Inglewood Municipal Code § 9-142 Organization of the Assessment District; Resolution

Proceedings for the formation of an assessment district shall be initiated by resolution. The resolution shall:

(1) Propose the formation of an assessment district pursuant to this Article;

(2) Describe the services to be provided;

(3) Describe the proposed assessment district and specify a distinctive designation for the district;

(4) Order the Police Chief to prepare and file a report in accordance with Sections 9-141 through 9-141.9 inclusive.

The descriptions need not be detailed but shall be sufficient if they enable the Police Chief to generally identify the nature and extent of the services and the location and extent of the assessment district.

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

Upon completion, the Police Chief shall file the report with the 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.

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

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 order the formation of an assessment district and to levy and collect assessments pursuant to this Article;

(2) Generally describe the services to be provided;

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

(4) Refer to the report of the Police Chief, on file with the clerk, for a full and detailed description of the services, 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, and fix a time and place for, a hearing by the City Council on the question of the formation of the assessment district and the levy of the proposed assessment.

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

The City Clerk shall give notice of hearing by causing the resolution of intention to be published, posted, and mailed as required by law.

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

Prior to the conclusion of the hearing, any interested person may 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.

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

The City Council shall hold the hearing at the time and place fixed in the resolution of intention 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 or communications made or filed by any interested persons.

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

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 services, the boundaries of the proposed assessment district and any zones therein, and the proposed diagram or the proposed assessment. The City Council may, without further notice, order the exclusion of territory from the proposed district, but shall not order the inclusion of additional territory within the district except upon written request by a property owner for the inclusion of his property or upon the giving of mailed notice of hearing to property owners upon the question of the inclusion of their property in the district.

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

Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council shall determine whether a majority protest exists. For that purpose, the extent of the territory of the proposed assessment district shall be adjusted in accordance with any orders excluding territory from or including additional territory within the district.

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

Proceedings for the formation of the assessment district shall be abandoned and may not be renewed for a period of six months from conclusion of the hearing if there is a majority protest unless, by a four-fifths vote of all members of the City Council, the protest shall be overruled. A majority protest exists if, upon the conclusion of the hearing, written protests filed and not withdrawn represent property owners owning more than fifty percent of the area of assessable lands within the proposed district.

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

If a majority protest has not been filed, or, if filed, has been overruled, the City Council may adopt a resolution ordering the services and the formation of the assessment district and confirming the diagram and assessment, either as originally proposed by the City Council or as changed by it. The adoption of the resolution shall constitute the levy of an assessment for the fiscal year referred to therein.

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