386.4 - AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT.

        386.4  AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT.         1.  The ordinance creating the district may be amended and      property may be added to the district and the maximum rate of taxes      referred to in the ordinance may be increased at any time in the same      manner and by the same procedure as for the establishment of a      district. All property added to a district shall be subject to all      taxes currently and thereafter levied including debt service levies      for bonds previously or thereafter issued.         2.  Action by the council amending the ordinance creating the      district, including adding any eligible property or deleting any      property within the district or changing any maximum rate of taxes,      shall be by ordinance adopted by an affirmative vote of three-fourths      of all of the members of the council, or in cities having but three      members of the council, the affirmative vote of two members. However,      if a remonstrance has been filed with the clerk signed by at least      twenty-five percent of all owners of property within the district and      all property proposed to be included representing ownership of      property with an assessed value of twenty-five percent or more of the      assessed value of all the property in the district and all property      proposed to be included, the amending ordinance must be adopted by      unanimous vote of the council.         3.  The clerk shall cause a copy of the amending ordinance to be      filed in the office of the county recorder of each county in which      any property within the district as amended is located.         4.  At any time prior to council amendment of the ordinance      creating the district, the entire matter of amending such ordinance      shall be withdrawn from council consideration if a petition objecting      to amending such ordinance is filed with its clerk containing either      the signatures of at least forty percent of all owners of property      within the district and all property proposed to be included or      signatures which together represent ownership of property with an      assessed value of forty percent or more of the assessed value of all      property within the district and all property proposed to be      included.         5.  Any resident or property owner of the city may appeal the      action or decisions of the council amending the ordinance creating      the district, to the district court of the county in which any part      of the district, as amended, is located, within fifteen days after      the date upon which the ordinance amending the ordinance creating the      district becomes effective, but the action and decision of the      council are final and conclusive unless the court finds that the      council exceeded its authority. No action may be brought questioning      the regularity of the proceedings pertaining to the amended ordinance      or the validity of the district as amended, or the propriety of the      inclusion or exclusion of any property within or from the amended      district, or the ability of the city to levy taxes in accordance with      the ordinance establishing the district, as amended, after thirty      days from the date upon which the amending ordinance becomes      effective.         6.  All other provisions in section 386.3 shall apply to an      amended district and to the ordinance amending the ordinance creating      the district with the same effect as they apply to the original      district and the ordinance creating the original district.  
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         [C77, 79, 81, § 386.4]