Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

10.70.240 Certificate of Compliance.
Upon the completion of the mailing of the notices, the City Clerk shall file with the Council a certificate setting
forth the time and manner of the compliance with the requirements of this chapter for publishing, posting and mailing
notices. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.250 Boundary Map.
The provisions of sections 3100 and 3101 and 3110 through 3117 of the Streets and Highways Code of the State
of California shall apply. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.260 Protests; Filing; Presentation.
Any interested person may object to the proposed formation and to the extent of the proposed district, or to the
proposed special assessment or to the proposed acquisitions and improvements, or to the estimates of cost or to the
proposed issuance of bonds by filing a written protest with the City Clerk at or before the time set for the hearing.
Such protest must contain a description of the property in which each signer thereof is interested sufficient to identify
the same and, if the signers are not shown on the last equalized assessment roll as the owners of such property, must
contain or be accompanied by written evidence identifying the nature of signer's interest in such property. The City
Clerk shall endorse on each protest the date of its receipt, and at the same time appointed for the hearing shall present
to the Council all protests so filed. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.270 Oral Protests; Testimony.
Oral protests, further written protests and written or oral testimony may be presented at any time prior to the
closing of the hearing and shall be duly considered by the Council in reaching its decision. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.280 Waiver of Protest; Effect.
Any written or oral protest not made at the time and in the manner provided in section 10.70.260 or 10.70.270
shall be deemed to be waived voluntarily by any person who might have made such protest and such person shall be
deemed to have consented to the proposed district, the extent thereof, the proposed special assessment, the proposed
acquisitions and improvements, the proposed issuance of bonds, if any, and any other act, determination, or
proceeding on which protest could be made. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.290 Remedy, Revision and Correction of Error or Informality by Council.
The Council may remedy, revise, and correct any error or informality in any act, determination, or proceeding of
the Council or any officer of the city. The Council may confirm, amend, alter, modify, or correct the report in such
manner as to it shall be just and may instruct and direct the person or board making the same to correct it in any
particular. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.300 Majority Protest; Overruling Protest; Modification or Confirmation of Proposed Assessment.
If the protests filed pursuant to section 10.70.260 and on file with the City Clerk at the time fixed for hearing are
against the proposed district or the proposed acquisitions and improvements and the Council finds that such protests
are made by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the land to be assessed and protests are not withdrawn so
as to reduce the protests to less than a majority, no further proceedings shall be taken for a period of one year from
the date of the decision of the Council on the hearing, unless the protests are overruled by an affirmative vote of fourfifths
of the members of the Council. Any person making a protest may withdraw the protest, in writing, at any time
prior to the conclusion of the protest hearing. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.310 Protest; Hearing and Determination.
At the hearing the Council shall hear and determine all protests filed. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.320 Protest; Conclusiveness of Decision; Effect of Majority Protest.
The Council's decision on the protests shall be final and conclusive. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.330 Hearing; Continuances.
The hearing may be continued from time to time at the discretion of the Council. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
270-4 rev. 12/31/95