Disclaimers
The City's Website is provided by the City of South Gate on an "AS-IS, AS-AVAILABLE" basis without any warranties of any kind, express or implied. This site, to the fullest extent permitted by law, disclaims all warranties, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability, title, non-infringement of third parties rights, and fitness for particular purpose. The City's Website makes no warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the sites. Without limitation on the foregoing:
1. The City's Website does not warrant that the sites will operate error-free or that the sites and their servers are free of computer viruses or other harmful mechanisms. If your use of the sites results directly or indirectly in the need for servicing or replacing equipment or data, the City's Website is not responsible for those costs.
2. The City's Website makes no representations or guarantees regarding the truthfulness, accuracy, legality, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any documents posted by users, or of any other form of communication engaged in by users. Documents may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. You agree that any reliance on documents posted by users, or on any other form of communication with users, will be at your own risk.
3. The City's Website makes no representations or guarantees regarding the content of the sites, including, but not limited to, broken links, inaccuracies or typographical errors.
4. The City's Website makes no representations or guarantees regarding the effectiveness of the services or timeliness of the services in meeting your employment objectives. The City's Website does not guarantee that the services will result in positions being open, candidates being hired, positions being filled or employees being retained, and is not responsible or liable for any business, employment, hiring and/or salary decisions, for whatever reason made, made by you.
No Legal Advice
Any materials available on the City's Website (the "Materials") that have been prepared by the City of South Gate, its Staff and other contributors are for informational purposes only, are not legal advice, and should not be relied on as such. The City of South Gate does not guarantee or warrant that the Materials are accurate, complete or up-to-date. The Materials are general in nature and may not apply to any particular factual or legal circumstances. The Materials are not intended to be a substitute for any user obtaining a legal advice from competent, independent, legal counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. If you want legal advice, please consult a lawyer. This site is not intended to create, and your use of the Materials do not constitute, a lawyer-client relationship. You should not act upon any of the Materials without seeking professional counsel. Any opinions, whether legal or otherwise, expressed on this site are solely those of the respective author(s).
User Authentication
Because user authentication on the Internet is difficult, the City's Website cannot and does not confirm that any user is who they claim to be. Because the City's Website does not and cannot be involved in user-to-user dealings or control the behavior of any users or other participants on the sites, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, by accessing and using this site, you agree to waive and release this site from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential and direct and indirect) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.
No Warranties
The City of South Gate does not make any express or implied warranties, representations or endorsements whatsoever (including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) with regard to the City's Website, the materials, any products, information or service provided through this site, or any third party sites listed on the City's Website, and the City of South Gate shall not be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or indirectly from any such transaction. The City of South Gate does not warrant that the City's Website will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects in the City's Website will be corrected. The City's Website is provided on an "AS IS, AS-AVAILABLE" basis.
In no event will the City of South Gate or its elected officials, officers, employees, agents and the heirs, successor or assigns of same be liable for (1) any incidental, consequential, or indirect damages (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of programs or information, and the like) arising out of the use of or inability to use the City's Website, the materials or any information, or transactions provided on the City's Website or downloaded from the City's Website, even if the City of South Gate or its authorized representatives have been advised of the possibility of such damages, or (2) any claim attributable to errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in the City's Website, the materials and/or listings or information downloaded through the City's Website. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. In such states, the liability of the City of South Gate is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Indemnification
By accessing and using the City's Website, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City of South Gate and its elected officials, officers, employees, agents and the heirs, successors or assigns of same, from and against any and all loss, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses), claims, damages and liabilities related to or associated with your use of the City's Website and any violation of these Terms of Service by you.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions constitute a contract made under and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. You agree that the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, if it has subject matter jurisdiction, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any claims or disputes between you and the City of South Gate (and/or its elected officials, officers, employees, agents and the heirs, successors or assigns of same), pertaining directly or indirectly to these Terms of Service, or to any matter arising therefrom, or any other document executed and delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
Miscellaneous
Except as expressly provided in a particular legal notice posted by the City of South Gate on the City's Website, these Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between you and the City of South Gate with respect to the access and use of the City's Website and the Materials. The City of South Gate's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Service shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of these Terms of Service. The City of South Gate may assign its rights and duties under these Terms of Service to any party at any time without notice to you. The City of South Gate in its discretion reserves the right to revise these Terms of Service at any time and without prior notice.
