Santa Ana Municipal Code § 17-41 Hearing on assessment report

Upon completion of abatement of a public nuisance by the city, the officer designated to abate such public nuisance shall file with the clerk of the council a written report containing his account of the expenses of abatement, a description of the premises on which such abatement occurred, and the assessment against each lot or parcel of land proposed to be levied to pay the cost thereof. The clerk shall then set the report for hearing by the city council and shall, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date set for such hearing, serve notice of assessment upon the owners, which notice shall specify the day, hour and place when the city council shall hear and pass upon the assessment report together with any objections or protests thereto.

(Ord. No. NS-1277, § 1, 9-15-75)

Upon the date and hour fixed for the hearing the city council shall hear and pass upon the assessment report together with any objections or protests which may be raised by any of the owners of any property liable to be assessed for the costs of abatement or any other interested persons. The city council may make such revision, correction or modifications in the report as it may deem just, after which the report as submitted, or as revised, corrected or modified, shall be confirmed. The city council may adjourn the hearings from time to time. The decisions of the city council on all protests and objections which may be made shall be final and conclusive.

(Ord. No. NS-1277, § 1, 9-15-75)

Upon confirmation of the assessment report, the city council shall adopt a resolution specifying the amount assessed against each respective parcel as shown on the last available assessment roll in accordance with the assessment report. Unless otherwise provided in such resolution, any such assessment shall become due thirty (30) days after adoption of such resolution and shall thereafter bear interest at the rate of seven (7) percent per year. The city council may provide in the resolution for payment to become due at any later date, in total sum or in installments.

(Ord. No. NS-1277, § 1, 9-15-75)

All assessments may be paid by tender of the amount due to the director of finance. The director of finance, prior to August 10 of each year, shall determine if any assessment, or portion thereof, is due and unpaid, and if he so determines, he shall file with the county auditor his statement of the amount due, specifying the parcel on which such amount is assessed, together with a certified copy of the assessment resolution. Pursuant to Section 38773.5 of the Government Code of the State of California, such assessment shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary municipal taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary municipal taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of municipal taxes shall be applicable to such special assessment.

(Ord. No. NS-1277, § 1, 9-15-75)