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BLACK HAWK COUNTY RECORDER
CITY OF WATERLOO ATTN: NANCY ECKERT
This Ordinance prepared by Nancy Eckert, City Clerk, 715 Mulberry
Street, Waterloo, Iowa.
ORDINANCE NO. 4611
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2001 CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY
REPEALING SECTION 7-2-3 , SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
FOR IMPROVEMENTS, PARAGRAPH F OF SECTION 7-
2A-3 , PERMITS, AND PARAGRAPH D OF SECTION 7-
2A-7, COST OF IMPROVEMENTS; ASSESSMENTS, OF
CHAPTER 2 , SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTIONS
AND REPAIR, OF TITLE 7, PUBLIC WAYS &
PROPERTY; AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW
SECTION 7-2-3 , SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR
IMPROVEMENTS, PARAGRAPH F OF SECTION 7-2A-3 ,
PERMITS, AND PARAGRAPH D OF SECTION 7-2A-7,
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS; ASSESSMENTS, OF CHAPTER
2 , SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTIONS AND
REPAIR, OF TITLE 7, PUBLIC WAYS & PROPERTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO,
IOWA:
That Section 7-2-3 , Special Assessments for Improvements,
Paragraph F of Section 7-2A-3 , Permits, and Paragraph D of
Section 7-2A-7, Cost of Improvements; Assessments, of Chapter 2 ,
Sidewalk Construction, Inspections and Repair, of Title 7, Public
Ways & Property, of the 2001 Code Of Ordinances of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, is hereby repealed in its entirety; that a new
Section 7-2-3 , Special Assessments for Improvements, Paragraph F
of Section 7-2A-3 , Permits, and Paragraph D of Section 7-2A-7,
Cost of Improvements; Assessments, of Chapter 2 , Sidewalk
Construction, Inspections and Repair, of Title 7, Public Ways &
Property, of the 2001 Code Of Ordinances of the City of Waterloo,
Iowa, is hereby enacted in lieu thereof as follows :
7-2-3 : SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS :
A. Payments : Any assessment that exceeds one hundred
($100 . 00) may be paid in installments as set by
the city council, not exceeding ten (10) in the
same manner and at the same interest rate as for
special assessments under Iowa Code Chapter 384,
Division IV.
B. Certification of Special Assessments to County
Treasurer: Upon making the special assessment
pursuant to this chapter, it shall be certified to
the county treasurer and shall be placed on the
tax list as is provided by law.
7-2A-3 . PERMITS :
F. Failure to Obtain Permit : Whenever any sidewalk
improvements are not completed in conformance to
the provisions of this article, i .e . not in
compliance with the current sidewalk standard
specifications, or without a permit, the city
engineer shall serve notice upon the property
owner and the contractor doing such work of the
nonconformance . If construction work is underway
without a permit, the notice shall order the work
to cease until a permit is obtained, and a fee of
two hundred dollars ($200 . 00) is paid. If the
sidewalk improvement underway with a permit is not
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in conformance with the current sidewalk
specifications, all work must be corrected to
comply with the current specifications . In the
event that the sidewalk work has been completed
without obtaining a permit, a permit shall be
immediately obtained, and a fee of two hundred
dollars ($200 . 00) paid, and any corrections needed
shall be completed within five (5) days after
receipt of the permit . Any person who shall have
violated the provisions of this chapter shall be
refused any further permits required by this
chapter until he has complied with all of the
provisions of this chapter. Failure to comply
with this notice shall result in the completion of
the work being done by the office of the city
engineer with the costs being assessed to the
property owner as provided in this article .
7-2A-7 : COST OF IMPROVEMENTS; ASSESSMENTS :
C. Billing, Certification to County: Thirty (30)
days after the decision of the city council of the
assessment, the city clerk shall certify any
unpaid amounts to the Black Hawk County Treasurer.
The unpaid assessments shall be collected by the
County Treasurer in the same manner as special
assessments . The following schedule shall control
the method wherein the property owner shall be
required to pay any unpaid portion of the total
costs of the repair of the sidewalk:
$ 0 . 00 to $100 . 00 1 year
100 . 01 to 250 . 00 3 years
250 . 01 to 500 . 00 5 years
500 . 01 to 700 . 00 7 years
700 . 01 and over 10 years
Such assessments shall be paid in the same manner
and at the same interest rates as for special
assessments under Iowa Code Chapter 384 , Division
IV. No interest shall be charged for such
assessments, or parts thereof, if paid within
thirty (30) days from the date of the city council
determination on the final amounts of the
assessment .
INTRODUCED: April 28 , 2003
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: April 28 , 2003
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: April 28 , 2003
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: April 28 , 2003
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, on the 28th day of April , 2003 , and approved by
the Mayor Pro Tem on the 1st day of May 2003 .
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Haro d Getty, Mayor/ o Tem
ATTEST:
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Nancy Eckert, ity Clerk
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CERTIFICATE
I , Nancy Eckert, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa,
do hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy
of Ordinance No. 4611, as passed and adopted by the Council of
the City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 28th day of April, 2003 .
Witness my hand and seal of office this 1st day of May 2003 .
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SEAL 'r Nancy Ecke , City Clerk
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