HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 91-O6 ORDINANCE NO. 91-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF AZUSA ADDING SECTION 15. 08. 115
AND AMENDING SECTION 15. 08. 120 OF THE
AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO NUISANCE
ABATEMENT COST LIENS AND COLLECTIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 15. 08. 115 is hereby added to the
Azusa Municipal Code to read as follows:
15.08. 115. IMPOSITION OF NUISANCE ABATEMENT LIENS.
A. The confirmed cost of a nuisance abatement as determined
by Section 15.08. 110 may be imposed as a nuisance abatement
lien against the property on which the nuisance was
abated. Before the City may record the nuisance abatement
lien against the property, the City shall provide notice of
the recordation to the owner of record of the parcel or
where the nuisance is maintained, based on the last
equalized assessment roll or the supplemental roll.
B. Notice of the nuisance abatement lien may be
served by personal delivery of the notice to the owner of
the property in question. In lieu of personal delivery, the
notice may be served by leaving a copy of the notice during
usual business hours in the property owner's office with the
person who is apparently in charge there and thereafter
mailing a copy of the notice to the person to be served at
the place where a copy of the notice was left. Service of
the notice is deemed completed on the 10th day after such
mailing. If a copy of the notice cannot with reasonable
diligence be personally delivered to the property owner,
then the notice can be served by leaving a copy of the
notice at the property owner's house, usual place of abode
or usual place of business with a person at least age 18 and
thereafter mailing a copy of the notice to the person at the
location where the notice was left. In the alternative, the
City may mail a copy of the notice to the property owner's
usual mailing address (other than a U.S. Postal Service post
office box) . Service is deemed completed on the 10th day
after the mailing.
C. If the owner of record cannot be found after a
diligent search, the notice may be served by posting a copy
thereof in a conspicuous place upon the property for a
period of 10 days and publication of the notice in a
newspaper of general circulation published in Los Angeles
County.
D. After notice is given to the property owner, a
nuisance abatement lien shall be recorded in the Los Angeles
County Recorder's Office. From the date of recording, the
nuisance abatement lien shall have the force, effect and
priority of a judgment lien.
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E. A nuisance abatement lien shall include the
following information:
1. the amount of the lien;
2 . the name of the agency imposing the lien
3 . the date of the abatement order;
4 . the street address of the property against
which the nuisance abatement lien is being place; and
5. the legal description and assessor's parcel
number of the parcel on which the lien is imposed and the
name and address of the recorded owner of the property.
F. A nuisance abatement lien may be foreclosed by
an action brought by the City for a money judgment. The
City may recover any costs incurred regarding the processing
and recording of the lien and providing notice to the
property owner as part of its foreclosure action to enforce
the lien.
SECTION 2. That Section 15. 08. 120 is amended to
read as follows:
15.08. 120 ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AGAINST PROPERTY.
As an alternative or in addition to the procedure authorized
by Section 15.08. 115, the confirmed cost of abatement of a
nuisance as determined by Section 15.08. 110 upon any lot or
parcel of land shall constitute a special assessment against
the respective lot or parcel of land to which it relates;
and, after its recording, as thus made and confirmed, the
same shall constitute a lien on the property in the amount
of the assessment. After the confirmation of the report, a
copy thereof shall be transmitted to the tax collector for
the City, whereupon it shall be the duty of the tax
collector to add the amounts of the assessment, or
assessments, to the next regular bills of taxes levied
against the respective lots and parcels of land for
municipal purposes; and thereafter the amounts 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 for foreclosure
and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary
municipal taxes.
SECTION 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of May
1991.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 91-06
was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of
May , 1991. That thereafter, said Ordinance was
duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 7ntr, day of May , 1991, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: DANGLEIS, STEMRICH, NARANJO, ALEXANDER,
MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOM
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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