HomeMy WebLinkAbout011 - 06/17/1907 - PRESCRIBING AND ESTABLISHING SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT NO. 24 ORDI14ANCF h0. OF THE
:P:RIES OF 1907.
An ordinance prescribing and establishing Fort Collins San-
itary Sewer District No. 24, and ordering the construction of a
sanitary sewer therein, and declaring the necessity therefdr.
Whereas, on the 22nd day of` April, A . D. 19C7, in p+."rsuanco
of an act of the general assembly of the State of Colorado, entitled
"An act to provide for the construction of local improvements
in cities of all classes having a population of less than one hun-
dres thousand, and incorporated towns, the issuance of local imp-
rovements bonds therefor, and the assessment and payment of the
costs of said improvements, " approved April 8, A . D. 18990 by resolu-
tion duly adopted by the city" council of the city of Fort Collins, -
the construction of the district sanitary sewer in and for the
sanitary sewerdistrict of the city of Fort Collins hereinafter des"
cribed, under and by virtue of the provisions of said act, was
declared essential to the proper sanita on of seid district and
city, and therefore necessary for sanitary reasons, and the city
engineer was duly authorized and directed to prepare plans and
specifications for the construction of . said improvement, and an
estimate of the cost thereof, together with a man of said district,
and a schedule showing the approximate amounts to be assessed upon
the several lots and parsels of property in said district, as re-
quired by sections 3 and 15 of said act, and to report the same to
the city council for consideration; and
'whereas, in pursuance of said authority, the city engineer,
upon the 22nd day of April, A. D. 1907, made his report in the
premises to the city council, and filed therewith plans and specifioa-
tiona for the construction of said improvements, together with his
official estimate, map and schedule required by said resolution and
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by law, said estimate showing a total probable cost of four thou-
sand forty-four dollars and twenty-five cents (14044. 25) for said
improvement, and said schedule showing approximate amount to be
assessed upon each of the several lots or parsels of property with-
in said district to be at the rate of four mills, ( . 004) per square
foot; said estimate being exclusive of cost of inspection, collec-
tion, incidentals and interest; and
Whereas, by resolution duly adopted on said last mentioned date
by city council, said plans and specifications, estimate and map,
were adopted and approved, and said city council determined the
number of installments and time in which the cost of said improvement
should be payable, the rate of interest on unpaid installments, the
district of lams to be assessed for the some, as provided by said
act, and authorized the city clerk to give notice by advertisement
for twenty deus to the owners of the property to be assessed for
said improvement ; and
"fhereas, in pursuance of said resolution the city clerk has by
advertisement for twenty days in The Fort Collins Courier, a weekly
newspaper of general circulation published in said city, given
notice to the owners of property to be assessed, of the kind of
improvement proposed as aforsaid, the number of installments and the
ti:r.e in which the cost will be payable, the rate of interest on un-
paid and defered installments, the extent of district to be im-
proved as afroesaid, the probable cost per square foot as shown by
the estimates of the city engineer, and the time; towit. , play 27,
1907, at 7:30 P. t,:. P the same being more than thirty (30) days after
the first publication of said notice, when an ordinance ordering
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the construction of said improvement would be finally considered;
that said plans and specifications, map, estimate and schedule,
and ali resolutions and proceedings in the premises were on file
and could be seen and examined by any person interested at the
office of the city clerk at any tiL;e within said period of thirty
days, ar_d until the tune fixed as afroesaid for the consideration
of said ordinance; and that all complaints and objections that may
be made in writing concerning said proposed improvements, by the
owner or owners of any piece of real-estate to be assessed there-
fore would be heard and determined by the city council before
final action thereon; and
".'hereas, no complaints or objections have been made in writ-
ing by the owner or owners of property- to be: assessed for the
cost of said improvements, now therefore, upon consideration of
the premises.
BE IT ORDAlYED BY - THE CITY CALM,'07 TL 1, _7 CiTY
OF FORT COLLINS, COLORIADO.
