The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-05-31
ORDINANCE NO. IA.

ORDINANCE NO. IA.
An Ordinance Relating to Local I'm
provements in the City Of Kennewick
ana Repeating all Ordinances and
Parts Of Ordinances in Conflict Here
with.
The City Council of the City of Ken
newick do Ordain as Follows:
Section l. Method Of Procedure
Whenever the City Council shall pro-
vide for making local improvements
and for paying the whole or any portion
of the cost and expense thereof by levy
ing and collecting special assessments
on property specially benefited, the
proceedings therefor shall be in accord
ance with the provisions of Chapter 90
of the Laws of Washington approved
March II, 1911, the provisions Of this
ordinance and any ordinance or act
amendatory thereof.
Section g Vote required. No ordi-
nance relating to local improvements
shall be considered passed unless it
shall have received the vote of a ma
jority of the members of the City Coun
ell and unless a petition for any i'm
provement be presented, such improve
ment shall not be ordered except by
ordinance passed by the affirmative vote
of two-thirds of all members of the
City Council at regular meeting or
an adjournment of a regular meeting.
Section 3. Award Of Contract-Man-
agement of Work. After the City COun-
ell shall have provided by ordinance
for the making of any local improve
ment, plans therefor shall be approved
by the Committee on Public Improve
ments and the contract let in the man
ner provided by Ordinance No. 10S of
the City of Kennewick, except as in
, this ordinance otherwise provided.
Section T. Modes of Payment. There
shall be two (2) modes of making pay
ment for such portion of the cost
and expense of any Improvement pro-
vded in this ordinance, as shall be
payable by special assessments. to-wit:
"Immediate Payment and payment
by Bonds The mode adopted shall
be the mode petitioned for, in case such
Improvement shall be made up on petit
ton and otherwise shall be the one
which the council shall designate in
the ordinance ordering such improve
ment
Section 5. The Assessment Roll Not
more than twenty (20) days after the
adoption of the ordinance ordering any
local improvement herein provided for,
the City Engineer and Committee on
| Public improvements shall file with the
City Clerk an assessment roll prepared
in duplicate by the City Engineer.
which shall contain the description of
each lot, tract, parcel of land or other
property to be assessed; the amount to
be charged, levied or assessed against
the same and the name of the owner
thereof, if known, but in no case shall
/ a mistake in the name of the owner be
! fatal when the description of the prop
erty is correct.
The City Council upon receipt of
such assessment roll, shall fix a date for
hearing thereon and direct the clerk to
3give notice of such hearing and the
time and place thereof. Such notice
; , Nall be published at least two (2) con-
seentive times in the official newspaper;
provided that at least fifteen (15) days
must elapse between the date of the
: last publication thereof and the date
n&ed feE such hearing. At the time
nAen fofsuch hearing the City Council
! sha,l SIT Is Board Of Equalization on
y saio assessment roll, and as soon there
alter as the City Engineer shall have
certiheu to them statement of the
r total charges against the district, shall
/ adjust y, 'he roll. in conformity thereto.
I Inc ordinance confirming any ass
/ essment roll shallyslevy and assess
against each lot, tract and parcel of
? land or other property appearing upon
, such roll the amount charged against
, the same. Upon the enactment Of such
+ ordinance the roll shall be delivered to
the City Clerk who shall forthwith
transmit the duplicate of the same to
the City Treasurer with his cert ifcate
that the same has been duly approved
by ordinance, and annually thereafter
in the case of assessments payable b,
I the mode of ''Payment by Bonds he
shall extend the installments of prin
cipal and interest upon the unpaid bal
ance as shown upon said approved
roll, and transmit the same to the City
Treasurer. who shall thereupOn extent
the same upon the certified copy OF
said roll in his possession.
Section 6. Mode Of Immediate
l PAYMENT Whenever the cost ant
expense of any improvement shall bs
navable bv the mode of "Immediatt
pavment.', the City Treasurer shall
mon receipt Of such roll, publish no
tice in the official paper OF the city 1o'
two (2) consecutive issues that the
so;d ro)l is in his hands for collection
. and that any assessment thereon or any