If sidewalks, curbings or gutters are not constructed or repaired within thirty days from the service of the notice provided for in Section 903.06, or the completion of the publication thereof, the City may proceed through the appropriate department or office, either by direct employment of labor or by contract, to carry out the construction or repair at the expense of the owner. As in the case of other improvements, all such expenses shall be reported by the Auditor to Council. Council shall thereupon, by ordinance, assess the cost and expense thereof upon the owner or owners of all property bounding or abutting upon such sidewalks, curbings or gutters and such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as are other assessments, with a penalty of five percent and interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessment ordinance.
(Ord. 71-52. Passed 6-2-52.)