Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-16
CITY OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS
ORDINANCE No. las.

An Ordinance Providing for the Con-
struction of Sidewalks in the City
of Cresco and to Assess the
Cost Thereof Upon Adult
ting Property.
Be it Ordained by the City Council of
the Incorporated City of Cresco,
Iowa:
Section l. That all sidewalks in the
City of Cresco shall be built or laid
upon either side of any street therein
at such places and within such times
as the city Council of said city shall by
resolution duly passed, order or direct.
Section 2. All resolutions for the
construction of any sidewalk shall spec
ify the material of which such walk
shall be constructed and the width and
other dimensions of said walk and the
time within which the same shall be
built by the owners of the abutting
property; provided that no temporary
walk shall be constructed at an expense
or cost to exceed forty cents per lineal
foot.
Section 8. All sidewalks shall be
built by the owners of the AUDITING
property, in front of which such walks
are ordered by the Council to be con-
constructed and in substantial compli-
ance with the resolution providing
therefor, and within the time so fixed
for the building of the same; and in
case any owner of property shall neg
lect to build such walk within the time
fixed. the Council may cause such walk
to be built and assess the cost there
of to such owner and upon the proper
ty in front of which the same is so
constructed.
Section a. Immediately after the
passage of any resolution requiring any
sidewalk to be built, the city Clerk
shall prepare notice, or notices, d.
rected to all whom it may concern,
notifying them of the passage of such
resolution. where said walk is to be
built, the dimensions of the same, the
material of which it is to be construc-
ted, and the time within which the
owners of the property are required to
build the same, which notice shall be
posted on said property for at least
ten days before the time in which said
walk is to be constructed by the own
ers of such AUDITING property, if such
owners are non-residents of the city of
Cresco. If said property owners are
residents of the city of Cresco, said
notice shall be served on them in the
same manner as an original notice; a
copy of which said notice, with proof
of the posting of service thereof, shall
be filed with the city Clerk and record
thereof kept by him.
Section 5. If any owner of property
in front of which sidewalk is so re-
quired to be built, shall fail to build
the same at his own expense within
the time fixed therefor by said resolu-
ton and rotice, the council shall cause
said walk to be built in substantial
compliance with the resolution, and an
accurate account of the cost and ex-
pense thereof shall be returned to the
city Clerk, together with particular
description of the abutting property by
lot and block, and the cost of construc-
ting such walk in front of each said
lot or part of lot. The said Clerk shall
thereupon prepare notice, directed to
the several owners of such property in
front of which such walk has so been
constructed by the city, notifying them
of the construction of such walk by the
city, the cost thereof in front of each
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a regular meeting of the Council, to be
held more than ten day after such
notice shall have been served, or post
if any they have, why the cost of such
them and levied as tax upon said
property. Such notice shall be served
in the same manner as an original
notice upon the owner of such proper
ty, as shown by the transfer books in
the office of the Auditor of the county
at the time the same is to be served or
published as herein provided, if such
owner shall then reside within the CITY,
and in case he does not reside in the
the city, then the same shall be posted
on said property at least ten days be-
fore the meeting of the Council, at
which the matter of which levy and
assessment is to be heard; return of
which service or posting shall be made
and returned to the city Clerk and
proper record thereof kept by him.
Section 6. At the meeting of the
Council so fixed in the notice provided
for in Section 5 hereof, the Council
shall proceed to hear any objections
that may be offered by any person to
the assessment or levy of such tax up
on his property, and if no sufficient OBJ
lection is shown, it shall assess the cost
of such walk SO built by the city, in
Guiding the p-oportionate cost of serv-
ice, or posting of the notices provided
for by this ordinance, against the own
er of such property, and levy the cost
thereof in front of each said lot or par
eel of property, including the cost of
notices as aforesaid, as a tax upon
such property, and keep record there
of and cause such tax to be certified
and returned to the county Auditor to
be collected the same as other taxes
levied by the City Council.
Section Z. That all ordinances or
parts Of ordinances inconsistent with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
its publication in the Howard County
Times and Twice-a-Week Plain Dealer.
Passed and approved this 7th day of
April, A. D. 1909.
E. L. DAVENPORT,
[sEAL] Mayor.
ORDINANCE No. 14e.