5279 Utility Improvements Riverside Park AdditionORDINANCE NUMBER 5279
(Published in the Saliha Jounnal Q ye 1948
AN ORDINANCE creating and defining a certain Lateral Sanitary Sewer District in the City
of Salina designated as Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 220, and providing for
the construction of a Lateral Sanitary Sewer in said Lateral Sanitary Sewer District
Number 220 so created, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof and for the
levying of special assessments against the property in said district for the payment of
the cost of such construction_ and for the issuing of bonds to pay the Dost thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 220.
That there be and there is hereby created lateral sanitary sewer district in the City
of Salina which shall be and it is hereby designated as Lateral Sanitary Sewer District
Number 220 and which district shall include all the following described property in
the City of Salina, to crit:
Lots 15 to 37, both inclusive, Block 2,
Riverside Park ,Addition to the City of
Salina, Saline County, Kansas
Section 2. It is necessary and it is hereby ordered that an eight inch V.C.P.
lateral sanitary sewer with all necessary connections, manholes, flushing tanks and
other appurtenances be constructed and built in and to serve said Lateral Sanitary
Sewer District Number 220 as created by Section 1 of this ordinance along the follow-
ing course, to wit:
Beginning at an existing manhole in Elan
Street on the east alley line, extended
south, of a certain north and south pub -
lie alley lying between Penn Avenue and
Columbia Avenue, thence north as an 8"
V.C.P. sewer in said alley 910 feet, more
or less, to a manhole to be constructed
in said alley on the south line of Lot
35, extended east, Block 2, Riverside Park
Addition to the City of Salina., Kansas
Section 3. That the City Engineer shall on or before ivia.rch 1st ,
1948, prepare and file in the office of the City Clerk, plans and specifications for
the construction of the lateral sanitary sewer provided for in the preceding sections
of this ordinance which shall be of proper character to serve the property* lying with-
in the district within which such sewer is to be constructed and shall on or before
the same date prepare and submit to the Board of Commissioners a detailed estimate
under oath of the cost thereof. That thereafter the City Clerk shall advertise for
three consecutive days in the official city paper for sealed proposals for the build-
ing and construction of such sewer according to such plans and specifications, which
proposals shall be filed Stith the City Clerk on or before the time fixed in such
notice, at which time the Board of Commissioners may let a contract for the building
and construction of such sewer to the lowest and best responsible bidders or bidder
therefor, if there be any whose bid does not exceed the estimated cost thereof, but
said Board shall reserve the right to reject any or all such proposals, and if no
bid shall be received within such estimate, the Board of Commissioners shall have the
power to do such work and make such improvements within the estimated cost thereof as
provided bTr law.
Section 4. That for the cost of building and constructing such sewer, special
assessments shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots or pieces of land with-
in the sewer district within and for such sewer shall be built, according to the
appraised value thereof, without regard to the improvements or buildings thereon.
Section 5. After the passage and pyblication of this ordinance, the Board of
Commissioners shall appoint thaee disinterested appraisers, who after having taken an
oath to make a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of land to taxa-
tion for the cost of such improvements, shall within five days after having been
notified of their appointment proceed to appraise all of the lots or pieces of land
within such district liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, without regard
to the buildings or improvements thereon, and after making such appraisements shall
return to the Board of Commissioners of said city and said Board shall designated a
time for holding a special meeting of said Board for the purpose of hearing any com-
plaints that may be made as to the value of any lot or piece of land appraised as
aforesaid, of which special session due notice shall be giver_ .in the official city
paper, and at which special session said Board may alter any valuation of any lot or
pieces of land if, in their opinion, the same has been appraised too high or too low,
Section 6. The special assessment herein provided for may be paid by the
person liable therefor in four approximately equal annual installments butthe owner
of any property liable to such assessment may within thirtir days frau the date of
determining the amount assessed against his property pay the same in full and his prop -
arty shall not be liable for any assessments for the cost of such improvements, and bonds
as hereinafter provided for shall be issued in the amognt of the cost of such improve-
ments remaining unpaid at the end of thirty days from the time such assessment is fixed.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the wcrk, and improvements in this
ordinance provided for, the Board of Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed
to issue improvement bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the cost
of such improvements, and to run for a period of four years and be payable in four
approximately equal annual installments, together with interest not to exceed five per
cent per annum, which bonds shall be issued and payable according to law; and for the
purpose of paying the principal and interest on said bonds as they severally become due
and payable, the Board of Commissioners shall apportion and assess against the lots or
pieces of land within the taxing districts of such improvements, special assessments
covering the cost of such improvement and the apportionment therein contained shall
hold good for all of the installments that are to be collected from the specific property
chargeable with said improvements, such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall
contain the total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, pieces of parcil of land
within the taxing district and shall state the number of annual installments in which
ouch taxis to be collected; and thereafter the City Clerk shall annually, at the same
time other taxes are certified, certify to the County Clerk cf Sal ins County, Kansas,
a full list of all property liable for such work and improvements, together with the
respective amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces or parcels of land, which amounts
shall include the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances for oneyear
at the rate of not to exceed five per cent per annum, on such amounts so certified, which
shall be collected as other taxed are collected.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and
after its publication in the official city paper.
Attest:
City Ulerk
Introduced: February 9, 1918
Passed: February 16, 1948
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