An L.I.D. may be initiated by a petition presented to and filed with the finance director. Such petition shall be signed by all the owners of at least 50 percent in current assessed valuation of the property to be specially benefited by the improvements petitioned for. No signatures may be withdrawn from such petition after passage of an ordinance authorizing the L.I.D. Names and addresses of owners of record within the proposed district not signing such petition shall be listed thereon. Such petition shall contain the following:
A. 
A description of the specific improvements to be acquired, constructed or installed, with an estimate of the cost thereof;
B. 
A description of the boundaries of such proposed district or a listing of all the lots, tracts and parcels of land to be included therein, and a map or diagram of the proposed district with an inset showing the location thereof with relation to the city and borough as a whole shall be attached to such petition;
C. 
A statement of whether or not the proposed assessments should all be paid in one payment or be paid in installments (stating the installment plan proposed, but not to exceed 20 years), and if the latter, whether or not it is proposed that special assessment district bonds be issued.
(S.G.C. 17.12.010; S.C.C. 3-9-8; Ord. 86-688 § 4, 1986)
A. 
Certificate of finance director. Within five days (excluding Sundays) from the filing of such petition with the finance director, the finance director shall attach a certificate (to be known as the “qualifying certificate”) to the petition, stating the percentage in current assessed valuation of the property within the proposed district owned by the person or persons signing such petition.
If such qualifying certificate shows that the petition is signed by all the owners of at least 50 percent in current assessed valuation of the property to be specially benefited by such improvement, and if the assembly determines that the improvement requested is necessary, financially feasible, and in the public interest and should be made, it shall pass an ordinance or a resolution if special assessment district bonds are not to be issued, containing its findings on such questions, which ordinance or resolution shall also contain all of the provisions required for ordinances or resolutions creating assembly-initiated L.I.D.’s as set forth in SGC § 17.10.050.
B. 
Engineer’s certificate. Within 10 days from the filing of such petition the municipal engineer shall attach a certificate stating his estimate of the total ultimate cost of the improvements contemplated.
(S.C.C. 3-9-9; S.G.C. 17.12.020)
Within 10 days (excluding Sundays) after the adoption of such ordinance or resolution, the finance director shall mail a copy of the petition (omitting the signatures thereon if desirable) to each of the nonsigning property owners within the proposed district, together with a notice stating that a map or diagram of the proposed district and the improvements to be constructed therein and the proposed assessment schedule and the proposed assessment against each lot, tract or parcel of land which will be specially benefited by the proposed improvement, are on file in his office and available for public inspection.
(S.C.C. 3-9-10; S.G.C. 17.12.030)
Any period of time required to elapse between the time of giving notice of a hearing and the time of such hearing shall commence with the date such notice was published or mailed, and shall end on the day prior to the date of such hearing. Any publisher’s affidavit of publication of such notice and the affidavit or certificate of the finance director or any other municipal official or agent stating the date of mailing or such notice shall be conclusive as to such date of publication and mailing.
(S.C.C. 3-9-10; S.G.C. 17.12.040)