(A) At any time after the passage of the resolution determining that the improvement or some part thereof shall be made, the Superintendent of Public Works shall ascertain, as nearly as possible, the cost of the improvement and report the cost to the City Council. The City Council shall proceed thereafter by ordinance to assess the various lots, parcels of land, or portions thereof specially benefitted by the improvement, with its share of the cost of the improvement, or so much thereof as the City Council shall determine to be appropriate. The City Council, in adopting a method of assessment of the costs of the improvement, may:
(1) Use any just and reasonable method of determining the extent of the improvement district consistent with the benefits derived;
(2) Use any just and reasonable method of apportioning the sum to be assessed among the properties benefitted; and/or
(3) Authorize payment by the city of all or any part of the cost of the improvement when, in the opinion of the City Council, the topographical or physical conditions, unusual or excessive public travel, or other character of the work involved warrant only a partial payment or no payment of the costs of the improvement by the property benefitted. The proportion to be paid by the city shall represent a reasonable relation between the benefits derived by the property specially assessed and the benefits derived by the city as a whole.
(B) Nothing in this subchapter precludes the City Council from using other available means of financing improvements, including federal or state grants-in-aid, sewer, water, or other utility charges or fees, revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, or any other legal means of finance. If other means of financing improvements are used, the City Council, in its discretion, may levy special assessments according to the benefits derived to cover any remaining part of the costs of the improvement.
(Prior Code, § 91.23) (Ord. 333, passed 2-8-1971)