TITLE 4: LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS

   Chapter

      4.04   PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

      4.08   SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

      4.12   ADVANCE FINANCING OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

      4.20   SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES

      4.24   ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

      4.28   URBAN RENEWAL PLAN

      4.32   REAL PROPERTY COMPENSATION; PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING DEMANDS

CHAPTER 4.04: PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES

Section

   4.04.010   Definitions.

   4.04.020   Declaration of intention; report from City Engineer; recommendations.

   4.04.030   Council consideration of Engineer’s report.

   4.04.040   Notice of hearing on Engineer’s report.

   4.04.050   Hearing procedure.

   4.04.060   Manner of doing work; contracts, bids and bonds.

   4.04.070   Special hearing when low bid exceeds estimate.

   4.04.080   Assessment ordinance.

   4.04.090   Method of assessment and alternative methods of financing.

   4.04.100   Appeal.

   4.04.110   Lien recording; interest; foreclosure

   4.04.120   Notice of assessment; bonding.

   4.04.130   Errors in assessment calculations.

   4.04.140   Deficit assessment.

   4.04.150   Rebate.

   4.04.160   Abandonment of proceedings.

   4.04.170   Curative provisions.

   4.04.180   Reassessment.

§ 4.04.010 Definitions.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   City Engineer refers to the duly appointed and then acting City Engineer of the city and/or other engineer or firm of engineers appointed by the City Council in connection with any proposed improvement.

   Owner, in relation to the ownership of real property, means the record holder of the legal title to the land in question; except that if there is a purchaser of the land whose interest therein is evidenced by a recorded contract for the sale thereof or by written verified statement of the record holder of the legal title, and which verified statement has been duly filed with the Recorder of the city, then the purchaser shall be deemed the Owner.

§ 4.04.020 Declaration of intention; report from City Engineer; recommendations.

   A.   Whenever the Council shall decide to make street, sewer, sidewalk or other public improvements to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments, the Council shall by motion declare its intention to initiate the improvement, and by that motion direct the City Engineer to make a survey and a written report of the proposed project and file the same with the City Recorder within the time set forth by the Council in the motion.

   B.   The report shall contain:

      1.   A plat or map showing the general nature, location and extent of the improvements proposed and the lands to be assessed for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs thereof;

      2.   Plans, specifications and estimates of the work to be done;

      3.   An estimate of the probable cost of the improvement, including legal, administrative and engineering costs attributable thereto;

      4.   A recommendation as to the method of assessment to be used, in order that a fair apportionment of the whole or any portion of the costs of the improvement can be assessed to the property to be specially benefited thereby, and which recom- mendation shall be in accord with the provisions of § 4.04.090;

      5.   An estimate of the unit cost of the improvements to the specially benefited properties derived from applying the recommended assessment method to the estimated cost of the improvement;

      6.   A description of the location and assessed value of each lot, tract or parcel of land or portion thereof to be specially benefited by the improvement, with the names of the record owners thereof and when readily available the names of other owners thereof as defined in this chapter;

      7.   A statement showing outstanding assessments against property to be assessed; and

      8.   Any other information required by the Council.