HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD14977 BILL NO. 2012-25
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN Scrivner
ORDINANCE NO. H 11 7
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,
BY REVISING THE PROCEDURE FOR SPECIAL TAX BILLS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 1 (General Provisions) is amended by the addition of a new
Sec. 1-23 (Special Tax Bills), as follows:
Sec. 1-23. Special tax bills
A. Special Tax Bills. Unless another procedure is provided for in the City Code, all special tax bills
issued by the City shall follow the procedure of this section.
B. Requirements. Special tax bills shall be signed by the City Clerk and the Mayor. Each special tax
bill shall contain a brief general statement of the facts authorizing its issue, a description of the land
against which it is issued, the name of the owner of the property against which it is issued,the rate of
interest which it bears, and the date when it begins to bear interest. Such special tax bill shall state
that it is a special lien against the land therein described and give the time that the lien continues.
C. Interest. All special tax bills shall bear no interest for the first thirty days after it is signed by the
Mayor and City Clerk.Thereafter it shall bear interest at the rate of eight(8) percent per annum.
A Payment. Any special tax bill may be paid in full at any time or it may be paid in rive (5) annual
installments from the date of the special tax bill. If any annual payment is late more than thirty (30)
days then all of the remaining payments plus interest shall immediately become due and payable.
The City Clerk shall submit all portions of the tax bill to the county collector for payment on the
City's behalf.
E. Recording of tax bill. The Citv Clerk shall, on completion of all special tax bills hereinafter issued,
enter an abstract thereof in a special book provided for that purpose. Such abstract shall recite the
date of the tax bill, the name of the property owner and the person in whose favor it is issued, a
description of the property subject to the lien, the street upon which it abuts, the amount of the tax
bill,and the character of the action for which it is issued.
F. Cancelation.
1. By payment. When the tax bill has been paid, the city clerk shall note the filing of the
receipt on the margin of the abstract of the tax bill, shall mark the tax bill "canceled" and
shall affix his or her name to such cancellation with the date thereof.Such cancellation shall
have the effect to extinguish all liability or right of action of such tax bill.
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2. _Cancellation without payment. A tax billed signed by the Citv Clerk and the Mayor, which
has not been paid in full may only be canceled by a motion and vote of the City Council,
which may be placed on the consent agenda of any meeting of the full City Council.
Section 2. Chapter 32 (Streets and Sidewalks), Sec. 32-40 (Special tax bills:
Contents), is amended as follows:
Sec.32-40. Special tax bills: Contents.
All special tax bills issued to pay for sidewalks,street improvements or any work or improvement
contemplated in this article shall be issued as provided for in Chapter 1 of the City Code. 'signed-by-thy city cler4
and-ce l tteFsign d by the C-nnder4h F«H° Each :nl « bill ghall son«.in-a-b
b "°-O7`m��7'e e'�'p.•r�u«x:-�""'cvrvr-Q.�zry—cvrn�ie fief
genesai statement of tl�T°4:,ct�,tH., ,. 't.. ' .i F H land against.Meth :t- ae N ..F
a,��n=�.,,�., o aesc-Ftptie.. -aDa,.� ••e,�.,e�o
He eantraotor to..hafn it is issued, unless 1 wafk is done H h DiFeeta aFplan and Droteeti a ReFvieps
actin„faf the e;ty.as h .ssa�ded .mac-ae4w,vm�all ..11.,lari-oe4ssue : tam°n c-vi tntHe-DiFeetctor nF provi
DID ttdz,,.�,tAa�A,�S F the use of the name of the ., nCtH°n °n«. agaiflst which it is
ed the rate aC:n art y.h:el,�t t HH ays and the tH da 'H '«begins 4. „teFest Suchy nit Hail shall state
ISSn .. ..vat�nmmv-tnrtr�mstwca�mcvt-oar-t.=s^p� n�a•m
that it is•• upeclu,l I,T eR against the unarm therein n:H�crtved,,t,d-give«'me-tim that tcnt¢rm'°ci�c°£ravntrato•• ltax Hulls
es�4-N-sp°
wed to pa far plated in this RAiele ghalbeaFily`rttt..2.rt-fvr,.th;.+. nn\.Aa aRan«H°
date,but afterr the e*piratian
e o f such ahrt'r.y(30) days,they shad H a nteFeSt at the rate of eight(8)n°�e
Special tax sued in Payment F vr sidewalks or F a ad:nD and pan.;nb that part f�he street H�:n
betweenth"FepnFt.- ° a � estie-Certified b n
as be being a et H. the 1\:n aF planning g and
pTAt`teeai�t�er.ieees°
(Code 1977, §33-39;Ord.No. 13301, 11-5-2001)
Section 3. Chapter 32 (Streets and Sidewalks), Sec. 32-41 (Special tax bills:
Methods of payment), is amended as follows:
Sec.32-41. Special tax bills: Methods of payment.
