CC Ordinance 2267 ORDINANCE NO. 2267
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
CAMPBELL AMENDING TITLE 8 "PUBLIC
PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS" ADDING
NEW CHAPTER 8.42 "GRAFFITI
ABATEMENT" AND AMENDING TITLE 6.10
"NUISANCE ABATEMENT AND
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES" TO LIST
CHAPTER 8.42 AS A NUISANCE AND
AMEND SECTION 6.10.200 "ASSESSMENT
OF COSTS AGAINST PROPERTY— LIEN"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 8.42 "Graffiti Abatement" is added to Title 8 "Public Peace, Safety
and Morals" of the City of Campbell Municipal Code as set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 2. Subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (6) of subsection (a) of Campbell Municipal
Code section 6.10.020 is hereby amended to read as follows, with added text being
indicated by underlining:
A violation of any of the provisions of Campbell Municipal Code Chapters 5.24, 5.28, 5.29,
5.30, 5.36, 5.48, 5.58, 6.11, 6.20, 6.30, 6.40, 8.34, 8.38, 8.40, 8.42, 11.04, 11.08, 11.12,
11.16, 11.32, 13.04, or 14.02,
SECTION 3. Section 6.10.200 "Assessment of Costs against Property—Lien" is replaced
in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit B.
SECTION 4. The City Council finds, pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations, Section 15061(b)(3), that this ordinance is exempt from the requirements of
the California Environmental Quality Act in that it is not a project which has the potential
for causing a significant effect on the environment.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid, such decision or decisions shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase
thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after
the date of its adoption.
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SECTION 7. The City Clerk is directed to cause copies of this ordinance or summaries
thereof to be posted and/or published in accordance with Section 36933 of the California
Government Code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 2020 by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Waterman, Bybee, Resnikoff, Gibbons, Landry
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED:
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Susan M. Lan•ry, Mayor
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Andrea Sand , Deputy City Clerk
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Exhibit A
8.42.010 Council Findings.
The city council of the city of Campbell hereby finds and declares that graffiti is
detrimental to property values, promotes blight, degrades the quality of life in the
community, is inconsistent with the city's property maintenance goals and
aesthetic standards, is detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare, is
often related to gang activity and may, therefore, lead to an increase in crime,
and if not promptly removed may lead to the spread of additional graffiti. The
council also finds that the greatest disincentive to graffiti and its spread to other
properties is its prompt eradication. The council further finds and declares that
the regulation of graffiti by the city is necessary in order to protect the public
health, safety and welfare. It is the intent of the city council, through the adoption
of this ordinance to provide notice to all of those who callously disregard the
property rights of others, that the law enforcement agencies of the city, including
the Police Department and the city Attorney's office, will strictly enforce the law to
its maximum extent and severely prosecute those persons engaging in the
defacement of public and private properties. This city council further finds that
the expense of abatement should be recovered for violations of this Chapter.
This Chapter is intended to be complementary to and not in conflict with Penal
Code section 594, which provides that any person who maliciously defaces
property is guilty of vandalism, and Penal Code section 594.1 which provides that
certain activities involving the possession, sales and use of aerosol paint
containers are misdemeanors.
8.42.020 Declaration of graffiti as a public nuisance.
The city council of the city of Campbell hereby declares that graffiti is obnoxious
and is a public nuisance which may be abated and that the expense of
abatement and administrative costs may be collected pursuant to the procedures
set forth in this Chapter and Chapter 6.10 of the Campbell Municipal Code.
8.42.030 Definitions.
"Administrative costs" includes, but is not limited to, the costs incurred by the city
for removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material from personal or real
property, the costs of repair and replacement of defaced personal or real
property; and the costs incurred by the city in administering the graffiti abatement
on privately or publicly owned personal or real property.
"Aerosol paint container" means any aerosol container, regardless of the material
from which it is made, which is adapted or made for the purpose of spraying paint
or other substance capable of defacing property.
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"Expense of abatement" includes, but is not limited to, court costs, attorney's
fees, costs of removal of the graffiti or other inscribed material, costs of repair
and replacement of defaced personal or real property, the law enforcement costs
incurred by the city in identifying and apprehending the minor or person who
created, caused, or committed the graffiti or other inscribed material on the
publicly or privately owned real or personal property within the city; and, the costs
of administering and monitoring the participation of a person, and if a minor, his
or her parents or guardians, in a graffiti abatement program.
