Marin County Municipal Code Ch. 7.03 Collection of Health Officer Fees

In addition to such other method of collection of fees authorized by Section 510 of the California Health and Safety Code and Sections 7.04.035, 7.24.050, 7.32.050, 7.36.040, 7.40.050 and 18.06.100 of this code, a direct assessment for the collection of fees authorized by each section of this code to be collected by the health officer is authorized against the real property owned by the operator of a business when the property is subject to enforcement for which the fee is charged.

(Ord. 2718 § 1 (part), 1982)

On or before August of each year the health officer shall cause to be prepared a list of parcels of real property which are subject to fees pursuant to Sections 7.04.035, 7.24.050, 7.32.050, 7.36.040, 7.40.050 and 18.06.100 of this code. On or before the tenth day of August of each year the health officer shall transmit such list to the county auditor, and the auditor shall enter the amounts of the respective assessments against the respective parcels of land as they appear on the current assessment roll.

(Ord. 2718 § 1 (part), 1982)

The tax collector shall include the amount of the assessments entered on the assessment roll pursuant to Sections 7.04.035, 7.24.050, 7.32.050, 7.36.040, 7.40.050 and 18.06.100 of this code on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land, and such assessments shall be listed separately on the tax bill. Thereafter, the amounts of such assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes are collected.

(Ord. 2718 § 1 (part), 1982)

In those instances where the fees prescribed by Sections 7.04.035, 7.24.050, 7.32.050, 7.36.040, 7.40.050 and 18.06.100 of this code are not paid and parcels of real property are not subject to such fees, the health officer may record without fee in the office of the county recorder a certificate specifying the amount, interest penalty due and the name and last known address of the person liable for such fee. From the time of recordation of the certificate the amount required to be paid, together with interest and penalty, constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county owned or thereafter acquired by the liable person. The lien created by recording this certificate shall have the force, effect and priority of a judgment lien and shall continue for ten years from the time of the recordation unless released or otherwise discharged prior to such time upon the order of the health officer or of the board.

Seven days prior to recordation of the lien with the county recorder the health officer shall notify the person liable for the fees by certified mail of the intent to record such certificate. Failure to so advise shall not invalidate the lien.

(Ord. 2718 § 1 (part), 1982)