At any time prior to the day set for hearing protests in relation to the proposed improvement any person interested and affected by the proposed assessment may make written protest stating the person’s objections thereto. Such protests must contain a description of the property in which each signer thereof is interested, sufficient to identify the same, and be delivered to the City Clerk, and no other protests shall be considered. The City Clerk shall endorse on every such protest the date of its reception by the City Clerk, and shall, at the time appointed for said hearing, present the same to the Council.
At the time set for hearing protests or at any time to which the hearing may be continued the Council shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made and its decision shall be final and conclusive. At such hearing the Council, by an affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members, may order changes in the proposed improvement by the elimination of any portion thereof and in the boundaries of the proposed Assessment District to eliminate therefrom any territory which will not, in its opinion, be benefited by the improvement to be made, and, by a majority vote, may confirm, amend, alter, modify or correct the assessment or diagram in such manner as to it shall seem just. If protests are sustained, the proceedings shall be abandoned but may be renewed any time. If protests are denied, or in case no protests have been filed, the proposed or modified assessment shall be confirmed and the Council shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to further proceed in accordance with the provisions of the chapter.
Thereafter the Council shall, by ordinance, order the improvement as proposed or changed to be made and declare its confirmation of the said assessment, which ordinance shall be final and conclusive on all persons in all particulars and the assessment shall thereafter be levied as hereinafter provided upon the lots, pieces or parcels of land within the Assessment District.
SECTION HISTORY
Based on Ord. No. 75,000.
Amended by: Ord. No. 105,920.