HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-B-1944 ORDINANCE NO. B -1944
AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by grading, ballasting,
surfacing with asphaltic concrete and constructing concrete curbs and
gutters, together with the necessary drainage features and constructing
concrete sidewalks on one side of the streets, 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 Buwalda Lane from East "I" Street to Thornton Lane; North
3rd Street from East "I" Street to East "K" Street; North 4th Street from East "I"
Street to a point approximately 140 feet North of Thornton Lane; Thornton Lane from
Buwalda Lane to North 4th Street; East "J" Street from North 3rd Street to North 4th
Street; and the North side of East "I'! Street from North 1st Street to North 3rd Street,
shall be improved by grading, ballasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete and constru-
cting concrete curbs and gutters, together with the necessary drainage features and by
constructing concrete sidewalks on one side of each of these streets; and also the alley
between South 7th Street and South 8th Street, from East Beech Street to Race Street
shall be improved by grading, ballasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete and construct
ing the necessary drainage features; all of said improvements to be constructed in -full
accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the City Engineer and filed
with the City Clerk.
Section 2. There is hereby created a Local Improvement District, to be
called "Local Improvement District No. $47," which said district shall include all of the
property adjacent to the above mentioned improvements which are subject to assessments.
Section 3. All of the costs and expenses in connection with the construct-
ion of said improvement, including the cost and expense of engineering, inspection,
advertising, publication of notices, and all other expenses incident thereto, shall be
levied and assessed upon all of the property embraced within said Local Improvement
District, in accordance with the special conferred thereon, in the manner and
as provided by the 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
and expenses of said improvement.
Section 4. All of the aforesaid construction work shall be in accordance
with the plans and specifications, profiles, maps and detailed drawings which have been
prepared 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
making of said improvement shall be done and made by contract upon competitive bids;
and the city shall have the power to reject any and all bids.
Section 6. There is hereby created a special fund, to be called "Local
Improvement Fund District No. $47, into which shall be placed all sums paid on account
of the aforesaid special assessments, including all interest and penalties thereon; and
in the event of the sale of local improvement bonds by the city, all premiums and
interest on said bonds issued for said improvement.
Section 7.. Bonds bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum, payable on
or before 10 years from the date of issuance, shall be issued in payment of the cost
and expense of said improvement, bonds shall be redeemed by the collection of special
assessments to be levied and assessed upon the property within said district, payable
in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of 4% per annum, interest
payable annually under the mode of payment "payment by bonds" as defined by the statutes
of the State of Washington and the ordinances of the City of Yakima.
Section $. 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 15th day of
October, 1956.
ATTLST: J. A. SMITH (S E A L) C. H. BEHNKE
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1944 entitled "AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by
grading, ballasting, surfacing with asphaltic concrete and constructing concrete curbs
and gutters, together with the necessary drainage features and constructing concrete
sidewalks on one side of the streets, establishing a local improvement district provid-
ing for the method of payment therefor, and creating a special fund." as passed on the
15th day of October, 1956, and that same has been published as required by law.
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