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At any time before the expiration of one year after the date of sale, or at any time thereafter up to the time of the making of application for a deed by the purchaser, or the purchaser’s assignee, any lot or parcel of land sold for a Delinquent Assessment may be redeemed by any party in interest by the payment to the Board of Public Works of the amount for which the property was sold and in addition thereto a penalty of 25% of said amount. When redemption is made, the Board of Public Works shall note that fact and the date thereof on the duplicate certificate of sale on file in its office and deposit the amount paid with the City Treasurer, who shall credit the purchaser named in the certificate of sale with the said amount and pay the same to such purchaser, or the purchaser’s assignee, upon the surrender of the certificate of sale and upon satisfactory proof of assignment thereof, if any. When the City is purchaser, the Board of Public Works shall notify the City Engineer of the redemption and such City Engineer shall thereupon cancel the certificate of sale therefor on file in the City Engineer’s office.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
Amended by: Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
At any time after the expiration of one year from the date of sale, provided no redemption has been made the Board of Public Works must execute to the purchaser, or to the purchaser’s assignee, as the case may be, on the purchaser’s application, a deed to the property sold, in which shall be recited substantially the matters contained in the certificate, also any assignment thereof and the fact that no person has redeemed the property. The Board of Public Works shall receive from the applicant for a deed $16.00 for making such deed unless the City is the purchaser in which case no charge shall be made therefor. In addition, the applicant shall pay all costs of advertising incurred pursuant to Section 6.77 of this Code. Such deed 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. The fees and costs herein shall be adjusted, if required, in order to cover the City’s administrative costs and adopted in the same manner as provided in Section 12.37 I.1. of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for establishing fees.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
Amended by: Ord. No. 149,299, Eff. 2-17-77; Fee change and sentence added, Ord. No. 168,733, Eff. 5-31-93.
The funds collected by the Board of Public Works under the proceedings herein provided for, either upon voluntary payments or as the result of the sale of property after delinquency, shall be paid by said Board of Public Works, as fast as collected to the City Treasurer, who shall place the same in a special fund designated by the number or name of the proceeding, and payments shall be made out of said special fund only as herein provided. In order to expedite the making of any improvement in this article provided for, the Council may at any time transfer into such special fund out of any money in the general fund of said City such sums as it may deem necessary and the sums so transferred shall be deemed a loan to said special fund and shall be repaid out of the proceeds of the assessments provided for in this article.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,080.
Upon the publication of the Final Ordinance ordering the work or improvement to be done the Board of Public Works shall execute and perform the work or improvement contemplated in the Ordinance of Intention and more particularly described in the plans, profiles, and specifications on file in the office of the City Engineer and referred to therein, and shall employ the necessary labor and provide the necessary materials and supplies therefor. The costs and expense of such work shall be paid out of said special fund and in case the amount collected in said special fund shall be sufficient to carry out the proposed work or improvement the Council shall provide for the payment of each deficiency by an appropriation out of the general expense fund of the City. The City Treasurer shall pay to the Board of Public Works for the payment by it of the cost and expense of the work or improvement the moneys out of said special fund upon the written demand therefor by the Board of Public Works setting forth a statement of said costs and expenses.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
Upon the recording in the office of the Board of Public Works of the report and assessment and diagram, as provided in Section 6.73, each assessment therein named shall from the date of such recording become a lien upon the lot or parcel of land against which it is levied, paramount to all other liens except liens for state, county and municipal taxes, and such lien shall continue and be in force until such assessment is paid, or until the property is redeemed after sale for delinquency, or until the property, is sold and a deed is made therefor to the purchaser as hereinbefore provided. From the date of such recording all persons shall be deemed to have notice of such lien upon the lot or parcel of land so assessed.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
Whenever in any proceeding hereunder the time and place for hearing by the Council is fixed and from any cause the hearing is not then and there held or regularly adjourned and continued to a time and place fixed, the power of the Council in the premises shall not thereby be divested or lost. The Council may fix a time and place for such hearing and cause notice thereof to be given by publication by at least one insertion in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the City such publication to be at least five days before the date of the hearings so fixed, and thereupon the Council shall have power to act as in the first instance.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
All ordinances, notices, resolutions, orders or other determinations required to be published by the provisions of this article shall be published in a daily newspaper published and circulated in the City of Los Angeles and designated by the Council in the Ordinance of Intention for the publication of said ordinance without further designation by the Council or any other body responsible for the publication thereof; provided, however, that when, in the opinion of the Council, it is advisable or necessary to designate a different newspaper, the Council shall by resolution designate the newspaper for the publication of such ordinances, notices, resolutions, orders or other determinations as may thereafter become necessary under the proceedings for the contemplated improvement. Proof of any publication provided for herein shall be made by affidavit of the owner, publisher or clerk of the newspaper, and such affidavit shall be filed with the City Clerk. No publication or notice other than that provided for in this article shall be necessary to give validity to any proceeding provided for herein.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
In all ordinances, notices, orders or resolutions and determinations subsequent to the Ordinance of Intention, a description of the work or improvement by reference to the Ordinance of Intention shall be sufficient, and a brief description in general terms of the work or improvement in the Ordinance of Intention, referring to plans, profiles and specifications therefor on file in the office of the City Engineer, shall be sufficient.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 41,060.
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