HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-750 \1
ORDINANCE NO. 7.
AN ORDINANCE relating to irrigation system maintenance; providing for
the preparation of a preliminary assessment roll there-
for; amending Section 7.24.030 of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section I. That Section 7.24.030 of the City of Yakima Municipal
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Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"7.24.030 ASSESSMENT ROLL. On or before the 1st day of
February of each year, the Director of Public Utilities shall
cause to be prepared an assessment roll embracing all of the
lots, tracts and parcels of land within the limits of each
such irrigation district, which assessment roll shall contain
the legal description of each lot, tract or parcel of land
together with the name of the owner or reputed owner of each
said lot, tractor parcel, as shown on the tax rolls of the
Yakima County Treasurer, along with the amount assessed
against each lot, tract or parcel of land. The amount of
said assessment shall be the total cost, as estimated by the
Director of Public Utilities, for the then current calendar
year, which will be required to be expended for repairs,
maintenance, upkeep and operation of each respective irriga-
tion system and such further amounts as may be necessary to
pay all dues, assessments or charges on the water stock owned
or held in trust by the City of Yakima for the benefit of each
respective district together with legal interest thereon from
the date of outlay, and the expense of giving and publishing
• the notices as provided by this chapter. The total amount of
assessments for each district shall be spread over and assessed
against the several lots, tracts and parcels of land situated
within each respective district in accordance with the special
benefits conferred on such property in proportion to the sur-
face area thereof, one square foot of surface area to be the
unit assessment.
The first assessment made under the provisions of this
chapter for any irrigation district hereafter created shall
include the amount theretofore expended for any such district
from its organization to the date of the levy of said assess-
ments."
Section 2. This Ordinance is one to provide for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and wel-
fare of the people of the City of Yakima and an emergency is hereby
declared to exist and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by
• law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 6th day
of December, 1965.
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Mayor
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City Clerk