04/25/2000 Ordinances 8582
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ORDINANCE NO. 8582
An ordinance to amend Chapter 17 of the Grand Island City Code; to amend
Section 17-38 pertaining to interest rate for delinquent weed assessments; to repeal any
ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for publication and the
effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 17-38 of the Grand Island City Code is hereby amended to
read as follows:
~17-38. Assessment; Levy; Collection
If the costs and expenses of cutting and removing weeds, grasses, or worthless vegetation and costs of
removing any refuse, debris or other obstructions to permit such cutting is not paid within the time provided, the city
council shall, and it is hereby empowered to, levy and assess the costs and expenses of such work upon the property
so benefitted. The same shall be levied on all lots, tracts or parcels of land to the extent of the special benefits to
such real estate, by reason of such improvement, such benefits to be determined by the city council sitting as a board
of equalization after publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the City and personal notice at least ten
days prior thereto. The assessments so levied shall be a lien on the property on which levied from the date of levy
and shall be due and payable to the city treasurer thirty days after such levy and shall become delinquent fifty days
after such levy and shall bear interest at the rate of fourteen percent (14%) per annum from the date they become
delinquent; and, at the time of the next certification for general revenue purposes to the county clerk, if not
previously paid, the special taxes shall be certified to the county clerk and by him be placed upon the tax list and be
collected as other real estate taxes are collected, and be paid over to the city treasurer.
SECTION 2. Any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and
hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its
passage and publication, within fifteen days in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Approved as to Form T CflY'
April 26. 2000 A City Attorney
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ORDINANCE NO. 8582 (Cont.)
Enacted: April 25, 2000.
Attest:
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ity Clerk
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Approved as to Form T ~
April 26, 2000 .... City ttorney