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The Council may also direct the City Clerk to give notice of the hearing by first-class mail to each registered voter and to each landowner within the proposed District. This notice shall be mailed at least ten days before the hearing and shall contain the same information as is required to be contained in the notice published pursuant to Section 6.718, except that the entire text of the resolution of intention may be omitted if the date, number and fact of its adoption are shown and the proposed facilities and/or services are briefly described and the proposed amounts and method of apportionment of the special tax are shown.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
At the hearing, protests against the establishment of the District, the extent of the District, or the furnishing of specified types of facilities or services within the District, may be made orally or in writing by any interested persons or taxpayers. Any protests pertaining to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall be in writing and shall clearly set forth the alleged irregularities and defects. To be counted under Section 6.721, any written protest shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the time fixed for the hearing. The Council may waive any irregularities in the form or content of any written protest and at the hearing may correct minor defects in the proceedings. Written protests may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of the hearing.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
If fifty percent or more of the registered voters, or six registered voters, whichever is more, residing within the territory proposed to be included in the District, or the owners of one-half or more of the area of the land in the territory proposed to be included in the District and not exempt from the special tax, file written protests against the establishment of the District, and protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the value of the protests to less than a majority, no further proceedings to create the specified Community Taxing District or to levy the specified special tax shall be taken for a period of six months from the date of the decision of the Council.
If the majority protests are only against the furnishing of a specified type or types of facilities or services within the proposed District, or against levying a specified special tax, those types of facilities or services or the specified special tax shall be eliminated from the ordinance of formation.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
The hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice under Section 6.718 or 6.719, but shall be completed within six months of the original hearing date. The Council may modify the resolution of intention by eliminating proposed facilities or services; or by changing the rate or method of apportionment of the proposed special tax so as to reduce the maximum special tax to be levied on all or a portion of the property within the proposed District, or by removing territory from the proposed District. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Council may, in its sole discretion (i) abandon the proposed establishment of the Community Taxing District, or (ii) after passing upon all protests, determine to proceed with establishing the District, except as provided in Section 6.721 hereof.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
If the Council determines to establish the District, it shall adopt an ordinance of formation establishing the District. The ordinance of formation shall incorporate by reference all of the information required to be included in the resolution of intention to establish the District specified in Section 6.716. If a special tax is proposed to be levied in the District to pay for any facilities and/or services and the special tax has not been eliminated by majority protest pursuant to Section 6.721, the ordinance shall state that fact and all of the following:
A. Determine whether all proceedings were valid and in conformity with the requirements of this Chapter, which finding shall be final and conclusive;
B. State that the proposed special tax to be levied within the District has not been precluded by majority protest pursuant to Section 6.721;
D. Set forth the proposed rate and method of apportionment of the special tax;
E. Set forth the name, address and telephone number of the office, department, or bureau of the City or the District that will be responsible for preparing annually a current roll of special tax, levy obligations by assessor’s parcel number and that will be responsible for estimating future special tax levies pursuant to Section 6.749;
F. State that upon recordation of a notice of special tax lien pursuant to Section 3114.5 of the California Streets and Highways Code, a continuing lien to secure each levy of the special tax shall attach to all nonexempt real property in the District and this lien shall continue in force and effect until the special tax obligation is prepaid and permanently satisfied and the lien cancelled in accordance with law or until collection of the tax by the City or the District ceases.
G. Set forth the book and page in the Book of Maps of Assessments and Community Facilities Districts in the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office where the boundary map of the proposed Community Taxing District has been recorded pursuant to Sections 3111 and 3113 of the California Streets and Highways Code;
H. Provide for the conduct of the election required under Section 6.727;
I. At the option of the Council, provide for the establishment of or change in the appropriations limit under Section 6.726.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 177,051, Eff. 11-20-05.
Amended by: First para., Ord. No. 177,974, Eff. 12-3-06.
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