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BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. 8, SERIBS OF 1959
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE llETHa> AND llAllOIR OF CONSTRUCTING OR
INSTALLING SPICIAL OR LOCAL IMPROVEllBMTS WITHIN DESIGNATED DISTRICTS
IN TBB CITY OF BNGLEWOCI>, COLORADO; ASSESSING THE COST TBBRBOF;
ISSUING AMI> PAYING BONDS FOR COSTS AMI> EXPENSES OF CONSTRUCTING OR
INSTALLING SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHT TO PRarEST
AGAINST PROPOSED SPICIAL OR LOCAL IMPROVBllBMTS; FOR NarICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING THEREON; AND D~LARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the Charter of the City of Englewood, Colorado,
provides that the City Council shall, by ordinance, prescribe the
method and manner of making special or local improvements in said
City, assessing the ~ost thereof and issuing and paying bonds for
costs and expenses of constructing or installing such improvements,
and also provides that the right to protest against such improve-
ments and notice of public hearing thereon shall be given as pro-
vided by the Ci t y Council by ordinance;
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ENGLEWOCI>, COLORADO:
Section l. That except as provided by the Charter of the
City of Englewood, Colorado, and except as provided herein the pro-
cedure for the creation of special or local improvement districts in
said City, the construction or installation of improvements in said
special or local improvement districts, the issuance and payment of
bonds for costs and expenses of constructing or installing such im-
provements and assessing the cost of constructing or installing
such improve .. nts shall be as provided in the laws of the State of
Colorado relating to tjpecial or local improvement districts as such
laws now exist or as the same may be amended.
Section 2. Whenever there is filed a petition for special
or local improve~e~ts, which petition is signed by a majority of the
property owners in any d•signated special or local improvement dist-
rict, or whenever the City Council shall provide for the construction
or installation of special or local improve118nts within a designated
district, the City Council shall adopt a resolution of intention to
create a special or local improvement district in said City and pro-
vide therein for the right to protest against the construction or
installation of the proposed improvements and for notice of a public
bearing thereon.
Section 3. Such notice of public bearing shall be substan-
tially the same as the notice of intention prescribed by the laws of
the State of Colorado. Such notice shall be published in three con-
secutive weekly issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the
City and the date of such public bearing shall be not less than 15
days after the first publication of such notice.
In addition to such publication, a notice of intention
to create the special or local improvement district shall be mailed
by prepaid postage to each known owner of real property within the
proposed district, such mailed notice to refer to the published
notice for details of the proposal.
~ Section 4. After such public hearing, or an adjournment
thereof, the City Council shall by ordinance order the creation of
the proposed special or local improvement district for the construc-
tion or installation of improvements therein, and may, by resolu-
tion, provide for notice to contractors to submit bids for the con-
struction or installation of the improvements, for notice of sale
of bonds to pay the costs and expenses of constructing or installing
the improvements, and shall, by ordinance, provide for the issuance
and payment of such bonds.
Section 5. When the final costs and expenses of construct-
ing and installing the improvements are ascertained, the City Council
shall by resolution provide for a hearing on the amount of assessments
to be levied against real property within the district and for notice
of public bearing on the proposed assessments. Notice of such hearing
shall be published in three consecutive weekly issues of a newspaper
of general circulation in the City and the date of bearing shall be
not less than 15 days after the first publication of such notice.
Section 6. After such bearing on assessments, the City
Council shall by ordinance levy assessments on the real property in
the district and provide for the collection and enforcement of such
assessments.
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Section 7. By reason of the fact that special or local im-
provements are urgently needed in said City, which improvements may be
constructed or installed only during the construction period under
favorable weather conditions, it is hereby declared that an emergency
exists and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of
public property, health, peace and safety, and it shall become effec-
tive immediately upon its final passage.
ATTEST:
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED This 2nd day of March, 1959.
FINALLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED This 16th day of March, 1959.
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