HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 159 (2)�,. ORDIITAI1TCE ITO.
AN ORDIIIA"CE OF `:'HE 73OA..D OF 7RU-`.:EYS 0= "H"_ CITY OF LZUSA
1� AIi"I'DITG 7' TICITS 15, 28, 29, 30, 33, and 46 OF ORDII;ANCE (:0,1549
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OF ^HI% BOARD OF TRUSTRES OF THE C= TI' CF A: USA ",SIT
3 C 'DILITA TCE OF THE CITY OF AwUSA 12("VIDING A SYSTEI.: :,'OR `IM AS -,m ?LIT
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LEVY G11D COL=011I011 Of T2,='S", I:13j-U THE 24th DAY OF FEBRUARY,1914.
5 The Board of 'rustees of the City of Azusa do ordain as
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7 Section 1: That section 15, of an orddnar.ce ro. 154, entitled,
8 "An ordinance of the City of Azusa, providing a system for the
9 assessment, levy, and collect4.on of twces", is hereby amended to
10 read as folloras:
11 Section 15. As soon as completed and on or before the first
12 ifonday in August of each year, the Assessor shall deliver his
13 assessment list and statements, to the Clerk of the Board of Trus -
14 tees, who shall forthwith give notice thereof and of the time when
15 and place where, the said Board of 'rustees gill meet as a "Oprd of
16 Equalization, to equalize assessments by pabl:.cation in sore news -
17 1.aper published ar,d circulated in said City, if there be one n r d if
18 there is ro newspaper published and circulated in said City, by
19 causing notices thereof to be pasted in at lea»±- four }.;ublic places
20 in said City and in t}:e meantime the as essnent list or book mnqt
21 remain open 'or inspection or all persons interested.
22 3eetion 2. Section 28, of ordintince .'Io. 154, ehtitled "AD Ordinance
23 of the c4ty of Adusa providing a system for the asasssment, levy,
24 and collection of nixes", is hereby Fimended to read as follows:
25 Section 28: On the third "onday in .December of et<ch yoar, the City
26 Tax Col?ecto-r must ddliver to the City Clerk a statement or the
27 amount of taxes and penalties collected on or before the last I:on-
28 Say in November, next precedint; and the Clerk s) -.all then carefully
29 compare the same with the asse,cment roll and if not satis'ied that
30 it contains a full and true statement of all t&, -,e3 collected, he
31 shall require immediate acco"rting "or ary ,'�{ 1Z The Clerk
32 shall, upon receiving said statement, charge the Tax and Licer.e
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Collector with the amount of penalty accrued on all taxes t;at
became delinquent on seid last Itonday of November of seid your.
Section 3: That section 29, of ordinance ;,o, 154 entitled.1111n
ordinance of the City of Azusa providing a system for the assess -
Ment, levy, and collection of taxes", is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 29. On +,he third Yonday of Ilay of each year the City
Tax Collector must deliver to the City Clerk a statement of the
amount of taxes and penalties collected by him since the last
Yonday in 11ovember next preceding and at the same time lie shall
make entries in the proper column in the Assessment Roil shooing
all the property delinquent and persons owing taxes on said roll.
The Clerk must then carefnily compare said statement with the
Assessment Roll and if not satisfied that it contains a full a;d
true statement of all taxes and penalties collected since the last
I..onday in Tiovember., he must acquire an innediate acounting for any
deficiency existing. Upon receiv6ng such statement the Clerk must
charge the City Tax Collector with the amount of taxes and penalties
accrued on all taxes that became delinquent on the last Monday of
November in last year.
