The city council finds that there is a need for an alternative method of enforcement for various violations of the municipal code and zoning ordinance. The city council also finds that an appropriate method for enforcement of various violations is an administrative citation program that will reduce the burden on the judicial system while providing full due process for those cited. The procedures established in this chapter are in addition to criminal, civil or other legal remedies that may be available to the city to enforce violations of the municipal code, zoning ordinance or applicable state codes. The city council finds and determines that enforcement of the provisions of the La Cañada Flintridge municipal code, zoning ordinance and conditions on entitlements or permits are municipal affairs as well as matters of purely local concern to the citizens of La Cañada Flintridge.
The city council finds that the adoption and implementation of this administrative citation program is within the power and authority of the city of La Cañada Flintridge as a general law city and will achieve the following goals:
1. 
To promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city of La Cañada Flintridge;
2. 
To help ensure compliance with the municipal code, zoning ordinance and state codes, ordinances and regulations in a timely and efficient manner;
3. 
To provide for an administrative process to appeal the imposition of administrative citations and fines that will fully comport with due process and provide those cited with the right to a fair hearing;
4. 
To provide a method to hold parties responsible when they fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of the municipal code, zoning ordinance, ordinances, agreements or terms and conditions on entitlements in the city of La Cañada Flintridge; and
5. 
To reduce the burden on the judicial system and minimize the time and expense of defending the citation on the part of the person cited.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
This chapter makes any violation of the provisions of the municipal code or zoning ordinance subject to civil fines as herein set forth.
B. 
This chapter establishes the administrative procedure for the imposition, enforcement, collection, and administrative review of civil fines pursuant to Government Code Section 53069.4 and the city's general police power as a general law city.
C. 
The purpose of issuing civil citations pursuant to this chapter is to encourage voluntary and complete compliance with the provisions of the municipal code or zoning ordinance without the imposition of criminal penalties.
D. 
The issuance of a civil citation under this chapter is solely at the city's discretion and is only one option the city has to address violations of the municipal code or zoning ordinance. By adopting this chapter, the city does not intend to limit its discretion, or the discretion of its officers and employees, to use any other remedy, civil or criminal, which may be available in a particular case. The procedure set forth in this chapter may be used as an alternative to, or in conjunction with, any other available civil and/or criminal remedies.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
The following words and terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings hereinafter respectively set forth:
"City"
means the city of La Cañada Flintridge, California.
"City clerk"
means the city clerk of the city La Cañada Flintridge.
"Code"
means the La Cañada Flintridge Municipal Code, including the zoning code.
"Code enforcement officer"
means the city manager and/or designee(s) with the authority to enforce the Code as provided in Chapters 1.10 and 2.04 of the La Cañada Flintridge municipal code.
"Correction period"
means the period of time allowed to correct a violation shown on a notice of violation.
"Department"
means the community development department of the city.
"Director"
means the community development director.
"Hearing officer"
means a person designated by the city council to conduct the administrative hearing.
"Issued"
means the date a citation or notice of violation is delivered to a responsible person, and shall be deemed either: (1) the date when the citation or notice is personally served upon the responsible person, (2) the date it is deposited in the United States mail for delivery to the responsible person, or (3) the date it is posted on the real property where a property-related violation exists. In the event the citation or notice is served or delivered by more than one of the above specified methods, such date shall be deemed the earliest of such dates.
"Notice of decision"
means a form prepared by the authorized representative of the city and used to inform responsible person of any decision made pursuant to any provision of this chapter.
"Person"
means a natural person, partnership, corporation, joint venture or any other legal entity, regardless of form, and the owners, corporate officers, trustees, and general partners of a legal entity.
"Responsible person" or "person responsible"
means any of the following:
1. 
A person who causes any violation of this code to occur;
2. 
A person who maintains or allows any violation of this code to continue, over which such person has control by his or her action or failure to act;
3. 
A person whose agent, employee, or independent contractor causes any violation of this code, by its action or failure to act;
4. 
A person who is the owner, or lessee or sub-lessee with a current right of possession of real property upon which a property-related violation of this code occurs or exists;
5. 
A person who is the on-site director of a business who normally works at the site when the business is open and who is responsible for the activities at such premises;
6. 
