At the initial hearing on a proposed maintenance assessment district initiated by resolution of the city council, the city council shall receive and consider the city engineer's report on the proposed assessment district, as well as all comments on such report or any other matter relevant to the establishment of the proposed assessment district made by the owners within the boundaries of the proposed assessment district. At the conclusion of the hearing, the city council shall either approve the city engineer's report as presented, approve the city engineer’s report with such modifications to such report as the city council determines to be necessary in order comply with the requirements of law, or abandon further proceedings on the proposed maintenance assessment district if the council determines that the district cannot be established in a manner that complies with the requirements of law or that establishment of the assessment district is not otherwise warranted.
If, at the conclusion of such hearing, the city council determines to modify any provision of the city engineer’s report bearing on the reasons for the proposed maintenance assessment district, the total amount of the annual assessment chargeable to the entire assessment district, the method used to calculate the annual assessment against any lot or parcel of property within the boundaries of the assessment district, the amount of the assessment levied against any lot or parcel within the assessment district, or the duration of the assessment district, the city clerk shall promptly cause notice of such modification to be served on each owner of property within the assessment district affected by such modification prior to the protest hearing on the assessment district. Similarly, if at the conclusion of such hearing, the city council determines to abandon further proceedings on the proposed maintenance assessment district, the city clerk shall promptly serve notice thereof on all property owners within the boundaries of the proposed assessment district.
(Ord. 2129)