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


II. w. MILLER, City Clerk
Date of first publication. February . 1892
DRoPosED AMEN DNfENT NO "a PRO
l. position TO amend sections seven Cd eight 49,
nine 90 and thirteen tI3l OF arrlcle eight tVIlLs
OF the freeholders charter adopted October J. a. n
1890, and to further amend said article eight
tNIIl.) by adding thereto section 10 be sectioa
Twenty-Five (29).
Resolved That section l. of article WILL Of the
follows:
convenience may require the city council Is hereby
authorized and empowered to order the whole OF
any part of the streets. lanes. alleys. squares OF
places OF the city graded or regarded 10 The official
grade. plauked repianked paved repaved,
macadamized or remacaslamized, graveied OF re-
graveled. piled or replied. capped or recapped and
u order sidewalk, sewers. manholes. cuivertsl
curling and croSSwalks TO be constructed or re-
paired therein, and 70 order any or al WORK 70 %
done which shall be necessary 20 complete the
whole or any portion OF the streets, sidewalks,
lanes, squares alleys places, and the city
Gil may levy and collect an assessment upon al
lots parcels OF land benefited by such improve
Tnents TO defray the coat and expense thereof,
which assessment shall bebome lien upon all
property liable therefor
Subdivision 2. The cry council shall by general
ordinance provide the manner In which the afore-
said improvements may be made, and prescribe
al needtul regulations Tor the exercise by the city
OF the power granted and contained In the fore
going subdivision of this section provided, that IN
all cases in which the cost of such Improvement is
to be betrayed by the collection OF special assess
ment upon the properly bench ed the following
proceedings shall be taken, viz: There must be
presented
petition setting forth the street alley
alleys, squares or places, or parts thereof TO be
improved. the nature OF the Improvement, the
mode OF payment and the fact that the signers
owners f property to be benefited 10 the aggregate
amount of majority Of the assessment TO he levied
for such Improvement according to the transfer
books in the Office of the county auditor. 1.-THE
board Of public works find the facts set forth IN
said petition to be true they shall cause an esti
mate Of the cost OF such Improvement TO be made
and transmit the petition. together with al paIers
and information in their possession touching such
n
their recommendation thereof, 10 the city c0uacil
Provide /. that no grade shall be changed when
any AUDITING owner or owners have built or mails
Improvements on any street highway or alley. un-
less such petition shall be signed by the owners OF
majority of the frontage the street. highway
or alley within the district TO be affected
The city council shall have full authority TO con-
slider all matters IN relation 10 such proposed I'M
provement, ana may authorize ~ refuse lns
same in their discretion; providing, that the
said city council or board Of public
works shall not have authority 10 further
proceed in the matter of such Improvement when
ever the estimated or actual cost OF any work OF
Improvement contem plated or iered 70 be done
BY the city council and chargeable lien under
the provisions Of this article against any lot or lots
parcel or parcels of land shall not xceed onehaOf
the total ssed valuation Of the lots parcels
land contained in such assessment district as the
same appea 5 upon the last annual assessrnent
roll made for the ievying Of taxes for municipal
purposes in which case such Improvement shall
not be granted unless the same be so modified thai
the at resaid valuation.
The action and ecisions of the city council asW
rejection or the granting OF such petition shall %
final and conclusive.
subdivision 3. said general ordinance shall alss
provide for the establishment ola local improve
meni district, 70 be called local Improvement dS
triCt 20. -. which shall include ali the properly
between the terminl OF said Improvement aoaiuns
upon, adjacent or pro innate 10 the street. Rliey
place or square proposed 70 be improved 70 ads
tance back from the marginal line thereof or one
hundred and twenty feet, and all property includes
within said limits OF such local Improvement dt
trlct shall be considered and held 10 have 'front.'
=
erty benefited by such local improvement, and
shall be the property TO be assessed to pay the CO.'S
thereof, which cost shall be assessed upon
all Of said property benefited Ia proper
lion 10 the frontage thereof upon such I'M
Pavement, one foot OF ironiage or thr equLvasn..
thereof, viz. one hundred and twenty square ices
OF supercial area To be taken AS the unit by wnca
10 determine the amount of frontage for Wnlea
eacn OF said lots parcels or parts thereon 6enensss
as aforesaid shall De assessed s aforesaid Proytde1
that, in case of rectangular blocks aDuttlDg upon
SAID street proposed = be improved and nAslns
depth back from said street Of less than TWO han
dred and forty (240) feet tin" line Of the assess,
ment district shall extend only 70 the centelW
said block OF blocks.
said assessment Ill strict shall for the purpose O
said assessment, be divided into four SUBDIVISIONS
parallel to the center line of The alley prS
posed 20 oe improved, each thirty feet IN wla1h
and beginning with the one nearest 70 the MAJ.
gnal line OF said street 20 be numbered respectively
first, second, bird and fourth Zach front fo0lm
its equivalent area IN the first subdivision tnil1
feet wide 70 the street 70 be Improves
shall be assessed 40 per cent. OF he total aa9aa
- be assessed against each front foot ~ ts e4aiss
tween thirty and sixty feet back from the stree.
shall Toe assessed % per cent. OF the total anoes
10 he assessed against eacn IF mt foot OF Us squ
alent, the third subdivision thirty feet Nfde ~.
tween sixty and ninety feet back from the sEtees
shall be assessed 20 per cent Of the total ahloeA
to be assessed against each rOut foot or rs equiv
lent; and The fourth suDdivlsi between nlhsy
aud one hundred twenty feet back from ~
street shall be assessed Is per cent az the tos
amount 70 be assessed against each mont tooI % ~
equivalent -
An assessments levied upon lands of the UHitN
States. stale Of Washington, state nnlYefsiY
county Of King, the city Of seattle or any scnV1
district shall be paid oy the city of seattle oui
subdivision 1. In AL cases OF special
assessment Tor local Improvement
any Kind against any property, persons
corporations Whatsoever, and sad aSsessblsa.1
have failed TO be valid IN whole or 10 pArt Deesi
Tor want OF form, insuficIency, informally .. -.
regularity or non compliance with the ehAlsss.s
provisions governing sucn assessment, the S.S
council shall be and hereby are Authorized 70 ~
assess such special taxes or aSSessuleuts -.
enfO &c their collection In accordance Win -
provisions Of laws or ordinances existing 81 me
time the re assessment fs made.
And II Is further provided, that whenever tOt ~
Cause. mistake or inHdvertenCe the aMouAs
scssed shall not De sufficient 10 pay the cost o.
Improvement maze and enjoyed by the owner, -
property In the local assessment al strict whefe -
same IS made, thai 10 shall he laWt ul, and the *
council Is hereby directed and authorized 70 nAas
re-assess neuts on all The property 10 sAlo ota -.
proEement. such re-aSsessment @ De TuA0e 80
collected Ia accordance with the prOvislons " ~
law or ordinances existing a. the tuse OF Us iessx
Resolved, That section : Of article vii OF -
iFvehoiders charter be amended so "a TO fe@iA
follows;
sec. ;. There shall be two modes Of making pss
n1ent Tor sEch local Improvement. to-wlti srsa
mediate payment and payment oy honda ~