§ 13.16.150. Errors or omissions corrected.  


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  • Defects in description or defects in form or clerical errors or omissions in any record provided for hereunder, when it can be ascertained from the record book, or from other books, papers or records in the office of the engineer what was intended, or what should have been assessed, may, with the written consent of the city attorney, be supplied or corrected by the engineer at any time after the assessment is made, prior to the delivery to the city controller of the abstract of liens hereinafter in this chapter provided for; provided, that where the change will decrease the amount charged against the property owner by reason of said assessment, the consent of the board shall also be necessary to the change; and provided, further, that where the change will increase the amount charged against the property owner by reason of said assessment, the person so charged shall be given at least 5 days' notice in writing of the time when the matter will be heard by the board and he may at such time present any objections he may have to such change to the board and its decision in the matter shall be conclusive. The date and nature of every such correction shall be entered on the record book opposite the assessment and the written authority therefor shall be filed by the engineer with the city controller and preserved by the city controller as a public record, and he shall make the proper charges or credits in his account with the engineer. When the defect, error or omission has been carried into any publication, the publication or the portion thereof affected by the defect, error or omission may be published as amended, or notice of the correction may be given in a supplemental publication to be made in the same manner as in the original publication.

(Ord. 3470 § 11, 1939)