Chapter 13.56
OFFSET OF CONDEMNATION AWARDS
Sections:
13.56.010 Offset of condemnation awards.
13.56.030 Cancellation of indebtedness.
13.56.040 Construction of chapter.
13.56.010 Offset of condemnation awards.
Whenever, in condemnation proceedings prosecuted by the city, compensation or damages or both are awarded to the owners of, and other parties interested in, any real property taken or damaged, and an assessment upon property benefited is made to pay the whole or any part of the compensation or damages, or both awarded in such proceeding, and any person or persons to whom any such award of compensation or damages or both is made, also owns real property which is assessed in the same proceeding to pay the compensation and damages awarded in said proceeding, such person or persons may offset, pro tanto, the amount of the compensation or damages, or both, awarded to such person or persons, against the assessment levied upon real property owned by such person or persons, in the manner herein provided. (Prior code § 13.56.010)
13.56.020 Offset procedure.
Any person or persons wishing to offset award of compensation and damages, or both, against any assessment, as provided in Section 13.52.030 of this chapter, shall receipt upon the execution docket of the court in which such award is made, and make satisfaction, on said execution docket, of the amount so sought to be made an offset; and shall procure from the clerk of said court and present to the city treasurer a certificate under the seal of the court specifying the amount of which satisfaction has been made on the execution docket, the date of such satisfaction, the number and a brief title of the proceeding including the number of the ordinance under which said proceeding was prosecuted. (Prior code § 13.56.020)
13.56.030 Cancellation of indebtedness.
The city treasurer, upon receipt by him of the certificate provided for in Section 13.56.020 of this chapter, is authorized and directed to cancel such assessment upon the assessment roll, to the amount specified in said certificate, making suitable notation thereof upon the assessment roll. (Prior code § 13.56.030)
13.56.040 Construction of chapter.
This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing or permitting the offsetting of compensation or damages awarded in one condemnation proceeding against an assessment made or levied in another or different condemnation proceeding. (Prior code § 13.56.040)