How property owners can request a special improvement

The owners of not less than 60 percent of the area of land which is both within the boundaries designated by them as a proposed improvement district and subject to assessment for the proposed improvement may file with the mayor a petition duly signed and acknowledged by the owners requesting the making of special improvements pursuant to this article. Such a petition shall include a general description of the character and extent of the proposed improvement, together with any other matters or details relating thereto with respect to which the owners desire to make suggestions, and may contain or be accompanied by the data and documents to be included in the preliminary report pursuant to section 14.42.010 , and such petition may also contain or be accompanied by the data and documents to be included in the final report pursuant to section 14.42.070 and the assessment report pursuant to section 14.42.100 . The cost of obtaining and preparing the data and documents contained in or accompanying the petition as set forth in this section, if stated in the petition and approved by the director of public works in his report pursuant to section 14.40.060 , shall be deemed part of the cost of the improvement. (Ord. 801 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 25-2.2)