Santa Monica Municipal Code Ch. 2.38 Local Modifications to Method of Levying Assessments Pursuant to The…

This law is intended to exercise the authority conferred upon charter cities by Streets and Highways Code Section 36603 to modify the method of forming an assessment district pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, California Streets and Highways Code Section 36600, and following. The purposes of the following modifications are to maximize the flexibility and utility of the mechanism created by state law and to secure its full benefit for Santa Monica by facilitating the initiation of the district formation process and enhancing opportunities for long-term planning and stability.

(Added by Ord. No. 2258CCS § 1, adopted 4/8/08)

In forming assessment districts pursuant to the Property and Business Improvement District Law of 1994, the City Council may elect to use the procedures set forth in California Streets and Highways Code Sections 36600 and following or may elect to use those procedures as modified by this chapter.

(Added by Ord. No. 2258CCS § 1, adopted 4/8/08)

Notwithstanding Streets and Highways Code Section 36621(a) or any other provision of state law, the City Council may initiate proceedings to establish a property and business improvement district upon receipt of a petition signed by property owners, business owners, or a combination of property owners and business owners in the proposed district who will pay at least forty percent of the assessments proposed to be levied.

(Added by Ord. No. 2258CCS § 1, adopted 4/8/08; amended by Ord. No. 2483CCS § 1, adopted 3/24/15)

Notwithstanding Streets and Highways Code Section 36622(h) or any other provision of state law, the City Council may form a district authorized to levy assessments for a maximum of up to twenty years.

(Added by Ord. No. 2258CCS § 1, adopted 4/8/08)