"Felt tip marker" means any marker or similar implement with a tip which at its
broadest width is greater than three-eighths (3/8) of an inch, containing ink or
other pigmented liquid which cannot be removed with water after it dries.
"Graffiti" means any unauthorized inscription, writing, lettering, word, drawing,
figure, marking, painting or design that is marked, written, etched, scratched,
drawn, painted, or otherwise placed on any real or personal property.
"Graffiti implement" means an aerosol paint container, a felt tip marker, a paint
stick or graffiti stick.
"Minor" means a person who is under the age of eighteen (18) years old.
"Paint stick" or "graffiti stick" means a device containing a solid form of paint,
chalk, wax, epoxy, or other similar substance capable of being applied to a
surface by pressure, and upon application leaving a mark at least three-eighths
(3/8) of an inch in width, which cannot be removed with water after it dries.
"Property" means real or personal property, whether publicly or privately owned,
within the city limits.
"Structure" means the same as defined in the Uniform Building Code.
"Surface" means the exposed area of any object, including but shall not be
limited to, walls, fences, signs, retaining walls, driveways, walkways, sidewalks,
curbs, street lampposts, hydrant, tree, electric, light, power, telephone or
telegraph poles; drinking fountains, and garbage receptacles.
"Responsible minor" means a minor who has confessed to, admitted to, pled
guilty to or pled nolo contendere to a violation of this chapter, or to a violation of
section 594, 594.1, 594.2, 594.3, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of the Penal Code; or a
minor convicted by a final judgment of a violation of this chapter, or to a violation
of section 594, 594.1, 594.2, 594.3, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of the Penal Code; or
a minor declared a ward of the Juvenile Court pursuant to section 602 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code by reason of the commission of an act prohibited
by this chapter or by section 594, 594.1, 594.2, 594.3, 640.5, 640.6, or 640.7 of
the Penal Code.
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"Responsible person" means any person or entity who is the owner or who has
primary responsibility for the management, repair or maintenance of the property.
8.42.040 Graffiti prohibited.
(a) It is unlawful for any person who owns or is otherwise in control of any real
property within the city, even if it is located in the city right-of-way, to permit or
allow any graffiti to be placed upon or remain for longer than seventy-two (72)
hours on any surface located on such property and visible to the public.
(b) This section shall apply to both public and private property in all zoning
districts of the city.
8.42.050 Possession of graffiti implement by minors prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, to possess any
graffiti implement while upon private property, without first having obtained the
prior consent of the owner of such property to the minor's presence and
possession of a graffiti implement on the property.
8.42.060 Possession of graffiti implement in public places.
It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession any graffiti
implement in any public park, playground, beach, swimming pool or other public
recreational facility, or while loitering in or near an underpass, bridge abutment,
storm drain, or other similar types of infrastructure not normally used by the
public, except as may be authorized by the city. This provision shall not apply to
any person who is traveling to or from a school in which he or she is enrolled and
attending a class for which the teacher has required the use of the graffiti
implement in such person's possession.
8.42.070 Graffiti removal
(a) The city manager may from time to time implement one or more programs for
the removal of graffiti located on any public or private property within the city,
which is visible from any public right-of-way or public or private property, at the
city's expense, and without reimbursement from the owner or other person in
control of real or personal property, unless the city elects to recover the expense
of abatement and/or administrative costs, from third parties pursuant to section
6.10.200, upon the following conditions:
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(1) The property owner or other person in control of such property should be
requested to perform the removal with his/her own resources;
(2) The city shall not paint or repair a more extensive area than is necessary to
remove the graffiti, unless the city manager or his/her designee determines that a
more extensive area is required to be repainted or repaired in order to avoid an
aesthetic disfigurement to the neighborhood or community, or unless the property
owner or other person in control of such property agrees to pay for the cost of
repainting or repairing the more extensive area; and
(3) The removal of the graffiti may be performed only after securing the consent
of the property owner or other person in control of such property, and that
individual executes a release and right of entry form permitting such graffiti
removal.
(b) Use of Public Funds. Whenever the city becomes aware, or is notified and
determines, that graffiti is so located on any public or private property within the
city which is visible from any public right-of-way or public or private property, the
city shall be authorized to use public funds for the removal of same, or for the
painting or repairing of same, but shall not authorize or undertake to provide for
the painting or repair of any more extensive area than that where the graffiti is
located, unless the city manager, or designee, determines that a more extensive
area is required to be repainted or repaired in order to avoid an aesthetic
disfigurement to the neighborhood or community.
