Upon the completion of the work where done by the Department of Public Works or upon the acceptance of the work by the Director of Public Works where the work is done under contract, the following shall be the procedure for the assessment of the cost of the work against the property or property owners:
(a) The City Manager shall cause a notice to be served upon the owner of each lot or parcel of land to be assessed, or otherwise affected, or upon the person in whose name the property may be assessed for taxation. Such notice shall be served in the manner provided for service of summons in civil actions, and as to all nonresidents and persons not found within the City, publication of the notice shall be made at least once in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the City. Such notice shall contain a general description of the work done, the names of the property owners assessed, the amount of each assessment, the total cost of the improvement and the time and place of a hearing by Council prior to the final assessment of the costs thereof.
(b) Council shall hold a public hearing pursuant to the notice provided in the preceding subsection and shall hear all protests or objections to the proposed assessment of costs. If the assessments, as proposed, are found to be fair and equitable, the same shall be approved and made final in ten days. If Council after the hearing shall find that the assessment and assessments are unjust or inequitable, it shall ascertain, fix and assess the cost among and upon the property owners justly and equitably and shall thereupon approve and order assessments to be made final within ten days.
(1969 Code §23-57)