Chapter 5
NOTICES

Sections:

12-5.01    Notices when expressly provided.

12-5.02    Failure to designate officers.

12-5.03    Publication.

12-5.04    Posting and mailing.

12-5.05    Where posted.

12-5.06    Mailing.

12-5.07    Notices of improvement.

12-5.08    Certificates.

12-5.01 Notices when expressly provided.

No notice, nor any publication of any notice, order, resolution, or other matter, other than that expressly provided for in this Code shall be necessary to give validity to any of the proceedings provided for in this Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.02 Failure to designate officers.

Whenever any notice, resolution, order, or other matter is required to be published or posted or mailed, and the duty of posting or publishing or mailing or procuring the same is not specifically enjoined upon any officer or person, the City Clerk shall post, or procure the publication of posting thereof, as the case may be.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.03 Publication.

Notices, resolutions, or other documents required to be published shall be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. If any hearing is therein noticed, the hearing shall be held not less than ten (10) days after the first publication, unless a shorter time is provided by general law.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.04 Posting and mailing.

It shall not be necessary to post or mail any notice, resolution, or other document, or make or file any affidavit in regard thereto, unless no publication is provided or posting or mailing is necessary to provide jurisdiction. In such event such posting or mailing shall be at least ten (10) days prior to any hearing provided therein, unless a shorter time is provided by general law.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.05 Where posted.

All documents provided to be posted, other than notices of improvement, shall be posted on or near the Council Chamber door or on any bulletin board in or adjacent to the City Hall.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.06 Mailing.

When any notice, resolution, or other document is required to be mailed, it shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the property owners involved as follows:

(a)    To all persons owning real property proposed to be assessed whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized assessment roll for City taxes including the utility roll, at such addresses;

(b)    In cases of transfers of land, or parts thereof, subsequent to the date on which the last Assessor’s roll was prepared, to such transferee, at his name and address, as the same appear on the records in the Assessor’s office which the Assessor will use to prepare the next ensuing Assessor’s roll;

(c)    To each person, including the owner or person having any interest in property assessed by Article XIII of the Constitution of the State, who has filed with the County Assessor for the current fiscal year a statement of his name, address, and a description of the property owned by him requesting that a notice of all proposals affecting such property shall be mailed to him (Section 58905 of the Government Code of the State) at such address;

(d)    To such person at his address or as otherwise known to the City Clerk; and

(e)    In case of doubt as to the name and address of any owner, the City Clerk shall cause such notice to be conspicuously posted on the property of such person in the assessment district, at or near the entrance to such property, so that such notice will be visible to persons on, entering, leaving, or passing the property.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.07 Notices of improvement.

Notices of improvement shall be entitled “Notice of Improvement” in letters at least one-half (1/2") inch in height. The Council may provide in the resolution of intention or other document fixing the hearing whether and where such notices shall be posted.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)

12-5.08 Certificates.

The certificate of the City Clerk or officer giving notice by posting or mailing shall be conclusive proof of the giving of such notice, and no affidavit shall be required.

(§ 1, Ord. 339 C-M, eff. November 7, 1974)