Before the Council adopts any ordinance ordering the construction of any public improvement or the acquisition of any property for public use, or both, herein referred to as “improvement,” where the cost thereof is to be paid in whole or in part by special assessments or through special assessment taxes upon lands, a public hearing may be held and a finding and determination made by the Council as provided herein that the public convenience and necessity require the same.
If such procedure is not so followed and if such finding and determination is not made pursuant thereto, the requirements otherwise prescribed by the Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 1931 (Div. 4, Streets and Highways Code) and Article XIII, Section 17, of the Constitution shall be complied with before any such ordinance may be adopted.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 102,700.
The Council may order and hold a public hearing to find and determine whether the public convenience and necessity require any such improvement. Before ordering such hearing the Council shall determine in general the nature, location and extent of such proposed improvement or acquisition. Reference may be made to one or more plans, profiles, specifications, maps or plats for the description of the improvement and for all particulars relative thereto, which plans, profiles, specifications, maps, or plats shall be on file with the City Clerk or the City Engineer and open to inspection.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 102,700.
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