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(A) At the meeting or any adjournment thereof, the City Council shall consider the objections made, if any, to the proposed assessments, may amend the proposed assessment roll in respect to a particular parcel of land but shall not increase the assessment, and may then adopt by resolution the proposed assessment roll as made or as amended.
(B) Upon the adoption, the assessment roll shall be filed with the City Clerk, and upon the filing the amount assessed thereby against the respective parcels of land included therein, together with accrued interest at such rate per annum as the City Council may from time to time fix by resolution, shall become a lien thereon and continue until the assessment is fully paid.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-8)
(A) Any person being aggrieved by any assessment may appeal therefrom to the District Court of the county wherein the property is located by serving upon the City Clerk, within ten days after the filing of the assessment roll in the Administrator’s office, a notice of appeal stating the grounds of the appeal and giving a bond for $250 conditioned that he or she will diligently prosecute the appeal, pay all costs and disbursements which may be adjudged against him or her, and abide by the order of the court, and by filing a copy of the notice with proof of service thereof on the City Clerk with the court within two days after the service upon the City Clerk.
(B) (1) The appeal shall be placed upon the calendar for the next general term of the court commencing more than ten days after the filing of the copy of the notice with the court, and the appeal shall be tried as other appeals in such cases.
(2) Upon an appeal being perfected, the City Clerk shall omit the parcel in respect of which the appeal is taken from the duplicate assessment roll to be certified to the County Auditor, as provided in § 92.29, until the appeal is disposed of by the court.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-9)
On or before November 30, the City Clerk shall transmit a certified duplicate of the assessment roll so adopted to the County Auditor of the county in which any parcel of land subject to the lien is situated, setting forth the amount of the assessment, together with interest computed to the first Monday in January of the succeeding calendar year.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-10)
The owner or occupant of every building or tract of land within the city fronting upon any street having a sidewalk abutting upon such premises shall clear the sidewalk of snow within 48 hours following the termination of any snowfall of two inches or more or control the formation of ice from any cause. If the snow is not removed or ice is not controlled by the owner or occupant within the time specified herein, the same shall be removed or controlled under the direction of the Public Works Director and the city shall be reimbursed for the expense of the removal by the property owner within 30 days per the current city fee schedule. If payment is not received by the due date, the costs shall be levied against the property owner as a special assessment and collected as in the case of other special assessments.
(Prior Code, § 8-1-11) (Ord. 153, passed 4-13-1987; Ord. 492, passed 1-12-2009; Ord. 507, passed 1-11-2010)
TREES AND SHRUBS
It is the purpose of this subchapter to protect and promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of the people of the city by regulating the planting and maintenance of trees in order to protect trees and to prevent and abate hazardous and nuisance conditions within the city.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-1)
It is lawful to plant only highly disease resistant species within the city limits with the approval of the City Forester.
(Prior Code, § 8-3-2) (Ord. 29, passed 5-9-1977; Ord. 495, passed 1-26-2009; Ord. 661, passed 2-13-2017) Penalty, see § 92.99
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