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AN ORDINANCE LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF GAHANNA BY CONSTRUCTING AND INSTALLING THE LARRY LANE SANITARY SEWER; IMPROVEMENT NO. SA 1013; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
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WHEREAS, the City of Gahanna still has several unsewered areas and one of them is along East Johnstown Road, and the City has determined that an assessment process is needed and an ordinance determining to proceed with the assessment is necessary; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative to move forward with this ordinance for the safety of Gahanna residents, and all for the preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That the assessment of the cost and expense of improving certain areas within the City of Gahanna by
constructing and installing the Larry Lane Sanitary Sewer, Improvement No. SA 1013 shall be and the same is hereby adopted and confirmed and there shall be and are hereby levied and assessed upon the properties in the amount reported as attached in EXHIBIT A, and made a part herein, and on file in the office of the Clerk of Council, which assessment is a special benefit and is not in excess of any statutory limitation.
Section 2. That this Council hereby finds and determines that the Assessments as now on file in the office of said clerk are no more than in proportion to the estimated assessments as originally filed as the actual costs of the above described improvement is to the estimated cost of the improvement as originally filed.
Section 3. That the Assessment against each lot or parcel of land shall be payable in cash within thirty (30) days after the passage of this ordinance unless such cash payment period shall be waived by the owner for such lot or parcel, or, at the option of such owner, in twenty (20) annual installments with interest at the same rate presently estimated to be three and one quarter percent (3.25%) per annum. All cash payments shall be made to the Director of Finance of this City. All assessments and installments thereof remaining unpaid at the expiration of said thirty (30) days shall be certified by the Clerk of this Council to the County Auditor as provided by law to be placed by him on the tax duplicate and collected as other taxes are collected.
Section 4. That the Clerk of this Council shall cause a notice of the passage of this ordinance to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in this City and to continue on file in her office said Assessments.
Section 5. That the Clerk of this Council is hereby directed to deliver a certified copy of this ordinance to the County Auditor within twenty (20) days after its passage.
Section 6. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Revised Code Section 121.22.
Section 7. That, for the reasons set forth in the preamble hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, this Ordinance is declared emergency legislation and shall be in full force and effect after passage by this Council and signature of approval by the Mayor.