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Page 16 4. Prepayment. The property owner may at any time prior to November 15 of the initial year, prepay the balance of the assessment with interest accrued to December 31 of that year. The property owner may also choose to pay the remaining assessment balance at any time, with the exception of the current year's installment of principal and interest. D. Appeals Procedures. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment adopted unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the City Clerk's office prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The property owner may appeal- an assessment to District Court by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or City Clerk within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten (10) days after service of the appeal upon the Mayor or City Clerk. E. Reapportionment Upon Land Division. When a tract of land against which a special assessment has been levied is subsequently divided or subdivided by plat or otherwise, the City Council may, on application of the owner of any part of the tract or on its own motion, equitably apportion among the various lots or parcels in the tract all the installments of the assessment against the tract remaining unpaid and not then due if it determines that such apportionment will not materially impair collection of the unpaid balance of the original assessment against the tract. The apportionment shall be done on the same basis as the original assessment unless another method of apportioning can be done with the owner's acceptance and if the apportionment will not materially impair collection of the unpaid balance of the assessment against the tract of land. In any case, the City Council may require furnishing of a satisfactory surety bond in certain cases as specified in Minnesota Statutes Section 429.071, Subd. 3. Notice of the apportionment and of the right to appeal shall be mailed to or personally serviced upon all owners of any part of the tract. F. Senior Citizen Deferral. Chapter 202.13 of the Mounds View City Code allows the City Council, at its discretion, to defer the payment of any special assessment for local improvements constructed by the City when it determines by a three-fifths (3/5) vote that the property being assessed is homestead property and that one or more of the owners of the property is sixty-five (65) years of age or over and that the payment of the assessment would be a hardship for the owner thereof. The interest for senior citizen deferral shall be at the same rate that the City sets for other property owners for the improvement.