§ 12.24.410. City performance of street betterment when requested.

A.

If a person desires to repair, construct, reconstruct, erect or make a street betterment in, upon, along, across, under or over any street, or remove a street betterment from any street, and such person is the owner of the real property abutting such street where such work is to be done and performed, he may apply to the engineer to have the city do and perform such work.

B.

The form of the application shall be the same as required by Section 12.24.070, and such person shall file or cause to be filed all necessary drawings, profiles and specifications, and pay all fees and deposits as herein required for a permit to do said work; and, in addition thereto, pay the estimated cost and expense for the doing and performing of all work and furnishing all materials mentioned in the application; provided that no fee shall be charged or required if the cost of the work shall be less than $5.00.

C.

If the application is granted the engineer is authorized to do the work with city labor, materials and equipment.

D.

When the work is completed by the engineer, the city controller shall deliver a bill to such person for all the costs and expense of the work, and within 10 days thereafter the city controller shall prepare a demand upon the city in favor of such person for the difference, if any, between the amount of the deposit and the costs and expense, which demand shall be presented in due course to the proper officials of the city for approval, auditing and allowance.

(Ord. 3387 § 36, 1937)