The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-24
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

iSsv, and 70 further amend said article eight
Dy a1enlns thereto section TO be section
Resolved, That section Z, Of article VIII. Of the
follows:
SUBDIVISION l. Whenever the public interest or
eonvenience may REQUIRE the city council is hereby
authorized and empowered TO order the whole or
any part OF the streets. lanes alleys. squares
places of the city graded or regarded to the official
stAue, planked or repianEed. paved or repayed,
nacadamized or remacadatnized grayeied or re-
sraeeea Piled or replied, capped or recapped. and
curoing and crosswslks to be constructed or re-
pared ahersin AMI TO order any or all WORK to be
zone which shall be necessary to complete the
Mhoe or any portion Of the streets, sidewalks,
lanes squares alleys or places, and the city coun
lots OF parcels of land benefited by such improve
ments to defrsy the cost and expense thereof
| property liable therefor
subdivision 2. The city council shall by genera,
ordnance provide the manner in which the afore-
sa IA improvements may be made, and prescribe
al neediul regulations for 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 property benef ed the following
proceednss shall bs taken viz: There must be
presented 70 the board of public works written
petition setting forth the street Streets alley
aleys, squares or places. or parts thereof to be
improved the nature OF the Improvement, the
owners 81 property to be benefited to the aggregate
amount OF majority Of the assessment TO be levied
4 books in the Office Of the county auditor. II the
board of public works find the facts forth in
said petition to be true they shall cause an esti-
| mate of the cost o. such improvement to be made
and transmit the petition together with ali papers
and Information in their possession touching such
| Improvement with the estimated cost thereof. and
their recommendation thereof to the city council
| Provided that no grade shall be changed when
| any AUDITING owner or owners have built or made
improvements on any street. highway or alley, I'M
less such petition shall signed by the owners Of
| majority of the frontage on the street. highway
| or alley within the district to be affected.
The city council shallhave fun authority 10
in
| provement, and may authorize or refuse the
same In their discretion; providing, that the
works shall not have authority to further
| proceed in the matter of such improvement when
| Improvement contemplated or tered TO be done
| by the city council and chargeable a lien under
the provisions OF this article against any lot or lots,
parcel or parcels of land shall exceed onehalf OF
the total assessed valuation OF the lots parcels OF
land contained In such assessment district rs the
! same appears upon the last annual assessment
roll made for the levying of taxes for municipal
not be granted unless the same be so modified that
the cost thereof will not exceed such one-haf Of
| the at resad valuation.
The action and decisions of the city council to
all matters passed upon by them in relation to the
rejection or the granting Of such petition shall be
| Subdivision 3. said general ordinance shall also
provide for the establishment of a local improve
ment district TO be called local Improvement dis
trict No. - which shall include ali the property
between the ternnini of said improvement abuttng
upon adjacent pro innate to the street, alley,
place square proposed TO be improved 10 dis
lance back from Inc marginal line thereof of one
hundred and twenty feet and all property included
within said limits OF such local improvement dis
trict shall be considered and held to have 'front.'
age upon such Improvement and shall be the prop
| erty benefited by such local improvement, and
shall be the property to be assessed TO pay the cost
| all of said property SO benefited in proper
ton to the frontage thereof upon such i'm
pravement one fool Of frontage or the equivalent
thereof, viz: One hundred and twenty square feet
OF superficial area TO be taken the unit by which
to determine the amount of frontage for which
al %al pfQ al lqr hR
aforesaid shall be assessed aforesaid Provided
| that in case of rectangular blocks abutting upon
| said street proposed to be improved and having
depth back from said street of less than TWO hum
dred and forty (240) feet, the line Of the assess
said block or blocks.
