If all the owners and lessees of 100 percent of the frontage to be assessed upon any public highway, or of 100 percent of the area of land to be assessed, such frontage or area being designated by such persons as a proposed improvement district, file a duly acknowledged petition requesting the type of improvements mentioned in § 14-10.2, the council shall proceed in the manner specified in § 14-10.2 and all the provisions therein shall be applicable. In interpreting such section, “100 percent” shall be substituted wherever “60 percent” appears. If such a petition is filed, it shall be unnecessary to give notice of the proposed improvements, provide the preliminary report and make a presentation to the neighborhood board or boards, as provided in § 14-10.1(b), or call for a public hearing as provided in § 14-10.4. If all of such owners and lessees shall file a duly acknowledged written consent to the amount and apportionment of the proposed assessments, it shall be unnecessary to give the notice or to hold the hearing specified by § 14-11.1 and the council may immediately proceed to fix the assessments in the manner provided by § 14-11.1.
(Sec. 24-3.3, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 14, Art. 25, § 14-25.3) (Am. Ords. 90-91, 00-06)