“Application for assessment” as used in this chapter means the procedure whereby a department of the City of Los Angeles which provides one or more essential public utilities services requests that an assessment be levied for the cost of providing its service.
“Cost of providing essential public utilities service” as used in this chapter means the established rates for furnishing of water and electric power, together with all lawfully established taxes, surcharges, and fees upon such costs or service and other charges generally collected with utility payments. With respect to trash disposal service, the said “cost” shall be that charged to comparable real properties, considering the size of the improvement and the number of persons residing thereon, in the vicinity of the real property to be assessed by private trash pick-up and disposal services as determined by informal solicitation of written or oral proposals to furnish such services.
“Essential public utilities or utility service” as used in this chapter means the furnishing of water or electricity, where more than one residential unit is served through a single meter and trash disposal services.
“Overdue” as used in this chapter means that payment for an essential public utility service was not made when payment was due, and said payment is defined to be “due” five days after the placement of the billing for such service in the United States mail. The time periods stated hereafter shall be calculated from said “due” date.
SECTION HISTORY
Chapter 8 added by Ord. No. 162,383, Eff. 7-23-87.