Chapter 8 — COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT CHARGES AND SERVICE FEES—PROCESS TO IMPOSE

LIENS AND COLLECT VIA PROPERTY TAXES

1800. • COLLECTION PROCEDURE FOR DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS—CREATING OF LIEN.

(a)

Any fees authorized pursuant to this Code which remain unpaid for a period of three (3) or more months after the date upon which they are billed may be collected thereafter by the City as provided herein. These fees and charges include the following:

(1)

False alarm assessment charges per Section 3907 of this Code;

(2)

Water bills per Section 7532.1 of this Code;

(3)

Residential trash collection fees per Section 5120.7 et seq. and related resolutions;

(4)

Business license fee per Section 6211 et seq.

(b)

The City Council shall cause a report of delinquent property related service fees to be prepared periodically. The City Council shall fix a time, date and place for hearing the report and any objections or protests thereto. The report shall contain a list and description of each parcel of real property to which is attributed a delinquency in the payment of property related charges and services fees, for a period of ninety (90) days or more, the name of the owners of the parcel and the total amount of the delinquency attributable to that parcel.

(c)

The City Council shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed to the owners of the parcels with delinquencies, as listed on the latest equalized assessment roll of the County of Los Angeles. Such notice shall be sent not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date of the hearing and shall inform the owners of the amount of unpaid property related charges and penalties. Such notice shall inform the property owners that the property related charges and penalties will be assessed against, and may result in a lien on their real property.

(d)

At the hearing, the City Council shall hear any objections or protests of the owners of real property upon which liens are to be placed. The City Council may make such revisions or corrections to the report containing the list of property owners with delinquent accounts, as the City Council deems just, after which, by resolution, the report shall be confirmed.

(e)

The delinquent fees, and any penalties thereon, if any, set forth in the report, shall constitute special assessments against the respective parcels of property and may constitute a lien on the parcels for the amount of the delinquent fees, the late charges and the cost of imposing the liens.

1801. • LATE FEE. PENALTIES.

For any fee or charge subject to Section 1800 which is not subject to a late fee under authority of any other Section of the Code, a late fee of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the fee is authorized, plus one-half percent (½%) for each month or portion of a month, after the delinquent date.

(Chapter 8 added by Ord. 2008 adopted 6-21-94)