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It is the purpose of this chapter to exercise the authority conferred upon the County by Section 25210.77a of the Government Code of the State to fix and collect charges for any particular extended miscellaneous service authorized to be provided by a county service area in this County (referred to in this chapter as “service or services”). (§ 1, Ord. 766, eff. October 5, 1976, as amended by § 1, Ord. 817, eff. October 3, 1978 and by § 2, Ord. 1209, eff. October 16, 1997)
For any county service area or zone thereof located therein, the Board of Supervisors may fix and collect charges for a particular extended service authorized pursuant to Title 3, Division 2, Chapter 2.2, Article 7 of the Government Code (commencing with Section 25210.70) to pay, in whole or in part, for the cost thereof. The revenue obtained thereby may be in lieu of, or supplemental to, revenue obtained by the levy of taxes. The charges may vary by reason of the nature of the use or the month in which the service is rendered to correspond to the cost and the value of the service. The charges may be determined by apportioning the total cost, not otherwise offset by other available revenue, of the extended service area to each parcel therein in proportion to the estimated benefits from such service to be received by each parcel. In the case of the El Macero County Service Area the amount of each charge shall be determined by apportioning the revenue to be obtained between occupied parcels and unoccupied parcels, excluding public rights of way, and then by dividing the revenue to be obtained from each respective class of parcels by the total number of parcels in that respective class; provided, however, that the charges for all services provided to parcels devoted to country club use shall be twenty (20) times that fixed for other parcels. (§ 1, Ord. 766, eff. October 5, 1976, as amended by § 2, Ord. 817, eff. October 3, 1978, § 1, Ord. 1107, eff. July 19, 1990, and § 2, Ord. 1209, eff. October 16, 1997)
Once each year the Board shall cause to be prepared a written report which shall contain a description of each parcel of real property receiving extended service or services and the amount of the charge for each parcel for such year computed in conformity with this chapter. Such report shall be filed with the Clerk of the Board. (§ 1, Ord. 766, eff. October 5, 1976, as amended by § 3, Ord. 817, eff. October 3, 1978 and by § 2, Ord. 1209, eff. October 16, 1997)
Upon the filing of such report, the Clerk of the Board shall fix a time, date, and place for a hearing thereon and for filing objections or protests thereto. The Clerk of the Board shall publish a notice of such hearing, as provided in Section 6066 of the Government Code of the State, prior to the date set for the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the County. (§ 1, Ord. 766, eff. October 5, 1976, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1209, eff. October 16, 1997)
At the time, date, and place stated in the notice, the Board shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the Board may adopt, revise, change, reduce, or modify any charge, and shall make its determination upon each charge as described in the report, and thereafter, by resolution, shall confirm the report. (§ 1, Ord. 766, eff. October 5, 1976, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1209, eff. October 16, 1997)
The charges set forth in the report, as confirmed, shall appear as a separate item on the tax bill. The charges shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary County ad valorem property taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in cases of delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of County ad valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such charges, except that if the real property to which such charges relate has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer or value has been created and attaches thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the charge conformed pursuant this chapter shall not result in a lien against such real property but, instead, shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection. (§ 1, Ord. 766, eff. October 5, 1976, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1209, eff. October 16, 1997)