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7.160 Local Improvements - Initiation. (4) A person desiring to construct or to have a local improvement constructed shall first file a petition with the city engineer on forms provided by the city engineer. (a) A petition for a local improvement to be constructed by the petitioner at the petitioner's expense may be approved by the city engineer upon petitioner% compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. The city engineer shall present to the council petitions for local improvements to be financed in any part by assessments against specially benefitted property. Such petitions ma5, be presented singly or in a project group at the time requested by the petitioner, by the council or by the city engineer, whichever first occr~s. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection and subsection (8) ofthis section, the city engineer may reject a petition for a local improvement if, in the city engineer's judgment, the cost to other properties that 'would be included in the local improvement district or the cost to the city for non-assessable components of the improvement is excessive in relation to the benefits to be confbn'ed by constructing the improvement, if the cky lacks funds or resources for the proposed improvement because they are committed to other improvement projects that have a higher priority, or if the proposed improvement would likely conflict with another improvement project that is in process. A person whose petition is rejected by the city engineer may submit to the council a written request that the council review' the c~ty engineer's decision. If the council chooses to conduct such a review, it shall consider the petitioner's written statement and the city engineer's explanation of the reasons fbr the decision. The council may affirm the city engineer's decision, request additional information, or direct the city engineer to accept the petition and present it to the council in accordance with subsection(6) of this section. (6) The city engineer, except when proceeding under subsection 7.160(8), following initiation of consideration shall furnish the council a report containing the following intbrmation and whatever additional information the council requires: (a) A map showing the general nature, location, and extent of the proposed local improvement and the contemplated district within which land would be assessed for the cost of the proposed improvement. (b) A list of all parcels of land in the district and of their ow2ers. (c) An estimate of the total cost of the proposed improvement with a breakdown showing the estimated amount and its percentage of the total estimate to be borne by any petitioner prior to assessment, by local improvement assessments against specially benefitted property, by the city and by any others. (9) Parcels fbr which an equivalent assessment has been paid prior to construction ora street improvement pursuant to sections 7.175(5)(d) and 7.407 of this code shall be included in the local improvement district but shall not be assessed. A person who has previously paid such an equivalenl assessment, or-whose predecessor in interest or agent has done so, may petition for an improvement in the same manner as owners of property who have not paid an equivalent assessment, and the amount paid as an equivalent assessment shall be treated as the estimated assessment against the parcel for purposes of this subsection. Ordinance - 3