[Adopted 12-15-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
The Council shall have the power to impose special assessments against property owners for the cost of installation and maintenance thereof of sidewalks, streets, sewer and water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, curbs, gutters; streetlights, and any other public improvements as herein provided and as provided by Charter.
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Editor's Note: Former § 365-35 was redesignated § 365-40 6-4-2012 by Ord. No. 12-10.
Any special assessment levied under this article or the Charter of the City of Harrington shall constitute a lien upon the property and shall be enforceable as any other lien upon real property.
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Editor's Note: Former § 365-36 was redesignated § 365-41 6-4-2012 by Ord. No. 12-10.
The costs of any public improvement shall be assessed upon the property which benefits as a result of the public improvement. For the purpose of determining the property which benefits, the property shall have benefited if the improvement is to service that property, capable of servicing that property, or the property is adjoined to or fronts upon the improvement being made.
The assessment shall be made so that not more than 50% of the actual costs of the improvement is paid by the City of Harrington.
In determining the assessment to be made upon each particular property, each property shall be assessed at a rate per each foot of the property that will benefit from the improvement. Such rate per foot shall be determined upon the actual footage of the property which fronts or adjoins the improvement, but in no event shall the actual footage be less than 50 feet or that distance which is specified as area width under R-1 zoning in Chapter 440, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Harrington.
Any person aggrieved by the assessment levied herein shall have a right to appeal to Council by the giving of a ten-day written notice to the Clerk of Council. Such notice of appeal shall specify the location of the property and owner thereof in addition to why such assessment shall not be levied in the amount as determined by Council. Council shall hold a hearing on the appeal at the next regular scheduled Council meeting or sooner as Council shall deem necessary.
Council may provide for payment of the levied assessments in installments. In no event shall payment for current services and connections be more than one year from the date of the beginning of service or date of connection.