HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-12 - Requesting Permanent Exemption from Levy of Taxes for Fire ProtectionRESOLUTION NO. 73-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
HAS AN ORGANIZED 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 BOARD 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.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
THAT, 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 bene-
fit in fire protection is received or required by such property from
structural fire protection given by the County of Orange; and
WHEREAS, Section 25643 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 pro-
viding adequate structural fire protection to all property within said
City; and that no additional benefit in fire protection is received or
required by such property from structural fire protection given by the
County of Orange.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, 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 permanently from the levy of the County tax for
structural fire protection all property within the limits of the City of
Costa Mesa, California, as authorized and permitted by Section 25643 of
the Government Code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of February, 1973.
Mayo of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cos Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, 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. 73-12 was duly and
regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 20th day of February, 1973.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa, this 21st day of February, 1973.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk A the
City Council of the City of CosFa Mesa