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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #275 15 J 0 e j ORDINAINCE NO y AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY CF' HUIIT INGTON BEACH AIMING ORDIFANCE NO. 150,21i-- TITI.r�'D " AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH PROVIDING FOR THE AS- SJ SSItMT AND C OLi2CT ION OFT ` 7'S". The Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach do ordain as follows: section 1. That Se ct ion 3 of_Ordinance No. 150 e nt itle d "An . Ordinance of the City of Hunt-ington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes", be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 3. The City Clerk and ex-officio Assessor must,i W between the f irst Monday of March and the first day. of August of I� each year, ascertain and make out a true list of all the. property within the corporate limits of the City of Huntington Beach sub- �ie ct­t b taxation; and must assess such property to the persons by whom it was owned or claimed, or in whose possession or control f of Tarch it was, at 12 o'clock meridian of the first 11onday/last pre ce ding, but no r;iistake in the name of the owner or supposed owner, of the property assessed shall render the assessment the re of invalid". Sect ion 2. That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 150 e i t itle d i Q,An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes", be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 6. The assessor shall, between the first 11onday of March, and the first day of August of each year, mail, or de - liver, a blank state ment• to each person, firm of corporation i claiming, owning or posse ss�ng any taxable property within the City of Huntington Beach calling for a statement- from such per- I son, firm or corporation, under oath, which shall show separately: i ( 1) All property belonging to, claimed by or in the pos- session or under the control or management of such personsa i i ( 2) All property be longing t o, or claimed by, or in the i i possession or under -the control or management of any firm of which such-,person is a member. a c (3) All Property belonging to, clairne d by or in the possession or under the control or management of- any corporation of which such person is president, secretary,' cashier or managing age nt. (4) An exact description of all lots and lands, im- provements and personal property and all taxable state , county, city or other municipal or public bonds and the taxable bonds of any person, firm or corporation and deposits of money, gold dust or bullion, or other. valuables, and the nacres of the persons with whom such deposits are made , and the places in which they may be found; all mgrtgages, deeds of trust, contracts and other obliga- tions by which a debt is secured, and the property in the City affe cte d the re by. ( 5) All solvent credits unsecured by deed of trust, mortgage or other 1 ie n on real or personal property due ;o,r:' owing to such person or any f irr„ of which he is a membe r, or due or owing to any corporation of .which he is president, secretary, cashier or managing agent, deducting from the sum total of such credits such debts only unsecured by trust dee d,mortgage or other 1 ie n on real or personal property as may be owing by such person, firm or cor- poration. so No debt shall be/deducted unless 'the stateiw nt shows the amount of such debt as stated under oath in aggregate ; provided, in case of banks, the statement is not re quire d to show the debt in detail., of to. whom it is owing; but the City Assessor shall have r the privilege of examining the books of said banks to verify said state;e nt. whe ne ve r one member of a firm, cam' one of the grope r officers of a corporation has made a statement showing the pro- perty of the , firm or corporat ion,anothe r member of the firm or another officer need not include such property in the statement made by him; but his statement must show the name of the person or officer who made the statemxnt_ in which such property is include d. -- -2- r � a Se ct ion 3. That -Section 7 of Ordinance No. 150 entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Hunt ington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes" , be amended so as to -read as follows; "Section 7. The Board of Trustees of said City musty-fur- nish the City Assessor with blank forms for the statements pro- vided for in Section 6 hereof, affixing thereto an affidavit which must be substantially)as follows; j , do swear that the above .list contains a full and correct statement of all property subject to taxation which I or any firm- of which I am a member, 'or any cor- poration, association or company of which I am pre side nt, cashie r�i secretary or managing agent, owne d,claimed, posse sse d, controlled or manage d, at twe lve of clock zee ridian, on the f irst Monday of March last, and which is not already assessed this year, and that I have . not in any manner what soe ve r transferred or disposed of any pro- perty, or placed any property out of the City of Huntington Beach or my possession, for the purpose of avoiding any assessment upon the same , or making this statement; and that the debts therein stated -as owing by me or by such firm, corporation, association or company, are owing to bonaf ide residents of this state , or firms or corporations doing business in this state. " The affidavit to this statement on behalf of ti-e firm, association or corporation must state the principal place of busi- ness of such firm, association or corporation, and in other re - spects must confirm substantially to the preceding form.. also The said Blank statement sha l/ontain a notice-.-that the same must be f ille d out and re turn d to the C ity As se ssor on or befoxe the third Monday in July. Section 4.. That Section 22 of Ordinance No. 150 entitled "An Ordinance of tie City of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes", be amended so as to read as f o l l ow s; _-- _3_ o "Section 22. On or be fore. the third Monday in Se ptembe r of each year the City Clerk shall de 1 ive r to the City Marshall, as ex-officio Tax Collector the Assessment books, and take his re ce ipt f or the amount of taxe s due the re on. " Section 5. That Section 23 of Ordinance No. 150 entitled "An Ordinance of the City ofHuntington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxesy " be amended so as to read as follows; "Section 23. On or before the third Monday in October, the tax collector shall publish a notice specifying in substance : (a) That the taxes on all personal property secured by real property and one -half of the taxes on all real property will be due and payable on the third Monday in October and will be de - 1 inque nt on the first Monday in De cembe r next thereafter at five o' clock P.M. and that unless paid prior thereto, fifteen per cent will be added to the amount thereof, and if said first instal.lmennt be not paid before the last Monday in April next thereafter at five otolock P.M. an