The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-10-20
CHAPTER 16.
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS.

WHICH MAY BE DEFRAYED BY ASSESSMENT The
City is hereby authorized to light grade curb
gutter, wall bridge, gravel macadamize sprinkle, plank
sweep maintain any street. avenue alley highway;
construct and maintain trunk, sanitary and storm sewers
to grade improve protect and ornament any public park
square grounds construct improve and any
public parkways and ats to plant and protect shade
ornamental trees along its streets and avenues;
sruc lay relay and repair Sidewalks retaining walls gut
ters and drains, in under any street. alley
highway; to abae nusances to drain Marshes swamps
and low grounds within the City when they constitute nu
and the whole part the expense of such
Improvement shall be- subject to the provisions hereinafter
contained betrayed by assessment the real estate
benefited thereby in proportion to such benefits without
regard to cash valuation to be determined and levied 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 onehalf 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
abe paid by assessment upon the real estate benefited
thereby to be levied in the hereinafter prescribed
provided that the construction, reconstruction mante
nance of walks public grounds public parks
and the cost of improving and ornamentng public grounds
squares and parks and the curbng, guerng, 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 trunk
tary storm sewers and further improvement and repair
of the and repairing of all sewers curbs CUTTERS walls
bridges sidewalks avenues alleys and streets shall be paid
out of the appropriate general fund of the city without
levy of any kind abuttng property property bene
SECTION AS AMOUNTS AssEssABLE AGAINST
CITY, PUBLIC OR EXEMPT PROPERTY. The amounts
which would otherwise be assessab 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 may be made at the
time under order and in that be included
SECTION a. SEWER AND WATER PIPES MAY BE
INCLUDED IN ONE CONTRACT. The Council SHALL when
any let for improving any street alley or high
within the City include in such contract the laying of
water pipes the lot ne and the of the
shall be paid out Of the appropriate general fund of the
City.
SECTION 14S. PROCEDURE WHERE TWO IMPROVE
MENTS ARE MADE AT THE SAME TIME If two or
more are included in contract the expense
OF each Improvement may be separately apporoned and
onehalf the expense of each of such improvements shall
be assessed the lots and of land benefited by
such improvements, otherwise provided propor
ton to such benefits but such two improvements
may De nel1ded one ge assessment preceeding
SECTION 149. APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS ALI applications or propositions for any
improvement authorized by this Charter shall be made to-
emanate from the Council majority of the of
the property abuttng on any proposed improvement shall
petition therefor in writing, the Council may cause plans
and specifications for such improvement to be made and
filed the office of the City Clerk and shall when such plans
and specifications filed before further proceedings are
TAKEN notice Of the time and place when and where the
Council will meet and hear for and against such i'm
provement which notice shall be published at least once
the official paper and the last publication shall be at
least ten days prior to the time of such meeting Said no.
and the several tracts OF land to be affected thereby Pro-
vided that the Council by majority all its members
may without petition where in its Judgment public
necessity requires It, plans and specifications for such
Improvement to be made and filed in the office of the CITY
Clerk and shall give like notice as is required in case of
petition Of majority of the property abuttng on
such improvement.
SECTION $50. HEARING. If upon such hearing the
Council believes said improvement necessary and proper
the thereof against the property benefited thereby ex
ceptng that Of the improvements made in an alley