The Director of Community Development shall keep an itemized account of the expense incurred by the City of Warrenton in the repair or demolition of any building done pursuant to the completion of the work of repair or demolition, said Director shall prepare and file with the City Recorder a report specifying the work done, the itemized and total cost of the work, a description of the real property upon which the building or structure is or was located, and the name and addresses of the persons entitled to notice pursuant to Section 15.08.110(C).
(Ord. 1079-A § 901, 2005)
Upon receipt of said report, the City Recorder shall present
it to the City Commissioners for consideration. The City staff shall
fix a time, date and place for hearing said report and any protest
or objections thereto. The City Recorder shall cause notice of said
hearing to be posted upon the property involved, published once in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Warrenton, and served
by certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the owner of the
property as his or her name and address appearing on the last equalized
assessment roll of the County, if such so appear, or as known to the
City Recorder. Such notice shall be given at least 10 days prior to
the date set for hearing and shall specify the day, hour, and place
when the Board of City Commissioners will hear and pass upon the Director's
report, together with any objections or protest which may be filed
as hereinafter provided by any person interested in or affected by
the proposed change.
(Ord. 1079-A § 902, 2005)
Any person interested in or affected by the proposed charge
may file written protests or objections with the City Recorder of
Warrenton at any time prior to the time set for the hearing on the
report of the Director. Each such protest or objection must contain
a description of the property in which the signatory thereof is interested
and the grounds of such protest or objection. The City Recorder shall
endorse on every such protest or objection the date it was received.
The City Recorder shall present such protest or objections to the
City Commissioners at the time set for the hearing, and no other protests
or objections shall be considered.
(Ord. 1079-A § 903, 2005)
Upon the day and hour fixed for the hearing the City of Warrenton
shall hear and pass upon the report of the Director together with
any such objections or protests. The City Commissioners may make such
revision, correction or modification in the report or the charge as
it may deem just; and when the City Commissioners are satisfied with
the correctness of the charge, the report (as submitted or as revised,
corrected or modified) together with the charge, shall be confirmed
or rejected. The decision of the City Commissioners, on the report
and the charge, and on all protest or objections, shall be final and
conclusive.
(Ord. 1079-A § 904, 2005)
A.
General.
The City Commissioners, may thereupon order that said charge shall
be made a personal obligation of the property owner or assess said
charge against the property involved.
B.
Personal
Obligation. If the City Commissioners order that the charge shall
be a personal obligation of the property owner, it shall direct the
City Commissioners to collect the same on behalf of the City of Warrenton
by use of all appropriate legal remedies.
C.
Special
Assessment. If the City Commissioners order that the charge shall
be assessed against the property it shall confirm the assessment,
cause the same to be recorded on the assessment roll, and thereafter
said assessment shall constitute a special assessment against and
a lien upon the property.
(Ord. 1079-A § 905, 2005)
The validity of any assessment made under the provisions of
this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless
the same is commenced within 30 days after the assessment is placed
upon the assessment roll as provided herein. Any appeal from a final
judgment in such action or proceeding must be perfected within 30
days after the entry of such judgment.
(Ord. 1079-A § 906, 2005)
The City Commission, in its discretion, may determine that assessments
in amounts of $500.00 or more shall be payable in not to exceed five
equal installments. The City Commissioners' determination to allow
payment of such assessments in installments, the number of installments,
whether they shall earn interest, and the rate thereof shall be by
a resolution adopted prior to the confirmation of the assessment.
(Ord. 1079-A § 907, 2005)
A.
Priority.
Immediately upon its being placed on the assessment roll the assessment
shall be deemed to be complete, the several amounts assessed shall
be payable, and the assessments shall be liens against the lots or
parcels of land assessed, respectively. The lien shall be subordinate
to all existing special assessment liens previously imposed upon the
same property and shall be paramount to all other liens except for
state, county and property taxes with which it shall be upon a parity.
The lien shall continue until the assessment and all interest due
and payable thereon are paid.
B.
Interest.
All such assessments remaining unpaid after 30 days from the date
of recording on the assessment roll shall become delinquent and shall
bear interest at the rate of nine percent per year from and after
said date.
(Ord. 1079-A § 908, 2005)
After confirmation of the report, certified copies of the assessment
shall be given to the Assessor and the Tax Collector for Clatsop County,
who shall add the amount of the assessment to the next regular tax
bill levied against the parcel.
(Ord. 1079-A § 909, 2005)
If the County Assessor and the County Tax Collector assess property
and collect taxes for the City of Warrenton, a certified copy of the
assessment shall be filed with the County Auditor on or before August
10th. The descriptions of the parcels reported shall be those used
for the same parcels on the County Assessor's map books for the current
year.
(Ord. 1079-A § 910, 2005)
A.
The
amount of the assessment shall be collected at the same time and in
the same manner as ordinary property taxes are collected; and shall
be subject to the same penalties and procedure and sale in case of
delinquency as provided for ordinary property taxes. All laws applicable
to the levy, collection and enforcement of property taxes shall be
applicable to such assessment.
B.
If
the City Commissioners have determined that the assessment shall be
paid in installments, each installment and any interest thereon shall
be collected in the same manner as ordinary property taxes in successive
years. If any installment is delinquent, the amount thereof is subject
to the same penalties and procedure for sale as provided for ordinary
property taxes.
(Ord. 1079-A § 911, 2005)
All money recovered by payment of the charge or assessment from
the sale of the property at foreclosure sale shall be paid to the
Treasurer of City of Warrenton who shall credit the same to the repair
and demolitions fund.
(Ord. 1079-A § 912, 2005)