Section 4: That section 30 of Ordinance TIo. 154, entit=led,"An
ordinance of the City of 4zusa, providing a system for the assess-
ment, levy and collection df taxes", is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 30. On or before the "ifth day in June of eseli year, the
tax collector must publish the delinquent list, which must contain
the names of the persons and a descr=iption o_" the property delin-
quent, and the amo,,nt of taxes, penalties, and costs due, opposite
each name and description, with the taxes due on personal property
and City Foll "ax added to the taxes on real esthete, where the real
estate .1.5 liable thereffor, or the several taxes are due from the
same person; provided, however, that before publication o^ said
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list the tax collector and clerk shall jointly arrange said list
in such manner that said publication shall designate in some parti-
cular manner the property contained in scid list wh-j.ch was sold to
the City five years previous under the provisions of the Tax
Ordinance of the said City of Azusa, on which the taxes remain 11n-
6 paid, and which property has not been redeemed or the sale thereof
7 canceled, and which property the City would otherwise be tntitled
8 to a deed thereof after the lapse of Hive years from said previous
9 sale.
10 The T= Collector must append to and publish with the delin-
11 quent list a notice as follocas:
12 1. That unless the taxes delinquent, together with `he coats ani
13 penalties thereon, are paid, the real property upon which said to -es
14 are a lien will, by operation of the law, be sold to the city, in
15 the City Tax and License Collector's office at a clay and hour to
16 be designated in such notice, which date of sale must not be less
17 than twenty-one nor more than twenty-eight days :'rom the time of
18 'he first publication or such notice;
19 2• That unless all taxes delinquent, to€ether raith costs and
are paid
20 penalties ipon the property which ha, not been redeemed 'rom the
21 Salo made to the city five years previously, the real property
22 upon ohich such taxes are a lien will be sold in tho max Collector's
23 office, at a day and hour. to be dosignated, which n must be not
24 avthar, twerty-one nor more then twenty-eight days from the first
25 publication of said notice, by the 'ax Collector at public auction
26 to 'lie highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States,
27 according to Law. The publication herein provided for shall be mcide
28 once a week for three successive neoks in some newspaper published
29 in the city or if there is no newspaper, then by a similar publi-
30 cation in some newspaper in the County, wherein said property is
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He shall also publish -with said delinquent list an index
thereto, containing the names of the perscns delinquent,
alphabetically arranged.
Section 5: That section .33 of the ordinance ITo. 154, entitled,
"An ordinance of the city of Azusa, providing a system for the
assessment, levy and collection of taxes", is
hereby emended to
read as follo-;s;
Section 33. On the day and hour fixed for the sale, all the
property delinquent, upon which the taxes of all kinds, penalties,
and costs have not been paid, shall, by operation Of lata and the
declaration of the Tax Collector, be sold to the City, and said
Tax Collector shall ma;Ce an entry, "Sold to the ci.ty," on the
delinquent assossmert list, opposite the tax, and he shall be
credited with the amount thereof in his final settlement; provided
that on the day of sale the ovrner or per7on in possession of any
Property o"fered for sale for taxes due thereon, may pay the taxes
penalties and costs due; and provided, further, that when the
original tax a:aoants to the sum of Tz' enty-five dollars or more
upon a ny piece of property or asse3sment delinquent, the City
may bring suit against the owner of said property for the collection
of said tax or taxes, penalties, and costs, and provided, further,
that- any property contained in the advertised list as provided for
in section 30,of this ordinance, which has not been redeemed from
the sale made to the City rive years previously, shall be sold by
the Tax Colledtor at public auction to the highest bidder for
Sash in la.aful money of the Untted States; but no }sid shall be
accepted at such sale ,or less than the amount of all taxes,
)enalties and costs as shown in said advertised list. After such
)id has been made and accepted ti.e right of redemption shall cease,
:xcept ac to the purchaser, :,ho shall have thirty days rr}5thin which
o make redemption as provided in section 1-7 0.'.' this ordinance, &nd
f not so redeemed or if no sole is had under the provisions of th s
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paragraph, then said property shpil be deeded to the City as provi-
ded in section 36 of this ordinance crd provided further, w,.en any
property is to be sold at public auction as provided in this
section, within five days after the first publication Of saki
delinquent list the tax collector shall marl a copy ol s id list or
publication, postage thereon prepaid and registered, to '-he party
to whom the land aas last as.:essed next before such sale, act his
last :rnoem post office address. ^he charge for advertising shall
he at the rate fixed by the Board of trustees for other advertising
in s id City.