Any special tax bill for the a,..a ad'na+paving, maeadamizing, eiiFbifig d of Ray S—eet -..-a or
al4ey,-er-par theree€of for the construction of any sidewalk,shall be paid as provided for in Chapter 1 of the
City Code may-be-paid in five (5)annual installments, k-4n-a o i�T«Hee.(3), four(4)and Fmme(5)yeaFs,
pen e°�6e�atc°-f tl ape al H P� °
that t owner F 1 «..Eland assessable Nvith
art of the of i shall, at an),time t of I,H. tl,e FL:aer eF
raft ••ctrm:prv^iv-rTi. �a+�a-pn'•oF-t9th�ncc�pt8n�-� �:den�t'T'**�pr°pcTVn'.c�-°t
the eity, off the s elerk .r:t:n.. that He d H ost�-a.,,t_ct,aaf s.�m installments.in pay
ease the-&p.a al to la a� ill issued s1�t�a11 HHa made r°.s� e ely,o ie Fkh4n-oere_(1) one F:wi, in e (2) e
fifth :n «three (3) one AAH issued
four(4)a..d�. e fifth in five /e Ott.,...di date of such`'h tax H:1� I�nd� it
ad eight(9) l;R't payable annually from thirty (30) days aRe daate�atttH61
mays-sear-net-to-exc� '�*t�a�-pcF�imerest�e.,. ,-- - -"�-----. , .
t1paid, afld shall proNide dig :Fa annual installny nts o the :_ _est the. ,o.znherzrzerestt on an),rzdefeFFed
#p$tatim
ants, is of nrPmdv�m•lye�.'tlue all aft—arr�m�xml,e�` rung installments shall at o tea due and n ,yaWe. pFevided,,
that the awner of s c"W rty eha rD ed with the payment of seh tax H:inl ep4he owtte of interest therein, tlt
have t pfiyillege 9Fpaying such tan bill in full at an),7 ttttme by paying all iut •est 4wFeen-te'npeFieEI of ni eta-(
.i ce F 1, i y t- unless 1 payment ---...1�e ran-t�-e 0) days after maturity o
the-fl ..._4...e .l,o n«ly..« tt.1,:11 .,+ Vie-paid-ifl-fa}I-by-payiAg-FRtereS {13er2nrtiv ti]e data when the
installaletlt-bec;-G 'er d,�-aa<ae and-payable.
(Code 1977, §33-40)
Section 4. Chapter 32 (Streets and Sidewalks), Sec. 32-42 (Special tax bills:
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Records; assignment), is amended as follows:
Sec.32-42. Special tax bills: Records;assignrnept.
A. The city clerk shall, on completion of all special tax bills hereinafter issued as provided by sections 32-40
and 32-41 record the bill as provided in Chapter 1 of the Citv Code. e^-.,,eF an abstract tbereaf in
special-beo"Favided-foF that puMags Such hgtf « shall Fecite the date of t tax bill, «l,o name of 1
propeFty owRef and the peFsgfl in "�vheqs F ---ed,a deseFiption oF the repeRy-subject tothe lien,,
the sae-street up n n'nhe-h it Abp n♦of the tax bill and the chaFaeteF of the iuipFavemem F which it is issued.
