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If the owner or person in possession of property fails to remove the snow or ice from the sidewalks within the time specified, the city may have the snow or ice removed and charge the cost thereof against the abutting property each time the snow or ice is removed.
(1992 Code, § 38-78.1) (Ord. 101-92, passed 11-16-1992)
(a) The cost to the city for the removal of snow and ice each year shall be certified to the city finance director on or before the first day of June of each year.
(b) The finance director shall prepare an estimate of the assessment against each lot for the removal of snow and ice for the preceding season including the expense of levying the special assessment against each lot. The estimates shall be submitted to the city council.
(c) Upon the filing of the assessment roll with the finance director, the governing body shall fix a time and place of hearing upon the same, not less than 20 days from the date of filing. The finance director shall than publish a notice of the time and place of hearing in the official newspaper at least one week prior to the date set for the hearing. The notice shall describe the reason why the special assessment is levied, the date of filing of the assessment roll, the time and place of the hearing thereon, and that the roll will be open for public inspection at the office of the finance director, and shall refer to the special assessment roll for further particulars.
(d) The finance director shall also mail a copy of the notice, by first-class mail, to the owner or owners of any property to be assessed for the snow and ice removal, at the address as shown on the records of the assessor. The mailings shall be at least one week prior to the date set for the hearing. The owner or person in possession may appear at the hearing to protest the assessment and to give reasons why the assessment should not be levied.
(e) Pursuant to the hearing, the council shall approve and file the assessment roll with the finance director. After approval and filing with the finance director, the assessment roll shall be a special lien against the property described and shall be collected in a like manner as for special assessments for public improvements.
(1992 Code, § 38-78.2) (Ord. 101-92, passed 11-16-1992)
It is unlawful to violate any provision of this subchapter.
(1992 Code, § 38-78.3) (Ord. 101-92, passed 11-16-1992) Penalty, see § 10.999
PARKING ON CITY STREETS DURING SNOW REMOVAL
For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SNOW REMOVAL ALERT. Those times as there is a snow accumulation on the public streets of two inches or more, or those times as the public works director, or the director’s designee declares that snow removal operations on the public streets will commence and that the provisions of this subchapter in regard to parking on public streets during snow removal operations are effective and will be enforced.
STREET. The entire width of any public roadway within the city and it shall not be limited to those roadways designated as a STREET, but include avenues and all other names by which public roadways are designated.
ZONE 1. Phillips Avenue from Falls Park Drive to Fifth Street, Main Avenue from Falls Park Drive to Fourth Street, Sixth Street from Weber Avenue to Phillips Avenue, Eighth Street from Phillips Avenue to Cliff Avenue and that area of the city enclosed within the boundaries of Minnesota Avenue on the west, Fourth Street on the north, Third Avenue on the east and Fourteenth Street on the south.
ZONE 2. The area of the city enclosed within the boundaries of Russell Street on the north, Cliff Avenue on the east, Thirty-Third Street on the south, and Western Avenue on the west, except Zone 1, including the entire roadway of those designated streets and avenues.
ZONE 3. That area of the city not included in Zone 1 or Zone 2.
(1992 Code, § 38-79) (Ord. 105-99, passed 10-18-1999; Ord. 109-04, passed 11-8-2004)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 10.002
When the public works director, or the director’s designee, determines that snow removal from the public streets will commence, the director or designee will announce the declaration of a snow removal alert through local news media and whatever other sources are available. The announcement shall indicate that the provisions of this subchapter will be effective and be enforced. It shall also designate the date and time when the alert begins. The determination to declare a snow removal alert will be based on the then existing weather conditions, and the amount of snow then on the ground or expected according to forecasts from weather forecasting services.
(1992 Code, § 38-80) (Ord. 105-99, passed 10-18-1999)
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