CHAPTER 9 Public Improvements
Section 33. Public Improvements.
(1) Street, sewer, sidewalk, and such other public improvements as the council deems necessary may be initiated by motion of the council.
(2) A written remonstrance of the owners of property upon which sixty-seven percent of the estimated cost of the improvement is proposed to be levied shall defeat the motion initiating the improvement, and no further action upon the improvement shall be taken for six months.
(3) For the purpose of this chapter “owner” shall mean the record holder of legal title; provided, that if the affected property is being sold under a land sale contract, the holder of equitable title under such contract shall be deemed the “owner”.
Section 34. Improvement Procedure.
The procedure for initiating public improvements, for providing for notice to property owners, for a hearing upon the proposed improvements, for the filing of written remonstrances, for the carrying out and construction of public improvements, for determining the amount of the special assessments, their apportionment to various parcels of property, and the property upon which they are to be levied, for the levy of assessments, for the creating and enforcing of assessment liens, and for taking any action relating to the improvements and assessments shall be governed by general ordinances of the city or, if no such ordinances have been enacted, then by the applicable laws of the State of Oregon relating to special assessments.
Section 35. Special Charges.
If special charges, fees, costs, or damages are made a lien or special assessment upon real property by charter or ordinance, then the collection of such charge, fee, cost or damage shall be made in the manner provided by general ordinance or law for the collection of special assessments.