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Information for Mountain View Estates Residents on
Possible Annexation into the City of Calabasas
The City
of Calabasas welcomes Mountain View Estates residents to the Calabasas
website. This page will provide links to information about potential
annexation into the City of
Calabasas, benefits to joining Calabasas, and frequently asked questions
about annexation.
Benefits of Annexation:
Frequently Asked
Questions
Residents with
unaddressed questions may contact the Community Development Director
Maureen Tamuri at (818) 224-1600 or via email at
mtamuri@cityofcalabasas.com.
Questions include:
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Q: What costs, if any, will residents be required to pay if Mountain View
Estates is annexed?
A: Annexation will have ZERO financial impact on residents.
Property taxes will not be affected and utility taxes currently paid by
Mountain View Estates residents are identical to those charged by the
City of Calabasas.
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Q:
How much
money will the City of Calabasas receive from Mountain View Estates
taxes if it is annexed?
A:
The City of Calabasas currently receives an average of 4.7 cents from
every dollar that our residents pay in property tax. If we assume that
the City will receive the same share from
Mountain View Estates,
the amount coming to the City would be computed as follows: Property in
California is taxed at 1% of assessed value. Assuming the average home
in Mountain View Estates
is
assessed at $2.0 million, then property tax on that home would be
$20,000. The City would receive .047% of that $20,000, or $940.
Multiplied by the 385 homes in
Mountain View Estates,
the City would receive $361,900 in property tax annually.
Additionally, Mountain View Estates
residents pay the County a 5% Utility Users Tax (UUT). The City also
has a 5% UUT. Upon annexation, this UUT would come to the City.
Assuming $25 per home per month is paid in UUT, then $9,625 would also
come to the City monthly. On a yearly basis that would come to
$115,500.
So, the total amount that the City of Calabasas would receive if
Mountain View Estates is annexed would be about $477,400.
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Q: How would this
money be used?
100% of this money would be spent locally to pay for City services,
Sheriff Services, roads, medians, community programs, and everything
that makes Calabasas such a great place to live. Currently, this money
is spent throughout the County of Los Angeles.
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Q:
How was Mountain View Estates identified to be annexed to the City of
Calabasas?
A: Calabasas recently adopted a newly updated
General Plan which identified several north lying areas "bookended"
by Calabasas as having the potential for being annexed to the
City.
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Q: What are the major differences in the City and Los Angeles County
Municipal Codes?
A: Los Angeles County and Calabasas municipal codes are very
similar. A few points of interest in the Calabasas municipal code
include a requirement that mobile car was businesses be licensed to
ensure compliance with environmental protection regulations, a
requirement that pet owners clean-up after their pets, and the
secondhand smoke control ordinance.
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Q:
Will Calabasas exercise powers of eminent domain over open spaces owned
by Mountain View Estates?
A: No. The City of Calabasas is known as a protector of open
space and has never exercised eminent domain to take any property.
Calabasas is willing to enter into a pre-annexation contract ensuring
that the City would never exercise power of eminent domain over any
property owned by Mountain View Estates.
Answers to
more questions may be found in the
Mountain View Estates Annexation Q&A Document
(pdf).
Responses to Recently Submitted Resident Questions:
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