If all of the owners of all parcels contiguous to a proposed improvement, or intended to be served by such improvement, and the City agree upon all terms and conditions of the construction of the project and upon the amounts to be assessed as public benefit and the amounts to be assessed against such parcels and the owners thereof, and if such owners present to the Public Works Director a written contract or contracts between all of such owners with a contractor or contractors for the performance of such work, together with a satisfactory performance bond or bonds, the same shall be presented to the City Manager, with the Public Works Director's report thereon containing his or her approval or disapproval. If the City Manager authorizes such owners to proceed to construct the improvement in accordance with the terms of such contract or contracts, the improvement shall be constructed in accordance with the terms of such contract or contracts. No such contract shall be approved unless it provides that the contractor and all others entitled to be paid for the work to be done shall be paid in full, in cash, by such owners not later than the completion of the work. The City shall have no liability to the contractor or contractors for payment for such work, but it shall have the right at all times to inspect the work as it is being done and to stop the work in the event it is not being done in accordance with the terms of the contract or contracts.
(1977 Code §39-113; Ord. 94-80. Passed 9-19-94; Ord. 2017-56. Passed 7-17-17.)