§ 14.01.1. Preliminary assessment.

(1)

After the date of the "final order" described in Section 13.03.2.2 the proper city officers shall calculate the expenses incurred in making the improvement.

(2)

Thereafter, an assessment roll shall be prepared, which shall include assessments against property benefitted by the improvement. The roll shall be filed and open to public inspection.

(3)

In estimating the benefits to any particular lot, piece or parcel of land, the proper city officers shall consider the owners' interest therein, the form and position of the several parcels of land, the qualified rights of the owners, and any other circumstances rendering the improvement beneficial to him or them.

(4)

Notice of the public hearing at which the council will consider the assessment roll shall be published in the official newspaper of the city not less than twenty (20) days before such hearing. At least ten (10) days before the hearing, notice thereof shall be mailed to every known owner of property subject to an assessment at his last known address.

(5)

At the hearing or at any adjournment thereof, the council shall hear all persons relative to the assessment. Thereafter by resolution, it shall adopt the assessment roll with or without amendment.

(C.F. No. 06-1025, § 6, 12-13-06; C.F. No. 06-1026, § 2, 12-13-06)

State law reference

Council authorized to levy special assessments for water services, Chapter 173, Laws of Minnesota for 1974.