A person who is the beneficiary under a deed of trust for the property upon which a property-related violation exists, and who has not corrected the violation within 30 days after being notified by a code enforcement officer in writing that: (a) such violation exists, (b) the trustee under the deed of trust is no longer living on the property, and (c) such trustee's whereabouts are unknown to the city;
7. 
A minor who personally commits any violation of this code and, jointly and severally, any parent or guardian of any such minor.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the record owner of a parcel, as indicated by the County of Los Angeles' latest equalized property tax assessment rolls, and any lessee or sub-lessee of a parcel, has notice of any code violation existing on the property. For purposes of this chapter, there may be more than one responsible person for a violation.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
Violations. When a code enforcement officer determines that a violation of the code exists that can be corrected and which such code enforcement officer is authorized to enforce, and the responsible person has not been issued a notice of violation or citation for the same violation within the past 12 months, the officer may issue a notice of violation, allowing a period for the correction of the violation. If so issued, the person receiving such notice shall correct the violation within such period, or within any extension thereof, as approved pursuant to subsection B of this section. The notice of violation shall set forth the violation, the provisions of the law violated, the acts required to correct, and the rights for administrative review of the notice.
B. 
The recipient of a notice of violation may request an extension of any correction period, provided such request is filed with the code enforcement officer before the specified correction period expires. The code enforcement officer shall grant a reasonable extension of the period of time to correct the violation, if the recipient thereof has supplied substantial evidence showing that the correction cannot reasonably be made within the correction period specified in the notice, or that mitigating or extenuating circumstances exist which reasonably require extension of the correction period. The filing of a request for such an extension does not, unless and until granted, extend the correction period or any other time periods set forth in this chapter.
C. 
The responsible shall be liable for and shall pay to the city the fine(s) described in the citation, which fine(s) shall be due on the date the citation is issued. Additional civil citations may be issued and fines imposed for every day the violation continues uncorrected after the date the first citation is issued, provided that no additional civil citations shall be issued and additional civil fines shall not be imposed during any period a prior civil citation for the same violation is under administrative or judicial review pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the use of any other civil or criminal remedies for continuing or subsequent violations during the period a civil citation is under administrative or judicial review, as herein provided.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
A responsible person issued a notice of violation pursuant to this chapter may request a preliminary review, if the request is received by the city within ten days of the date the notice is issued.
B. 
To obtain a preliminary review, the responsible person or his or her representative shall contact the city and bring a copy of the notice of violation and file a signed written request, stating the reasons why and any evidence showing no violation occurred or exists, or why he or she is not a person responsible for the violation. All filed requests shall be date stamped upon receipt by the department.
C. 
The preliminary review shall be conducted by the city manager or designee. The reviewer shall not be the code enforcement officer who issued the notice. The purpose of the review is to uncover and cancel any mistakenly issued notices due to errors that are readily verifiable.
D. 
The preliminary review shall be decided within three business days thereafter, and shall consist of a review of the notice of violation and the written statement and any other evidence submitted at the time of the request by the responsible person.
E. 
The recipient shall be notified of the results of the review by being given a written notice of decision. The notice may be given by mail, facsimile transmission, or in person. The city shall keep a record of all preliminary review requests, decisions, and notices for a minimum period of two years.
F. 
A request for preliminary review does not extend any time periods for compliance, the time any correction period ends, or the time within which to request an administrative review.
G. 
If, following a preliminary review, the reviewer determines that no code violation occurred or that the recipient was not a person responsible for the violation, the notice of violation shall be canceled.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
A code enforcement officer, upon determining that a provision of this code which he or she is authorized and charged to enforce has been violated, may issue a civil citation to any person(s) responsible therefor if: (1) the violation cannot be corrected, a notice of violation cannot be been served, and time has past without correction of the violation; or (2) the same violation has been committed by the same responsible person within the past 12 months and a notice of violation or civil citation has been served within the same 12 month period. A code enforcement officer may issue a citation for a violation not committed in the officer's presence if the officer has determined through investigation that the responsible person cited, in fact, committed the violation. A responsible person to whom a citation is issued shall be liable for and shall pay to the city the fine(s) described in the citation when due pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
The responsible person shall be liable for and shall pay to the city the fine(s) described in the citation, which fine(s) shall be due on the date the citation is issued. Additional civil citations may be issued and fines imposed for every day the violation continues uncorrected after the date the first citation is issued, provided that no additional civil citations shall be issued and additional civil fines shall not be imposed during any period in which a prior civil citation for the same violation is under administrative or judicial review pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the use of any other civil or criminal remedies for continuing or subsequent violations during the period a civil citation is under administrative or judicial review, as herein provided.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
Each citation issued pursuant to this chapter shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
A. 
