Inglewood Municipal Code § 10-145 Levy of Assessments After Formation Where Changes in District are Desired

This article shall apply to all annual assessments levied after the formation of an assessment district.

Proceedings shall be taken pursuant to this Article for any fiscal year during which an assessment is to be levied and collected within an existing assessment district.

The City Council shall adopt a resolution which shall generally describe any proposed new improvements or any substantial changes in existing improvements and order the engineer to prepare and to file a report in accordance with Sections 10-142 through 10-142.9 of this Article.

Upon completion, the engineer shall file the report with the City clerk for submission to the City Council. The City Council may approve the report, as filed, or it may modify the report in any particular and approve it as modified.

After approval of the report, either as filed or as modified, the City Council shall adopt a resolution of intention. The resolution shall:

(1) Declare the intention of the City Council to levy and collect assessments within the assessment district for the fiscal year stated therein.

(2) Generally describe the existing and proposed improvements and any substantial changes proposed to be made in existing improvements.

(3) Refer to the assessment district by its distinctive designation and indicate the general location of the district.

(4) Refer to the report of the engineer, on file with the City Clerk, for a full and detailed description of the improvements, the boundaries of the assessment district and any zones therein, and the proposed assessments upon assessable lots and parcels of land within the district.

(5) Give notice of the time, as fixed by Section 10-145.5, and the place for hearing by the City Council on the levy of the proposed assessment.

The date, hour and place of the hearing is hereby fixed as the date, hour, and place of the first regular meeting in June, as specified in any ordinance, resolution, or order of the City Council fixing the time and place of its regular meetings.

The City Clerk shall give notice of hearing by causing the resolution of intention to be published and posted.

The City Clerk shall give mailed notice of hearing to property owners owning lots or parcels in the following categories:

(1) Where there is an increase in the amount proposed to be assessed upon any lot or parcel by reason of a change of zone or a change in the formula or method of apportioning the net amount to be assessed upon lands within the assessment district.

(2) Where there has been a division of any lot or parcel of land assessed during the previous fiscal year and, as a result thereof, the divided lots or parcels are owned by different persons.

Any interested person may, prior to the conclusion of the hearing, file a written protest with the City Clerk or, having previously filed a protest, may file a written withdrawal of that protest. A written protest shall state all grounds of objection. A protest by a property owner shall contain a description sufficient to identify the property owned by him or her.

The City Council shall hold the hearing at the time and place specified in the resolution and in any order continuing the hearing. All interested persons shall be afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard. The City Council shall consider all oral statements and all written protests made or filed by any interested person. The City Council may continue the hearing from time to time, provided, that no continuance shall be made to a date subsequent to the following July 1st without the prior consent of the county auditor.

During the course or upon the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council may order changes in any of the matters provided in the report, including changes in the improvements, any zones within the assessment district, and the proposed diagram or the proposed assessment.

Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council may adopt a resolution confirming the diagram and assessment, either as originally proposed or as changed by it. The adoption of the resolution shall constitute the levy of an assessment for the fiscal year referred to in the assessment.