HomeMy WebLinkAbout1325 ORDINANCE NO. 1325
AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of Pennsylvania Avenue from
Fifteenth Street North to i~ort :,~'ashington Narrows, by clearing, grubbing, grad-
ing, surfacing, oilin~ and providing for the dr~'
_. ~zn~ge thereof, in accordance
with maps, plans and specifications on file in the office of the City Clerk;
establiShin~ an improvement district; providin~ for the levying of assessments
for the payment of such improvement, and makin~z such improvement payable by
bonds.
THE CITY C0~ISSICN OF THE CITY OF BR~'~ERTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLO?~fS:
Section 1. That Pennsylvania Avenue from Fifteenth Street North to Port
~./~ashington Narrows, be improved by clearing, grubbing, grading, surfacing,
oiling and providing for the drainage thereof, together with the doing of any'
and all other work in connection therewith as may be necessary to make such
improvement a complete job, all in accordance with maps, plans and specifications
now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton.
Section 2. That the cost end expense of said improvement shall be borne
by and assessed against the property included in. the assessment district here-
inafter created, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9365 of Remington's
Revised Statutes, except such proportion of said cost as shall be borne by and
paid for by either a department of the State of ,'"~ashington, or a department of
the National Government, created for emergency rel.ief, which proportion of such
cost and expense is hereby declared to be in accordance with special benefits
conferred upon such property.
Section 3. There is hereby established and created a local improvement
district to be called and knovm as "Local Improvement District No."208" the
boundaries of which district are described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the centerline of Fifteenth
Street midway bet~een High ~venue and Pennsylvania
.ivenue, said point being 148.25 feet East of the
centerline of Pennsylvania Avenue and High Avenue;
thence West along the centerline of Fifteenth Street
307.75 Feet to a point midway between Pennsylvania
Avenue and Thompson Drive; thence North along a line
midway between Pennsylvania Avenue and Thompson Drive
1355 feet more or less to the meander line of Port
Washington Narrows; thence Southerly and Easterly
along said meander line 316 feet more or less to a
point midway between Pennsylvania Avenue and High
Avenue; thence South on a line midway between Penn-
sylvania avenue and High Avenue 1215 feet more or
less to the point of beginning.
Section 4. That the cost and expense of said improvement, to be borne by
said improvement district and exclusive of the portion borne by either the State
of Washington or the United States Department For ~mmergency Relief, as in Section
2 of this Ordinance provided, shall be assessed against said property included
in said improvement district in proportion to said area, and in accordance with
the provisions of Section 9385 of Remington's Revised Statutes of the State of
Washington, and the remainder of said cost of the improvement is to be paid for
by arrangement with either a department of the State of Washington, or a depart-
ment of the United States Government as hereinbefore provided.
Section 5. Bonds bearing interest at the rate of not to exceed six per
cent per annum_, payable on or before ten years from the date of issuance, shall
be issued in payment of the cost and exI.~ense of said improvement assessed against
the property included in the district hereinabove desSribed, which bonds shall be
redeemed by a collection of special assessments levied and assessed against the
property within the said district, payable in equal annual installments, with
interest at the rate of not to exceed six per cent per anntm~ under the mode of
payment by bonds as required by law and th.e ordinances of the City of Bremerton.
These bonds shall be delivered to the contractor in the redemption of warr~nts
on the local improvement district funds issued on the estimate of tl~e City
En~zneer; or the City of Bremerton may, at its option, sell said. bonds either
to the United States Government or to any private person or persons, and make
such redemption in cash.
Ordinance No. 1325 (cont)
Section 6. This ordinance shall, after its first reading, be placed on
file with the City Clerk for a ~erlod of at least one week and shall take
effect thirty days from and after its final~reading, passage and publication
as provided by law.
Passed by the City Commission of the City of Bremerton, on first reading
this first day of June, 1940.
PASSED and adopted on second reading this ~ day of June, 1940, signed
by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage.
Atte st: cm.~ ~ ~u~,p J s. s.
I Iha endsrsi~ed do certify that
and f~eEoh~g i~ o true ~nd correct
a~ ordi~nc~ passed by lhe city commi~iot]
of the dt~ of Bremedon, Washington
able date.
~ity ~erk