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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO.2026 - 52 <br />BY: Mayor Jones <br />AN ORDINANCE TO LEVY SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS UPON LISTED <br />REAL PROPERTY FOR THE TOTAL COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY OF <br />NORTH OLMSTED TO REPAIR, REPLACE OR CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS <br />ADJACENT THERETO, AS SUCH IMPROVEMENTS WERE DEEMED <br />NECESSARY AND INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THE 2025 SIDEWALK <br />PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, AND DECLARING AN <br />EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio Revised Code (Chapter 729.01) and the North Olmsted Charter <br />authorize the City to require Property Owners to construct and repair or replace sidewalks abutting <br />their property; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to R. C. 729.02, in 2025 this Council determined the necessity to <br />establish a Sidewalk Program for the City of North Olmsted (Resolution 2025-06, adopted May <br />21, 2025); and <br />WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted notified Property Owners, in accordance with law <br />under R. C. 729.03, allowing for the performance of construction work deemed necessary by the <br />2025 Sidewalk Program, subject to such sidewalk improvements being subsequently performed <br />by the City's contractors; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council determined to solicit bids from qualified contractors to perform <br />the necessary repair, replacement and reconstruction work, as required by the 2025 Sidewalk <br />Program (Resolution 2025-05, adopted February 18, 2025); and <br />WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted has entered into contracts and incurred costs to <br />perform the necessary sidewalk improvements for the 2025 Sidewalk Program, which costs are <br />the subject of reimbursement by or assessment of Property Owners; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to R.C. 729.08, the City of North Olmsted issued publication of <br />estimated assessments to Property Owners, inviting an opportunity to file written objections to <br />estimated assessments or to reimburse the City for improvement costs incurred; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to R.C. 729.04, the City of North Olmsted shall hereby levy <br />assessment of the total costs of sidewalk improvements upon the Property Owners of such real <br />property for the total costs incurred by the City to repair, replace or install sidewalks abutting their <br />property; and <br />WHEREAS, the list of Sidewalk Assessment Balances from the 2025 Sidewalk Program, <br />which includes the total costs of such sidewalk construction, repair or installation adjacent to each <br />