The Director of Finance may report to Council any bills for tree work done on private property by the City remaining unpaid after a thirty (30) day period, whereupon Council may by ordinance levy five percent as a special assessment against the parcel of land upon which the tree existed, making such work necessary. Such assessment shall be payable in cash within thirty (30) days of the passage of such ordinance, otherwise in one (1) year and shall be certified to the County Auditor and collected as other taxes. Such assessing ordinance shall be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, but no other notice need be given except as hereinbefore provided, and no other proceedings need be taken to make such levy valid assessment and lien against such parcel of land.
Assessments against more than one (1) parcel of land may be combined in one (1) assessing ordinance, provided that the assessment on any individual parcel shall be limited to the total cost of the work performed on that parcel.
(1943 R.O., Ch. II, Art. J.)