17.07.035 Landscaping Act providers.
A. Distinguish Assessment from Collection Against Assessment. There is, under this assessment district procedure applicable in the City of Chula Vista, a difference between the amount of the assessment imposed against any parcel of property, and the amount which may be collected against that assessment. The purpose of setting the assessment is to give the property owner notice of the maximum costs which may be collected, and for the purpose of permitting a majority protest proceeding on the assessment, but not on the collection. “Assessment,” as used in these proceedings, shall mean the maximum amount collectable in a given year under the procedures allowed by this chapter.
B. Amount of Assessment.
1. Notwithstanding the costs which may be included in an assessment and Sections 22569 through 22570 of the Streets and Highways Code, the assessment may, but is not required to, be set in the initial year of the district’s existence at an amount which is expected to be equal to the estimated costs of operating the district, plus a reserve for unanticipated expenses in accordance with CVMC 17.07.030. After the initial year of the district’s existence, the assessment shall be the prior year’s assessment increased or decreased by an inflation factor which is the lesser of (1) the January to January San Diego Metropolitan Area All Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI) or (2) the change in estimated California Fourth Quarter Per Capita Personal Income as contained in the Governor’s budget published in January.
2. For existing districts the base year upon which the assessment is set is the 1995/96 fiscal year. For districts created after July 1, 1995, the base year assessment shall be the first full year’s assessment. The inflation factor shall be applied first to either the 1996/97 assessments or the second full year for new districts.
C. Collection on Assessment. Notwithstanding Section 22572 of the Streets and Highways Code, the amount which the City may collect on each assessment, by charge on the tax roll, shall be that needed to meet the annual expenses and expenditures of the district, including delinquent collections and the permitted reserve allowed under CVMC 17.07.030, but in no event in an amount greater than the amount of the assessment.
D. Amount Due at Given Dates during Fiscal Year. Until a property owner receives a tax bill properly demonstrating a lower amount due on the assessment than the amount of the assessment, the amount due on the assessment shall be assumed to be the amount set forth in the assessment. After receipt of a tax bill that includes a lower amount due on the assessment for a given fiscal year, the lower amount due on the assessment shall when paid satisfy the assessment obligation for that fiscal year. (Ord. 2631 § 1, 1995).