1840 - 22 Levy & assess special tax to improve Baxterly

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ORDI!~NCE N0,!840 By ~rs. Knirk ,AN ORDINANCE detern~n.ing to ~roceed with, and levying and assessin~ ~ special tax to pay the cost and expense of improving B~Xterly Avenue from Madison Avenue to Athens Avenue by paving same with brick or bitt~inous concrete, or sheet asphalt, or asphalt block, or bitulithic, or cement con- crete, doing any and all grading, draining and curbing and constructing curb connections incidental ~nd necessary thereto, and authbrizing the Mayor an~ Directorof .. of Finance to issue bonds in the sum of $16,15~.00 in anticipation s~d special tax to provide a fund to pay the portion of the cost and expense of said improve~en~ for which said special tax is levied. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Lakewood, State of Ohio, three-fourths of all members thereof concurring:J Section 1: That it is hereby determined to proceed with the improve- ment cf Baxterly Avesue from Madison Avenue to Athens Avenue by paving same with brick or bituminous concrete, or sheet asphalt, or asphalt block, or bitulithic, or cement concrete, doing any and all grading, draining and curbing and constructin~ curb connections incidental and necessary thereto. in accordance with Resolution No.1961 passedFeb. 20th, 1922 and in accordance with plans, specifications, estimates and profiles her6- tofore approved and now on f.'ile in the office of the Director of Public Wgrks. Sec%ion 2: That all claims for damages resulting fr~m said improve- ment shall be judicially inquired into after the completion thereof, and that the Director of Public %~'orks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract for said improvement in the manner provided by law, which improvement, zn a~cordance with Article ~ection 16 of the Charter has been estimated by the Director of Public Works to have a life of 20 years. Section 3: That for the purpose or,paying the cost and expense of said improvement there is hereby levied and assessed a special tax upon the several lots and parcels of land designated in and in accordance with Estimated Assessment No, ~90 as made for that purpose by the Director of Finance and recommended to this Council by the Board of Revision of Assessments. Said esti~ted ~ssessment was made on the basis of special benefits conferred by said improvement on the several parcels of land therein.described and the se~me is herein confirmed, adopted and. approved, Section 4: That the owners of the several lots or parcels of land in- cluded in said assessment shall pay the amounts from them severally due as shown by Column No. 3 of said Estima~e_d Assessmen~ No.~90 to the City Treasurer on or before thirty days fro~ %he date of the passage of this ordinance, at their option, and in def.~ult thereof seid special assessment with interest at the rats of ~ per centum per annum, upon deferred payments, shall be payable to the County Treasurer in l0 annual installments with the regular taxes of 1922 to 193~1 both inclusive. Section ~: That to provide a fund for the u~..~t ~. the oortiion of the cost and expense for which the special s~ssesj.~:e~t herein is levied for said improvemeBt, The 5Iayor and Director of ~znance be and they are hereby authorized to issue l0 bonds of~the City..of Lakewood., Ohio in sth~ aMgregate sum of $16,1~.00 of which bonds one.bond in the. sum of 1,615~00 shall be dUe and payableon October l, 1923 and one bond in the sum of $1,61~.00