[Amended 9-25-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990]
The City Council may order any public work,
or local improvement and/or the maintenance or repair thereof and
provide for the payment thereof by tax.
[Amended 9-25-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990]
A.
The City Council may order any public work, or local
improvement and/or the maintenance or repair thereof and provide for
the payment thereof by local assessment. The City Council shall cause
to be prepared and filed in the office of the Director of Public Works
a roll consisting of plans and specifications of such work, or improvement,
maintenance or repair, including the estimated costs thereof, the
estimated amount of damages to be paid therefor if any, the proposed
area of assessment, and the proportionate amount to be assessed upon
each property.
B.
It shall thereupon publish a notice of a hearing thereon,
which notice shall include said estimate costs and damages, the proposed
area and proportionate amounts. Upon the return or adjourned day,
the City Council may reject the entire plan, or reduce, or add to
the area, estimated damages, or proportionate amounts and thereupon
deduct the same in whole or in part. Any changes or additions which
substantially affect any property not included in the original area,
shall be re-noticed for hearing as in the first instance. When adopted,
the roll shall be filed with the Controller.
C.
Upon completion of the work, improvement, maintenance
or repair, the Controller shall assemble the costs thereof and shall
add the damages awarded, if any, and apportion the amount upon the
properties in accordance with such roll and confirm the same.
D.
Any action or proceeding to review, vacate or notify
the said roll after adoption by the City Council must be commenced
within 30 days from the date thereof. Any error in or omission from
such roll or any illegality in whole or in part may be reassessed
as in the first instance.
E.
The amounts so assessed shall be liens upon the respective
properties, to be collected by sale as in cases of taxes.
A.
The City Council may order highways or parts thereof
discontinued.
B.
The City Council shall cause to be prepared and filed
in the office of the Department of Public Works a map of any highway
proposed to be discontinued and publish a notice of hearing thereon,
and on the return, or adjourned day, order the same closed in whole
or in part. If made on petition the City Council may require the owners
of land within the highway discontinued to pay the expense of the
proceeding and damages caused thereby.
C.
Any action or proceeding to review such proceeding
must be commenced within 30 days from date of the order.
D.
Any claim for damages for such discontinuance must
be claimed, ascertained and paid as provided in the Eminent Domain
Law.
The expenses of advertising and printing, and
the compensation of all persons, other than salaried officers and
employees necessarily employed in any proceeding under this article,
shall be a part of the cost thereof.
A.
The Department of Public Works through an order approved
by the Mayor may require the removal of all encroachments upon the
highways and public lands and the abatement of all nuisances.
B.
The Department of Public Works may also require through
an order approved by the Mayor, the owner or occupant of any property
to remove the snow and ice from the sidewalks and gutters in front
of such property and sand the sidewalks.
[Amended 6-28-2016 by L.L. No. 12-2016]
C.
The Department of Public Works, with the approval
of the City Council, may require the owner of any property along any
highway to lay water, sewer and gas service pipes from the mains in
front of such property to a point beyond the curbline.
D.
The Department of Public Works and the Mayor may prevent
the discharge of any polluted waters not connected with the public
sewer system, and may require the owner or occupant of any property
to connect any discharge of polluted water thereon with the sewer
system in such reasonable manner as may be prescribed.
E.
Upon default by the person so required in any of the
above cases to immediately comply with any requirement, the Department
of Public Works may through an order approved by the Mayor cause the
work to be done and sue for, or, on three days' notice of hearing,
assess and levy the expense thereof upon the property whereon the
encroachment or nuisance arises, or upon the property of the owner,
as the case may be, to be enforced by sale as in case of taxes.