8.42.080 Abatement and cost recovery proceedings
Notwithstanding the city administrator's right to implement graffiti removal
programs pursuant to section 8.42.070, it shall be the primary obligation of all
persons who own or are otherwise in control of any real or personal property
upon which graffiti has been placed, to cause the removal of such graffiti within
seventy-two (72) hours after receiving the notice described in subsection (a) of
this section. The city administrator may cause the abatement and removal of
graffiti on public or private property in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) Notice. The city administrator or his/her designee shall issue a seventy-two-
hour written notice of intention to abate the graffiti as a public nuisance and shall
serve such notice by any of the following methods:
1. By personal service on the owner, occupant or person in charge or control of
the property;
2. By posting at a conspicuous place on the property or abutting public right-of-
way; or
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3. By sending a copy of such notice by registered or certified mail addressed to
the owner or person in charge or control of the property, at the address shown on
the last available assessment roll, or as otherwise known.
(b) Form. The notice of intention shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF INTENT TO REMOVE GRAFFITI
(Name and address of person notified)
Date:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that you are required by Campbell Municipal Code
section 8.42.080 at your expense to remove or paint over the graffiti in existence
on the property located at (address), which is visible to public view, within
seventy-two (72) hours after receipt of this notice; or, if you fail to do so, city
employees or private contractors employed by the city will enter upon your
property and abate the public nuisance by removal or painting over the graffiti.
The administrative costs of abatement by the city employees or private
contractors will be assessed against you and your property and such costs will
constitute a lien or special assessment upon such property until paid.
At the conclusion of this seventy-two-hour period, without further notice and at
your expense, the city may proceed with the abatement of the graffiti inscribed on
your property unless you appeal the order of abatement to the city council within
the seventy-two-hour period referenced above. Any appeal shall be accompanied
by a written statement of reasons and the payment of the filing fee established by
the city council.
(c).Appeal.
1. Within seventy-two (72) hours after issuance of the notice described in
subsection 8.42.080(a), the owner or person occupying or controlling such
property affected may appeal the order of abatement to the council. Appeals
shall be filed with the city clerk and shall be accompanied by a letter stating the
reasons for the appeal and a fee as required by council resolution. A hearing
officer designated pursuant to Section 6.10.210 shall hear such appeals;
2. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the appeal application, the city clerk
shall notify the applicant of the date, time and location at which the hearing
officer shall hear the appeal. The hearing officer designated pursuant to Section
6.10.210 shall hear and consider all relevant evidence, objections or protests,
and shall receive testimony from owners, witnesses, city personnel and
interested persons relevant to such alleged public nuisance and to proposed
abatement measures.
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(d) Removal by city. Seventy-two (72) hours after service of the notice, or if
appealed, not less than twenty-four (24) hours after the decision of the hearing
officer declaring the graffiti to be a public nuisance, the city administrator is
authorized and directed to cause the graffiti to be abated by the city or private
contractor, and the city or its private contractor is expressly authorized to enter
upon the property for such purposes.
(e) Accounting. The city administrator shall keep an account of the cost of
abatement and an itemized report to the city council shall be filed with the city
clerk. Such report shall refer to each separate lot or parcel of land by description
sufficient to identify such lot or parcel, together with the expense proposed be
assessed against each separate lot or parcel of land.
(f) Assessment of Costs Against Owner or Other Person in Control of Property.
The total administrative costs of abatement shall be a personal obligation of the
owner or other person in control of the real or personal property upon which
graffiti has been abated, and shall be paid by such owner or other person within
thirty (30) days after receiving a demand for such payment from the city.
Pursuant to Government Code sections 38773.1 and 38773.5, the total costs of
abatement shall constitute a special assessment or a lien against the property
subject to the graffiti abatement, if not paid in full within thirty (30) days after
demand for such payment has been made by the city. The city shall follow
procedures set forth in section 6.10.200 of the Campbell Municipal Code prior to
seeking the special assessment or recordation of the lien.
The owner or other person in control of the real or personal property upon which
graffiti has been abated shall not be relieved of any of its obligations or liabilities
pursuant to this section 8.38.080 by virtue of subsection 8.38.080(7) below or
any other provision of this chapter.
(g) Assessment of Costs Against Minor, Parent and/or Guardian.
