[CC 1988 §24-44; Ord. No. 2409 §1, 8-2-1971]
It is hereby determined by the City Council that it is in the
best interests of the City to establish procedures for paving streets
with permanent type asphalt, such streets to also be curbed and guttered
prior to paving with permanent type asphalt. The procedures enumerated
in this Article shall be followed by those persons desiring to participate
in this program.
[CC 1988 §24-45; Ord. No. 2409 §2, 8-2-1971]
In accordance with Section 88.507, RSMo., the cost of paving
City streets with permanent type asphalt and the cost of making concrete
curbs and gutters shall be charged against the lots and tracts of
land fronting or abutting on the improvements and proportioned to
the fronting or abutting street. Each street shall be divided into
sections, and the cost shall be computed in accordance with Section
88.507, RSMo.
[CC 1988 §24-46; Ord. No. 2419 §2, 9-20-1971; Ord. No. 2515 §1, 10-21-1974; Ord. No. 2572 §1, 3-7-1977; Ord. No. 3258 §1, 5-20-1996]
It is hereby established that the assessment rate charged against
property owners petitioning the City for construction of curbs and
gutters shall be the total project cost, including materials and labor,
divided by the lineal front footage of each individual property owner(s).
The City will provide an engineer's estimate of the total project
cost. The petitioner(s) shall be required to pay the actual project
cost, whether the engineer's estimate is more or less than the actual
project cost. The City reserves the right to use a construction contractor
for curb and gutter projects.
[CC 1988 §24-47; Ord. No. 2409 §5, 8-2-1971]
The charges made against lands for all such improvements shall
be known as special assessments or taxes for improvements and shall
be charged and assessed by issuing special tax bills against the lands
chargeable with the cost of the improvement. Each special tax bill
so issued shall be a special lien on the land against which it is
issued.
[CC 1988 §24-48; Ord. No. 2451, 11-20-1972; Ord. No.
3988 §1, 9-16-2013]
The affected property owners shall be billed after City Council
approval of a project. The special assessment shall be due without
interest until fifteen (15) days following receipt of seventy-five
percent (75%) of the total assessment. The Finance Clerk shall rebill
the unpaid assessment property owners on the day the seventy-five
percent (75%) of the total assessment is received. Interest shall
start fifteen (15) days after the second (2nd) statement is mailed
at a rate of eight percent (8%) per annum.
[CC 1988 §24-49; Ord. No. 2409 §3, 8-2-1971]
Concrete curbs and gutters must be constructed before streets
are paved with permanent type asphalt. When a petition for permanent
type asphalt or curbs and gutters, or both, in the forms on file in
the office of the City Clerk, shall have been signed by persons owning
at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the fronting or abutting feet
of a particular block to be paved or curbed and guttered, or both,
as the case may be, and when at least seventy-five percent (75%) of
the cost of same shall have been paid and placed in an escrow account
to be designated by the City Manager, the Council shall then consider
a petition and authorize the improvement by resolution. The cost money
shall remain in escrow until work on the improvement has commenced.
[CC 1988 §24-50; Ord. No. 2443 §1, 9-5-1972]
Concrete curbs and gutters may be constructed in a partial block
when existing curbs and gutters are upgrade and would connect to the
proposed curb and gutter. The partial block curb and gutter improvements
will not be required to complete a full block of curb and gutter improvements.
[CC 1988 §24-51; Ord. No. 2409 §4, 8-2-1971]
The engineering specification for the permanent type asphalt
shall be in accordance with the detail specifications on file in the
office of the City Clerk, or as otherwise modified by the City Engineer
and approved by the Council.
[CC 1988 §24-52; Ord. No. 2409 §7, 8-2-1971]
The City Manager or other appropriate officer is hereby authorized
to do and carry into effect and execute all things and documents necessary
to accomplish the purposes of this Article.
[CC 1988 §24-53; Ord. No. 2450 §1, 11-6-1972]
The City Council may with four (4) votes affirmative approve
a project not meeting the requirements of this Article in cases where
the application of such requirements will cause undue hardship or
would not permit the City Council to protect the health and welfare
of the City.
[CC 1988 §24-58; Ord. No. 2467 §1, 5-7-1973]
For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:
The City Manager of the City or his/her assistants if any
such are appointed and given the authority to act for the Manager.
Any area zoned for commercial purposes or is a commercial
non-conforming use as prescribed by the City's Zoning Ordinance.
A vehicular entrance or exit onto or off private or public
property from a public right-of-way.
