HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Construction of Sewers and Providing for Payment Thereof ORDINANCE NUMBER 147 3 i
A GENERAL47UDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE f .
CONSTRUCTION.(IF SEWERS IN THE CITY t
or AMES, IOWA, AND THE PAYMENT
THEREFOR.
Be it enucted by the city council of the city
of Ames.Iowa,that:—
SEC. I.—The city council of the city of Ames,
Iowa, has power to provide for the making,
reconstruction,and repair of the sewers and
b catch basins in any street, highway, avenue,
In alley, lie ground,or market
place
within
It. the PIMI of said city: but such construction,
or reconstruction shall not be ordered made
until three'fourths of all the members of the
council shall by vote assent thereto,unless
8 the same shall be petitioned for by the owners
in I of a majority of the linear from, feet of the
a g froperty abutting on such sewer and a major-
Ir he owners of adjacent property bene-
it
n tf fly Of t fitted
thereby hereby and liable to assessment there-
f.1.;lbut a majority of the council may provide
for their repair.
a SEC.2—The cost or any part thereof, of
a11 making or reconstructing,any sewer,may be
paid from the district sewer fund of the sewer
?it district in which the same Is located, or from
the city sewer fund, or from the general
a revenue, or by spacial assessment on the
abutting and adjacent real estate, as bylaw
provided. The city may combine any or all
of said methods of payment.
SEC.3—When the cost of the construction,
reconstruction,or repair of any sewers pro-
vided for in the City Of Ames,Iowa,shall be
paid for by special assessment against abut-
6 )r ting lots or tracts of land, and against adjac-
ent lots or tracts of laud,which special assess-
Ch mentsshall be in proportion to the special
I benefits conferred upon the property thereby,
and not in excess of such benefits,such assess-
-- ---- meat shall not exceed twenty-five percentum
of the actual value of the lot,or tract of land
at the time of the levy,and the list preceding
11 shall be taken as prima facie
assessment roll
of evidence of such value.
SEC. 4—When the City Council shall deem
J It advisable or necessary to make or recon
truct any sewer authorized by Sec.1, above
it shall,in a proposed resolution of necessity
id declare such necessity or advisability,stating
the kind of material proposed to be used, and
method of construction, that abutting prop-
t erty and adjacent property isto be assessed
therefor,designating the location and term-
h inal points thereof,and causing twenty days
notice of the time and place, when said resol-
e ution will be considered by it for passage to
be given by four publications in some news-
paper of general circulation, published in the
city; the last of which shall be not less than
two or more than four weeks, prior to the
time fixed for its consideration,at which time the owners of the property subject to assess-
ment may appear and make objections to the
contemplated sewer, and the passage of said
resolution,at which hearing the same may be
Is amended and passed or passed as proposed
SEC.5.—Upon compliance with the pre�ed-
0. Ing section, the council shall by ordinance
11 order the making or reconstruction of such
sewer,but the vote shall be by yeas and Hays,
and entered of record, and the record shall
show whether the Improvement was petition- s
ed for or made on the motion of the council.
k SEC.6—The cost of construction, or recon-
struction,or repair of all sewers ordered by
the city council, shall be paid for by sewer
f certificates. bearing 6 per cent interest per
I annum,against the lots or tracts of land,sub-
d the
t jeetto special assessment therefor, an
person doing said work shall accept said cer
tti tificatesinfull payment for all work done
and for all material furnished, in Construct-
I ion, reconstruction, or repairs, unless Pay-
I meat is otherwise provided.
------ SEC.7—All portions of chapters seven and
eight,title five of the Code of Iowa pertaining
-to the construction,reconstruction and repair
P of sewers, and the payment therefor are
e hereby Incorporated and made a part hereof,
and the method of procedure for the con-
't- e struction,reconstruction or repair of sewers,
and the payment therefor therein contained,
are to be followed by the city council in the
y A matter of sewers.
;t SEC.8—This ordinance shall be publisbed as
provided by law,and take full force and effect
from and after said publication.
Attest PARLEY SHELDON,Mayor.
A.B.MAXWELL,City Clerk.
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