If sidewalks, curbings or gutters be not constructed or repaired within thirty days from the service of notice provided for in the preceding section, or within such longer period as provided by the commission, or the completion of notice by 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 such construction or repair at the expense of the owner, as in the case of other improvements, and all such expenses shall be reported by the director of finance to the commission. The commission shall thereupon by ordinance assess the cost and expense thereof upon the owner or owners of all property bounding or abutting thereon, and such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as other assessments, with a penalty of five per cent (5%) and interest for failure to pay at the time fixed by the assessment resolution.
(Adopted by electorate, November 7, 1989 – Amending Ordinance No. 59-89)