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8.4.3 Counter Petmon m Favor~ofthy Improv. filing with the city administrator ota petition aga~~ in Section 8.4.2 above, ther6"is filed with the city administrator a petition in favor of the local improvement, signed by owners of the real property abutting on the streets named in the initiating petition as the location of the improvement, is a percentage greater than the percent of owners who signed the petition against the local improvement, then in such event the council may disregard the petition against the local improvernem and proceed with the local improvement. 8.4.4 Petition Against Council Initiated Improvement. If the local improvement was initiated by council resolution without an initiating petition and, within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of the public hearing, a petition is filed with the city administrator against such local improvement and wlMch petition is si_o-ned by ~eater than 50 percent of the owners of ali the real property parcels proposed to be assessed for and benefited by the local improvement, the council shall not make such local improvement at the expense of the benefited property owners. 8.4.5 Withdrawal of Name from Petition. Any person whose name appears on a petition to the council in favor of a local improvement, or on a petition to the council filed against a local improvement, may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing fi]ed with the city administrator before such petition is presented to the council or in person at a city council meeting before the city council accepts said petition. 8.4.6 Filing of Petition with City Council. All completed petitions filed with the city administrator as described herein shal] be presented to the council by the city administrator at the council's next regularly scheduled meeting. 8.4.7 One Year Befo.re Any Further Action. When a proposed local improvement i.s disallowed pursuant to the petition process described in the foregoing Sections, the council sixall not vote on the same improvement within a period of one year after the public hearing on said improvement. Section 8.5 Computation of Time. Where the perfonnance or doing of any act or matter is required by this charter, and the per/od of time is prescribed and fixed by this charter, the time shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include the last day of the prescr/bed or fixed period of tinae. When the last day of the pehod falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, that day shall be omitted fi-om the computation. Section 8.6 Sewer and Water Projects. Tlzis Section applies to any Local Improvement Pro.jeer completed after January 1, 1996, which includes extending Urban Sen, ices (Sewer and/or Water) to an existin~ home or neighborhood. 8.6.~ Connection Policy. The City may not compel any property, owner with a functional private sewer and water system to co~znect to City Sewer and/of Water. 8.6.2 Assessment Policy. The CiD, may nqt lex? an assessment for any component of any project which includes Sewer and/or Water improvements against a prope~, whose owner elects to remain on a functional private Sewer and/or Water system. 19 -139-