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CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO. 3041-2018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, MAKING
HOUSEKEEPING AMENDMENTS TO KENAI MUNICIPAL CODE 16.05.160-0RDINANCE
LEVYING ASSESSMENTS, AND 16.15.050-ESTABLISHMENT OF AMOUNT, AFTER
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WERE RECENTLY MADE TO KENAI MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 16-
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
WHEREAS , the City Council recently enacted Ordinance 3034-2018 which repealed and re-
enacted two Chapters of Title 16-Public Improvement and Special Assessments; and,
WHEREAS, two housekeeping changes are needed to fix a reference to a repealed code section
in KMC 16 .15.050 and complete an incomplete reference in 16.05 .160; and,
WHEREAS , these changes are necessary and will improve the consistency of the City's Code of
Ordinances.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA,
as follows :
Section 1. Amendment of Section 16.05.160 of the Kenai Municipal Code : That Kenai
Municipal Code, Section 16 .05 .160 -Ordinance Levying Assessments, is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) After the improvement has been completed and the actual cost ascertained, the City
Manager shall prepare and submit to the City Council an assessment roll containing a
description of the parcels in the special assessment district , the names of their record owners ,
and the amounts of the assessments. The assessment roll shall be submitted with an
ordinance co nfirming the assessment roll and levying the assessments. The ordinance shall
provide for the levying of the assessment against the property included within the district and
may establish a sinking fund for payment of principal and interest on any bonds which may
be sold to finance the improvement. The ordinance shall also fix times of payment, schedule
of payments, rate of interest on unpaid installments , the date of delinquency of assessments,
and the penalty and interest to be paid on delinquent assessments. On delinquent
assess ments , penalty shall be in accordance with the provisions of KMC 1. 75.010 .
The assessment roll shall be filed with the City Clerk at the time of the introduction of the
ordinance and shall be open to public inspection .
(b) Th e City Clerk shall give notice of the public hearing on the ordinance:
(1) By regular mail mailed not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing to
each record owner of a parcel in the district ; and
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(2) By publication in a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for four ( 4)
consecutive weeks.
(c) The notice mailed to each record owner in the district shall state that the assessment roll
is on file in the office of the City Clerk and is available for public inspection, the time and place
for the hearing of objections to an assessment, and the amount of the assessment to be
levied against the parcel.
(d) After the public hearing on the ordinance, the Council shall correct any errors or
inequalities in the assessment roll, and confirm the corrected roll by adoption of the
ordinance .
Section 2. Amendment of Section 16.15.050 of the Kenai Municipal Code: That Kenai
Municipal Code, Section 16.15.050-Establishment of Amount, is hereby amended as follows:
If the Council deems it necessary, the establishment of the amount of the "in-lieu payment" may
be processed as required by KMC 16.05 .140 [10.070] through 16.05.160 [10.130] of this Code.
Section 3. Severability: That if any part or provision of this ordinance or application thereof to
any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision , or application directly involved
in all controversy in which this judgment shall have been rendered, and shall not affect or impair
the validity of the remainder of this title or application thereof to other persons or circumstances .
The City Council hereby declares that it would have enacted the remainder of this ordinance even
without such part, provision, or application .
Section 4. Effective Date: That pursuant to KMC 1.15 .070(f), this ordinance shall take effect
30 days after adoption .
ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this 17 day of October, 2018.
~RIAN GABRIEL SR., MAYOR
Introduced : October 3 , 2018
Enacted: October 17, 2018
Effective: November 16, 2018
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Brian Gabriel and Kenai C ity Council
Scott Bloom, City Attorney
September 25 , 2018
Ordinance No. 3041-2018, Housekeeping Amendment to Title 16-Public
Improvements and Special Assessments
The City Council Recently repealed and re-enacted two Chapters of Title 16-Public Improvements
and Special Assessments. After receiving the changes, the City's code publisher pointed out two
sections of code that need clean up. First, KMC 16 .05 .160(a) references the City 's rate of penalty
in the last sentence but left off the actual code section (KMC 1. 75 .010) that provides for a rate of
penalty of 10 %. Second, KMC16.15.050 that deals w ith in-lieu payments contains a reference
that was repealed . The proposed ordinance provides the correct new reference.
Your consideration is appreciated.