Fresno County Municipal Code Ch. 4.28 County Service Area Charges

A. Pursuant to the authority vested in the board of supervisors of the county of Fresno, hereinafter the board, by Section 25210.77a of the California Government Code, the procedures set forth in this chapter are established to fix and collect charges for particular extended services authorized to be provided within Fresno County Service Areas.

B. For any County Service Area in Fresno County, the board may fix and collect charges for particular extended services 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.

(Ord. 604, § 1 (part), 1979)

Once a year the board shall cause to be prepared a written report which shall contain a description of each parcel of real property receiving the particular extended service and the amount of the charge for each parcel. The report shall be filed with the clerk of the board.

(Ord. 604, § 1 (part), 1979)

Upon the filing of such report, the clerk shall fix a time, date and place for hearing thereon and for filing objections or protests thereto. The clerk shall publish notice of such hearing as provide in Government Code Section 6066, prior to the date set for hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county.

(Ord. 604, § 1 (part), 1979)

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 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. The decision of the board shall be final and conclusive. The validity of the charges on the confirmed report shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within thirty days after the report is confirmed.

(Ord. 604, § 1 (part), 1979)

The charges set forth in the report, as confirmed, shall appear as a separate item on the tax bill. The charge may 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 case f delinquency as provided for such taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county a valorem property taxes shall be applicable to such charge, except that if the real property to which such charge relates has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrance for value has been created and attached thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of such taxes would become delinquent, then the charge confirmed pursuant to this section shall not result in a lien against such real property but instead shall to the unsecured roll for collection.

(Ord. 604, § 1 (part), 1979)