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ORDINANCE #92-12 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AMENDM~N~ TO CHAPTER 8 OF THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF RAM$1~.Y ~WHICH CHAPTER S IS ENTITLED "PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND SPI~IAL ASSESSMENTS". The City o am Ordains: SECTION 3' ! AUTHORITY: This {~)rdigance is enacted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §410.12, Subd. 7. SECTION ~. [ REPEAL AND AMENDMENT. Secfi~ns$.01 through Section 8.06 of Chapter 8 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsay ~e hereby repealed and replaced with the following sections: S~tion 8.01. Power tO Make Improvements and Levy Assessments. The City m~y make any type of local improvement not forbidden by law and levy special assessments to pay all or part of the cost of such local improvements. The total of thc assessments for any local improvement may not exceed the cost of the local irr~provement, plus all costs and expenses connected therewith, including interest. N4 assessment shall exceed the benefit to the property assessed as measured by the in{rease in the market value of the property assessed as a result of the local irr~rovement. SeCtion 8.02. Application of Charter. All local improvement projects shall be rried out e,x, clusively under the provisions of this Charter. The term "local ovement as used in this section shall mean a public improvement financed pa{'t, ly or wholly from special assessments. Section 8.03. Assessments for Services. The Council may provide by ordinance that the cost of the City services to streets, sidewalks, or other public or private pr{ iperty may be assessed against property benefited and may be collected in the sax ne manner as special assessments. [ Se :tion 8.04. Local Improvement Procedure. When the City undertakes any local I' in: ~rovement to which the State local improvement code applies, it shall comply wi h the provisions of that law, except as modified below. The Council may by or,.linance prescribe the procedure to be followed in making any other local t improvement and levying assessments therefor. SeCtion 8.04.01. Sixty Day Waiting Period. A period of sixty (60) days shall elapse after the conclusion of the public hearing required by la, w to precede the ord~ering of the construction of a local improvement project (the 'Public Hearing") before the actual ordering of the local improvement by the Council and the Council ~ entering into a contract for the local improvement construction.