A. If within the time when a protest may be filed under the provisions of this section there is a written protest filed with the city clerk by the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property to be benefitted by the improvements, and sufficient protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the area represented to less than one-half of that to be benefitted, then the proposed proceedings shall be abandoned and the council shall not, for one year from the filing of that written protest, commence or carry on any proceedings for the same improvements or acquisition under the provision of this section. Protests may be withdrawn by the owner making the same, in writing, at any time prior to the conclusion of the public hearing.
B. If any majority protest is directed against only a portion of the improvements, then all further proceedings under the provisions of this section to construct that portion of the improvements so protested against shall be barred for a period of one year, but the city council shall not be barred from commencing new proceedings not including any part of the improvements or acquisition so protested against. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the city council, within such one-year period, from commencing and carrying on new proceedings for the construction of a portion of the improvement so protested against if it finds by the affirmative vote of four-fifths of its members that the owners of more than one-half of the area of the property to be benefitted are in favor of going forward with such portion of the improvements or acquisition. (Ord. 2017-0009 § 15)