said assessment district shall for the purpose Of
said assessment, be divided into four Subdivisions
parallel TO the center line of the street alley
| posed 10 be improved, each thirty feet in width
| and beginning with the one nearest to the mar
ginal line of said numbered respectively
first second, bird and fourth Each front foot or
its equivalent area in the first subdivision thirty
| feet wide nearest to the street to be improved
shall be assessed 40 per cent. of the total amount
TO be assessed against each front foot its equivs
| lent: the second subdivision thirty feet wide be-
| tween thirty and sixty feet back from the street
shall be assessed % per cent of the total amount
to he assessed against each front foot or its equiv
alent; the third subdivision thirty feet wide be-
| tween SIXTY and ninety feet back from the street
shall be assessed 20 per cent of the total amount
10 be assessed against each 'front.' foot OF Its equiva
| and one hundred ; d twenty feet back from the
street shall be assessed Is per cent. of the total
amount 10 be assessed against each front foot its
| equivalent
| All assessments levied upon lands Of the United
| States state Of Washington, state university,
county of King, the city of Seattle or any school
district shall be paid by the city of Seattle out Of
| its general road fund
| Subdivision A. In all cases of special
| assessment for local Improvement Of
any kind against any property, persons or
| corporations whatsoever and said assessments
have failed to be valid, in whole or in part, because
for want of form. nsufiiciency. informality ir-
| regularity or non compliance with the charter
|
council shall be and hereby are authorized TO re-
| assess such special taxes assessments and to
| enforce their collection in accordance with tina
! provisions of laws or ordinances existing at the
| time the re assessment is made.
And it Is further provided, that whenever for any
Cause mistake or fnadvertence the amount
sessed shall not be sufficient to pay the cost of the
| improvement made and enjoyed by the owners of
property in the local assessment district where the
same Is made, that it shall be lawful, and the city
council is hereby directed and authorized to make
re-assessments on all the property in said local
sessment district sufficient to pay Tor such i'm
| provement. such re-assessment to be made and
collected in accordance with the provisions OF the
law or ordinances existing AZ the time of its levy
Resolved, That section = of article VIII. Of the
freeholders charter be amended so as TO read as
follows:
see s. There shall be two modes of making pay
ment tor such Local Improvement, to-wit; I'm
mediate payment" and payment by bonds" The
9sed 70 for pe hepga mode Of of hs s
| ment" shall be as follows: After the city
cou4 ell has by ordinance or joint resolu-
tion ordered or authorized the making of any
local Improvement, and not more than twenty days
after the contract therefor has been et as herein
aftef provided, tue board of public works shall
report 10 the council an assessment roll
prepared by the city engineer. which
shall contain the description OF each lot,
parcel of land 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 provided In section Of this article the
total cost OF the Improvement including all neces
sary incidental expenses the rate per front foot.
the amount OF each -ssment and The OF
the owner OF each lot parcel Of land or part thereof
II known. but in no case shall a mista in the
a
the D operty Is given together with the amount
CHARGED TO >treet crossings
The comncii on recipe Of such roll and assess-
ment shall police thereofto be published In
the official newspape ofthe city for ten coGsecu-
tive issues, Notifying all persons Interested that
such roll has been filed and requiring them 10 ap-
pear al time fixed not less than fifteen days from
The date of such notice and make objection thereto.
7 council shall at the time fixed consider any
AM all objecti ms made ana shall make such cor
rections Of such roll AS 1t deems just and shall
then deduct the amount of such cost assessed
against street crossings which shall be paid from
ordinance approve such roll and shall levy and as
sess the amounts thereof against each parcel and
lot anc declare the same lien thereon and shall
direct he city clerk iodelve- the roll TO the city
comptroller, who shall forthwith deliver 10 the city
treasurer z certified copy thereof, upon receipt OF
which the treasurer shat, proceed TO collect the
same other city taxes are collected; provided,
thai such treasurer shall give ten DAYS notice in
the omSisI newspaper tshd sIAl MAJ a
copy OF such no ice 10 the owner OF
the property assessed when the postoflce ad-
dress OF such owner IS known, oui the failure 10
man the sh al not Ice fatal when publ cation
thereof Is nAne that s1ch ro mas been certiied 20
HIN for collection and that unless payment is
maze within thirty days from. the date OF such
tee such assessment shat hecum. del nqGeEt ald
shall bear Interest AT The rate Of 10 per cent per
auuum until paid and If paid before such
sesSnrnt shall have become del nGuent penalty
o! per cenI- snail be added. and the SUMS --in-
gLeu; shall be entered on the annual tax soil for
the current year against each lot and parcel de-
liuquenj, and with the Interest collected ss other
taxes, separate account being kept thereof. and IL
noI paid within the time hxed for the payment Of
city taxes. shat collected such taxes col
lec1cd together with such adait Onal charges or