Ordinance 2842-05 - Laserfiche WebLink

t ' the records of the City, and if no address is shown there, to the address shown in the tax records of the Snohomish County Assessor. Failure of the ratepayer to receive any mailed notice shall not release the ratepayer from the duty to pay the assessment or, except as authorized by Section 16, from payment on the due date and any delinquency charges. Section 16. CORRECTION OF ASSESSMENT -APPEAL. 1. Any person, having been issued a notice of assessment, interest, and/or penalties pursuant to this ordinance may, within thirty (30) days after issuance of the original notice of the amount thereof, or the period covered by any extension of the due date thereof granted by the Mayor or the Mayor's designee, petition the City in writing for a correction in the amount of the assessment, interest and/or penalties and for a conference for examination and review of the assessment, interest and/or penalties, which petition shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk within the specified thirty-day period. The petition shall set forth the reason why the correction should be granted and the amount of assessment, interest, and penalties (if any) which the petitioner believes to be due. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall promptly consider the petition, and may grant or deny it. If denied, the petitioner shall be notified by mail, together with the reasons for such denial. If a conference is granted, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall fix the time and place therefor and notify the petitioner thereof by mail.. After the conference with the Mayor or the Mayor's designee, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee may make such determinations as may appear to the Mayor or the Mayor's designee to be just and lawful, consistent with the provisions of this ordinance, and shall mail a copy of such determination to the petitioner. Such determination of the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall be final and conclusive as of the date of the determination, unless within thirty (30) days following the date of the determination, the petitioner obtains a writ of certiorari from the Superior Court of Washington for Snohomish County, for purpose of review of the determination. 2. If no petition requesting the City to correct the amount of the assessment, interest, and/or penalties and for a conference for examination and review of the assessment, interest, and/or penalties is filed within the thirty-day period, the assessment, interest, and/or penalties covered by the notice shall become final, and any right to contest or appeal such amount shall be deemed conclusively waived. Section 17. DELINQUENT PAYMENTS. If an assessment has not been paid within thirty days after its due date, and the ratepayer has been making prompt payments in the past, the City official in charge of assessment collections shall send a reminder notice and add a $20.00 processing fee. If(a) the assessment is not paid within sixty days after its due date or (b) the assessment was not paid within thirty days, and the ratepayer has been late on one of the previous two payments, a delinquency charge shall be added in the amount of ten percent of the assessment in addition to the processing fee. All assessments which are not paid when due shall also bear interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum from the date payment was due.