Label
FIN LEVY 2017 WEEDS
Taxation and Treasury
Martinez (x1653)
Revised
Title
To specially assess upon the lots and lands described in the schedule herein referred to in order to pay the cost and expense for the year 2017 of cutting and destroying noxious weeds growing on such lots and lands in the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This is the Ordinance to levy the assessments for the cost and expense of cutting and destroying noxious weeds in the City of Toledo for the year ended December 31, 2017. The Council of the City of Toledo has heretofore enacted Ordinance No. 303-82 and caused to be cut and destroyed in the year 2017 thistles, wild lettuce, wild mustard, ragweed, milkweed and all other noxious weeds ("Noxious Weeds") growing on certain vacant lots and lands in the City of Toledo; said Ordinance further providing that the entire cost and expense connected with said cutting and destroying on each such lot or land shall be levied and assessed on such lot or land; and the Commissioner of Taxation and Treasury has filed with this Council a list of the assessments for such cutting and destroying and which list sets forth the amount to be assessed upon each such lot or land.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That to pay the cost and expense of cutting and destroying in the year 2017, noxious weeds on the lots and land identified in said list of assessments, there shall be assessed in one (1) installment on the tax list and duplicate for the year 2018 upon the lots and lands identified in said list of assessments, the several sums shown on the list of assessments prepared by the Commissioner of Taxation and Treasury and filed with this Council and set opposite the identification of the respective lots and lands to be so assessed against the same, which amounts and assessments are hereby confirmed and approved, and the amount so to be assessed against each such lot or land is the cost and expense of cutting and destroying in the year 2017 noxious weeds growing on such lot or land.
SECTION 2. That any owner of property assessed pursuant to this Ordinance may pay in cash the assessment in full, at the office of the City's Commissioner of Taxation and Treasury within thirty (30) days following passage of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the Commissioner of Taxation and Treasury be and he is hereby directed to certify all of said assessments not paid in cash to the Auditor of Lucas County, Ohio, to be by her placed upon the tax list and duplicate of the said County for the year 2018 and assessed against said lots and lands respectively, to be collected in full at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are collected.
SECTION 4. That the owners of said several lots and parcels of land shall pay the said sums so assessed against their said lots and lands respectively, to the Treasurer of Lucas County, Ohio, at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are paid or be subject to the penalty and interest to be paid thereon as provided by law.
SECTION 5. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council and of any of its committees concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in those formal actions were held in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including those of Section 121.22, Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 6. That this Ordinance is determined to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property of the City and for the further reason that the immediate levy of the aforesaid assessments is necessary in order to enable the City to accept payment of such assessments in cash and thereafter certify the assessments not so paid to the County Auditor in time that such assessments will be placed on the 2018 tax list and duplicate and be available to the City at the earliest time so as to replace the monies advanced by the City for such cutting and destroying; wherefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and immediately after its passage, or at the earliest time allowed by law.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council