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15 <br />the records of the City, and if no address is shown there, to the address shown in the tax records <br />of the Snohomish County Assessor. Failure of the ratepayer to receive any mailed notice shall <br />not release the ratepayer from the duty to pay the assessment or, except as authorized by Section <br />16, from payment on the due date and any delinquency charges. <br />Section 16. CORRECTION OF ASSESSMENT - APPEAL.. <br />I . Any person, having been issued a notice of assessment, interest, and/or penalties pursuant <br />to this ordinance may, within thirty (30) days after issuance of the original notice of the amount <br />thereof, or the period covered by any extension of the due date thereof granted by the Mayor or <br />the Mayor's designee, petition the City in writing for a correction in the amount of the <br />assessment, interest and/or penalties and for a conference for examination and review of the <br />assessment, interest and/or penalties, which petition shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk <br />within the specified thirty -day period. The petition shall set forth the reason why the correction <br />should be granted and the amount of assessment, interest, and penalties (if any) which the <br />petitioner believes to be due. The Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall promptly consider the <br />petition, and may grant or deny it. If denied, the petitioner shall be notified by mail, together <br />with the reasons for such denial. If a conference is granted, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee <br />shall fix the time and place therefor and notify the petitioner thereof by mail.. After the <br />conference with the Mayor or the Mayor's designee, the Mayor or the Mayor's designee may <br />make such determinations as may appear to the Mayor or the Mayor's designee to be just and <br />lawful, consistent with the provisions of this ordinance, and shall mail a copy of such <br />determination to the petitioner. Such determination of the Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall <br />be final and conclusive as of the date of the determination, unless within thirty (30) days <br />following the date of the determination, the petitioner obtains a writ of certiorari from the <br />Superior Court of Washington for Snohomish County, for purpose of review of the <br />determination. <br />2. If no petition requesting the City to correct the amount of the assessment, interest, and/or <br />penalties and for a conference for examination and review of the assessment, interest, and/or <br />penalties is filed within the thirty -day period, the assessment, interest, and/or penalties covered <br />by the notice shall become final, and any right to contest or appeal such amount shall be deemed <br />conclusively waived. <br />Section 17. DELINQUENT PAYMENTS. <br />If an assessment has not been paid within thirty days after its due date, and the ratepayer has been <br />making prompt payments in the past, the City official in charge of assessment collections shall <br />send a reminder notice and add a $20.00 processing fee. If (a) the assessment is not paid within <br />sixty days after its due date or (b) the assessment was not paid within thirty days, and the <br />ratepayer has been late on one of the previous two payments, a delinquency charge shall be added <br />in the amount of ten percent of the assessment in addition to the processing fee. All assessments <br />which are not paid when due shall also bear interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum from <br />the date payment was due. <br />135 <br />