39-17 Amend COde to Reflect Adoption of 3rd Amended Charter

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the rate of such assessments, the number of installments, and that claims will be heard before the Board of Revision of Assessments, which time shall be not less than fifteen days subsequent to the service of such notice or the completion of the publication hereinbefore provided. (b) Notice of the passage of a resolution declaring that certain specified side- walks, curbings or gutters shall be constructed or repaired, required by Arti- cle XVI, Section 19 of the Second Amended City Charter, shall be given to the owner, or agent of the owner, of each parcel of land abutting upon such sidewalk, who may be a resident of the City, in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. For the purposes of such ser- vice, if the owner of any such property is not a resident of the City, any per- son charged with the collection of rent, or the payment of taxes on such property, or having control thereof in any way, shall be regarded as the agent of the owner, and service upon such person shall have the same force and effect as though personal service were made upon the owner thereof. If it appears that the owner is a nonresident, or that neither such owner nor agent can be found, publication of a copy of the resolution at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City shall be deemed sufficient no- tice to such owner. shall be repealed, and new Section 107.04, Notice of Special Assessment, shall be enacted to read as follows: 107.04 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. (a) Notice of the passage of a resolution of necessity and the filing of the esti- mated assessment required by Article XVI Section -404 the Second Amended °a City Charter shall be given to property owners or persons in whose names the property may be assessed for taxation upon the tax dupli- cate in the manner provided for service of summons in civil actions. For all nonresident property owners who cannot be found, the notice shall be pub- lished at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the City. Such notice shall contain a statement of the character of the proposed im- provement, the fact that the assessment report has been filed with Council, the rate of such assessments, the number of installments, and that claims will be heard before the Board of Revision of Assessments, which time shall be not less than fifteen days subsequent to the service of such notice or the completion of the publication hereinbefore provided. (b) Notice of the passage of a resolution declaring that certain specified side- walks, curbings or gutters shall be constructed or repaired, required by Arti- rle vv, Section 19 of-the See- ^a Amended City Charter, shall be given to the owner, or agent of the owner, of each parcel of land abutting upon such sidewalk, who may be a resident of the City, in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in civil actions. For the purposes of such ser- vice, if the owner of any such property is not a resident of the City, any per- son charged with the collection of rent, or the payment of taxes on such property, or having control thereof in any way, shall be regarded as the agent of the owner, and service upon such person shall have the same force and effect as though personal service were made upon the owner thereof. If it appears that the owner is a nonresident, or that neither such owner nor agent can be found, publication of a copy of the resolution at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City shall be deemed sufficient no- tice to such owner.