additional five per cent. will be addled there - to. That the remaining one -half of the taxes on all real pro- perty will be payable on and after the second Monday in January next and will be delinquent on the last Monday in April thereafter at five o' clock P.M. and unless paid prior thereto, five per will be added to the amount thereof. (b) That all taxe s may be paid at the t ime the first installment' is due and payable. (c) That said taxes will be due and payable to the tax collector or his deputy at his office in the City of Huntington Beach as designated in said notice and that the tax collector will keep ce rtain hours at such office ; such notice must be Pub- 1 ishe d f or two weeks in the news Pape r authorize d t o do- the c ity adve rt is ing. Section 6. That Section 27 of Ordinance No. 1.50 entitled -4- 156 "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment .and collection of taxes", be amended so as to read as f ollows; "Section 27. On the first Monday in De cembe r of each year at five O' clock P.M. all tam s then not paid, except the last installment of real property taxes,, * ares, * become de 1 inque nt .and thereafter the tax collector must collect for the use of the City an additional fifteen per cent thereon;. provided, that if they -be not paid before the last Monday in April next thereafter at five o'clock P.M, he shall collect an additional five per cent the re on. On the last Monday in April of each year at. f ive o' clock P.M. all the unpaid portion of the remaining one -half of the taxes on all real Property become de 1 inque nt 4nd thereafter the tax collector must collect for the use of the City an additional five per cent thereon, provided that the entire taxes on any real property may be paid at the time the f irst installment, as above provide d, is due and payable , and provide d furthe r that. all taxe s on all personal property unsecured by real property shall be due and payable immediately after the assessment of said personal pro- perty is made , and provided furtl-B r that the tax collector shall collect fifty cents additional on each parcel of property separately assessed, upon which there are unpaid taxes after tl-e last Monday in April of e ach ye ar at f ive o' cl ock P.M. " Section 7, That Section 28 of Ordinance. No. 150 entitled "An Ordinance of .the City of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment and -collection of taxes", be amended so as to read as follows; "Section 28. On the third Monday in De cembe r of each year the tax collector must attend at the office' of the City Clerk with the assessment book having all items of taxes collected marked "Paid". The City Clerk shall thereupon compute and enter against I all the items of taxes due and unpaid, the penalty for de 1 inque ncy, foot up the total amount of pe nalt ie s, then due , and raust,within i O , ten days thereafter deliver to said tax collector the assessment book and charge him with the amount of said penalties. " Section 8. That a new section be added to said Ordinance No. 150, entitled -"An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes", which said._ section stall be numbered section 282 and shall read as follows: "'Section 28a. On the fourth Monday in May of each year the tax collector must de 1 ive r to the City Clerk. a complete de - 1 inque nt list of all persons and property then owing taxes and at the same time must deliver to the City Clerk, the assessment book, having all items of taxes and penalties collected marked "Paid". In the list so delivered of delinquent taxes, there must be set down in numerical or alphabetical order,, all #patte rs and things contained in the assessment book and relating to delinquent per- sons or property. " Section . That Section 30 of Ordinance No. 150 entitled "An Ordinance of the City , of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes, " be amended so as to read as follows: "Section 30. After the settlement prescribed in the pre - ceding section, the Clerk must charge the tax collector again with the amount of taxes due on the de 1 inque nt tax list, with the penalty or penalties, including fifty cents additional on each par- cel of property 'separately assessed added thereto and within five days thereafter deliver the list to the said tax collector. " Section 10. That section 31 of Ordinance No.150 entitled "An Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach providing for the assessment and collection of taxes", be amended so as to read. as follows: "section 31. On or before .the eighth day in June of each year the tax collector must publish the delinquent list,which must contain the names of the persons and a de scription of the Property de 1 inque nt and the total amount of the ,axe s, assessments, Penalties and costs due opposite each name and description, with the tare s due on personal property added to the taxes due on real e state , whe re the real estate is liable the ref or, or where the several taxes are due from the same persons. He must append to and publish with the delinquent list a notice that, unless the taxes delinquent, together with the assessments, costs and penal- ties are paid, the real property, upon which such taxes are alien, will be sold• Such publication must be made once a week for three suc- cessive weeks in the newspaper authorized to do the city adverti- sing, or in a supplement thereto, and such notice must designate the day and hour W7 n the property will, by operation of law, be sold to the city; provided that the time of sale must not be less than twenty-one nor more than twenty eight days from the first publication, and the place of sale must be in the tax collector' s office in the City. of Huntington Beach, " Section 11, The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the sari to be printed and published once in the Huntington Beach News, a newspaper printed and pub- lished in the City of Huntington Beach, and thirty days the re afte r it shall take effect and be in full or e . S ig ne d ��-c-2� /. SZAL). . president of the Board of Trustees of the City of Hurit ingt on Beach, �, �, Calif orniao ATTEST ; � C/V Mity C le rj abd a x-off is i XClerk of the Board 1 of T rustee lz of the City of Huntington Beach, C al iforni.ae i STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE C ITY. OF HUNT INGT OSJ BEACH I, W. R. Wright, City Clerk and Ex-Off icio Clerk of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach, do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing Ordinance was pre se me d and read to the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Beach at. a regular meeting of said Board on the �o.��5/day of �, 1925, and that said Ordinance was passed and adopted at- the regular meting of said Board held on the�t day of , 19251, by the f ol- lowing stated vote : D / Aye s T ru s tee s �/���v� �'Lf a s ..w• `N ��,e�,� NOES Trustees ABSENT Trustees " t rx,' (SEAL) , ( SIGN E, City C le rk and x-Off is io C le rk of the Board of Trustees of the City of Huntington Be ach, California