Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

10.70.800 Id. - Mailing.
The form of mailed notice shall be substantially as set forth in section 10.70.790, but shall also contain a
description of the parcel covered by the notice, sufficient to identify it, and the amount of the proposed special
assessment against said parcel as set forth in the report. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.810 Protests.
The City Clerk shall endorse on each protest the date it is filed with the clerk, and shall show whether said protest
was filed prior to the hour fixed for hearing. No protest received after said hour shall be counted in determining the
quantum of protest, but the Council may, in its discretion, consider said protests in making its decision. (Ord. 4062,
1980.)
10.70.820 Public Hearing.
At the time and place fixed for the hearing, or at any time to which the hearing is adjourned, the council shall
a) hear all persons having an interest in any real property within the district;
b) hear all objections, protests or other written communications from any persons interested in any real property
within the district;
c) take and receive oral and documentary evidence pertaining to the matters contained in the report;
d) remedy and correct any error or informality in the report, and revise and correct any of the acts or
determinations of any city officers or employees, as contained therein; and
e) amend, alter, modify, correct and confirm said report and each of the special assessments therein. (Ord.
4062, 1980.)
10.70.830 Certification.
The report, together with the certificate of the clerk as to the fact and date of approval by the Council, shall be
delivered, at or before the time the Council fixes the general city tax rate for said fiscal year, to the officer designated
by law to extend city taxes upon the tax roll on which they are collected. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.840 Posting and Report.
Said officer shall post to the tax roll the individual amounts of the special assessment to be collected for said year,
as set forth in said report against the respective parcels of real property shown in the report. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.850 Method of Collection.
The special assessment shall be levied and collected upon the last equalized secured and utility tax rolls upon
which general city taxes are collected. It shall be in addition to all other taxes levied for general city purposes, and
shall be levied, entered and collected together with, and not separate from, general city taxes, and enforced in the
same manner and by the same persons and at the same time and with the same penalties and interest as are other taxes
for city purposes, and all laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of taxes for city purposes are made
applicable to said special assessment levy, and the assessed real property, if sold for taxes, shall be subject to
redemption within one year from the date of sale in the same manner as such real property is redeemed from the sale
for general city taxes and if not redeemed shall in like manner pass to the purchaser. All of the provisions of the
Improvement Bond Act of 1915 relating to sale of delinquent property are applicable to delinquent special
assessments levied under this section, except that sections 8804 and 8809 of the Streets and Highways Code shall not
apply. The city may covenant, in the resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, that it will initiate the
foreclosure action therein authorized promptly upon the occurrence of a delinquency and prosecute such action to
conclusion with due diligence. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.860 Lien.
The lien of the special assessment levied under this section attaches at the same times and has the same priorities
as the lien for general taxes. (Ord. 4062, 1980.)
10.70.870 Contributions.
The Council may annually, at, or prior to, the time the levy is made, or at such other time as it shall determine,
transfer to the bond fund or to the maintenance fund such amount or amounts as it shall determine. (Ord. 4062,
1980.)
270-12 rev. 12/31/95