SECTION 8.01.  POWER TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND LEVY ASSESSMENTS.
   The City may make any type of public improvements not forbidden by law and levy special assessments to pay all or any part of the cost of such improvements as are of a local character. The total assessments for any local improvement may not exceed the cost of the improvement, including all costs and expenses connected therewith, with interest. No assessment shall exceed the benefits to the property.