(A) The City Council may, from time to time, enter into agreements with the State of California, through the California Highway Patrol, or such other agency of the state as shall be designated by the state, providing that the state shall pay all, or any portion, of the administrative costs. The City Council may, from time to time, determine, by resolution, whether the payment agreed upon is sufficient to pay all, or only a portion, of the costs of administration.
(B) Whenever the city has entered into an agreement with the county for the performance by the county of such acts as under this chapter may be delegated to the county, the county may contract with the state for the payment to the county of such administrative costs for the removal of vehicles removed within the city. ln such case if the county determines whether payments received from the state for removal of abandoned vehicles are sufficient to pay all, or only a portion, of the administrative cost, that determination shall apply also to payments of administrative costs of removal of vehicles within the city.
(C) Except where administrative costs are determined by the City Manager, or designee, at a hearing, the amount assessed against an owner of land pursuant to §§ 7.29.130 and 7.29.180 of this chapter shall be limited to the portion of the administrative cost found to be not covered by such an agreement with the State of California and the cost of removal. This limitation on the assessment shall apply to all cases assessed while such a resolution is in effect. However, the limitation shall not apply to cases in which the written notice of intention to remove was mailed prior to the effective date of the resolution and the resolution increases the amount assessable.
(D) Any cost of removal incurred shall be paid by the city out of its general fund.
(Ord. 2024-01, passed 3-19-2024)