Whenever the City Council deems it necessary for the benefit or protection of the public health, welfare or safety to incur any expense upon or in respect to any lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land other than lots or parcels of land in a special assessment district which are assessed to defray the cost of all or any part of a public improvement, it may by resolution authorize such expense to be incurred, setting forth in the resolution the description of the lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land upon which the expense is authorized to be incurred, the things necessary to be done thereon or changes made therein, the owner or owners or person or persons chargeable with such expense (if known), the purpose or purposes for which it is deemed necessary to incur the expense, and directing the Chief Administrator to proceed and cause to be done the things on or in respect to or make the changes therein set forth. Upon the adoption of the resolution by the City Council, the Chief Administrator shall proceed and cause to be done on or in respect to or make the changes in the lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land specified in the resolution, and upon the completion thereof he shall report the same to the City Council, together with an itemized statement verified by him showing the cost of all labor and material used in doing the things on or in respect to or making the changes in such lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land. Upon receipt of such report, the City Council shall and is hereby authorized to direct the Board of Special Assessors to make a special assessment roll and levy as a special assessment on the lot or lots or parcel or parcels of land upon or in respect to which the expense was incurred the amount of such expense.
(Ord. 2542, passed 1-26-1976)