3.44.030 Notices.
A. Where appropriate, notices required by this chapter may be combined with notices required by any applicable state law being utilized for the purposes of formation of the district, levy of the assessments and, where applicable, the issuance of bonds.
B. In addition to notices required by any applicable state law governing the proceedings, the city clerk shall provide notice of hearing on a proposed assessment in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
C. Notice of the public hearing on a proposed assessment shall be given by mail to the record owner of each parcel to be assessed at least forty-five (45) days prior to the scheduled date of the public hearing. In the event that the hearing is opened and continued to a future date, no further notice is required by this chapter; provided, however, that in the event of such a continuance, applicable notice provisions of state law governing the proceedings shall be complied with, to the extent such state law requires further notice. For purposes of this chapter, "record owner of each parcel to be assessed" shall mean those owners or tenants whose names appear as the record owner, or their authorized representative, on the latest equalized tax roll as published by the county assessor of the county.
D. Each notice required to be given pursuant to this chapter shall contain all of the following provisions, in addition to any further requirements specified in any applicable state law governing the proceedings:
1. The amount proposed to be charged as an assessment for the specific parcel;
2. The total amount of the assessment proposed to be charged to the assessment district;
3. The length of time that the proposed assessment will be in place;
4. The reason or reasons for the assessment and the basis upon which the proposed assessment for the specific parcel was calculated;
5. The date, time and location of the public hearing on the proposed assessment;
6. The address at which the engineer's report and other materials pertinent to the assessment may be reviewed, and the period of time during which the review may take place;
7. A ballot substantially in the form set forth below:
Parcel No.__________ [city fills in from assessor roll]
Record owner:_______ [city fills in from assessor roll]
Address:___________ [city fills in from assessor roll]
_____Yes, I approve of the proposed annual assessment of $__________ [preprinted] on the parcel identified in this ballot.
_____No, I do not approve of the proposed assessment on this parcel.
The undersigned swears under penalty of perjury that the undersigned is the record owner of the parcel identified above or is the authorized representative of the record owner.
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Record owner or authorized representative of owner entity
This ballot is to be returned to: City Clerk, City of Sacramento, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, sealed in the envelope included with this ballot.
8. A summary of the ballot procedure specified in Section 3.44.040 of this chapter, with instructions for the completion, sealing and return of the ballot; and
9. A return envelope preprinted as required by Section 3.44.040 of this chapter for the return of the ballot. The envelope shall have a brief statement printed in the upper right corner indicating return postage is required. (Ord. 2012-009 § 1; prior code § 62.07.702)
