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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 3847
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING CHAPTER 24 ENTITLED PROCEDURE IN FORECLOSURE
OF DELINQUENT LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS , TITLE I
(ADMINISTRATIVE) OF ORDINANCE NO. 1628 ENTITLED
"CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RENTON"
BY ADDING NEW SECTIONS INVOLVING PAYMENT FOR ATTORNEY' S
FEES FOR FORECLOSING DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT LIENS ,
AUTHORIZING ACCELERATION ON DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF
LID ASSESSMENTS , ESTABLISHING THE DATES FOR SALE
OF PROPERTY AFTER LIEN FORECLOSURE, AND ESTABLISHING
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF FORECLOSURE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: Chapter 24 of Title I (Administrative) of
Ordinance No. 1628 entitled "Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Renton" is hereby amended by adding the following new sections:
Section 1-2403 : DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF FORECLOSURE.
On any date after the date when two installments of any Local Improve-
ment District assessments are delinquent, the Finance Director of the
City of Renton is authorized to send a delinquent assessment notice
to the address last known to the Finance Director stating the amount
due upon each separate lot, tract or parcel of property, and that
foreclosure proceedings will be commenced thirty (30) days after
receipt of the notice . If the person ,whose name appears on the tax
roll of the County Assessor as owner of the property or the address
shown for the owner differs from that appearing on the City ' s assessment
roll, the Finance Director shall also mail a copy to that person or
that address . Upon failure to pay the delinquent assessment and the
passage of thirty (30) days, the City Attorney is authorized to commence
foreclosure by any method provided in RCW Title 35 , including RCW
35 . 50 . 220 and 35 . 50 . 250 .
Section 1-2404 : COLLECTION OF ATTORNEY ' S FEES FOR FORECLOSING
DELINQUENT LIENS: Should any person or property against which a LID
lien is imposed not pay those assessments as they become due., and should
it be necessary for the City of Renton to institute an action or
proceeding to foreclose on the lien of these assessments, then the City
shall have the right to claim its costs and a reasonable attorney' s
fee for the prosecution of such assessment lien foreclosure proceeding.
Any judgment for attorney ' s fees and costs shall constitute a portion
of the judgment to be enforced by foreclosing of the lien and such
attorney' s fees and costs shall be paid before the assessments shall
be considered paid current.
Section 1-2405: ACCELERATION ON DEFAULT. Should any
property assessed under an LID fail to pay yearly assessments as they
come due for two or more successive years , then the City of Renton
may at its discretion, acceleratethe full amount of the remaining LID
assessments and demand payment of that full amount. Should the City
initiate litigation to foreclose on the lien of the LID assessments,
then the City shall have the option to claim in that litigation the
full amount of the unpaid LID assessments thus accelerated; provided
that the payment of all the delinquent installments, together with
interest, penalty and costs at any time before entry of judgment and
foreclosure shall extend the time of payment on the remainder of the
assessment as if there had been no delinquency or foreclosure .
Section 1-2406 : TIME AND PLACE OF SALE. Should the City
of Renton obtain a .judgment or order of sale authorizing the Finance
Director of the City of Renton to sell any property or delinquent
LID liens which have been foreclosed, then the Finance Director shall
schedule the sale at 10 : 00 A.M. on any .Friday of any month on the steps
of the Renton Municipal Building or such other place to which the sale
may be adjourned from the front steps of the Renton Municipal Building.
SECTION II: This Ordinance shall be effective upon its
passage and approval and five days after publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1st day of October- , 1984 .
Maxine E . Motor, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this lst day of -: Oc.tobor- , 1984 .
Barbara Y. Shinpoc , Mayor
Approved as to form:
Lawrence J. Warr n, City-Attorney
Date of Publication: October 5 , 1984