Name of the person responsible for the violation of any provision of this code.
B. 
Date on which the code violation occurred or, in the case of a continuing violation, the date the code violation was first known or observed to have occurred by the code enforcement officer issuing the citation.
C. 
The code section(s) violated.
D. 
Address of the property where the code violation occurred. in the event the property does not have a legal address, or such address is unknown to the code enforcement officer, a description of the property reasonably sufficient to identify the site of the violation shall be sufficient.
E. 
Descriptions of the violation(s).
F. 
Total amount due on the fine for each violation, and procedure to pay the fine(s) and avoid a late payment penalty, and/or any interest charges.
G. 
Description of the procedure for requesting a waiver of fine deposit and/or an administrative review to contest the citation.
H. 
Signature of the code enforcement officer issuing the citation.
I. 
Date the citation is issued.
J. 
A self-addressed envelope in which the responsible party can mail or deliver to the city the fine, or request a waiver of fine deposit or request an administrative hearing.
K. 
Any other information deemed necessary or appropriate by the code enforcement officer, city manager or designee.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
Any citation or notice of violation issued or given pursuant to any provision of this chapter may be served, and shall be deemed received on the date when served, in any of the following manners:
A. 
A code enforcement officer may personally serve the notice or citation on the responsible person. When personally served, the responsible person shall be requested to sign a copy of the notice or citation showing his or her receipt thereof. If the responsible person refuses or otherwise fails to sign the notice or citation, the code enforcement officer shall so indicate on the officer's copy of the notice or citation. The refusal or failure of the responsible person to sign the notice or citation shall not affect the validity of the notice or citation or the validity of its service.
B. 
A code enforcement officer may mail the notice or citation by first class mail, if the responsible person is not present for personal service when the officer issues the notice or citation. When served by mail, the notice or citation shall be mailed to the responsible person's address shown on the county's current equalized property tax assessment rolls for a property-related violation, or to any address known for the responsible person for all other violations.
C. 
A code enforcement officer may post a copy of the notice or citation in a conspicuous place upon the property of which any property-related code violation(s) exists or existed. When served by posting, a copy of the notice or citation shall also be mailed by first class mail to the responsible person at the address of the property where the violation exists or existed. Failure of the responsible person to receive the posted or mailed copy of the notice or citation, or both, shall not affect the validity of the notice or citation or the validity of its service.
D. 
Any notice or order required or authorized to be given by the city manager or the hearing officer, or their designees, pursuant to any provision of this chapter shall be given in the manner provided in this section.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
The amount of the fines for violating particular provisions of this code shall be as set forth in a schedule of fines adopted by resolution of the city council of the city. The schedule may include escalating fine amounts for repeat violations occurring within specified periods of time.
B. 
The schedule of fines may also specify the amount of interest and/or late payment penalty, if any, owed for any fine not paid when due. Any interest and/or late payment penalty shall be imposed for fines not paid within ten calendar days of their due date, or such other time as specified in the resolution adopting and specifying the interest and/or penalties.
C. 
Fines are due and payable upon the date the citation is issued, except, when a fine deposit has been waived pursuant to Section 1.07.090 of this chapter and the hearing officer thereafter upholds the citation and the amount of the fine, in whole or part, the fine amount shall be due on the date notice of the decision is given to the responsible person by the hearing officer, as provided in this chapter.
D. 
Any civil fine(s), penalties and interest due pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the city's finance department or such location or address as designated by the city manager or designee.
E. 
Payment of a civil fine shall not excuse the responsible person from correcting the code violation for which the citation was issued. The issuance of a citation and/or payment of a fine does not bar the city from taking further enforcement action regarding a code violation that is not corrected, including issuing additional civil citations, nor bar any other civil or criminal enforcement action(s) as may be authorized by law for any uncorrected or subsequent violation of the same or any other code provision.
F. 
