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PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS Purpose and intent of article. 1. The city council is authorized by the city Charter and the state Transportation Code to assess the cost or a portion of the cost of certain improvements against abutting property and the owners of that property. 2. The city council finds a need to identify, construct, and fund certain infrastructure improvements, including street, alley, curb, gutter, sidewalk, water line, wastewater line improvements and extensions, and any appurtenance or incidental to any such improvement. 3. The city council recognizes that the existence and condition of such improvements are of importance to abutting property owners. 4. The city council recognizes that abutting property owners often become aware of the condition of and need for such improvements before the city does. 5. The city council finds that it is in the public interest to establish a process by which abutting property owners may request council consideration of legally allowed assessments for such improvements. Petition form. Upon the application of one or more property owners, the city secretary shall provide the applicant with a petition form to be circulated by the applicant among the other owners of property abutting the proposed improvements. Sixty percent of abutting property owners required; preparation of design plans and specifications If the petition is returned and signed by at least 60 percent of the abutting property owners or the owners of at least 60 percent of the abutting frontage, the city manager shall, upon confirmation of the petition and the availability of funding for the proposed project, prepare the design plans and specifications for the proposed project. Estimate of costs. Once such design plans and specifications are prepared, the city manager shall submit an estimate of the cost of the improvements to the city council. Determination of necessity; ordering of proposed improvements. The council may then determine the necessity for and order the proposed improvements, and provide assessments against abutting property owners in compliance with all applicable laws. Segmented improvements. The improvement projects consisting of streets and alleys may be initiated only in block - length segments. Improvements to sidewalks, gutters, curbs and appurtenances and incidentals to eligible improvements, such as walls and fences, may be initiated in smaller segments. Water and wastewater line improvements and extensions shall be of no specific length except that they must be of sufficient size to make them economically viable.