(A) Before determining to make any improvement any part of the cost of which is to be defrayed by special assessment, the Council shall require the Manager to prepare, or cause to be prepared, plans and specifications therefor and an estimate of the cost thereof, and to file the same with the Secretary of the Special Assessment Board, together with his or her recommendation as to what proportion of the cost should be paid by special assessment and what part, if any, should be a general obligation of the City, the number of installments in which assessments may be paid, and the lands which should be included in the special assessment district.
(B) After such filing, a public hearing shall be held before the Special Assessment Board at a time and place to be fixed by the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson. The Secretary of the Board shall cause notice of the time and place of such hearing to be published once in the official newspaper of the City not less than ten days prior to the date of said hearing. Such notice shall also be given by the Secretary of the Board to each owner of or party in interest in property to be assessed, whose name appears upon the last city tax assessment records, by mailing by first-class mail addressed to such owner or party at the address shown on the tax records at least ten days before the date of such hearing.
(C) At the time and place specified in such notice for the public hearing, the Special Assessment Board shall meet and hear any person to be affected by the proposed public improvement. The hearing may be adjourned from time to time by the Board. After completion of the hearing, the Board shall transmit to the Council the plans, specifications, and estimates theretofore filed with its Secretary by the Manager as required in division (A) above, and shall report to the Council its findings as to the necessity of the proposed public improvement and its recommendations as to what proportion of the cost should be paid by special assessment and what part, if any, should be a general obligation of the city, the number of installments in which assessments may be paid, and the special assessment district upon which the special assessments should be levied.
(Prior Code, § 33.23) (Ord. D-156, passed 7-26-1948, effective 8-8-1948; Ord. D-579, passed 8-6-1962, effective 8-16-1962)