HomeMy WebLinkAbout1955-B-1664 ORDINANCE NO. B -1664
AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by grading, ballasting,
surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing a local
improvement district, providing for the method of payment therefor, and
creating a special fund.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the East side of Tenth Avenue South from Lenox Avenue to
Mead Avenue and the West side of Tenth Aveniue.South from Lenox Avenue to Viola Avenue
shall be improved by grading, ballasting, surfacing, and constructing concrete curbs and
gutters; all of said improvement to be constructed in full accordance with the plans and
specifications prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk. The propert
to be benefited by this improvement consists of the following:
Beginning at the intersection of Tenth Avenue South and Lenox Avenue;
thence Easterly along Lenox Avenue to a point midway between Tenth Avenue
South and Ninth Avenue South; thence southerly and parallel with Tenth
Avenue South to Mead Avenue; thence.westerly along Mead Avenue to the
center line of Tenth Avenue South; thence northerly along the center line
of Tenth Avenue South to Viola Avenue; thence westerly along Viola Avenue
to a point midway between Tenth Avenue South and Eleventh Avenue South;
thence northerly and parallel with Tenth Avenue South to Lenox Avenue;
thence Easterly along Lenox Avenue to the point of beginning.
Section 2. There is hereby created a Local Improvement District to be
called Local Improvement District No. 801, which said district shall include all of the
property described and set forth in Section 1 hereof.
Section 3. All of the costs and expenses in connection with the making and
construction of said improvement, including the costs and expense of engineering, ins-
pection, advertising, publication of notices, and all other expenses incident thereto,
shall be levied and assessed upon all of the property embraced within said Local Improve
ment District in accordance with the special benefits conferred thereon, in the manner
and as provided by laws of the State of Washington and the ordinances of the City of
Yakima, and said City shall not be liable in any manner for any portion of said costs an.
expenses of said improvement.
Section 4. All of the aforesaid construction work shall be in accordance
with the plans, specifications, profiles, maps and detailed drawings which have been pre
pared by the City Engineer, filed with the City Clerk, and which are hereby approved and
adopted.
Section 5. All of the work necessary to be done in connection with the mak
ing of said improvement shall be done and made by contract upon competitive bids; and th:.
City shall have the power to reject any and all bids.
Section 6. There is hereby created a special fund to be called "Local Im-
provement Fund, District No. 801 ", into which shall be placed all sums paid on account
of the aforesaid.special assessment, including all interest and penalties thereon; and,
in the event of the sale of Local Improvement Bonds by the City, all premiums and inter-
est on said bonds issued for said improvement.
Section 7. Bonds bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, payable on
or before 12 years from the date of issuance, shall be issued in payment of the cost and
expense of said improvement; which bonds shall be redeemed by the collection of special
assessments to be levied and assessed upon the property within said district, payable in
10 equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of 4% per annum, interest payab1:
annually, under the mode of "Payment by Bonds" as defined by the statutes of the State of
Washington and the ordinances of the City of Yakima.
Section 8. This ordinance is one relating to local improvements or assess-
ments therefor, and shall become effective immediately upon its passage, approval, and
publication as provided by the City Charter.
PASSED BY, THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 28th day of Febru-
ary, 1955.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B-1664 entitled "AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by
grading, ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing
a local improvement district, providing for the method of payment therefor, and creating
a special fund." as passed on the 28th day of February,. and that has been published
by law.
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