§ 48-109. Enactment procedures.

(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 in a manner analogous to that provided for sewer assessments pursuant to C.G.S. §§ 7-252 and 7-253.

(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 the 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 and it shall mail a copy of such assessment 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. Within sixty (60) days of an assessment pursuant to this section, the owner of any property so assessed may appeal to the superior court for the judicial district within which such land is situated from the valuation of his assessment by service of process made in accordance with the provisions of C.G.S. § 52-67. Such appeal shall be a privileged case and shall not stay any proceedings under this section. The court shall have the power to grant such relief as to justice and equity appertains, upon such terms and in such manner and form as appears equitable.

(Code 1961, § 21-65; Ord. No. 238, § 1(l), 10-3-1978; Ord. No. 398, 7-3-1990)