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Seattle |
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Municipal Code |
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Title 20. PUBLIC WORKS, IMPROVEMENTS AND PURCHASING |
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SubTitle I. Public Improvements |
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Chapter 20.04. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS |
§ 20.04.070. Final assessment roll—Hearing—Date, notice and general procedure.
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The Director of Transportation shall prepare and file with the City Clerk the proposed final assessment roll. Upon receipt of such roll, the City Council shall by resolution fix a date for a hearing on the roll before the City Council, a committee thereof, the City Hearing Examiner, or an officer, as designated in the resolution, and direct the City Clerk to give notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing by publication at least five (5) times in the official daily newspaper or at least two (2) times in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in the community where the improvement is constructed; provided, that at least fifteen (15) days must elapse between the date of the last publication thereof and the date fixed for the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed by the City Clerk or a person designated by the City Clerk to do so under his/her supervision to the owner or reputed owner of each property described on the assessment roll, at the address shown on the tax rolls of the County Comptroller at least fifteen (15) days before the date fixed for such hearing. At the time fixed for the hearing, the City Council, a committee thereof, the Hearing Examiner, or designated officer shall sit as a Board of Equalization for the purpose of considering the assessment roll.
B.
The City Council may proceed with consideration of the final assessment roll, as follows:
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Unless otherwise determined by ordinance or by City Council resolution, the proposed final assessment roll shall be filed within ninety (90) days following the completion and acceptance of the improvement;
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If the ordinance authorizing the improvement so states, award of the improvement contract or commencement of work by the City shall be deferred until confirmation and filing of the assessment roll, and until funds for the improvements are assured in the judgment of the City Council expressed by resolution; or
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A final assessment roll may be considered at such other time, before, during or after the commencement or completion of improvements, as may be determined by ordinance or City Council resolution.