B. When any ouk bill is assigned! such assignment shall He-note, «h^^^,,, and then ^ya^. shall h t the
so e sR the city eieFk who shall o the g .,F,. ^h tax bill n«el. such n The
ara:n ^'p
able to such r hill m I of pay the „Fn such bill,
„lie m ^4e ay, h �g�
�.».� ... `.r-P"]`^ rnxc. „ ....,. ..... may k.u� ..max... qu
tad hill to the Fynap de h• H do artment^shall aeeep them^ and aka out duplicate
receipts three ofe one of which it shall de lh r`te the person so paying the : bill and the H of which as
shall 41 .,ithtl.e a m city clerk shall note the filing aft receipt margin of the nbgt.ant
��° a ara:n
of the tax hill shall mark he tai,hell rr `learn and shell affi? : . name o such panoel ac.vl n�with tne4tate
theF��F ,mac„ I r Il h ll have he effect to extinguish all liability F F H hill
' a � fight
The fillan Fthn «a,- bill by its owner shall Pay to 1 ' H amount
tberegf taking d�eipts theref o nef.,h:nh :«hall file..th «he e:t, alerl, who shall .,a te-lt 6n
the a fthe ayseTvet a fthe t ..bill and the otheF the finaivf_aepaFune.^t�al 6141,
(Code 1977, §33-41)
Section 5. Chapter 32 (Streets and Sidewalks), Sec. 32-55 (Special tax bills for
Street improvements), is hereby amended as follows:
Sec.32-55. Reserved.Special tax f�,o,-tam-.or street^tree«':7,:ov2,T,e..t„
The oit)'council shall power within t city, in all eases„hers aHe ems pt doaes not e eed s eats
($1MG)-per front-feet-per annum upen the ffoo^perty Lubuttjfig upon any^«_ee« _be�pa,r.•ne OF public pelc p to cause
a,nh streets,alleys, and public places of this city, e� thereBf to
$artaced of .nf yed The thereof shall provided ed cost eFand defrayed speC-lal-taro be ecaa�c�-wed in avarvf
the city e a property, freutiaa er beraaean=o«h�«ree,aven�all�a„�u446
�-ea-w.ere-such-spryni l:nn oiling repairing, .rF and resurfacing is pWesedte-bedene,in the prepertten
tharattathpTrnear—et aF cash'let Ace. rq, or4eH flg en the street n alley and public plane to he spFi.lded,
oiled repaired,surfaced and..dsu aced b. I rrber of theaPuea«feet of all the n har.eab4e^
ter_..
wF h4ie-speeal t�. .n tl4teir raeed b t�� h �de ..hi Gh Such iflnP ^ti-are to be m de;
.,rd...;
ded that �t aT s shall fiat assessed an as than three h, d F.0.. (350)feet of an. tmpt fl^ndFaefe Trh- _i j.., do the above work, lye° a a��� ^«en of the cost, the e:ty council m mace s
pa a
r� n.a a��a tfider ham�a�aha^" a prav+dad Iiy erdinanee-T-Ile-eity-shall be divided into convenient
:nkl:ng 'ling s g .rf sing and r .rf cing distr:nts f r-tire-above-purpose,and each district shall b
"Praam`rb, erTa a+opn ^a�s a a
s„enara tel. TT�pec4 t ^shall b gs a lien th��pnrr�ha ged tm dl aAa Caen the
e-and-beeeutea-rr�,�a;-ar erewiNrfretrran
earnmenehig of such s nldrng airing r g .e acing and r ..r e:ng of s,sh streets eaa�He,�aa„..public
J��_� :na, a a a
lip-es wide.the-prvrrsions -af^izvrattt¢tt ee idling therefor and a fn id..... gfthe liability of
a �*m7�
the proper«, ehaFg dl to the extent al eFein specified, may be eelleetod&& ^per of-the land in amount
the name of and by the e4y of the contraetof as any otheF elaim iu any court of competef4juFisdietian,with rest
et the rate of eight(9)p per annum. Such special twi shall be issued d li d in H �p �
ordinance;pFovided that:p shall the prayi Page of this seetioH apply,where the east of any such
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impFevement shall exeeed sixty cents ($0.60)pe�_.frrvrtcw«F�c,F annum{p e pFepeFli abutting upon aRy et
avenue, alley or public-�nvf$:
(C-0de 1977
State law referenee Muflieipal.. .t6„r:ty to levy ..e..:.J t,...F...,......,.:.....m. e....,nts oenn., c 98.530.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval.
Passed: �G�� I ��� Approved: rK�a
Presiding Offi r Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk ltity Counselor
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