Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 20.102 Service Area No. 2—SERVICE Charges

On February 26, 1981, the board of supervisors for the county of Los Angeles established County Service Area No. 2 pursuant to the County Service Area Law (Government Code Sections 25210.1 et seq.) for the purpose of planning, providing and maintaining a system to dewater soil within the established boundaries of such county service area. It is necessary to fix and collect a charge to pay for the cost of this service.

(Ord. 12353 Art. 1 § 101, 1981.)

A.

"Area" means County Service Area No. 2, established by the board of supervisors on February 26, 1981 pursuant to the County Service Area Law (Government Code Sections 25210. 1 et seq.)

B.

"Board" means the board of supervisors for the county of Los Angeles.

C.

"Building area" means the inhabitable space within each dwelling situated within the established boundaries of County Service Area No. 2.

D.

"County engineer" means the county engineer for the county of Los Angeles.

E.

"Extended service" means the study, planning, installation and maintenance by the county of Los Angeles of a system to dewater soil within County Service Area No. 2.

F.

"Parcel" means a parcel of real property situated within the established boundaries of County Service Area No. 2, and described on the local secured tax rolls of the county of Los Angeles.

(Ord. 12353 Art. 2 §§ 201—206, 1981.)

A charge is levied on each parcel in the area for extended service furnished by the county of Los Angeles for each fiscal year. The charge shall be determined by apportioning the total cost of the extended service to each parcel in proportion to the benefit units received by each parcel.

(Ord. 12353 Art. 3 § 301, 1981.)

The benefit units received by each parcel shall be determined in the following manner:

A.

Each parcel depicted within a single-family residential zone classification shall receive the following number of benefit units:

1 (one) ×       Area of parcel*       (minimum lot size in applicable zoning ordinance)

* The number of benefit units shall be reduced to the next lower whole number. However, each such parcel shall receive a minimum of one benefit unit.

B.

Each parcel depicted within a multiple-family residential zone classification shall receive the following number of benefit units:

2 (two) ×       Area of parcel*       (minimum lot size in applicable zoning ordinance)

* The number of benefit units shall be reduced to the next lower whole number divisible by two. However, each such parcel shall receive a minimum of two benefit units.

C.

Each parcel shall also receive one-tenth of a benefit unit for every 100 square feet of building area.

(Ord. 12353 Art. 3 § 302, 1981.)