Any civil fine imposed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be separate and apart from any reinspection fee(s) due pursuant to Section 1.10.030 or any other applicable provision of this code.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
A late payment penalty shall be imposed for civil fines and/or inspection fees (L.C.F.M.C. Section 1.10.030) not paid within 30 calendar days of their due date. The amount of the late payment penalty shall be 50% of the total amount of the civil fine owed.
B. 
An additional 50% penalty shall be imposed for civil fines and/or inspection fees (L.C.F.M.C. Section 1.10.030) not paid within 60 calendar days of their due date for cumulative total of 100% penalty of the original fine amount.
C. 
Unless otherwise prohibited by law or regulation, all civil fines, inspection fees (L.C.F.M.C. Section 1.10.030) and administrative costs imposed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall accrue interest at the rate of eight percent until the civil fine, inspection fees or administrative costs, including interest thereon, is paid in full. Interest shall begin to accrue 60 calendar days after the due date for the civil fine, inspection fees or administrative costs and continue until the civil fine, inspection fees or administrative costs, including interest thereon, is paid in full.
(Ord. 367 § 1, 2007)
A. 
Any person receiving a civil citation may contest it by filing a request for an administrative review within the time provided herein. To obtain an administrative review, the responsible person shall file a signed written application in the form prescribed by the city, specifying the grounds for contesting the citation and fine. The responsible person may only contest the citation on one or more of the following grounds: (1) by challenging that a violation occurred; (2) by challenging that a violation was not corrected within any applicable correction period; (3) by challenging that the person is the responsible person for the violation; or (4) by challenging that the circumstances do not warrant imposition of the fine(s) prescribed.
B. 
Any application request for administrative review must be received by the city clerk within ten calendar days of the date the citation was issued, and be accompanied by a fine deposit of the full amount of the fine or an application for waiver of the fine deposit pursuant to Section 1.07.090 of this chapter. The request for administrative review shall not be accepted for filing, if not received timely and accompanied by either a deposit of the full amount of the fine or an application for waiver of the fine deposit which conforms to the provisions of Section 1.07.090. When an application for administrative review and fine deposit and/or an application for waiver of fine deposit are mailed, the application(s) and fine shall be deemed filed on the date received by the city. All applications shall be date stamped on the date received by the city. The city clerk shall deny any application which is not timely received by the city.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
A person filing an application for administrative review may also request at the same time, a waiver of the fine deposit on the grounds of financial hardship. To request such a waiver, the person shall file with the city clerk a signed written application in the form prescribed by the city, specifying the reasons the person is unable to make the fine deposit. Such application shall be made at the time of and shall accompany the request for administrative review made pursuant to Section 1.07.080 of this chapter.
B. 
Within ten days following the receipt of a timely application for waiver of the fine deposit, the city clerk shall provide notice of the time, date and place of a hearing upon such application for waiver of the fine deposit, which hearing date shall be not sooner than ten days nor later than 30 days following the date notice of such hearing is given.
C. 
The responsible person bears the burden of establishing that he or she does not have the financial ability to make the fine deposit.
D. 
The request shall be decided by the city manager or designee prior to the administrative review contesting the citation. Within ten days following the conclusion of the hearing on the waiver request, the city manager or designee shall issue a written decision that the fine deposit is or is not waived, and specifying the reasons therefor. The city manager or designee shall include with the notice of the waiver decision notice of the hearing date set for the administrative review.
E. 
If the waiver is denied, the city manager or designee shall give the responsible person a self-addressed envelope to use in making the fine deposit. The person shall mail or deliver the deposit in the envelope provided so that it is postmarked or personally delivered at least three business days before the date designated for the administrative review hearing. The city manager or designee is authorized to determine the address to which the deposit is to be mailed or delivered. Failure to make the deposit by the time required shall be deemed an abandonment of the contest.
F. 
The filing of an application for waiver of the fine deposit does not extend the time within which to request an administrative review or any other time set forth in this chapter, except as provided in subsection E of this section. The decision of the city manager or designee on the waiver of the fine deposit is final and not subject to judicial review pursuant to Section 1.07.120.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
Hearings shall be conducted by the hearing officer at a time, date and location set by the hearing officer, which date shall be at least ten days but not more than 30 days after the date upon which the responsible person requests an administrative review, accompanied by the fine deposit, unless otherwise agreed to by the responsible person and the hearing officer. The responsible person shall be given at least ten days advance notice of such hearing date.
B. 
