The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-27
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WHICH MAY BE BETRAYED BY ASSESSMENT. The
City is hereby authorized to light grade pave curb
gutter, WALL bridge gravel macadamiZe sprinkle plank,
sweep maintain any street. avenue, alley highway;
construct and maintain trunk sanitary and storm
to grade improve protect and ornament any public park
square grounds to construct improve and ornament
public parkways and pas plant and protect shade
ornamental trees along its streets and avenues
sruct lay relay and repair sidewalks retaining walls gut
ers and drains under any street. alley
highways to abate nusances drain Marshes swamps
and low grounds within the City when they constitute nui
and the whole any of the expense of such
improvement shall be- subject to the hereinafter
contained betrayed by the real estate
benefited thereby, proportion to such benefits without
regard cash valuation to be determined and levied in the
manner hereinafter provided.
SECTION IA COST PAID BY ASSESSMENTS; Elk
CEPTION The cost of any improvement mentioned in the
foregoing section shall be betrayed except hereinafter
provided follows
The City shall pay oneha of the expense of said improve
ment out Of the appropriate general fund of the City,
and the other half of said of said improvements shall
be paid by upon the estate benefited
thereby be levied the hereinafter prescribed
provided that the construction reconstruction maine
of cross walks over public grounds and public parks
and the cost of improving and ornamenng public grounds
squares and parks and the curbng gutterng paving
paving matchmaking and grading of the space occupied by
street intersections and the intersection of the alleys with
the Streets and the construction of all main trunk SAM
tary sewers and further Improvement repair
bridges sidewalks avenues alleys and streets shall be paid
out OF the appropriate general fund of the city without
levy of kind abutng property property bene
flied thereby
SECTION 145. AMOUNTS AssEssABLE AGAINST
CITY, PUBLIC OR EXEMPT PROPERTY. The amounts
which would otherwise be assessabe against property be-
longing to the City public property property exempt
from assessment for local improvements shall be paid out
of the appropriate fund the general fund of the City
SECTION 146. TWO OR MORE IMPROVEMENTS AT
THE SAME TIME Two Of said improvements
upon streets avenues may be made at the
time under ORDER and that be included
SECTION III. SEWER AND WATER PIPES MAY BE
INCLUDED IN ONE CONTRACT. The-Gounci shall when
any contract let improving any street alley or high
within the City, include in such contract the laying of
water pipes to the lot lne and the of the
shall be paid out of the appropriate general fund the
City.
SECTION 14S PROCEDURE WHERE TWO IMPROVE
MENTS ARE MADE AT THE SAME TIME. If two or
improvements included contract the expense
OF each improvement may be separately apporoned and
onea the expense of each of such improvements shall
be assessed the lots and of land benefited
such improvements otherwise provided proper
ton to such benefits but such two improvements
may be included in assessment proceeding
PROCEDURE FOR MAKING ASSESSMENT
SECTION 149. APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS. All applications or propositions for any
Improvement authorized by this Charter shall be made to-
emanate from the Council If majority the owners of
the property abutng any proposed Improvement shall
petition therefor in writing the Council may cause plans
and specifications for such improvement to be made and
filed in the office of the City Clerk and SHALL when such plans
and specifications filed before further proceedings are
TAKEN give notice Of the time and place and where the
Council will meet and hear and against sch i'm
proyement which notice shall be published least
In the official paper and the last publication shall be at
least ten days prior the time of such meeting Said no.
tice shall contain brief description of the improvement
and the several of land to be affected thereby pro
vded that the Council by majority vote of all s members
without petition where in its judgment public
necessity requires plans and specifications for such
to be made and filed in the office of the CITY
Clerk and shall give like notice required in case of
petition Of majority of the property owners abuttng on
such improvement
SECTION 15O HEARING. If upon such hearing the
Council believes said improvement necessary and proper
they shall order the made and oneha
the cost thereof against the property benefited thereby