The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-09-13
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ORDINANCE NO. lOI
An Ordinance relating to local i'm
provements in the City of Leavenworth,
; Chelan County Washington, providing
a method of payment therefor.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF IlEAVENWORTH DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
, Method of Procedure.
Sec. 1. Whenever the City Council
shall provide for making local improve
ments and for paying the whole or any
portion of the cost and expense thereof,
by levying and collecting special assess
ments on property specially benefited,
the proceedings therefor shall be in ac-
Ordinance and the provisions of an Act
entitled: IAN Act relating to local i'm
provements in cities and towns repeal
ing certain acts and parts of acts" ap-
proved March H. 1911, so far as appli-
cable, and Acts and Ordinances amenda-
tory thereof. and said improvements
may be initiated by petition of the
property owners or by resolution.
The City Engineer is hereby named as
the officer to ascertain the truth of any
petition filed for any local improve
ment and all resolutions or petitions
initiating any local improvements shall
be referred to the City Engineer and 1t
shall be his duty to make all estimates,
diagrams, plans, and specifications, and
other data and submit same to the coun-
ell prior to the hearing of any resolu-
ton, and at such other times as may be
required, and to supervise the work of
all local improvements, and as soon as
possible after the taking effect of any
Ordinance ordering any local improve
ment, and after the cost and expense
thereof can be determined, the City En-
gineer shall make out assessment roll
and certify same to the City Council,
which assessment roll shall contain the
description of each lot, tract or parcel
of land or other property to be assessed,
| the amount to be charged, levied or as
sessed against the same, and the name
of the owner thereof, if known. The
City Council shall, after due notice by
the City Clerk, equalize and by ordi-
nance confirm and levy such assess
ment.
| Vote Required.
> Sec. 2. No Ordinance relating to To-
| cal improvements shall be considered
, passed, unless the same shall have re-
ceived the affirmative vote of at least
five members of the City Council; pro-
vided that unless petition for an I'M
provement be presented, such improve
ment shall not be ordered except by
, ordinance passed by the affirmative vote
of at least six (6) members of the City
Council at a regular meeting.
Award of Contract.
Sec. 3. Unless the Improvement is
made by the City, contract therefor
shall be let upon competitive bidding
after notice is published in the City
newspaper doing the city printing for
, a period of at least two 90 consecutive
issues; such notice shall specify that all
| DlQS snail De accompanied by a cefCl-
fed check payable to the. order of the
City Clerk in a sum not less than five
| per cent C5 per cent? of the amount of
the bid, and no bid shall be considered
unless accompanied by such a check;
the notice shall also provide that the
bidder shall within ten (10) days after
the acceptance of his bid by the City
Council, enter into contract required by
the City, and furnish the bond required
by the City as security on said contract,
and the certified check shall be retained
bond shall have been furnished. and
contract shall have been entered into,
and shall be forfeited to said City of
Leavenworth if the contract is not en-
I tered into and the bond furnished with
in the time aforesaid absolutely and
without order of the City Council or
any declaration of forfeiture.
Mode of Payment
Sec. 4. There shall be two modes of
making payment for such portion of the
: cost and expense of any improvement
provided for in this ordinance, as shall
} be payable by special assessments, to-
wit: Immediate Payment" and PAY
ment of Bonds" The mode adopted
shall be the mode petitioned for in case
improvement shall be made upon petit
ton, otherwise the mode shall be the
one which the Council shall designate
in an ordinance ordering the improve
T ment.
Assessment Roll
Sec. 5. Within twenty 600 days af-
|
for any local improvement authorized
by ordinance of the City Council, or
shall have determined that. such local
improvement shall be done by the City
itself Except as the time for the filing
9 of said roll may be extended by the City
CounciD the City Engineer shall file
prepared in duplicate, which shall con-
tain the information as required by sec
ton one Cd of this ordinance. In no
case shall mistake in the name of the
| 1Naf af oil xxyhp ho daC0rintiAn of
the property is correct.
The City Council upon receipt of such
, assessment roll shall fix a date for hear
ing thereon. and direct the Clerk to give
notice of such hearing, and the time and
place thereof. Such notice shall be pub
, lished at least twice in the official news
paper or the newspaper doing the public
, printing within the said City, provided
that at least fifteen C5) days must
elapse between the date of the last pub
lication and the date fixed for such
hearing, the City Council shall sit as a
board of equalization and shall have
certified to them statement of the
total charges against the district and
J shall adjust the roll in conformity
| thereto.
The Ordinance confirming any assess
ment roll shall levy and assess against
each lot, tract, parcel of land or other
. property appearing upon such roll the
amount charged against same. Upon the
enactment of such ordinance, dupli-
|
livered by the City Clerk to the City
Treasurer for collection; upon receipt
thereof, the City Treasurer shall pub
lish notice in the official city newspaper,
or in the newspaper doing the city print
ing for two ca consecutive weekly is
| sues that the roll is in his hands for
collection, and any assessment thereon
, Tor portion thereof may be paid at any
time within thirty 800 days from date
of the first publication without penalty,
interest or costs; after said thirty GOD
days such assessment shall be deemed
delinquent and thereafter shall bear in
terest at the rate of eight per cent Is
per cent? per annum and in addition
there shall be added a penalty of five
per cent 6 per cent? and the City Treas
| urer shall forthwith make out and
certify to the County Treasurer list
of ali delinquent assessments, which,
with the interest and penalty thereof.
shall be placed on the general tax roll
of the county. and collected in all re-
spects as general taxes.
Mode of Immediate Payment"
Sec. 6. Whenever the cost and ex-
pense of any improvement shall be pay
| able by mode of Immediate Payment.
the City Treasurer shall, upon receipt
of such assessment roll publish no
tice in the newspaper doing the city
printing for two CO consecutive weekly
issues that said roll is in his hands
for collection, and that any assessment
thereon or any portion of any such as
sessment may be paid at any time with
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