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Amending Chapter 62 of the Administrative Code to allow charging of fees for street maintenance service charges.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1
Chapter 62.01 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 62.01. - Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them as follows:
(1) Street maintenance means and includes, but shall not be limited to, street surfacing, cleaning, flushing, oiling, repairing, as well as the maintenance and servicing of street lights and special ornamental street lighting systems.
(2) Street means any street, alley, sidewalk, boulevard or other public way or any part thereof.
(3) Service charges means the annual actual costs or expenses incurred by the city in street maintenance, which costs or expenses when due and unpaid shall be collected against benefited property as an assessment in a manner and amounts as provided herein. Such costs may include, but shall not be limited to, the maintenance costs, and direct administrative costs and any interest expense associated with the issuance of obligations as provided in section 62.05.
SECTION 2
Section 62.02 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 62.02. - Council approves annual program.
(a)The council shall each year, as part of the annual budget process, determine what streets shall be maintained together with the estimated amount of service charges to be levied against benefited property. Prior to such determination, the city council shall fix a date for public hearing, and the city clerk shall cause to be published notice of such hearing in a legal newspaper twice, no less than ten (10) days prior to such public hearing. Not less than ten (10) days before the hearing, the real estate section of the office of financial services shall mail notice approved by the city council to the ow...
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