HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Chapter 35 of Municipal Code (Guarantee Construction) ORDINANCE NO. 957
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF
THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY REPEALING SECTIONS 35-14 AND 35-21
THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF A CORPORATE SURETY
BOND OR CERTIFIED CITIECK BY THE OWNER PRIOR TO THE FINAL
APPROVAL OF A PLAT TO GUARANTEE CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY
SEWERS, STORM SEWERS, WATER MAIN EXTENSIONS, STREET GRADIN
AND SURFACING, GRADING AND SEEDING OF PARKING, AND THE CON-
STRUCTION OF SIDEWALK, STREET LIGHTS AND STREET SIGNS; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE OWNER TO FILE AN AGREEMENT FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PLATTED AREA
SHOWING THE TIME LIMIT FOR DOING SUCH WORK, THE AMOUNT OF
BOND OR CERTIFIED CHECK TO BE FILED, THE RIGHT OF THE CITY
TO PERFORM SUCH WORK AND RECOVER THE COST THEREOF, AND
PROVIDING FOR OWNERSHIP OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS TO BE VESTED
IN THE CITY.
Be It Ordained By the City Council of The City of Ames, Iowa, as follows:
Section 1. That Sections 35-14 and 35-21 of Chapter 35 of
the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa be and the same are
hereby repealed and the following be and UP same is hereby
enacted and substituted in place thereof to be known as Sections
35-14 and 35-21 of the Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa:
35-14 Owner to Guarantee Construction. In the
event the sanitary sewer aforementioned or any other
improvement required in this chapter has not been in-
stalled and accepted by the City prior to the approval
of the final plat by the City Council, the owner shall
before final approval of the plat file a corporate surety
bond or certified check with the City Clerk in an amount
not less than the city manager's certified estimate of
cost of constructing or completing of such improvements,
including an estimated inspection charge. Such bond
or certified check shall be retained by the City until
the work is completed, as a guarantee that the work
will be completed in an acceptable manner within the
time specified in the agreement between the owner and
the City as set forth in Section 35-21 of this Chapter.
35-21 Agreement for Installation of Improvements.
The owner of the land being platted shall, before approval
of the final plat, prepare and file a proposed form of
agreement between the owner and the city setting forth
the conditions for securing the required improvements
within the platted area, a time limit for doing such work,
the amount of surety bond or certified check to be filed,
and the right of the City to perform such work and recover
the cost thereof from the sureties on the bond or from the
certified check. The agreement shall provide that the
ownership of such improvements when accepted by the
City shall be vested in the City of Ames.
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Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of t his ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and publication as provided by law
Passed this 1st day of March 1960.
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N. Jordan, lerk Pear e P. DeHart, NYayor
Moved by Schilletter and seconded by Ratterree that Ordinance No.
957 be passed on its first reading.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Brouhard, Lawlor, Ratterree, and
Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Moved by Ratterree and seconded by Lawlor that the rules governing
the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third read-
ings be omitted, and Ordinance No. 957 be placed on its final passa e.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Brouhard, Lawlor, Ratterree, and
Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Moved by Armstrong and seconded by Schilletter that Ordinance No.
957 do now pass.
Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Brouhard, Lawlor, Ratterree, and
Schilletter
Voting Nay: None
Mayor De Hart declared Ordinance No. 957 duly adopted.
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I, M. W. Jordan, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 957 was duly
and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 1st
day of March, 1960, and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the
4th day of March, 1960.
M. W. Jo r n i y Cle