5281 Utility Improvements Grounds of Kansas Wesleyan University1
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ORDINANCE NMMER 5281
Published in the Salina Journal W , 1948)
AN ORDINANCE creating and defining a certain Lateral Sanitary Sewer District in the
City of Salina designated as Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 221, and pro-
viding for the construction of a Lateral Sanitary Sewer in said Lateral Sanitary
Sewer District Number 221 so created, and providing for the payment of the cost there-
of 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 cost thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 221.
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 221 and which district shall include all the following described property in
the City of Salina, to -wit:
All even numbered Lots 42 to 80, on M&fli.i-. Avenub, both
inclusive and all odd numbered Lots 41
to 79, both inclusive, on Kirwin Avenue and all
in the Addition to the Grounds of Kansas
Wesleyan University.
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'a.nd to serve said Lateral Sanitary
Sewer District Number 221 as created by Section 1 of this ordinance along the follow-
ing course, to -wits
Beginning at an existing manhole in Quincy
Street at the center line c-' an oast &west public alley, next north
of Claflin Avenue; thence east in said
alley and terminating at a manhole to be
constructed in said alley and 40 feet west
of the west line of Roach Street.
Section 3. That the City Engineer shall on or before Larch 8th , 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
within 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
building and construction of such sewer according to such plans and specifications,
which proposals shall be filed with 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 beat responsible bidders or
bidder therefor, if there by ;-my whose bid does not exceed the estiaated 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, Elie Board of Commissioners shall have the
power to do such work and make such improvements within the estimated cost thereof
as provided by 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
within 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 publication of this
ordinance,
the Board of
Commissioners shall appoint three
disinterested appraiser,
whoX after
having taken an
o6th to make a true and impartial
appraisement cf all lots
and pieces
of land to
taxaation for the cost of such improvements, shall within five days after having been
notified of such appointments 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 designatex 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 pr piece of land appraised as
aforesaid, of which special session due notice shall be given 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 but the owner
of any property liable to such assessment may with thirty days from the date of
determining the amount assessed against his property pay the same in full and his
property shall not be liable for any assessments for the cost of such improvements,
and bonds as hereinafter provided for shall be issued in the amount of the cost of
such improvements remaining unpaid at the end of thirty days from the time such
assessment is fixed.
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Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements in this
ordinance Fr ovided 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 exeeed five
per cent per annum, which bonds shall be issued and payable according to law; and for
the purpos.. 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 district 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 apport-
ionment ordinance shall contain the sum total amount of tax apportioned to each
tract, piece or parcel of land within the taxing district and shall state the number
of annual installments in which such tax is to be collected; and thereafter the City
Clerk shall annually, at the same time other taxes are certified to the County Clerk
of Saline 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 one ,year at the rate of not to exceed five per cent per
annum, on such amounts so certified, which shall be collected as other taxes are
collected.
Attest:
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City Clerk
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in fall
force from and
after its publication in the official city paper.
Introduced.
Februar,7 23,
1948
Passed:
March 11
1948
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Attest:
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City Clerk