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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd1956-262 . '.; '... .'" - .~. . CITY OF SEW ARD~ ALASKA ORDINANCE NO. 262 AN ORDINANCE CREATING STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.1 WITH IN THE CITY OF SEWARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAVING STREETS THER IN, AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY>> APPORTIONMENT AND ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF THE COST THEREOF AGAINST AND FROM THE PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: DETERMINING GENERALLY WHAT WORK SHALL BE DONE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OWNERS OF THE ADJOlNING~ CONTIGUOUS OR PROXIMATE PROPERTY~ OR NON -CONTIGUOUS AND OTHER PROPERTIES WITHIN SUCH IMPROVE- MENT DISTRICT SPECIALLY BENEFITTED THEREBY.. AND PROVIDING GENERALL Y FOR THE MANNER OF MAKING~ APPORTIONING AND COL- LECTING ASSESSMENTS THEREFOR. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Seward~ Alaska: That the following street improvement district for the purpose of paving with asphalt pavement and the necessary earthwork, installation of drainage facilities, sidewalks. and other necessary work in connection there- with, is hereby established: STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 All and the whole of the area. parcels and tracts of land located in the Original Townsite of the City of Seward. Alaska, and more particularly described as follows: Lots 1 through 11 of Block 2 Lots 1 through 7, and Lots 32 through 40 of Block 3 Lots 1 and 2. and Lots 37 through 40 of Block 4 Lots 21 through 40 of Block 8 Lots 1 through 40 of Block 9 Lots 1 through 40 of Block 10 Lots 1 through 20 of Block 11 Lots 1 through 20 of Block 14 Lots 1 through 40 of Block 15 Lots 21 through 40 and Lots 16 through 20 of Block 16 Lots 21 through 25 of Block 17 Lots 21 through 40 of Block 23 Lots 1 through 40 of Block 24 Lots 1 through 20 of Block 25 Lots 2 through 20 of Block 28 Lots 1 through 40 of Block 29 Lots 21 through 40 of Block 30 Lots 21 through 27 of Block 37 Lots 14 through 27 of Block 38 Lots 14 through 20 of Block 39 \\-s> \1;' I~ ~~ ~ .~~ \J\ All and the whole of the area, parcels and tracts of land located in the Federal Addition to the Original Townsite of Seward, Alaska~ and more particularly described as follows: Lots 3 and 4 of Block 2 Lots 1 through 4 of Block 3 Lots 1 and 2 of Block 4 Lots 1 through 6 of Block 7 Lots 1 through 12 of Block 8 - 1 - r .. The West One-half (W 1/2) of Block 9 Lots 7 through 12 of Block 12 Lots 1 through 12 of Block 13 Lots 1 through 6 of Block 14 Lots 1 through 6 of Block 17 Lots 1 through 12 of Block 18 Lots 8 through 12 of Block 19 Lots 1 through 4 of Block 20 Lots 1 and 2 of Block 21 All and the whole of the area, parcels and tracts of land located in the Laubner Addition to the Original Townsite of Seward, Alaska, and more particularly described as follows: Lots 1 through 14 of Block 4 Lots 27 through 40 of Block 5 Lots 21 through 36 of Block 9 Lots 4 through 20 of Block 10 All and the whole of the area, parcels and tracts of land located in that portion of the Alaska Railroad Terminal Reserve lying South of Railway Avenue, beginning at a point where the West line of Third Avenue intersects the Southerly boundary line of Railway Avenue, thence in a Northeasterly direction along said Southerly boundary line of Railway Avenue to a point where the East boundary line of Fifth Avenue intersects with the Southerly boundary line of Railway Avenue, thence North across said Railway Avenue along the East boundary line of Fifth Avenue to the Northerly boundary of Railway Avenue, thence Southwesterly along said Northerly boundary of Rail- way Avenue to the West boundary line of Third Avenue, thence South across said Railway Avenue along the West boundary line of Third Avenue to the point of beginning. All and the whole of the area, parcels and tracts of land located in that porti.on of the Alaska Railroad Terminal Reserve lying East of the East boundary line of D Street. All of said descriptions being in accordance with the official maps and plats on file in the office of the U. S. Commissioner at Seward, Alaska. The street improvements that shall be performed within Street Improvement District No. 1 shall consist of the following: The hereinafter described area shall be paved with asphaltic pave- ment, and the necessary earthwork installation of drainage facilities, storm sewers, gutters, sidewalks and other necessary work in connection with said paving, said area being as follows: Beginning at Third Avenue and Railway Avenue, thence along Railway Avenue to Fifth