(A) Created. The City Council hereby creates the “Malta Underground Automatic Lawn Sprinkler Fund”, for the purpose of conserving water by the construction of underground automatic lawn sprinklers, which may hereafter be constructed by order of the City Council under the provisions of §§ 52.40 through 52.41 of this code of ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 3.18.010)
(B) Form. An application shall be submitted to Council by an owner(s) of real property located within the city limits. The application must be include a contractor’s invoice stating the cost of the underground automatic lawn sprinklers. The city will issue checks from the Underground Automatic Sprinkler Fund to pay the contractor for his or her services. The loans shall bear interest at the rate of 7% per annum, levying an annual assessment and tax against each lot or parcel of land upon which underground automatic sprinkler have been constructed pursuant to the application. The principal and interest on the loan are paid in seven annual equal instalments.
(Prior Code, § 3.18.020)
(C) Levy of assessment and tax. The City Council shall, annually, and before the first Monday in September of each year, pass and adopt a resolution levying an assessment and tax against each lot or parcel of land upon which underground automatic lawn sprinklers have been constructed under orders of the City Council pursuant to §§ 52.40 through 52.41 of this code of ordinances. Said resolution levying such assessments shall be in every manner prepared and certified the same as resolutions levying assessments for the making of improvements in special improvement districts.
(Prior Code, § 3.18.040)
(D) Delinquent taxes. No warrants shall be drawn from said fund for construction of an underground automatic lawn sprinkler on any lot, parcel or property for which there are owed to the city or any political subdivision of the state any delinquent taxes or assessments.
(Prior Code, § 3.18.050)
(Ord. 398, passed - -2001)