTS OR ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER 2 STREET IMPROVEMENTS
ARTICLE 1 STREET CONSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
Sec. 6.17. General Provisions.
Sec. 6.18. Definitions.
Sec. 6.19. District and Work Need not Be Contiguous.
Sec. 6.20. Labor and Materials.
Sec. 6.21. Ordinance of Intention Publication - Hearing.
Sec. 6.22. Proposed Assessment and Diagram - Approval - Filing.
Sec. 6.23. Public Property - Exemption from Assessment.
Sec. 6.24. Postal Card Notices - Affidavit.
Sec. 6.25. Posting Notices of Local Improvement - Contents - Affidavit.
Sec. 6.26. Protests - Hearing.
Sec. 6.27. Jurisdiction - Final Ordinance.
Sec. 6.28. Changes of Work Boundaries of Assessment District or Proceedings.
Sec. 6.29. Board May Perform Work - Costs.
Sec. 6.30. Contracts.
Sec. 6.31. Payment to Contractor.
Sec. 6.32. Diagram and Assessment Roll - Limitation - Filing.
Sec. 6.33. Notice of Filing Assessment - Publication - Mailing - Date of Hearing.
Sec. 6.34. Hearing Appeals - Confirmation of Assessment.
Sec. 6.35. Contribution of Funds by City.
Sec. 6.36. Authority for Installment Payment of Assessments.
Sec. 6.37. Legal Action to Contest Assessment.
Sec. 6.38. Assessments Levied - Recordation - Lien.
Sec. 6.39. Notice of Recording Assessment - Published.
Sec. 6.40. Mailing of Notice.
Sec. 6.41. Cash Assessments - Payment - Delinquency - Penalties.
Sec. 6.42. Installment Assessments - Amounts to Be Paid Maturity Date.
Sec. 6.43. Delinquency Dates - Penalties.
Sec. 6.44. Declaration of Default Prior to Maturity Date.
Sec. 6.45. Mailing Annual Installment Bills.
Sec. 6.46. Authority to Divide Levied Assessment.
Sec. 6.47. Payments by Mail.
Sec. 6.48. Delinquent List: Notice of Sale.
Sec. 6.49. Combining of Notices of Sale.
Sec. 6.50. Payment of Delinquency before Sale.
Sec. 6.51. Sale of Delinquent Property - Funds.
Sec. 6.52. Certificate of Sale.
Sec. 6.53. Redemption of Sold Property.
Sec. 6.54. Deed to Unredeemed Property.
Sec. 6.55. Notice of Application for Deed.
Sec. 6.56. Evidentiary Effect of Deed.
Sec. 6.57. Affidavit of Notice.
Sec. 6.58. Publication - Proof Of.
Sec. 6.59. Description of Work by Reference.
Sec. 6.60. Construction of Article.
Sec. 6.61. Reassessment.
Sec. 6.62. Council Intent of Ordinance.
ARTICLE 2 STREET IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE OF 1920
ARTICLE 3 COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS PURSUANT TO THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911
CHAPTER 3 STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 4 OPEN SPACE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 5 UNSTABLE LAND AREAS
CHAPTER 6 STREET TREE IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 7 MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 8 ASSESSMENTS FOR ESSENTIAL PUBLIC UTILITIES
CHAPTER 9 LANDSCAPING, SECURITY, PROGRAMMING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
CHAPTER 10 COMMUNITY TAXING DISTRICTS
DIVISION 7 PROPERTY
DIVISION 8 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES, AGENCIES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
DIVISION 9 PURCHASING
DIVISION 10 CONTRACTS
DIVISION 11 INSURANCE AND BONDS
DIVISION 12 RECORDS
DIVISION 13 FRANCHISES, PERMITS AND PRIVILEGES
DIVISION 14 GRANTS PROGRAM
DIVISION 19 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
DIVISION 20 OFFICES OF THE CITY
DIVISION 21 [DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS]
DIVISION 22 DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS AND AGENCIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
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DIVISION 24 GOVERNMENTAL ETHICS
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Sec. 6.52. Certificate of Sale.
 
   The Board shall issue original and duplicate certificates of sale, referring to the proceedings, describing each lot or parcel of land sold, stating that the properties are sold to the City and giving the amount for which each is sold. The original certificate shall be filed with the City Engineer and shall be retained as a record of the sale. Any such certificate may include any number of parcels of property whether contiguous to each other or not.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; Ord. No. 149,941*, Eff. 8-15-77; Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
 
* See note following § 6.38 of this Division regarding Ord. No. 149,941.
 
 
Sec. 6.53. Redemption of Sold Property.
 
   At any time prior to the issuance and delivery of a deed to any property sold under the provisions of this article, such sold lot or parcel of land may be redeemed by the payment to the Board of the amount for which the same was sold, with an additional penalty of one per cent per month, until paid, of said amount of sale, together with such other amounts as may be payable as provided for in Section 6.57 of this article. Said one per cent penalties shall be added on the first day of each month following the date of sale of said property. Upon the redemption from sale of any lot or parcel of land the fact and date of such redemption shall be reported to the City Engineer and shall be entered on the original and duplicate certificate of sale.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
 
 
Sec. 6.54. Deed to Unredeemed Property.
 
   At any time after the expiration of one year and within four years from the date of sale and after the giving of notice and filing of affidavits as hereinafter provided, the Board shall execute to the City as purchaser and deliver to the City Engineer a deed of the property sold and not redeemed, in which shall be recited substantially the matters contained in the certificate of sale relating to such lot or parcel of land and the fact that no person has redeemed the same.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
 
 
Sec. 6.55. Notice of Application for Deed.
 
   At least 30 days before it executes the deed the Board shall serve a written notice upon the owner of the property purchased, or cause such notice to be mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to the owner as the owner’s name and address appear on the last Equalized Assessment Roll, if they so appear, or as known to the City Engineer, and shall serve such notice upon the party occupying the property, if the property is occupied. If the occupant of the property cannot be found after due diligence or if the property is unoccupied, a similar notice must be posted in a conspicuous place upon said property at least 30 days before the date stated therein on which the deed will be executed. The notice shall set forth a description of the property, stating that said property has been sold for a Delinquent Assessment, specifying the improvement for which the same was made, the amount for which the delinquent property was sold, the amount necessary to redeem at the time of giving notice and the time when the Board will execute a deed to the City.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
 
 
Sec. 6.56. Evidentiary Effect of Deed.
 
   The deed of the Board, when duly acknowledged or proved, shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of all matters recited therein and of the regularity of all proceedings prior to the execution thereof, and of title in the grantee.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 100,239.
 
 
Sec. 6.57. Affidavit of Notice.
 
   Affidavits must be filed in the office of the Bureau of Engineering showing that such written notices, as required herein, were served upon or caused to be mailed to the owner of the property, and served upon the occupant or posted, and showing due diligence if the property is occupied and the occupant cannot be found. If redemption of the property is made after affidavits are filed, the person making such redemption must pay, in addition to the other amounts required, $3.00 for the service of notice and the making of such affidavits. The Board shall not deliver a deed until the written notice has been served, caused to be mailed or posted and affidavits have been filed as required herein.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; Ord. No. 149,941*, Eff. 8-15-77.
 
* See note following § 6.38 of this Division regarding Ord. No. 149,941.
 
 
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