Sec. 174. - Claims.

An owner of a lot or of land bounding or abutting upon a proposed improvement, claiming that damage will be sustained by reason of the improvement, shall file such claim with the city clerk within two weeks after the service of notice or the completion of the publication hereinbefore provided. Such claim shall be in writing and shall set forth the amount of damages claimed, with a general description of the property with respect to which it is claimed the damage will accrue. Any owner who fails so to do shall be deemed to have waived such damages, and shall be barred from filing a claim or receiving damages therefor. This provision shall apply to all damage which will obviously result from the improvement, but shall not deprive the owner of the right to recover damages, arising, without the owner's fault, from acts of the city or of its agents. If, subsequent to the filing of such claim, the owner sell the property, or any part thereof, the right of damages, if any, shall follow the ownership of the land without other transference of the claim.

(Amended 11-3-98.)