1. The total expense of abatement, including all administrative costs, shall also
be a personal obligation of any minor responsible for the graffiti upon the
property subject to the graffiti abatement, and shall be paid for by such minor
within thirty (30) days after receiving a demand for such payment from the city.
Pursuant to Government Code sections 38773.2 and 38773.6, the total expense
of abatement and administrative costs shall constitute a special assessment or a
lien against any real property owned by the minor, if such expense of abatement
and administrative costs are not paid in full within thirty (30) days after demand
for such payment has been made by the city. The city shall follow procedures set
forth in section 6.10.200 of the Campbell Municipal Code prior to seeking the
special assessment or recordation of the lien.
2. The parent or guardian having custody and control of the minor responsible for
the graffiti upon the property subject to the graffiti abatement shall be jointly and
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severally liable with the minor and the expense of abatement and administrative
costs shall constitute a personal obligation of such parent or guardian. The total
expense of the abatement and administrative costs shall be paid for by a parent
or guardian having custody or control of the minor within thirty (30) days after
receiving a demand for such payment from the city. Pursuant to Government
Code section 38773.6, the total expense of abatement, including all
administrative costs, shall constitute a special assessment or a lien against any
real property owned by the parent or guardian having custody or control of the
minor, if such expense of abatement and administrative costs are not paid in full
within thirty (30) days after demand for such payment has been made by the city.
The city shall follow procedures set forth in section 6.10.200 of the Campbell
Municipal Code prior to seeking the special assessment or recordation of the
lien.
8.42.090 Cost Recovery
(a) Any responsible minor or person who created, caused, or committed the
graffiti or other inscribed material on publicly or privately owned personal or real
property within the city shall be liable to the city for the expense of abatement of
such graffiti and administrative costs.
(b) Any responsible minor or person owing money to the city under this section
shall be liable in any action brought in the name of the city for the recovery of the
expense of abatement of such graffiti and administrative costs.
8.42.100 Parental liability.
(a) Any parent or other legal guardian who consents to, permits, or otherwise
knowingly allows his or her minor to possess a graffiti implement shall be jointly
and severally liable for the expense of abatement and administrative costs which
are incurred by any person in connection with the graffiti caused by said minor or
by the graffiti implement. Liability pursuant to this section shall be in addition to
any other liability imposed by law, including without limitation California Civil
Code section 1714.1.
(b) Wherever any minor who created, caused, or committed the graffiti or other
inscribed material on publicly or privately owned personal or real property within
the city, or any minor against whom a fine, levy, expense of abatement and
administrative costs are assessed pursuant to this chapter, that minor's parent or
legal guardian shall also be liable to the city for the expense of abatement and
such fine, levy or administrative cost.
8.42.110 Procedures in this chapter cumulative to other legal remedies.
The procedures set forth in this Chapter shall be cumulative to, and shall not
foreclose the application of, any other existing legal remedies.
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8.42.120 Criminal penalty
(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or other entity to violate any
provision, or fail to comply with any mandatory requirement of this chapter.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, any person, firm,
corporation or other entity violating any provision, or failing to comply with any
mandatory requirement of this chapter is guilty of an infraction, and upon
conviction shall be published by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
(b)Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any person, firm or corporation
committing any act made unlawful pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars and/or imprisonment of not more than six months, if any of
the following circumstances exists:
(1)The violation was committed willfully or with knowledge of its illegality;
(2)The violator does not cease, or otherwise abate the violation after
receiving notice of such violation within the time specified in the notice;
(3)The violator has previously been convicted of violating the same
provision of this chapter within two years of the currently charged violation;
or
(4)The provision violated specifies that such violation shall be a
misdemeanor.
(c) Any person or entity violating any provision of this chapter or failing to comply
with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each
and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this chapter is
committed, continued, or permitted by such person or entity and shall be deemed
punishable therefor as provided herein.
(d) Community service in and for the city may be imposed by the court, in
addition to any penalty imposed pursuant to this chapter, where there has been a
conviction or guilty or nolo contendere plea to a violation of this chapter.
(e) Any community service which is required pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section for a person under the age of eighteen (18) years may be required by the
court to be performed in the presence and under the direct supervision of the
person's parent or legal guardian.
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(f) If a minor is personally unable to pay any fine or restitution levied for violating
this chapter, the parent or legal guardian shall be liable for the payment of the
fine or restitution for any intentional acts of the minor.
