HomeMy WebLinkAbout66-30 - Structural Fire Protection Tax - Exemption AskedRESOLUTION No. 66-30
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HAS AN ORGAN -
TZ ID FIRE DEPARTMENT IN OPERATION AND EXISTENCE WHICH PROVIDES
ADEQUATE STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION TO ALL PROPERTY WITHIN
SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING PETITION TO BE FILED WITH THE HOARD
OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF ORANGE TO HAVE PROPERTY WITHIN
SAID CITY EXCEPTED FROM THE LEVY OF ANY COUNTY TAX TO PROVIDE
STRUCTURAL FIRE PROTECTION.
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is a municipal corporation, organized
and existing under the general laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is situated within the County of Orange,
and does have an organized Fire Department in operation and existence which
is now providing adequate structural fire protection to all property within
the City of Costa Mesa, and no additional benefit in fire protection is
received or required by such property from structural fire protection given
by the County of Orange; and
WHEREAS, Section 256+3 of the Government Code of the State of California
provides that a City may petition the Board of Supervisors, in writing, for
the exclusion of property within the City from the levy of taxes for
structural fire protection, to be supported by a Resolution to be adopted
by the City Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa does hereby find that the City of Costa Mesa has an organized
Fire Department in operation and existence which is now providing adequate
structural fire protection to all property within said City; and that no
additional benefit in fire protection is received or required by such pro-
perty from structural fire protection given by the County of Orange.
RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
authorizes and directs a petition to be presented to the Honorable Board of
Supervisors of the County of Orange, State of California, supported by a
certified copy of this Resolution petitioning said County to except
from the levy of the County tax for structural fire protection all property
within the limits of the City of Costa Mesa, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March, 1966 ,
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 66-30 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 21st day of March, 1966.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 22nd day of March, 1966.)
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa