Laserfiche WebLink
Pursuant to analogous law pertaining to Property and Business Improvement <br />Districts, the Santa Ana Downtown Community Management District assessment <br />will be collected by the County of Orange in the same manner as annual property <br />taxes are collected, and will appear as a separate line item on the annual <br />property tax bills prepared and issued by the County. Property tax bills are <br />generally distributed to property owners in the fall, and payment is expected by <br />lump sum or in two installments. The County of Orange shall distribute the <br />assessments to the City which will, in turn, forward the assessments to the <br />managing association pursuant to the authorization of this plan. Existing laws for <br />enforcement of property taxes apply to the District's assessments. <br />The assessments shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as <br />for any ad valorem property tax paid to the County of Orange. These <br />assessments shall provide for the same lien priority and penalties for delinquent <br />payment as is provided for the ad valorem property tax. If necessary, the <br />Santa Ana City Clerk's Office will directly bill property owners or entities that do <br />not appear on the direct billing of the property tax roll provided by the County. <br />The "property owner" of the ad valorem interest shall be any person listed as the <br />owner /taxpayer on the last equalized ad valorem interest assessment roll or <br />otherwise known to be the owner /taxpayer by the City. <br />H. Proposed Rules and Regulations to be Applied to the District <br />There are no specific rules or regulations applied to this District. <br />Continuation of Levy Specifically for Maintenance of Improvements <br />Constructed by the District <br />In accordance with Section 13 -103 (i) of Article XX, Chapter 13, Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code, it shall be a requirement of the Downtown Santa Ana <br />Community Management District that assessments specifically designated for the <br />maintenance and upkeep of improvements constructed by the District using <br />assessment revenue, if any, shall continue to be levied on each parcel of land <br />within the CMD for a period of time equal to the useful life of the improvement, as <br />determined by the City Engineer, regardless of whether the District is <br />disestablished or the term of the original levy has expired. <br />J. Type and Term of District and Showing Specific Number of Years <br />Assessments Will Be Levied <br />The proposed Downtown Santa Ana Community Management District is a new <br />district. The CMD will have an initial operating term of five years. Due to the <br />time and manner of levying and collecting assessments as described in Section <br />G, assessment revenue is generally not available for direct operations until the <br />following January. The CMD will commence with the first year of levying of <br />