(A) On the day at the time stated in the notice given pursuant to Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 1093, any person, firm, corporation or association interested in any property that may be claimed to be subject to assessment for the purpose of paying the cost of any improvement or any part thereof, made pursuant to § 99.02, including any railroad or street railroad against the properties of which and/or the owner of which an assessment is proposed, shall be entitled to and shall be afforded a full and fair hearing before the City Council as to all matters offending the property or any claim of personal liability or objection to any irregularity or invalidity of any of the proceedings with reference to the making of the improvement, or any other objection thereto, and at such time such owner shall have the right to contest any assessment proposed to be levied and any personal liability, the regularity of the proceedings with reference to the improvement and the benefit of the improvement to his property, and no assessment shall be made against the owner of any abutting property or against his property in any event, in excess of the benefit to such owner in the enhanced value of his property by means of such improvement, as ascertained at such hearing.
(B) At the hearing provided for above, all persons making objections shall be afforded opportunity to appear in person and/or by representative or attorney, and produce evidence, and the hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the City Council until fully completed, and the City Council shall inquire into and determine all such objections.
('68 Code, § 25-3)
Statutory reference:
Council to adopt rules providing for hearings to property owners relative to street improvement assessments, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 1094.