8.42.130 Suspension or delay of driving privileges
For each conviction of a person aged thirteen (13) to twenty-one (21) for violation
of CMC 8.38.040(a) or any State law pertaining to vandalism of property with a
graffiti implement, the city shall petition the sentencing court to suspend existing
driving privileges or delay the issuance of driving privileges in accordance with
California Vehicle Code Section 13202.6.
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Exhibit B
6.10.200 Assessment of costs against property
(a) Recovery as lien on property.
1. If a responsible person is an owner of real property and does not pay any part of the
enforcement or administrative costs of abating the nuisance within thirty days after the
service of notice of these costs, the City Council may adopt a resolution confirming
imposition of the debt and approving the filing of a lien against the subject real property.
2. The resolution shall specify the amount of the lien, the name of the agency on whose
behalf the lien is imposed (city of Campbell), the date of the abatement order, the street
address, legal description and assessor's parcel number of the parcel on which the lien
is imposed, and the name and address of the recorded owner of the parcel.
3. A copy of the resolution shall be served on the property owner, along with notice to
the property owner that a lien in the amounts stated in the resolution will be filed against
the subject property in the Santa Cruz County recorder's office.
4. The notice set forth in paragraph 3 shall be served in the same manner as a
summons in a civil action in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure Section
415.10 et seq. If the owner of record cannot be found after diligent search, then the
notice shall be served by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place upon the
property for a period of ten days and publication thereof in a newspaper of general
circulation published in Santa Clara County.
Such notice of lien for recordation shall be in form substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF LIEN
CLAIM OF CITY OF CAMPBELL, CALIFORNIA
Pursuant to the authority vested by the provisions of Chapter 6.10. of the Campbell
Municipal Code, the City of Campbell did on or about the day of
20 , undertake to cause the public nuisance on the premises hereinafter described to
be abated on the real property described herein; and the City Council of the City of
Campbell did on the day of , 20 , assess the cost of such
abatement upon the real property hereinafter described; and the same has not been
paid nor any part thereof; and that said City of Campbell does hereby claim a lien on
such abatement in the amount of said assessment, to wit: the sum of$ ; and
the same shall be a lien upon said real property until the same has been paid in full and
discharged of record.
The real property hereinbefore mentioned, and upon which a lien is claimed, is that
certain parcel of land lying and being in the City of Campbell, County of Santa Clara,
State of California, commonly known as Assessor's Parcel Number , located at
the address of and particularly described as set forth in Exhibit A (legal
description).
The owner of record of the above-described property is , whose last known
address is
DATED: SIGNED:
City Manager
City of Campbell
(Acknowledgment)
5. The resolution and notice shall be recorded as a lien with the county recorder in the
county recorder's office in the county in which the parcel of land is located and from the
date of recording shall have the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien. Once
recorded, the resolution and notice shall have the force and effect and priority of a
judgment lien governed by the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Section 697.340
and may be extended as provided in Code of Civil Procedure Sections 683.110 to
683.220, inclusive.
6. A lien pursuant to this section may be foreclosed by an action brought by the city
for a money judgment.
7. In the event that the lien is discharged, released, or satisfied, either through payment
or foreclosure, notice of the discharge shall be recorded by the City of Campbell. A
nuisance abatement lien and the release of the lien shall be indexed in the grantor-
grantee index.
8. The City of Campbell may recover from the property owner any costs incurred
regarding the processing and recording of the lien, as well as costs associated with
providing notice to the property owner as part of its foreclosure action to enforce the
lien.
(b) Recovery of costs by special assessment.
1. As an alternative to the procedure above in this chapter, there is hereby established
a procedure for making any nuisance abatement charge or administrative costs
imposed by the city in connection with real property a special assessment against the
subject real property.
2. If a responsible person is an owner of real property and does not pay any part of the
enforcement or administrative costs or expenses of abating the nuisance within thirty
days after the service of notice of these costs, the City Manager may approve the filing
of a special assessment against the property pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
3. Prior to imposing a special assessment lien, the enforcement officer shall schedule a
hearing before a designated hearing officer to hold a public hearing on the proposed
assessment against the respective lot or parcel of land to which it relates.
4. Notice of the hearing shall be served upon the owner of record of the parcel of land
on which the nuisance was maintained, based on the last equalized assessment roll or
the supplemental roll, whichever is more current, in the manner provided in Section
6.10.180(g)(1) and (2). The notice shall set forth the following information:
(i) The date, time and location of the public hearing;
(ii) The assessor's parcel number and street address of the property on which the
assessment is to be imposed;
(iii) The identity of the owner of record;
(iv) The last known address of the owner of record;
(v) That the City of Campbell intends to impose a special assessment against the
property for unpaid enforcement costs arising out of the violation of ordinance
provisions that constitute a public nuisance or threat to the public health and
safety;
(vi) The date the order to abate the property was issued; and
(vii) The amount of the proposed assessment.