Avenue, thence North along Fifth Avenue to 150 feet beyond the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Adams Street; Third Avenue from Rail- way Avenue to Adams Street; Fourth avenue from Railway Avenue to Jeffer- son Street; Washington Street from Third Avenue to Fifth Street; and Adams Street from Third A venue to Fifth Street. The hereinafter described area shall be strip paving with asphaltic pavement, and the necessary earthwork# installation of drainage facilities, and other necessary work in connection with said paving, said area being as follows: - 2 - Beginning at the intersection of Third Avenue and Adams Street on Third Avenue to the Lagoon Road; and on Fourth Avenue beginning at the intersection of Fourth Avenue an~LJeffersort Street along Fourth Avenue to D Street, thence West on D Street to Third Avenue. The approximate costs of said improvements in this district as hereto- fore described is Five Hundred Seventy-one Thousand Three Hundred and no/IOO Dollars ($571,300.00), fifty percent of the cost of which shall be borne by the City of Seward, and fifty percent of said cost is to be paid through the Alaska Public Works, under Project No. Aaa 50-A-182, and Two-thirds (2/3) of the cost of said improvement to the City of Seward, shall be assessed against the owners of the property located therein, in the manner hereinafter provided, and One-third (l/3) thereof shall be paid from the general fund of the City of Seward. Two-thirds (2/3) of the cost to the city, of the work to be done, and the improvements to be made, as herein described, in the foregoing des cri- bed and designated street improvement district shall be at the expense of the owners of the lots and lands fronting thereon and adjoining, contiguous, proximate and non-contiguous in the improvement district proximate or specially benefitted thereby; each lot being separately assessed for the full debt thereof in proportion to the benefits upon the property thereby benefit- ted sufficient to cover the total expense of the work. The additional One- third (l/3) of the cost to the city of the work to be done, and the improvements to be made, shall be at the expense of the City of Seward. The plans for the work and the estimates of the cost of the same in said improvement district herein described, and the plat of said improvement district, with the various lots, tracts and parcels of land that are included therein and affected thereby, together with a list of said various tracts, lots and parcels of land and the estimated cost of said improvements in said im- provement district, herein created, that will be assessed against each such lot, tract or parcel within said improvement district herein created, is on file in the office of the City Assessor, City Hall, Seward Alaska, and are open for inspection by anyone desiring to inspect the same. This ordinance, after passage, shall be published at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published within the corporate limits of the City of Seward, and such publication is hereby designated as public notice to all persons concerned of the nature, extent and approximate cost of the improvements to be made in said improvement district, and the boundary of the said improvement district, to which the cost of the improve- ments of said improvement district will be assessed. Further nell tice is hereby given to all persons and parties concerned that any person owning property affected by said improvement district as herein established, shall have sixty days from the first publication hereof in which to file their objec- tions to the work proposed to be performed within the said improvement district. Five (5) days or more after the termination of the sixty (60) day period from and after the first publication of this notice, the work proposed to be performed in said improvement district will commence, unless objec- tion be filed either severally or by petition by the owners of property bear- ing fifty percent (500/0) or more of the estimated cost of said improvement or improvements in the said improvement district. Publication hereof shall be made by posting a copy of this Ordinance on the City Hall Bulletin Board for at least ten (10) days following the pas- sage and approval hereof. - 3 - 17 First Reading - January 1-&, 1956 Second Reading ~__L__. 1956 Passed and approved this ~tt day of ~~~ __, 1956, by the Council of the City of Seward, Alaska. Jj,''Jut a L@- Mayor ATTEST: -~~- --- - ---- l' t.' r: /'-, 1/ ,! - p/. , .tP I ,J.:;Y ;/ C/"'-h ./--{,;,;Vae. L"ttl?t/tt( ye:vid ~: / t! V',./ a ~ N~'1' ,<:.~c c 1'/ .,; v _~_.___ ___~_"_M'__ ,___.~~ . ____._______._____ -..