(a) When any sidewalk is paved, repaved or repaired, in accordance with the provisions of this article, as soon as the pavement is completed or the work of repairing done, Council may ascertain the cost and expense of doing the work in front of each lot, and the same shall be paid by the City, and a memorandum of the amount thereof with the date of the completion of such work, the date of assessment with the name of the owner, the character of the work, the length and width of the pavement and the location of the property, as to each lot or part of lot, shall be entered upon the journal of Council. Council may thereupon assess against the owner of and against the lot or part of lot, the cost and expenses of such work in front thereof, to which shall be added the lot's proportionate part of the cost of advertising.
(b) Immediately after the entry of the memorandum, required by subsection (c) hereof, the City Recorder shall cause a notice containing a copy of such memorandum to be published in a newspaper published in the City, once a week for two successive weeks, and therein shall demand payment of the amounts thereon appearing, together with such owner's pro rata share of the cost of advertisement, and in such notice, so published, he shall also cite the owner of such lot, or fractional part of such lot, to appear before Council at the next regular meeting thereof after the date of the last publication herein provided for, to show cause, why the assessment should not become final.
(c) When the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, have been complied with, the City Recorder shall forthwith enter in a book a memorandum of the amount thereof, the same as entered in the journal of Council, and he shall also note in such book the payment of the amounts paid to the City. (Passed 4-2-63.)