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<br />residential greater than 10 acres in size based on zoning classifications in effect at the <br />date of such petition, or owners of non-homestead real property greater than one acre in <br />size. <br /> <br />8.4.4 Counter Petition in Favor of the Improvement. <br /> If within thirty (30) days of the <br />filing with the city administrator of a petition against the local improvement as described <br />in Section 8.4.3 above, there is filed with the city administrator a petition in favor of the <br />local improvement, signed by owners of real property abutting on the streets named in the <br />initiating petition as the location of the improvement, in a percentage greater than the <br />percent of owners of real property who signed the petition against the local improvement, <br />then in such event the council may disregard the petition against the local improvement <br />and proceed with the local improvement. <br /> <br />8.4.5 Petition Against Council Initiated Improvement. <br />If the local improvement was <br />initiated by council resolution without an initiating petition and, within sixty (60) days of <br />the conclusion of the public hearing, a petition is filed with the city administrator against <br />such local improvement and which petition is signed by 60 percent or more of the owners <br />of real property proposed to be assessed for and benefited by the local improvement, the <br />council shall not make such local improvement at the expense of the benefited property <br />owners. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, “owners of real property” shall not <br />include owners of properties zoned for commercial or industrial uses or owners of <br />properties zoned residential greater than 10 acres in size based on zoning classifications <br />in effect at the date of such petition, or owners of non-homestead real property greater <br />than one acre in size. <br /> <br />8.4.6 Withdrawal of Name from Petition. <br />Any person whose name appears on a <br />petition to the council in favor of a local improvement, or on a petition to the council <br />filed against a local improvement, may withdraw his/her name by a statement in writing <br />filed with the city administrator before such petition is presented to the council or in <br />person at a city council meeting before the city council accepts said petition. <br /> <br />8.4.7 Filing of Petition with City Council. <br />All completed petitions filed with the city <br />administrator as described herein shall be presented to the council by the city <br />administrator at the council’s next regularly scheduled meeting. <br /> <br />8.4.8 One Year Before Any Further Action. <br /> When a proposed local improvement is <br />disallowed pursuant to the petition process described in the foregoing Sections, the <br />council shall not vote on the same improvement within a period of one year after the <br />public hearing on said improvement. <br /> <br />Section 8.5 Computation of Time. <br />Where the performance or doing of any act or matter is <br />required by this charter, and the period of time is prescribed and fixed by this charter, the time <br />shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include the last day of the prescribed or fixed <br />period of time. When the last day of the period falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, <br />that day shall be omitted from the computation. <br /> <br /> 20 <br /> <br />