5. After considering the testimony and evidence presented at the hearing, the hearing
officer shall issue a written decision, based on the preponderance of evidence, to
uphold, dismiss, or modify the proposed special assessment. The hearing officer shall
send a copy of the decision to the cited responsible person and to the enforcement
officer.
6. At least ten days prior to imposing an assessment, the City shall serve notice of the
special assessment to the property owner, if the property owner's identity can be
determined from the county assessor's or county recorder's records. The notice of
assessment shall set forth the following information:
(i) The assessor's parcel number, street address and legal description of the
property on which the lien and assessment are to be imposed;
(ii) The identity of the owner of record;
(iii) The last known address of the owner of record;
(iv) The date the order to abate the property was issued;
(v) The date on which the assessment was ordered;
(vi) That the lien is being imposed by the City of Campbell;
(vii) The amount of the proposed assessment and lien; and
(iix) That the property may be sold after three years by the tax collector for
unpaid delinquent assessments or foreclosed at any time by an action brought by
the City.
7. The notice set forth in subsection (f) shall be served upon the owner of record as
follows:
(i) In the same manner as summons in a civil action in accordance with Article 3
(commencing with Section 415.10) of Chapter 4 of Title 5 of Part 2 of the
California Code of Civil Procedure; and
(ii) By certified mail to the address set forth in the county assessor's or county
recorder's records.
(iii) Notwithstanding paragraphs (f)(1) and (2) of this subsection, if, after a diligent
search, the owner of the record cannot be found, notice may be served by
posting a copy of it in a conspicuous place upon the property for 10 days and
publishing the notice in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to California
Government Code Section 6062.
8. Such notice of special assessment shall be in form substantially as follows:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
CLAIM OF CITY OF CAMPBELL, CALIFORNIA
Pursuant to the authority vested by the provisions of Chapter 6.10 of the Campbell
Municipal Code, the City of Campbell did on or about the day of
20 , undertake to cause the public nuisance on the premises hereinafter described to
be abated on the real property described herein; and the City Council of the City of
Campbell did on the day of , 20 , assess the cost of such
abatement upon the real property hereinafter described; and the same has not been
paid nor any part thereof; and that said City of Campbell does hereby impose a special
assessment in the amount of said assessment, to wit: the sum of$ ; and the
same shall be a lien upon said real property until the same has been paid in full and
discharged of record. The property may be sold after three years by the tax collector for
unpaid delinquent assessments or foreclosed at any time by an action brought by the
City.
The real property hereinbefore mentioned, and upon which a lien is claimed, is that
certain parcel of land lying and being in the City of Campbell, County of Santa Clara,
State of California, commonly known as Assessor's Parcel Number , located at
the address of and particularly described as set forth in Exhibit A (legal
description).
The owner of record of the above-described property is , whose last known
address is
DATED: SIGNED:
City Manager
City of Campbell
(Acknowledgment)
9. The notice of assessment shall be recorded with the County Recorder's Office upon
expiration of ten days following service of the notice of assessment, and a copy may be
turned over to the tax collector for the city, whereupon it shall be the duty of the tax
collector to add the amounts of the respective assessments to the next regular tax bills
levied against the respective lots and parcels of land for municipal purposes, and
thereafter the amounts shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as
ordinary municipal taxes are collected, and shall be subject to the same penalties and
the same procedure under foreclosure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for
ordinary municipal taxes. •
10. After such recordation, the property may be sold after three years by the tax
collector for unpaid delinquent assessments. However, if any real property to which the
cost of abatement relates has been transferred or conveyed to a bona fide purchaser for
value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer for value has been created and attaches
thereon, prior to the date on which the first installment of the taxes would become
delinquent, then the cost of abatement shall not result in a lien against the real property
but instead shall be transferred to the unsecured roll for collection.
11. The city may, subject to the requirements applicable to the sale of property pursuant
to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 3691, conduct a sale of vacant residential
developed property for which the payment of the assessment is delinquent.
(c) The interest rate set for money judgments in Code of Civil Procedure Section
685.010 shall accrue on the principal amount of the lien or special assessment until
satisfied pursuant to law.