The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-04

DRoPoSED AMENDMENT No. s-A Pho
position 70 amend sections seven ~. eight -,
nine 81 AMI thirteen 81 u sTZiEze al-as NfiTs
o. the Eeeholders charter adopted octo7@- l. A. D.
les0, AMI 10 turt1sr Glnend sad article eighE
I~entv-nIne f-of.
Resolved. mat sectton :. o. article VII, Of me
follows:
SUBDIVISION l. Whenever the pubic interest Or
convenience may REQUIRE The city council : hsrEoF
author, zed sad empoSered 30 order TIE whole r.
any part of me streets lanes alleys. ScnaTss or
Places OF The city grated or regarded 20 he oFacAl
grade. planked or replAnSst. paved o. 1epxgsi.
macadamize,i OF rsnsesdamiEei. Zr2veled OF ~
graveled piled Or replied capped o. recappe1. ard
- order sidewalks. sewers ma1E0seS culverrs.
curling and crosswzlkS 20 be constructed Or
paired therein, and ~ order any or al SorS 20 a
done which shall De necessary 70 complete ths
whole any portion II The streets. sidewalks.
lanes. squares, alleys places. and me city coau
ell may levy and collect an assessment upon a.
-ogs or parcels Of land benefited oy s1ch improve
msnts 10 defrzy the cost and expense Ehs1eos,
wbich assessment shall be6ome 5ea upon al
SUBDIVISION 2. IRE city council shall By general
ordinance provide the manner IN which the store
al nsedrnI regulations for he exercise ny tAe city
Of the power granted snd contained n TIE toFs-
al CASES in which she Gust OF slch Improvement .
20 De- betrayed by the collection Of Sreciai asses
msHt upon the properly be1e1 I'd rhe following
procesdinSs shall Be taken. VIZ: There must %
presented TO the board Of public works written
petition setting forth the street or streets alley %
alleys squares OF places. OF parts LnereoL % -
improved. the nature Of the Improvement. ths
mode Of payment, aud The fact tnas the stgners
owners II property TO be osneh;ed 70 the aggregate
amount OF majority Of the assessment 70 d levied
for such improvement according 20 the transfer
books IN the office OF the county sudigor. II the
board Of public works find The facts set forth in
said petition TO be true they shall cause esii-
mate Of the cost OF such Improvement - be uais
and transmit the petition together with ali pagers
and Information IN their possession touching sncA
Improvement with the ssr rafad csr thereof and
their recommendation thereof 70 Eae city council
Provide (, that no grade shall be changed when
any abu1ting owner OF owners have butit % male
frsr ~ = IN so HNs paHta
less such petition shall be signed by the owners Of
a majority Of the frontage on The street highway
The city council shall have Fuli authority 10 con-
slider all matters IN relation 70 such proposed inl
provement. and may authorize or refuse the
same IA their discretion; provisiHg. that sns
said city council or board Of pneue
works shall not have authority 70 further
proceed IN the matter Of such Improvement when
ever the estimated or actual cost Of any work or
Improvement contem plated or or erred 70 De done
by the CITY council ana cnargeaoie as lien under
the provisions OF his article against any los lots
parcel parcels Of Land, shall exceed one-hAlf u
the total assessed Valuton o. TIE lots or parcels ot
LAND contained in such assessment district the
same appears upon the last annual assessmeBt
rol made for the lovFing OF taxes for municipal
purposes. in which case such Improvement shall
not be granted unless the same De modified that
the cost thereof Viii not exceed such one-hslf Of
the AZ resaid valuation
The action and decisions OF the city council as 20
al matters passed upon by them IN relation to the
rejection or the granting OK such petition shall %
hnal and conclusive.
subdivision z said general ordinance shan also
provide tor the establishment ola local improve
ment district. ~ be called local Improvement dis
triet No. -. which shall include ali the property
between the terminl OF said Improvement aoutting
ufon, adjacent or pro Innate 10 the street. alley,
p!ace or square proposed 10 be improved 70 q dts
iance back from the marginal line thereof OF one
hGndfed and t~enIy teeJ ana All property includes
within said limits OF such local Improvement DIS
trict shall be considered and held 10 have frcnE
axe upon such Improvement. and shall be the prop
cry benefited by such local Improvement and
shall be the property 10 be assessed 70 the cost
thereof, which cost shall De assessed upon
all Of said property so benefited in proper
ton 10 the frontage thereof upon such Inn
pruvement, one fOO- of frontage or the equivalents
thereof, viz; One hundred ahd twenty square feet
OF suPerclal area TO De taken as the uaH BY which
To determine the amount OF frontage for which
each of said lots parcels parts thereof benefited
a. Aforesaid shall be- assessed aforesaid ProvIdet
that in case of rectangular bloc ks AUDITING upon
said street proposed u DE improved and having
depth BACK from said street of less than TWO hum
dFed and forty (24ol feet, tn line Of the assess.
said block II blocks.
said assessment district shall for the purpose of
said assessment be dix .ded Into four sub VISIONS
parallel 10 the line Of The street OF alley pro
posed 70 be- improved, each thirty feet IN Nial1
ana beginning with the one nearest 70 the ma
ginal line % said street 20 Re mum oered resslst
hTst second, hlrd and fourth. Each FROM fees %
rs equiv "a eht area IN Tue nrsF slndlFlsle1
feet Wide ueArest 70 the street 20 be laz2EoAs.
shall De assessed 40 per OF fhe total A7no2at
10 be assessed against each front foot or It's esG.v
lent; the second subdivision thirty teet WIG -
lween thirty and sixty feet back from TIE sifecs
shall be assessed p per cent o. the tos4l Ano2ns
to be assessed against each front foot or Us equiv
alent; the bird subdivision thirty feet wide o.
tween sixty and ninety feet back from the stress
shall oe assessed 20 cent OF the total auloans
10 be assessed against each rout fOOE OF it, e3HiFs
lent; and the fourth Supdtvisi between ninety
aud one hundred a q twenty feet back from ths
street shat! be assessed Is per cent OF the Total
amount to De assessed against each Font ioo or Us
equivalent
All assessments levied upon lands Of the r"ited
states, state OF Washington, state uu3 crSis. 3
county Of King the city OF Seattle or ar schO1.
district shall be paid 0y the city of seattle -. OF
its General ROAD fund.
Subdivision A. In all eases Of special
assessment for local improy euieat OF
corporations whatsoever. and said assessments
have failed 20 be valid. in whole IN part because
for want Of FORM inSufdCtency inf0rmality or II
regularity or non. compliance with the charter
prOVs governing such assessment. t0e CITY
council shall be aud hereby authorized 10 re-
Assess such special taxes or assessments, and 70
eufo &C their collection in accordance with ths
provisions % laws or ordinances existing a. ma
time the re assessment Is made.
And u IS further provided, that whenever for any
Cause. mistake or inAdVertence the amount as
sesSed shall not be sufficient 70 pay the cost or ths
Improvement mace and enjoyed by the owners or
property ia the local assessment district where ina
same IS made, that t Shall be lawful and the citg
council Is hereby directed and authorized 70 make
re-SsesaneHts on all the property In said Local as
ses.IneDt district sufficient pay tor such Inn
prOvemcnt such re-assessuient % be made ami
collected In accordance with the provisions Of the
law or ordi aaucss existing al the time OF is levy.
Resolved, That section of article VIII ~ ths
freeholders charter be amended 50 90 read as
follows
sec. Z There shall be two modes Of making pay
menl Tor such local Improvement to-wtts I'm
mediate payment" and payment oy bonds Ia