Before ordering any work done or improvement made which is authorized by this article the Council shall pass an Ordinance of Intention so to do. It shall be sufficient for said ordinance to briefly describe the work or improvement in general terms, referring to the plans, profiles and specifications therefor on file in the office of the City Engineer for further particulars, which said plans, profiles and specifications shall govern and control for all details and description. Said ordinance shall fix a day, hour and place when and where all protests against the proposed work or improvement will be heard by the Council which time shall be not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of the adoption of said ordinance. Said ordinance shall state that the improvement therein contemplated is to be performed under the provisions of this article.
Upon the adoption of said Ordinance of Intention the City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the City and designated by the Council in said ordinance.
Upon the adoption of said Ordinance of Intention the City Engineer shall also mail postage prepaid, to each property owner whose property is to be assessed for the proposed improvement, at the property owner’s last known address as the same appears upon the tax rolls of the County of Los Angeles, or when no address so appears, to the General Delivery of the United States Post Office in the City of Los Angeles, a postal card containing a notice which shall be in substantially the following form (filling blanks):
[IMPROVEMENT HEARING NOTICE RE STREET RESURFACING]
You are hereby notified that on the ______ day of ________, _____, the Council of the City of Los Angeles, California, adopted Ordinance of Intention No________ (New Series) providing for the improvement of ______________. All protests must be filed in writing in the office of the City Clerk before the hour of ________ o'clock A.M. on the ________ day of ________, ______, and all protests so filed will be heard and considered by the City Council in the Council Chamber at said time. You are hereby referred to said ordinance for further particulars. Property belonging to you is to be assessed for this improvement.
______________________________
City Engineer.
If any lots or parcels of land to be assessed from the improvement are assessed to “unknown owners” on said tax-rolls no such postal cards need be mailed to the owners thereof. The City Engineer shall immediately upon the completion of the mailing of said postal cards file in the City Engineer’s office an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of the City Engineer’s compliance with this provision; provided, that the failure of the City Engineer to mail said postal cards or the failure of the property owners to receive the same, shall in no wise affect the validity of the proceedings or prevent the Council from acquiring jurisdiction to order the work.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
Amended by: Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.