§ 38-10. Enactment procedure.

(a)

The City Council shall fix in the assessment of benefits resolution the due date of assessments made hereunder as well as the manner in which same shall be paid, whether in full or by installment pursuant to section 38-9.

(b)

No assessment shall be made until after a public hearing before the City Council at which the owner of the property to be assessed shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed assessment. Notice of the time, place and purpose of such hearing shall be published at least ten (10) days before the date thereof in a newspaper having a circulation in the municipality, and a copy of such notice shall be mailed to the owner of any property to be affected thereby at such owner's address as shown in the last completed grand list of the municipality or at any later address of which the City Council may have knowledge. A copy of the proposed assessment shall be on file in the office of town clerk and available for inspection by the public for at least ten (10) days before the date of such hearing. When the City Council has determined the amount of the assessment to be levied, it shall file a copy thereof in the office of the town clerk and, not later than five (5) days after such filing, shall cause the same to be published in a newspaper having a circulation in the municipality. Such publication shall state the date on which such assessment was filed and that any appeals from such assessment must be taken within thirty (30) days after such filing. Any person aggrieved by any assessment may appeal to the superior court for the county or judicial district wherein the property is located and shall bring any such appeal to a return day of said court not less than six (6) nor more than twenty (20) days after service thereof, and such appeal shall be privileged in respect to its assignment for trial. Said court may appoint a state referee to appraise the benefits to such property and to make a report of his doings to the court. The judgment of said court, either confirming or altering such assessment, shall be final. No such appeal shall stay proceedings for the collection of the particular assessment upon which the appeal is predicated, but the appellant shall be reimbursed for any overpayments made if, as a result of such appeal, his assessment is reduced.

(Code 1961, § 2-143.10; Ord. No. 278, § J, 12-1-1981)

State law reference

Notice of special assessment of benefits, C.G.S. § 7-139; notice of hearing on municipal assessments, C.G.S. § 7-141; appeal from municipal assessments, C.G.S. § 7-142.