The city manager or designee shall ensure that the pertinent citation records for a citation set for hearing are delivered to the hearing officer. Before the hearing, the city manager or designee shall also make available to the responsible person a copy of any additional reports concerning the citation that are provided to the hearing officer.
C. 
The responsible person shall be given the opportunity to testify and to present witnesses and evidence relevant to the challenges made to the issued citation. A parent, guardian or legal representative must accompany any responsible person who is under 18 years of age at the time of the hearing, or any request or contest shall be deemed abandoned.
D. 
The citation and any other reports prepared by the code enforcement officer, or prepared at his or her request, concerning the code violation shall be accepted by the hearing officer as prima facie evidence of the code violation and the facts stated in such documents.
E. 
Neither the code enforcement officer nor any other representative of the city shall be required to attend the hearing, nor shall the hearing officer require that there be submitted any evidence of the violation, other than the citation, that may exist among the public records of the city. However, any such appearance and/or submission may be made at the discretion of the code enforcement officer or any city employee or agent.
F. 
The hearing officer may continue a hearing if a request is made by the responsible person, or representative, or the representative of the city, upon a showing of good cause. All continuance requests shall either: (1) be made in person at the hearing; or (2) be made by a written request received by the hearing officer at least three days notice before the scheduled time of the hearing. If the continuance is granted, a new hearing date shall be set for a date not later than 15 days after the previously scheduled hearing date, unless otherwise mutually agreed by the responsible person and the director. If the continuance is denied, the hearing shall proceed as scheduled and, if the responsible person is not present, the request shall be deemed abandoned in accordance with subsection H of this section. The decision on the continuance request is final, and the notice shall either be delivered personally to the responsible person or the representative if present, or be mailed by the department. If the request for continuance is not made in person, the person is responsible for determining whether the request is denied and the hearing is to proceed as scheduled.
G. 
The hearing shall be conducted informally and the legal rules of evidence need not be followed. Each party shall have opportunity present evidence and witnesses in support of his or her case. The city bears the burden of proof to establish a violation of the code. The citation is prima facie evidence of the violation, and the code enforcement officer who issued the citation is not required to participate in the hearing. The hearing officer controls the hearing and may limit or control the examination of witnesses and the submission of evidence. The hearing officer shall not have the authority to issue subpoenas.
H. 
The failure of the responsible person to appear at the hearing, unless the hearing was continued to another date pursuant to subsection F of this section, shall constitute an abandonment of the request for administrative review and a failure to exhaust administrative remedies concerning the violation as set forth in the citation. The fine deposit shall be credited by the city to the fine due for the violation. The responsible person's failure to appear shall be noted on the notice of decision by the hearing officer, and it shall be mailed to the responsible persons.
I. 
In the event that the designated hearing officer also serves as an employee of the city, the hearing officer's continued employment, performance evaluation, compensation, and benefits shall not be linked, directly or indirectly, to the number of citations upheld or canceled by such hearing officer.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
Following the conclusion of the administrative review hearing, the hearing officer shall render a decision as follows:
1. 
Determine that the violation for which the citation was issued occurred, and uphold the fine in the amount set forth in the fine schedule adopted by the city council, and if the violation has not been corrected as of the date of the hearing, order correction of the violation; or
2. 
Determine that the violation for which the citation was issued occurred, but that the responsible person, or his or her representative, has introduced credible and substantial evidence of mitigating circumstances warranting imposition of a lesser fine than that prescribed in the fine schedule adopted by the city council, or no fine at all, and imposing such lesser fine, if any, and if the violation has not been corrected as of the date of the hearing, order correction of the violation; or
3. 
Determine that the violation for which the citation was issued did not occur, or that the condition did not constitute a violation of the code, or that the person is not a responsible person for such violation, and order that the citation shall be canceled.
B. 
The hearing officer shall issue a written decision entitled "Notice of Decision and Administrative Order" (hereinafter the "Administrative Order") no later than 15 calendar days after the date on which the administrative review hearing is concluded. The administrative order shall be served by first class mail or by any other method set forth in Section 1.07.060 of this chapter. The administrative order shall become final on the date of mailing or other service, and shall notify the responsible person of his or her right to judicial review as provided in Section 1.07.120 of this chapter. The administrative order shall also either: (1) set a deadline for compliance with its terms, in the absence of a timely filed appeal for judicial review as provided in Section 1.07.120, or following a denial of such appeal, which deadline shall be not less than 20 days from either the date of mailing or other service of the administrative order or the date of denial of any appeal for judicial, whichever date is later; or (2) if the hearing officer determines, as described in subsection (A)(2) or (A)(3) of this section, and the responsible person has made the fine deposit; order a partial or full refund of the deposit.
