35-00 Proposed Second Amended Charter

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SECTION 6. BOARD OF REVISION OF ASSESSMENTS. The Board of Revision of Assessments shall consist of the Mayor, Director of Law, the Director of Finance, the Director of Public Works and the President of Council. The Mayor shall be the President of the Board and the Director of Finance shall be the Secretary thereof; it shall meet at such times and place as is provided by its rules, and shall hear all claims and objections as to the character of all improvements to be paid for in part or in whole by special assessments, the necessity therefor, and the equity of the assessments as provided in the assessment report. A majority of those constituting the Board of Revision of Assessments shall determine all complaints and objections submitted to it, and as to each improvement the Board shall, after such hearing, amend, equalize and adjust the assessment-report, and shall report its findings as to the necessity for the improvements and any amendments it directs in the assessments, to Council. SECTION 7. CLAIMS. An owner of a lot or' of land bounding and abutting upon a proposed improvement claiming that he or she will sustain damage by reason of the improvement shall present such claim to the Board of Revision of Assessments within two weeks after the service of notice of the completion of the publication hereinbefore provided. Such claim shall be in writing and shall set forth the amount of damages claimed, with a general description of the property with respect to which it is claimed the damage will accrue. Any owner who fails so to do shall be deemed to have waived such damages and shall be barred from filing a claim or receiving damages therefor. This provision shall apply to all damages which will obviously result bom the improvement, but shall not deprive the owner of his or her right to recover damages arising without his or her fault, from 41