(A) The City Council may, when requested by any property owner, construct, change, or repair any sidewalk upon the terms and conditions as agreed upon by the property owner and the City Council without setting up a special assessment district. The expense to be paid by the property owner, if not paid on demand or as agreed, shall be levied as a special assessment upon the land adjacent or abutting thereon, together with a collection charge of 10% of the share, shall be a lien upon the property and shall be collected according to law and in the same manner as other city taxes, including interest.
(B) The property owner may elect to pay his or her assessment at the rate of 20% per year over a period of five years. The installation payments, however, shall be subjected to an interest charge on the unpaid balance at the rate of 9% per annum.
(C) In addition to the provisions set forth in divisions (A) and (B) above, the property owner may request the City Council to provide for a matching co-pay for 1/2 the amount of replacement costs for the construction, change, or repair of any sidewalk. The City Council will then budget annually for the co-pay amount and a property owner would be considered and accepted on a first-come basis unless a situation exists endangering public safety whereby the City Council would give preferential consideration to the dangerous sidewalk conditions. New construction costs of sidewalks, however, will be totally the responsibility of the owner. The terms and provisions of divisions (A) and (B) above remain fully intact, and if the remaining co-pay amount of the owner remains unpaid, after demand is made as agreed, the terms and provisions set forth in divisions (A) and (B) above shall take effect.
(1995 Code, § 50-31) (Ord. 121-B, passed 6-3-1991)