Lake County Municipal Code Art. IV Establishment

Sec. 20-7. - Notice to Property Owners and Utility Companies.¶

7.1 Within ten (10) days after the effective date of a resolution adopted pursuant to…¶

7.2 Said Building Inspector shall further notify such affected property owners of the…¶

7.3 Notification by the Building Inspector shall be made by mailing a copy of the…¶

Sec. 20-8. - Responsibility of Utility Companies.¶

8.1 If underground construction is necessary to provide utility service within a…¶

Sec. 20-9. - Responsibility of Property Owners.¶

9.1 Every person owning, operating, leasing, occupying or renting a building or…¶

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

(a) If the above is not accomplished by any person within the time provided for in the resolution enacted pursuant to Section 3 hereof, the Building Inspector shall give notice in writing to the person in possession of such premises, and a notice in writing to the owner thereof as shown on the last equalized assessment roll, to provide the required underground facilities within ten (10) days after receipt of such notice.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

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9.2 The notice to provide the required underground facilities may be given either by…¶

9.3 The notice given by the Building Inspector to provide the required underground…¶

9.4 If upon the expiration of the thirty (30) day period, the said required underground…¶

9.4 If upon the expiration of the thirty (30) day period, the said required underground facilities have not been provided, the Building Inspector shall forthwith proceed to do the work; provided, however, if such premises are unoccupied and no electric or communications service are being furnished thereto, he shall, in lieu of providing the required underground facilities, have the authority to order the disconnection and removal of any and all overhead service wires and associated facilities supplying utility service to said property.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

(a) Upon completion of the work by the Building Inspector, he shall file a written report with the Board of Supervisors setting forth the fact that the required underground facilities have been provided thereto and the cost thereof, together with a legal description of the property against which such cost is to be assessed.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

(b) The Board shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing protests against the assessment of the cost of such work upon such premises, which said time shall not be less than ten (10) days thereafter.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

9.5 The Building Inspector shall forthwith, upon the time for hearing such protests having been fixed, give a notice in writing to the person in possession of such premises, and a notice in writing to the owner thereof, in the manner hereinabove provided for the giving of the notice to provide the required underground facilities, of the time and place that the Board will pass upon such report and will hear protests against such assessment. Such notice shall also set forth the amount of the proposed assessment.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

9.6 Upon the date and hour set for the hearing of protests, the Board shall hear and consider the report and all protests, if there be any, and then proceed to affirm, modify or reject the assessment.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

9.7 If any assessment is not paid within five (5) days after its confirmation by the Board, the amount of the assessment shall become a lien upon the property against which the assessment is made by the Building Inspector, and the County Building Inspector is directed to turn over to the Assessor and Tax Collector a notice of lien on each of said properties on which the assessment has not been paid, and said Assessor and Tax Collector shall add the amount of said assessment to the next regular bill for taxes levied against the premises upon which said assessment was not paid. Said assessment shall be due and payable at the same time as said property taxes are due and payable, and if not paid when due and payable, shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum.

(Ord. No. 517, § 9, 1968)

Sec. 20-10. - Responsibility of County.

10.1 The County shall remove at its own expense all County- owned equipment from all poles required to be removed hereunder in ample time to enable the owner or user of such poles to remove the same within the time specified in the resolution enacted pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

(Ord. No. 517, § 10, 1968)

Sec. 20-11. - Extension of Time.

11.1 In the event that any act required by this chapter or by a resolution adopted pursuant to Section 3 hereof cannot be performed within the time provided on account of shortage of materials, war, restraint by public authorities, strikes, labor disturbances, civil disobedience, or any other circumstances beyond the control of the actor, then the time within which such act will be accomplished shall be extended for a period equivalent to the time of such limitation.

(Ord. No. 517, § 11, 1968)

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