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A. Payment Of Assessments: The payment of assessments to defray the cost of construction or replacement of sidewalks shall be spread over a term of five (5) years unless the city council shall order the payments to be spread over a different term, such term in no event to exceed eight (8) years. All payments shall be made in equal annual installments, and payments of interest at a rate of six percent (6%) per annum shall be made on January 1 of each year.
B. Resolution Levying Assessments: The city council shall annually, before the first Monday of October, pass and adopt a resolution levying an assessment and tax against each lot or parcel of land in front of which sidewalks, foot pavements, curbs and gutters, or any combination thereof, have been maintained or repaired under order of the city council. Said resolution levying such assessment shall be in every manner prepared and certified the same as resolutions levying assessments for the making of improvements in special improvement districts.
C. Collection Of Assessments: The treasurer of the city, or the county treasurer, as the case may be, shall collect a special assessment or tax levied by the city council under the provisions of this chapter, with interest as herein provided, and such interest shall run from the date the assessment is levied. The city treasurer shall at any time permit the owner of any property assessed for sidewalk construction or replacement to pay the cost and expenses of such construction, with interest to the date of payment.
D. Assessment To Be A Lien On Property: The cost and expenses of sidewalk construction or replacement shall be a lien upon the abutting property, and when any one of the payments assessed and levied by the council shall become delinquent, the property against which the same is levied and assessed shall be sold by the treasurer in the same manner as the sale of property for nonpayment of assessments and levies for the making of improvements in special improvement districts. (Ord. 416, 1-3-1994)
If the owner or agent of the owner of any lot or parcel of land in front of which any sidewalk, curb or gutter has been ordered constructed shall fail or neglect within thirty (30) days, to construct such sidewalk, curb or gutter, the city council may cause the same to be constructed by the letting of a contract for the construction thereof to the lowest responsible bidder, after advertising for bids for the construction thereof. (Ord. 416, 1-3-1994)
If the construction of such sidewalks, curbs or gutters is done by contract after advertisement for bids, such advertisement for bids and contract may be for sidewalks, curbs or gutters in front of one or more lots or parcels of land as the council shall determine. Any contractor to whom a contract is let for the construction of sidewalks, curbs,or gutters shall before commencing work execute and deliver to the city a good and sufficient bond in a sum not less than double the amount of the contract, which bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of all work done by him under such contract and shall further guarantee the maintenance and durability of said work for a period of not less than three (3) years, which bond shall be approved by the mayor. (Ord. 416, 1-3-1994)
The city council may let to the lowest responsible bidder after advertising for bids a contract for the construction of all sidewalks, curbs and gutters, which may be ordered constructed under the provisions of this chapter and which have not been constructed by the owner or agent of the owner of the property, such construction to be in accordance with the specifications prepared by the director of public works. Said contract shall be for a period not to exceed one year. Said contractor, before he commences any work under his contract, shall be required to deliver to the city a good and sufficient bond in a sum not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), which bond shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of all work done by him under the provisions of said contract and specifications and shall also guarantee the maintenance and durability of said work for a period of not less than three (3) years. (Ord. 416, 1-3-1994)
Should the contract mentioned in the preceding section be entered into, said contractor shall, within ten (10) days after being notified to do so by the director of public works, proceed with the construction of any sidewalks, curbs or gutters previously ordered by the city council which have not been constructed by the owner or agent of the owner, and shall within forty five (45) days thereafter fully complete the construction thereof in accordance with his contract and the specifications for such work prepared by the director of public works. (Ord. 416, 1-3-1994)
A. None of the duties or privileges imposed or conferred by this chapter shall in any way be deemed to authorize or allow the obstruction of any street, either during or after any work upon any sidewalk, except under the permit therefor.
B. No material removed from any sidewalk shall be placed upon any portion of any adjacent street, alley, place or square, unless allowed to do so pursuant to the terms of the permit.
C. All refuse, lumber or debris remaining after the completion of any sidewalk construction, repair or replacement shall be removed from the street forthwith, and any owner, lessee or tenant of abutting property who shall fail to remove any such obstruction from the street, alley, place or square within forty eight (48) hours after being notified by the director of public works so to do, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a public nuisance and shall be subject to the penalties prescribed therefor. In case of failure to remove obstructions after such notice, the director of public works shall cause the same to be removed and shall charge the full cost of such removal to such owner, lessee or tenant, and the charge shall become a lien upon such abutting property and shall be collected as hereinbefore provided for the collection of cost of construction, repair or replacement of sidewalks. (Ord. 416, 1-3-1994)
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