C. 
In the event the responsible person fails to comply with any final administrative order directing abatement of a continuing violation of the code, the city may exercise any civil or criminal remedy available under the code, or otherwise provided by law, to gain compliance with the administrative order. For purposes of this subsection, the term "continuing violation" shall mean a single, ongoing condition or activity in violation of the code.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
The responsible person may seek judicial review of the administrative review decision, by filing an appeal with the superior court within 20 calendar days after the responsible person served with a copy of the notice of decision following the conclusion of the hearing, in accordance with the provisions of California Government Code Section 53069.4. The appeal filed with the court shall also contain a proof of service, showing a copy of the appeal was served upon the city. If the responsible person fails to file a timely notice of appeal for judicial review, the administrative order shall be deemed final.
B. 
No appeal is permitted from a decision regarding:
1. 
A request for preliminary review;
2. 
An extension of the correction period for any violation;
3. 
A request for waiver of the fine deposit;
4. 
A decision that the responsible person is deemed to have abandoned the contest due to his or her failure to appear at the hearing or failure to make the fine deposit.
C. 
The city shall forward to the superior court, within 15 days of its request, the pertinent citation documents for any case appealed to that court. If the superior court cancels any citation, the city will refund any fine deposit made.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
The city, at its discretion, may pursue any and all legal and equitable remedies for the collection of unpaid fines, interest and penalties, including the recordation of a lien pursuant to Section 1.07.140 of this chapter. Pursuit of one remedy does not preclude the pursuit of any other remedies until the total fines, interest and penalties owed by a person under this chapter have been collected.
B. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the city may refuse to issue, extend, or renew any discretionary city permit or entitlement, or other discretionary city approval, to any person, who has unpaid delinquent fines, interest, penalties, liens or assessments due under this chapter, related to the permit, entitlement or approval.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)
A. 
Whenever the amount of any administrative fine imposed pursuant to this chapter in connection with real property has not been satisfied in full, including any applicable interest and penalties, and/or has not been successfully challenged by a judicial review pursuant to Section 1.07.120 of this chapter, such obligation shall constitute and may be declared a lien against the real property on which the violation occurred.
B. 
The lien, as provided herein, shall have no force and effect until recorded with the county recorder. Once recorded, the administrative order shall have the force and effect and priority of a judgment lien governed by the provisions of Section 697.340 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and may be extended as provided in Sections 683.110 to 683.220, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure.
C. 
Interest shall accrue on the amount of the lien remaining unsatisfied pursuant to law.
D. 
Prior to recording any such lien, the city manager or designee shall prepare and file with the city clerk a report stating the amounts due and owing.
E. 
The city clerk shall fix a time, date, and place for hearing such report and any protests or objections thereto by the city council of the city.
F. 
The city manager or designee shall cause written notice to be served upon the property owner not less than ten days prior to the time set for the hearing. Such notice shall be served as provided in Section 1.07.060 of this chapter.
G. 
Public Hearing and Protests.
1. 
Any person whose real property is subject to a lien pursuant to subsection A of this section may file a written protest with the city clerk, and/or may protest orally at the public hearing held by the city council.
2. 
Each written protest must contain a description of the property in which the protesting party has interest and the grounds of such protest.
3. 
The city council shall conduct the public hearing and, following the conclusion thereof, shall adopt a resolution confirming, discharging or modifying the amount of the lien.
H. 
Following the adoption of a resolution by the city council imposing a lien pursuant to this section, the city clerk shall file the same as a judgment lien in the office of the county recorder of Los Angeles County, California. The lien may carry such additional penalties and interest as set forth by resolution of the city council.
I. 
Once payment in full is received by the city for all outstanding amounts due pursuant to said lien, including all accumulated penalties and interest, the director shall either record a notice of satisfaction or provide the property owner or any interested financial institution with a notice of satisfaction, in a form which may be recorded with the office of the county recorder. such notice of satisfaction shall cancel the city's lien.
(Ord. 359 § 1, 2006)