Business License Tax Refunds (Section 2.08.210)
No license tax shall be refunded unless it is determined by the tax collector that the tax has been paid in error, computed incorrectly, overpaid or collected illegally, or the business has ceased operations for reasons beyond its control, or in any other instance where the tax collector, with the concurrence of the city manager, determines that a refund of the prorated amount of an unexpired business license is appropriate and proper. No refund shall be made unless a request is received by the tax collector within one year after the payment of the license tax. With respect to the determination of whether a refund is appropriate, the decision of the tax collector is final. Refunds will only be made to the person or company that paid for the license. Refunds will apply to license fees only; late payments or penalties paid will not be refunded.
Road Mitigation Fee Program (Section 5.35.020)
If a building permit expires, is revoked or is voluntarily surrendered and therefore voided, and no construction or improvement of land has been commenced under that building permit, the fee payer shall be entitled to a refund of the fee with any interest accrued thereon, paid as a condition of issuance of the building permit. Assignment of the right to a refund may be requested in writing and by the fee payer with a notarized signature.
Permit and Procedures - Fees (Section 11.51.100)
A. Filing Fees. All filing fees established by the city shall be paid upon the filing of an application, and such fees shall not be refundable. Applications shall not be deemed complete, and processing shall not commence on any application, until all required fees or deposits have been paid.
B. Recovery of Attorney's Fees. A prevailing party in any judicial action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding to abate or to cause the abatement of a public nuisance, or in any appeal or other judicial action arising therefrom, may recover reasonable attorney's fees in accordance with the following subsections:
The following information explains the privacy policy adopted by the City of South Gate (City) regarding any information you may supply to us when accessing and using the City's official internet website (Website) and any information that may be provided by the City to the public through the City's Website.
Privacy Statement
The City of South Gate has created this privacy policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the City's Website.
This City's Website contains links to other internet websites. The links on the City's Website are included as a convenience for the residents of the City. The City does not expressly or impliedly endorse any product, service, business or person represented by such links. To avoid any perception that the City of South Gate either endorses or provides favorable treatment to any private person or business enterprise, no corporate or commercial logo or direct links to a vendor or commercial website are allowed. It is the City of South Gate's policy to limit external links to the websites of the following kinds of entities and organizations:
Entities and organizations wishing to establish external links to their websites on the City's Website must submit a written (non-e-mailed) request to the City Manager's Office, which shall contain all information necessary to verify the facts stated and as may be necessary to establish the proposed link is in compliance with this policy. The City in its discretion reserves the right to (1) deny an external link application as to any business or organization when it is determined, following review of a complete application, the entity or organization for which application is made does not meet the criteria set forth in this policy; (2) deny an external link application as to any business, organization or person which fails, in the City 's opinion, to provide all required information, or truthful information; (3) remove any external link if the nature of the business, organization or person to which the link relates no longer complies with the City's external link policy; or (4) to revise this Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice.
Collection of Information
On certain occasions, the public has opportunities to share personal information online with the City while accessing and using the City's Website in order to facilitate better correspondence and service. This information includes but is not limited to email addresses, responses to surveys, and registering for services to be created.
Use of Information
Confidentiality of Information
The City of South Gate will not disclose the personal information of any user which is collected online while accessing or using the City's Website pursuant to Government Code § 6255, unless disclosure is otherwise required under federal or state law, including, but not limited to the California Public Records Act, or by court order or decree.
The City will make reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of information it receives on-line to the same extent it is legally able to do so with respect to information obtained through other means. The City of South Gate will not sell such personal information to third parties or private organizations.
The City of SouthGate also does not release any information about the collection of Internet Protocol addresses to any third party, unless disclosure is required by the California Public Records Act or by court order. The City's Website will archive web server log files in order to create aggregate statistical reports, detect errors, and for security reasons. Aggregate reports about website visitors may be generated. The City of South Gate will make reasonable efforts not to have these reports contain any personally identifiable information. The City's Website web log files may eventually be deleted in accordance with the City document retention policies.
Cookies
To help make the City's Website responsive to the needs of our visitors, the City's Website uses a standard feature of browser software, called a "cookie", to assign each visitor a unique, random number that resides on your computer. The cookie does not identify the visitor, just the computer that a visitor uses to access our site. Unless you voluntarily identify yourself, we won't know who you are, even if we assign a cookie to your computer as the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply. A cookie cannot read unrelated data off your computer. We use cookies help us deliver a better, more personalized service. For example, we use cookies to track the pages and services on the City's Website visited by our users.
Please keep in mind that the City's Website is a public space, so don't post anything that you don't want the world to see. Credit card numbers, product keys, and other confidential information, including anything covered under a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), should not be posted to any blogs, discussions, or other public areas while accessing and using the City's Website.