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Sec. 168. - Estimated assessment.
Upon the passage of said resolution it shall be certified to the chief engineer who shall thereupon proceed to make and file with the city clerk an assessment report, in accordance with the method of assessment provided in the res...
Sec. 169. - [Lands unalloted or not on duplicate.]
When special assessments are to be levied by the percentage of tax value of the property assessed or by the foot frontage of the property bounding or abutting upon all the improvements, and there are lands subject to such assessme...
Sec. 170. - Notice—how served.
A notice of the passage of such resolution and of the fact that such estimated assessment has been filed, and of the time within which objections may be made, shall be served by the city clerk, or an assistant, upon the owner of e...
Sec. 171. - Objections to assessments.
An owner of any lot or parcel so to be assessed, who objects to the amount or apportionment of such estimated assessments, shall file an objection in writing with the city clerk, within two weeks after the service of notice or com...
Sec. 172. - Board of revision.
When objections to such assessments have been filed as provided in the next preceding section, the council shall appoint a board of revision, consisting of three disinterested free holders of the city, residents of the city, and s...
Sec. 173. - Hearing on objection.
At the time so appointed said board of revision, after taking an oath faithfully and impartially to discharge its duties, shall proceed to hear all objections to such estimated assessment, and shall report to council its findings,...
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 no...
Sec. 175. - Damages assessed.
At or before the time of the passage of the ordinance determined to proceed with the improvement as hereinbefore provided, the council shall determine whether the claims for damages so filed shall be judicially inquired into befor...
Sec. 176. - [Procedure of city attorney.]
When the council determines to assess the damages after the completion of the improvement for which a claim for damages has been filed as hereinbefore provided, the city attorney shall within ten days after the completion of the i...
Sec. 177. - [Damage claims required.]
No person who claims damages arising from any cause, shall commence a suit therefor against the city until filing a claim for such damages with the city clerk and sixty days shall have elapsed thereafter. This provision shall not ...
Sec. 178. - Assessment of cost.
After any such improvement is completed and the cost ascertained, council shall, by ordinance, assess upon the property mentioned, and in the manner provided in the preliminary resolution, the entire cost and expense thereof, exce...
Sec. 179. - Collection of assessments.
Special assessments shall be payable by the owners of the property assessed at the time stipulated in the ordinance, levying or confirming the assessment, and shall be a lien from the date of the passage of said ordinance upon the...
Sec. 180. - Limitation on assessments.
The council shall limit all assessments to the special benefits conferred upon the property assessed, and in no case shall there be levied on any lot or parcel of land assessments for any or all purposes, within a period of five y...
Sec. 181. - City's portion of cost.
The city shall pay such part of the cost and expense of improvements for which special assessments are levied as the council deems just, which part shall not be less than one-fiftieth of all such cost and expense; and, in addition...
Sec. 181-1. - Petitions for improvements.
When a petition subscribed by the owners of sixty per cent of the front footage of property abutting upon a street, alley, easement, or other public improvement, or the owners of seventy-five per cent of the area to be assessed fo...
Sec. 182. - Assessments for replacing improvements.
Whenever an assessment is levied for the replacement of any street improvement for which an assessment has theretofore been made, there shall be deducted from the assessment, that might otherwise be made for such replacement, one-...
Sec. 183. - Sewer and water connections.
The director of public service shall have authority to compel the making of sewer and water connections in any street or other highway, the improvement of which has been determined upon by ordinance. The public service director sh...
Sec. 184. - Sidewalks.
The council may, by resolution, declare that certain specified sidewalks shall be constructed or repaired. Upon the passage of such a resolution the city clerk shall cause written notice of the passage thereof to be served upon th...