Inglewood Municipal Code Art. 13 Police Benefit Assessment District Procedural Ordinance

This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Inglewood Police Benefit Assessment District Procedural Ordinance."

(Ord. 88-5 4-19-88)

This Article is not exclusive. The Council shall have the power to provide other procedures or to follow procedures and powers now or hereafter provided by charter or general law. The procedures and powers herein are alternative. When proceeding under this Article, its provisions only need be followed.

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An assessment district shall consist of all territory which, as determined by the City Council, will be benefited by police services and is to be assessed to pay the costs therefor.

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An assessment district may consist of all or any part of the territory within the City of Inglewood.

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An assessment district may consist of contiguous or noncontiguous areas. The services in one area need not be of benefit to other areas.

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Any resolution, notice, report, diagram or assessment which is required to contain a description of police services, the boundaries of the assessment district or any zones therein, or the lines and dimensions of any lot or parcel of land may, for a full and detailed description thereof, refer to any plan or map which is on file with the clerk, the county auditor, or the county assessor and which is open to public inspection. The plan or map so referred to shall govern for all details of the description.

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This Article shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose. Any proceedings taken under this Article and any assessment levied pursuant thereto shall not be invalidated for failure to comply with the provisions of this Article if such failure does not substantially and adversely affect the rights of any person. All determinations made by the City Council pursuant to this Article shall be final and conclusive in the absence of fraud or prejudicial abuse of discretion.

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The amounts required to be paid as a result of this Article are assessed pursuant to the powers granted under Article III, Section 4 of the Inglewood City Charter and are for the purpose of providing the services defined in Section 9-137.7 above, in order to provide a greater degree of specialized police service protection in the City of Inglewood than now exists.

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"Resolution" includes an ordinance.

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It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Article are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Article shall be declared invalid by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Article.

(Ord. 88-5 4-19-88)

Ordinance No. 2302 which imposed a fire service fee shall be suspended for fiscal year 1979-80 and shall not again be of any force or effect thereafter until and unless this Section has been repealed by the City Council.

(Ord. 2347 7-31-79)