Form Rev 3/6/2023
RESOLUTION NO. ___
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ASSESSING CERTAIN DELINQUENT SEWER
SERVICE CHARGES AS RECORDED LIENS UPON THE
RESPECTIVE PARCELS OF LAND AND PLACEMENT OF
DELINQUENT CHARGES ON THE NEXT REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR COLLECTION BY THE COUNTY
TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 13.14.150 allows delinquent sewer service charges to be assessed as recorded liens upon the affected properties and ultimately placed on the property tax bill for collection; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.14.150 requires the City to hold a public hearing, no sooner than seven days after the sixty-day delinquency period has passed, with advance notice to be mailed to the affected property owners, notifying them that failure to pay the delinquent account will result in a lien upon the affected parcel and the amount owed will be charged to the property owner on the next regular property tax bill; and
WHEREAS, City staff has identified certain properties for which the sewer service charges are over sixty days delinquent; and
WHEREAS, property owners have been notified of their delinquencies within the last sixty days, were notified of the time and place of the public hearing within the last ten days, and were again asked to pay the delinquent sewer service charges to avoid a lien being placed on their property; and
WHEREAS, City staff is recommending that the City Council approve the final list of delinquent sewer service accounts as submitted and that these charges be submitted to the County for assessment as recorded liens on the respective parcels of land and ultimately placed on the next regular property tax bill for collection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held the requisite public hearing and considere d the delinquent accounts together with any objections or protests by interested parties; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council approved the delinquency and amount owed on the accounts as submitted. has held the requisite public hearing and considered the delinquent accounts together with any objections or protests by interested parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it: (1) has considered assessing certain delinquent sewer s ervice charges, as detailed in the final list of delinquent sewer service accounts presented to the City Council for this matter, as recorded liens on the affected parcels; (2) has heard and overruled any and all protests or objections presented at the pub lic hearing on this matter; and (3) approves, with respect to the delinquent Resolution No.
account list submitted to the City Council and on file in the City Finance Department, assessing delinquent sewer service charges as recorded liens upon the respective parcels of land and the placement of such delinquent sewer service charges as special assessments on the next corresponding regular property tax bills, unless cleared prior to transmittal of the delinquent account list to the County Treasurer-Tax Collector.
Presented by Approved as to form
By:
Sarah Schoen Jill D.S. Maland
Director of Finance/Treasurer Lounsbery Ferguson Altona & Peak Acting City Attorney