HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-048 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 02-48
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA ESTABLISHING THE AMOUNT OF THE SPECIAL
TAX LEVY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002-2003 TO PROVIDE FOR
RECREATION AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS AND THE
OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING OF PUBLIC
PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MEDIAN
LANDSCAPING, AND ARTERIAL STREET LIGHTS AND
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA HEREBY FINDS, RESOLVES,
DECLARES, DETERMINES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the authority of Article XI, Section 7 of the California
Constitution, Government Code Section 37100.5, and other applicable law, the City Council
adopted, and the voters of the City of Temecula approved, Ordinance No. 96-21, levying and
assessing a special tax on each parcel of property in the City of Temecula for each fiscal year,
commencing with fiscal year 1997-98.
Section 2. The maximum amount of said special tax for each fiscal year as established
by Ordinance No. 96-21 is $74.44 per single-family residential dwelling unit, $55.83 per multi-
family residential dwelling unit, $148.88 per acre of vacant property in a residential zone,
$297.76 per acre of vacant property in a non-residential zone, $446.64 per acre of non-
residential improved property, $148.88 per acre of golf course property, and $37.22 per acre for
agricultural uses.
Section 3. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 96-21 the City Council is empowered to
establish the amounts of the special tax levy annually each fiscal year, in amounts not to exceed
the maximum amounts specified in Section 2 of this Resolution, as is required to provide an
adequate level of service in accordance with the purposes set forth in the Ordinance.
Section 4. The City Council hereby determines that the following amounts are required
to provide an adequate level of service in accordance with the purposes set forth in Ordinance
No. 96-21, and hereby establishes the following amounts to be levied as a special tax for fiscal
year 2002-2003, which amounts are less than the maximum amounts established by Ordinance
No. 96-21 and approved by voters:
$ 63.44 per single-family residential dwelling unit
$ 47.58 per multi-family residential dwelling unit
$126.88 per acre of vacant property in a residential zone
$253.76 per acre of vacant property in a non-residential zone
$380.64 per acre of non-residential improved property
$126,88 per acre of golf course property
$ 31.72 per acre of agricultural property
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Section 5. The special tax shall be collected in the same manner, on the same dates,
and shall be subject to the same penalties and interest as other charges and taxes fixed and
collected by the County of Riverside on behalf of the City of Temecula. Said special tax,
together with all penalties and interest thereon, shall constitute a lien upon the parcel upon
which it is levied until it has been paid, and said special tax, together with all penalties and
interest thereon, shall, until paid, constitute a personal obligation to the City of Temecula by the
persons who own the parcel on the date the tax is due. All laws applicable to the levy,
collection, and enforcement of property taxes, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to
the matters of delinquency, correction, cancellation, refund and redemption, are applicable to
the special tax, except for California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 4831.
Section 6. The revenue raised by the special tax shall be placed in a special fund to be
used only for the purposes of financing recreational and human services programs, and the
operation, maintenance, and servicing of public parks and recreational facilities, median
landscaping, arterial street lights and traffic signals throughout the City of Temecula and
administrative expenses incurred by the City in connection therewith.
Section 7. The special tax shall not be imposed upon a federal or state governmental
agency or another local governmental agency or upon any parcel of property that is exempt
from the special tax imposed by this ordinance pursuant to any provision of the Constitution or
any paramount law.
Section 8. The City Clerk is hereby ordered to transmit or cause to be transmitted to
the County Auditor of the County of Riverside, California before August 9, 2002, the property tax
roll with the special tax enumerated for each parcel not exempt therefrom; and the County
Auditor is hereby designated, required, empowered, authorized, instructed, directed and
ordered to make collection of such special tax as shown on that roll and to perform any and
duties necessary therefor.
Section 9. If a property owner subject to the special tax challenges or questions the
levy of the special tax against such property owner's property, such property owner must appeal
the levy by filing an appeal with the City Clerk before 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 2002, pursuant
to procedures established by the City.
Section 10. If a property owner subject to the special tax believes that payment of the
special tax for fiscal year 2002-2003 would create a hardship for that property owner during that
fiscal year, such property owner must appeal the levy by filing a hardship appeal with the City
Clerk before 5:00 p.m. on December 2, 2002, pursuant to procedures established by the City, in
order to be considered under the hardship appeal program.
Section 11. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any other provision or applications, and to this end
the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable. The City Council does hereby
declare that it would have adopted this Resolution and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, part or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, clauses, phrases, parts or portions hereof are declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 12. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this
11 ~h day of June 2002.
Ron Roberts, Mayor
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, CMC, City Clerk, for the City of Temecula do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 02-48 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at
the regular meeting thereof, held on the 11th day of June 2002, by the following vote of the City
Council:
AYES:
4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Stone
NOES:
0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Roberts
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ty Clerk
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