Section 1. That the construction of a district sanitary sew-
er in the district hereinafter described is and the same hereby
declared necessary for. sanitary reasons.
Section 2. That the construction of a district sanitary
sewer in the district hereinafter described, together with all
necessary manholes, inlets, appurtenances, according to the plans
and specifications heretofore adopted by said city council, and on
file in the office of the city clerk, be and the same is hereby
ordered under, by virtue of and in accordance with the provisions
od said act of the general assembly, and said plans and specifications
are hereby prescribed for said construction.
Section 3. That said district shall consist of all of the real-
estate included within blocks 1, 2, 3, and 4 of hashington Place
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sub-division, lots numbers from 1 to 20 inclusive, 26 to 31,
inclusive of k:orger-`math sub-division and the lands lying East
of Lot 27 of said Norger Fmith sub-division and Test of ' asliington
Ave. , 167 5/10 feet in depth from the l;orth line of Mountain Ave. ,
and also lots numbers from 1 to 17 inclusive in Grend-View Add-
ition; in accordance with the plats of said sub-divisions and
additions now or. file in the of-' ice of the CcuT;ty ^_ lerk and Fes-
order of Larimcr• County, Colorado. and the said district .is here-
by created and established and shall be known as i2ort Collins san-
itary Fewer Di,3trict "'o. 24.
:section 4. The cost of said sanitary sewer, inclu i.ng manholes,
inlets, connecting mains and appurtenances, with interest, shall
be assessed wholly upon all the real-estate in said district,
exclusive of public highways, in proportion as the area of each
piece of reel-estate in said district, is to t he area of all real-
estate in said d' Istrlbt, exclusive of public highways, in accordance
with said act.
`section 5. The construction of said sewer shall be done by
independent contract, but under the direction. o= t :e city engineer,
said contract to be let by the mayor with the approval of the
city council, in the manner prescribed by said act, but no con-
tract shall be let .for any amount exceeding the estimate made by the
city engineer. laid contract shall contain the provisions required
by sectiorog of said act, and be subject to ell the provisions
of said act.
Section 6. If any place of real-estate has already a sewer con-
forming to the general plan of said sanitary sewer, or which the
city council may find to be satisfactory, an allowance may be made
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therefor to the owner, the same to be deducted from his assessments
and from the contract price, and said contract shall so provide.
Section 7. Said sewer shall be paid for in warrants of the
city of Fort Collns, which :.hall be payable out of the funds
collected on account of the assessments made for said improvement.
Said warrants shall be of such date, in such form, payable, at such
times and in such denominations as may hereafter prescribed by
said city council, and shall be executed, issued and disposed of, and
otherwise dealt with as in Sections 350 36, and 37 of said act
Prescribed. Said warrants shall bear interest at the rate of
six per cent per annum.
Section 8. The mayor is hereby authorized to advertise in the
manner required by law, for bids for the construction of said
sewer, iracccordance with said plans and specifications, and
subject to the provisions of -law and of this ordinance The right
to reject any and all bids shall be in said advertisement and is
hereby reserved.
erection 9. The city council does hereby find that notice of said
proposed improvement was duly given to. the owners of the nroperty
to be assessed therefor, as provided in said act ; that the improvement
hereby ordered is so duly ordered after notice duly given; that all
the real-estate within the limits of said district is especially
benefited by the construction of said sewer.
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The foregoing ordinance was introduced, read and ordered printed
at an adjourned regular meeting og the City Council of the City of
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Fort Collins, Colorado, held on the 27th day of h"ay, 1907,, and was
printed in the Fort Collins Courier, a weekly newspaper o: &eneral
circulation, published in said City, on the 29th day of `say, 1907,
and was duly passed and adopted by said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof, held or. the 17th day of June, 1907. "
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Attest: � �/ ccllCL'lii�
ity Clerk.