384.38 - CERTAIN COSTS ASSESSED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

        384.38  CERTAIN COSTS ASSESSED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.         1.  A city may assess to private property within the city the cost      of construction and repair of public improvements within the city,      and main sewers, sewage pumping stations, disposal and treatment      plants, waterworks, water mains, extensions, and drainage conduits      extending outside the city.         2.  Upon petition as provided in section 384.41, subsection 1, a      city may assess to private property affected by public improvements      within three miles of the city's boundaries the cost of construction      and repair of public improvements within that area.  The right-of-way      of a railway company shall not be assessed unless the company joins      as a petitioner for said improvements.  In the petition the property      owners shall waive the limitation provided in section 384.62 that an      assessment shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the value of the      lot.  The petition shall contain a statement that the owners agree to      pay the city an amount equal to five percent of the cost of the      improvements, to cover administrative expenses incurred by the city.      This amount may be added to the cost of the improvements.  Before the      council may adopt the resolution of necessity, the preliminary      resolution, preliminary plans and specifications, plat, schedule, and      estimate of cost must be submitted to, and receive written approval      from, the board of supervisors of any county which contains part of      the property, and the city development board established in section      368.9.         3.  A city may establish, by ordinance or by resolution adopted as      an ordinance after twenty days' notice published in accordance with      section 362.3, and a public hearing, one or more districts and      schedules of fees for the connection of property to the city sewer or      water utility.  If the governing body directs that notice be made by      mail, the notice shall be as required in section 384.50.  Each person      whose property will be served by connecting to the city sewer or      water utility shall pay a connection fee to the city.  The ordinance      shall be certified by the city and recorded in the office of the      county recorder of the county in which a district is located.  The      connection fees are due and payable when a utility connection      application is filed with the city.  A connection fee may include the      equitable cost of extending the utility to the properties, including      reasonable interest from the date of construction to the date of      payment.  All fees collected under this subsection shall be paid to      the city treasurer.  The moneys collected as fees shall only be used      for the purposes of operating the utility, or to pay debt service on      obligations issued to finance improvements or extensions to the      utility.         This subsection shall not apply when a city annexation plan      includes annexation of an area adjoining the city and a petition has      not been presented as provided in section 384.41 for a city sewer or      water utility connection.  Until annexation takes place, or the      annexation plan is abandoned, the state mandate contained in section      455B.172, subsections 3, 4, and 5, shall not apply unless the      individual property owner voluntarily pays the connection fee and      requests to be connected to the city sewer or water utility.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 840-d, -g; C24, § 5985, 5986; C27, 31, 35, § 5985, 5986,      6190-a1; C39, § 5985, 5986, 6190.01; C46, § 391.12, 391.13,      401.1; C50, § 391.12, 391.13, 391A.2, 401.1, 420.56; C54, 58, 62, §      391.12, 391.13, 391A.2, 401.1; C66, 71, 73, § 390A.3, 390A.18,      391.12, 391.13, 391A.2, 401.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 384.38] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         94 Acts, ch 1073, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1120, § 1; 2004 Acts, ch 1086,      §65         Referred to in § 358.22, 384.68