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If any lot or parcel of land belonging to the United States, or to the State, or to any county, City, public agent, mandatory of the government, school board, educational, penal or reform institution or institution for the feeble-minded or the insane, is in use in the performance of any public function, and is included within the District to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, the Council may, in the Ordinance of Intention, declare that such lots or parcels of land, or any of them, shall be omitted from the assessment thereafter to be made to cover the costs and expenses of the work. If any such lots or parcels of land are omitted from the assessment, the total expense of all work done shall be assessed on the remaining lots or parcels of land lying within the limits of the Assessment District, without regard to such omitted lots or parcels of land.
If the Council, in the Ordinance of Intention, declares that any such lots or parcels of land owned and used as provided in this section shall be included in the assessment or if no declaration is made respecting any such lots or parcels of land, then the City shall be liable for such sums as may thereafter be assessed against such lots or parcels of land. The assessment shall be payable by the City out of the General Fund unless the Council shall in its Ordinance of Intention designate another fund. Any sums which may be assessed against any such lots or parcels of land shall not be payable by the City when such sums are paid by the owner of or the governing body controlling such lots or parcels of land.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
Upon the adoption of said Ordinance of Intention, the City Engineer shall mail, except where the hearing of objections has been waived as provided in Section 6.182, postage prepaid, to all persons owning real property which is proposed to be assessed to pay any of the costs and expenses of the work, whose names and addresses appear on the last Equalized Assessment Roll or on the records of the City Engineer, a postal card containing a notice which shall be substantially in the following form:
[IMPROVEMENT HEARING NOTICE RE LAND STABILIZATION]
You are hereby notified that the Council of the City of Los Angeles, California, has adopted an ordinance declaring its intention to stabilize land and for such purpose to order the acquisition in or 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 Council in the Council Chambers at said time. You are hereby referred to said Ordinance No. _____ for further particulars. The total estimated cost of the improvement, including acquisitions, if any, is $______. Property belonging to you is proposed to be assessed for this acquisition or improvement and acquisition in the estimated amount of $______. Assessment No. _____.
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City Engineer
The City Engineer shall, upon the completion of the mailing of said notice, file with the Council an affidavit setting forth the time and manner of compliance with the requirements of this section. The failure of the City Engineer to mail such notice or the failure of any person to receive the same shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any proceeding taken under this article, nor prevent the Council from proceeding with any hearing so noticed.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
Amended by: Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
The Board shall, after the publication of the Ordinance of Intention, except where the hearing of objections has been waived as provided in Section 6.182, cause to be conspicuously posted on each parcel or lot of land located in the proposed Assessment District and on all the open streets within the District, at not more than 300 feet apart, but not less than three in all, notices of the passage of said ordinance. Said notice shall be headed “Notice of Land Stabilization – Improvement and Acquisition” in letters not less than one inch in height; and shall in legible characters state the fact of the passage of the Ordinance of Intention and briefly describe in general terms the proposed improvement, or improvement and acquisition, referring to the maps, plans, profiles and specifications therefor on file in the office of the City Engineer for all details and descriptions. Reference shall also be made to the Assessment Map and roll on file in the office of the City Clerk for all details as to the extent of the Assessment District, and the estimated amount of the assessment to be levied upon each lot or parcel of land therein. Said notice shall make reference to any proposed acquisition and shall set forth the estimated cost of such acquisition.
Said notice shall also contain a statement of the day, hour and place fixed in the Ordinance of Intention for the hearing of all protests to the proposed work, acquisition or improvement, and that any and all such protests thereto must be filed in writing in the office of the Clerk prior to said time. Said posting shall be completed not less than ten (10) days prior to the day set for said hearing. An affidavit shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk setting forth the manner of the compliance with the requirements of this section.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 126,186.
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