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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT ALL ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE PAID ON INSTALLMENTS UNLESS PAID OTHERWISE AND DELETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN APPLICATION THEREFORE, AMENDING SECTION 45-82 SUBSECTIONS B AND C OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 45-82 Subsections (b) of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) Hearing; time for payment. Within ten days after such approval, the council shall have published in the official paper of the city and shall have mailed to each person whose name appears on said assessment roll a notice briefly describing the improvement for which the assessment is made. In addition, said notice shall state the following options for payment of the assessment:
(1) The entire amount of the assessment may be paid in full at the office of the city treasurer within 90 days of the publication of the notice.
(2.) Except as provided for in subsubsection (3). below, if the council determines that the assessment may be paid in annual installments and establishes the number of annual installment over which it can be paid, not to exceed 15 in number, the owner of the property subject to the assessment may elect to pay the assessment by installment by paying the amount of the first installment payment to the city treasurer within 90 days of the publication of the notice.
(3.) If the assessment against the property being assessed is less than the amount specified in Section 31-8 of this code, the assessment shall not be eligible for payment by installment and the entire amount thereof shall be paid within 90 days of the publication of the notice.
(4.) Notwithstanding an election made as provided for in subsubsection (2.) above, an owner may pay off the entire balance of any assessment plus any outstanding, unpaid interest and penalties thereon, at any time.
, and stating that the assessment is payable at the treasurer's offic...
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