The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-13
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

twenty nine {zel.
Resolved, That section 7, Of article VIII, Of the
follows:
srBDIvrsror 1. whenever the public interest or
| convenience may REQUIRE the city council Is hereby
authorized aud empowered to order the whole or
places VI the city graded or regarded to the official
krane. pianked or repianked, paved or repaved,
mscadanized or remacadamized graveed or re.
graveled. piled replied capped or recapped. and
~ order sidewalks sewers. manhoes. cnlverts.
curolng and crosswalks 10 be constructed or re-
paired therein. and TO order any or all wors to bs
d9ne which shall be necessary to complete the
lanes, squares alleys places and the city coun.
gu may levy and collect assessment upon all
lots or parcels OF land benefited by such imp
ments to defray the cost and expense thereof,
| which assessment shall bebome lien upon all
| subdivision .. The city council shall by general
oroinance provide the manner in which the sforo-
All nesai ma DC s anu p ~, To,
OF the power granted and contained In the fore
gong subdivision OF this section provided that In
ali cases In which the cost OF such Improvement Is
10 be betrayed by the collection OF special assess
mee. upon The properly benefited 1I the oowhs
| presented to the board Of public works written
petition setting forth the street or streets alley or
aIleys, squares or places, or parts thereof to be
| Improved, the nature Of the Improvement. the
m1de of payment, and the fact that the sisers are
owners Of property to be benefited TO the aggregate
amount OF majority Of the assessment to be levied
for such Improvement, according to the transfer
BOOKS In the ONCE of the county auditor. If the
board Of public works hnd the facts set forth in
said petition to be true they shall cause an esti-
and transmit the petition together with ali payers
and Information In their possession touching. such
Improvement with the estimated cost thereof and
their recommendation thereof. TO the city council.
Provide !, that no grade shall be changed when
any abutting owner or owners have built or made
improvements on any street. highway or alley, un-
less such petition shall be signed by the owners Of
| a majority of the frontage on the street highway
or alley within the district to be affected.
The city council shall have full authority
| proyement and NAV apthor,ze or refrse the
| sanse in theig discretion: providing. that the
| works snail moi have authority to fnrthsr
| proceed in the matter of such IMPROVEMENT wnsn-
| Encouragement ronfem niated or or .ered ~ he done
by the CITY council and ebsreeabie as q lien under
the proystous OF bs rtice aznin,t any lot or lots
parcel or parcels of land shall exeeei one half OF
the total valuation OF the lots or parcels Of
| same annsars nnon The LAST annual assessmsnt
| roll made for the leyying OF taxes for municipal
| purposes in which case such Improvement shall
not be grained unies, the same be 70 modi6ed thai
the cost thereof will not exceed such one half Of
| the af resaid valuation
The action ana ,'ac,sons n, ,be city connect a. tn
All matters nassed mon Nv them in relation 10 Inc
re,ection on fho ~ such ,,sition shsI, ~
sns aod ., au Oh sucn peHoh shA %
| Supdivfsion 4 seia general ordinance shall also
igr me a Of ave
| trict NO - which shall Include ali the pronsrtv
nesmeen a tns ,ermn OF sala souttnx
Macs ~ so,,ars ,,rp,,,.sd ~ he ,,nrravad ~ AZ,
| lance back from Inc msrainal line thereof OF one
| hundred and tWeniy feet and ali pronsrty incndsd
within said I,n,,s =, sncs local inoIovsmant d,s
trict shall be considered and held to have 'front.'.
erty bsnetted BY such local Improvement, and
| thereof. which cost shall be assessed upon
| ali of said propertv SO benefited in propor.
ton to the piraniaye thereof upon sueh i'm.
| ihereaf viz. 1ns bnnared nj t,yan,v so1sra Seas
Of suuercial rea to he ,sken AZ the 1nit bv which
| 10 determine the amount Of frontare for which
eech of sad los narceis ~ narts thereof beneted
as Aid he assessed a. aforsxad ProyIdei
| that in case of rectansnJsr blcks ahnttng mon
1 10 ba.,f
denth bacr from seiS straat ~ esS IN an two hin
dred and forty l1lol feet M line of the assess
| ment district shall extend only to the center of
| said block or blocks.
said assessment district shall. for the purpose of
parallel to the center line of the street or alley pro-
| posed to be improved. each thirty feet in width
| and beginning with the one nearest to the mar
gnal line O, said street to DO numbered respectively
Arst. second bird and fourth. Each front foot or
| feet wide nearest TO the street TO be improved
shall be assessed 40 per cent of The total amount
to be against front foot its equiva
| lent; the second subdivision thirty feet wide be-
tween thirty and sixty feet back from the street
to be assessed against each front foot It's equiv
alent: the third subdivision thirty feet wide be-
shall be- assessed 70 per cent Of the total smonpt
to be assessed against each foot its equiva
and one hundred ard twenty feet back from the
street shall be assessed Is per oent.sof the total
equivalent
| All assessments levied upon lands OF the United
n o. s g N state or anY
district shall be paid by the city Of Seattle out Of
| its general road fund.
Subdivision 4. In all cases OF special
| assessment for local Improvement Of
| any kind against any property persons
| corporations whatsoever, and said assessments
have failed to be valid 10 whole in part, because
for want of form, insuficency, informally or ir-
| regularity or non compliance with the charter
| provisions governing such assessment. the city
council shall be and hereby authorized to re-
| assess such special taxes or assessments and to
enforce their collection in accordance with the
| provisions of laws or ordinances existing at the
| time the re assessment is made
And Il is further provided. that Whenever for any
| cause mistake or inadverience the amount as
sessed shall not be sufficient TO pay the cost of the
property the local assessment district where the
same is made that 1t shall be lawful. and the city
re-assessments on ali the property in said local as
| sessment district sufficient to pay tor such i'm
| provement such re- assessment 10 be made and
| Collected in accordance with the provisions of the
law or ordinances existing at the time of It's lew
| freeholders charter be amended SO as to read as
| follows:
sec. s. There shall be two modes of making pay
| ment for such local improyement to-wit: i'm
mediate PAYMENT and payment by bopds- The
| mode to be adopted shall be the mode pc
, ment" shai, ba as follows: After the civ
couacil has by ordinance or joInt resou-
! ZION ordered or authorized the makinx of anv
| local Improvement and not more than twenty DAYS
after the contract therefor has been let as herein
! ATE provided. tie board OF public works shall
Tenort 10 he council an aasessment roll
nrenared nv tho CITY engineer which
ssbstI cop.si1 the ssScI,ntion Of each Iei
parcel of land or part thereof to be assessed with
the number of feet frontage charged TO each the
total frontage in the district frontage TO be deter
mined as y1roytded in spction Of fhs articeI tha
total cost OF the Improvement Including ali neces-
I sary accidental expenses The rate per front foot
| the amount Of each ass .ssment and the name OF
Inc owner of each lot parcel of land or part thereof
| If known but In no case shall mista e in the
name OF the owner be fatal where n description of
| the n~onartv IL given together with me amount
| charged 70 treet crossings