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7. Special Cases. It is recognized that these rules cannot be applied indiscriminately and variations shall be permitted or encouraged when strict adherence to the rules obviously violates the special benefit principle. SECTION III SPECIFIC POLICIES Project Initiation and Hearing Process This section describes the initiation of improvement projects and the administration required to receive final City Council action, pursuant to the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429. A. Project Initiation 1. By Petition: Citizen petitions for initiating a street improvement will be prepared by City staff upon request. Such petitions circulated by the affected property owners should bear the signatures of property owners of at least 35% or more, of the affected frontage. When projects are initiated through this process, the costs of doing engineering feasibility studies and associated project consideration costs will be borne by the property owner(s) so petitioning. A deposit may be required prior to commencement of the study to cover the costs of same should construction not proceed. If the project proceeds through construction and assessment, those costs will be considered project costs under Section II.1 above and any deposit made would be credited accordingly. 2. By Council Action: If the Council determines that an improvement is in the best interests of the City, it can, without petition, initiate the improvement with a four /fifths vote of the Council. Generally, initiation will be based upon an inspection of City street conditions conducted by staff with an assessment rating of the condition. This rating shall then be used to determine the priority of street improvements in the City's Five Year Street Improvement Plan. The City will typically improve streets that have the highest priority first. However, circumstances may exist which would require deviation from this objective. Page 9