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At any time prior to the confirmation of the proceedings and the assessments as herein provided, and any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be lawful for the Council to provide for a contribution toward the costs and expenses of any work or improvement to be done under this article from any funds made available for that purpose by the Council or by any local, state or national agency or authority, and it shall not be necessary to set forth or give notice of such contribution in the Ordinance of Intention or other proceedings hereunder but it shall be sufficient for the Council upon determining the amount thereof and making an appropriation therefore to direct the Board to deduct such amount from the whole cost of the work.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
The Council, in its discretion, may determine that assessments in amounts of $50 or more shall be payable in not to exceed 10 equal annual installments; and may also determine that after 90 days after publication of notice of the recording of the assessment all such sums then unpaid shall bear interest. Such interest shall be at a rate of not to exceed six per cent per annum and shall accrue in monthly amounts on the first day of each month after the said 90 days. The Council’s determination to allow payment of such assessments in installments, the number of installments and whether they shall bear interest and the rate thereof shall be declared in either the Ordinance of Intention or by a resolution adopted prior to the confirmation of the assessments.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857.
The validity of any assessment levied under the provisions of this article shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the same is commenced within 30 days after the time said assessment is levied, and any appeal from a final judgment in such action or proceeding must be perfected within 30 days after the entry of such judgment.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857.
After the assessment has been confirmed the City Clerk shall transmit it with the diagram to the Board of Public Works; and the said Board shall record such assessment and diagram in a suitable book to be kept in the Bureau of Engineering for that purpose, and append thereto its certificate of the date of the recording. Such record shall constitute the Assessment Roll and from the date of the recording all persons shall be deemed to have notice of its contents.
Immediately upon such recording the assessment shall be deemed to be levied and the several amounts assessed shall be payable and the assessments shall be liens against the lots or parcels or land assessed, respectively. The lien shall be subordinate to all existing special assessment liens previously imposed upon the same property, and shall be paramount to all other liens except for state, county and municipal taxes. The lien shall continue until the assessment and all penalties, interest and costs due and payable thereon are paid, or until the property is sold and deeded to the purchaser or assignee as provided herein.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; 1st para., Ord. No. 149,941*, Eff. 8-15-77.
* It is the intention of the City Council, as previously expressed by final action on the budget for the fiscal year 1977-1978, that by adoption of this ordinance the assessment functions previously performed by the Bureau of Assessments of the Department of Public Works be and are hereby transferred to and shall be performed by the City Engineer and that all obligations and assets which exist in the name of the Bureau of Assessments, by reason of any law or other authoritative assignment or delegation, whether specifically referred to in this ordinance or not, be and are hereby transferred to the City Engineer. It is further intended that any and all uses of the terms “Bureau of Assessments” and “Director of Assessments” in the codes and other laws and documents of this City shall hereinafter be deemed to mean and refer to, respectively, “Bureau of Engineering” and “City Engineer.”
The Board of Public Works shall cause a Notice of Recording to be published by one insertion in a daily or weekly newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the City. Said notice shall state the fact of the recording of the assessment and diagram; that the sums assessed are payable, and the times when amounts become delinquent; the rate, if interest is to be charged; that payment of the assessments or installments thereof and any interest thereon shall be made to the Bureau of Engineering prior to the delinquency dates therefor; and that, upon delinquency, any penalty or interest becoming due thereon shall be added to the delinquent assessment or installment. It shall also contain a statement that if any Cash Assessment becomes delinquent the assessed property will be advertised for sale and sold for the amounts due thereon plus costs as hereinafter provided.
SECTION HISTORY
Amended by: Ord. No. 149,941*, Eff. 8-15-77.
The Board shall also cause notices to be mailed, postage prepaid, addressed to the owners of assessed properties, or their agents, as their names and addresses appear in the property ownership records of the City Engineer, which notices shall contain descriptions of the respective lots or parcels of land of such owners and shall state the assessment numbers and amounts thereof, that the same are payable, and such other matters regarding interest, delinquency, penalties and sale as are required to be included in the published Notice of Recording and are applicable to such lots or parcels. The failure to mail any such statement or the failure of any person to receive the same shall not affect in any way whatsoever the validity of any proceedings taken under this article.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 85,500.
Amended by: Ord. No. 108,857; Ord. No. 181,595, Eff. 4-10-11.
Cash Assessments shall be due and payable when the Notice of Recording of assessments is published; and shall become delinquent if not paid in full within a period of 90 days after the date of such publication. At the close of business on the last day of said payment period a penalty of ten per cent of the unpaid amount shall be added to any delinquent Cash Assessment.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No 85,500.
Amended by: Ord No. 108,857.
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