How to ask the county to change a special tax district

(a) If a petition signed by the landowners (or lessees described in section 32-27) of twenty-five percent or more of the territory within the district is filed with the council requesting that proceedings be commenced to change the term of the district or the types of facilities financed by the district or that the rate or method of apportionment of an existing special tax be changed, or that a new special tax be levied, the council shall thereafter adopt an ordinance of consideration in the form specified in section 32-39 to make those changes within the district except that the term of a district shall not be reduced and an existing special tax being used to retire any debt incurred in order to finance facilities under this chapter shall not be reduced or terminated if doing so would interfere with the timely retirement or otherwise impair the security of that debt. (b) Any petition pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee (if any) which the council determines is necessary to compensate the County for costs incurred in conducting proceedings to change the district pursuant to this article. (1994, ord 94-77, sec 3.)32-37