,.hen lands have been sold, or shall hereafter be sold, to the
City Of Azusa by reason of non-payment of ta.ces,.no o,,ner or
claimant of such lands, nor any other person, shall remove or
destroy any building, fixture or o`iier improvement on such lards,
or cut or remove any timber, or do or cauae to be done any o`her
act which shall tend pormarently to impair the value of the lends
or the value o' the iTIprovements-thereon; provided, this, act
shall not apply „hen such Dfnds have been redeemed frori s. ie or
have been sold and disposed of by the City. Violation of any
of the provisions O- this section aha)- coratitute a misdemeanor.
"ren property has been sold to a purchaser at delinquent tax
sale, other than the City of .zusa, in pursuance of srction 3G
of this ordinance, the tax collector mush fortln7ith, execute a deed
to such purchaser, or his a3si�521s, conveying said property; provided
no deed shall be delivered in any event Until redemption has been
made of such property and all taxes, penalties, interest and charges
have been paid which may have been aecrued by reason oftany pre-
vious tax sale or delinquency. Said deed s1iall be in substal,ce srd
may be in form, as follo•„s:
"This indenture, made the day of
, 19__,
between tax collector of the City of �iLusa,
County Of Los C,neeles, State of California, first part, and
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second Party, Witnesseth:
Mat ;whereas the real property hereina2ter described was duly
assessed for taxation in the year 19 to
(stating nano as on assessment roll) and was thereafter on the
day of 19___, duly sold to
by ,tax collector of said city of Azusa for
non-payment Of delinquent taxes which had been legally levied in
said year 19_, and were a lien on said real Property, the total
amount for which the same was sold being And
dhereas, all taxes levied and assessed against said property
prior to the year 19 have been paid and discharged:
Now, therefore, the said first party in consideration of the
premises, ar.d in pursuance of the statute in such case made and
provided does hereby -rant to the said sedond party that certain
real property in the city of uzusa, County of Los onreles, more
larticularly described as follows, to -wit; ----------------------
In .fitness whereof avid first party has hereunto sot his hand
the day and yeDr first above aritter..
Tax Collector of the city of Aun sa."
UO other matters need be recited in the said deed than those
provided for in the above fort,, whether the sale is made before or
after this ordinance tales effect, lo charl~e shall be made by the
tax collector for the ma;cinp of any such deeds and acknowledgement
of the s7me shall be taken b3 * the City clerk free of char; -e. "he
Provisions of sections three thousand seven hinrlred oichty-six and
three thousand seven hundred eiMy-seven of the Political Code of
State of California are hereby mr:de applicable to the deed herein
provided for.
Section 6: That section 46, of ordinarce No. 1G4, entitled "tin
ordinarce of the city of Azusa, providing a system :or the ao3ess-
ment, levy, and collection of taxes", is hereby amended to read .:s
follows:
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Section 46. All proirisions of Title IX of the Political Code
of the State of California, in regard to revenue and taxation,
ilich are not ircor.sistent with the provisions of this ordinance
shall a ply to an¢ govern all. matters of revenue and taxation
tiibich are not herein specificully provided for, substituting, where
necessary the proper city office or 0 -.,,icer for any county or
:tate office or of icer therein referred to.
Section 7: This ordinance shall go into effect thirty days
from and after the date o' its passage and adoption.
Section 8: 'the City Clerk shall cectify to the pessage of this
ordinance and o^'gall cause `L•e same to be published once in the
"20motropic", a weekly newspaper published and circulated in the
City of. Xl2usa. / Q
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lere�ident of the lioard of Trustees of
the �City
�o,-£,j+�zusa.
City Clerk of the laity Of azuSa.
I hereby certify that the foretoing ordinarce was passed by
the Board of Trustees of the amity of dzusa, eitened by the Fresidert
of sNid Board, and attested to by the 'ity Clerk, sli at a regular
meeting held on the I?` day of Jane, 1:14, by the fol]o.jin€ vote.
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City Clerk of tre City of :i.suaa.
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