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Subdivision 2. Regardless of the provisions in Subdivision 1, when less than 100 percent of the estimated cost of a proposed local improvement is to be • paid for by special assessment, within the sixty day period after a public hearing has been held on the proposed improvement, apetition may be filed with the Council, signed by a majority of the number of electors who voted for mayor in the last regular municipal election, protesting against either the improvement, or the assessment formula, or both. In this event, the Council shall not proceed with the improvement, as proposed. • Subdivision 3. When a proposed improvement is allowed under the foregoing subdivisions the Council may proceed at anytime between sixty days and one year after the public hearing on the improvement. However, no contract shall be let in the event that the current proposed contract exceeds the estimated cost by more than ten percent. Subdivision 4. When a proposed improvement is disallowed under the foregoing subdivisions, the Council= shall_not•vote on the same.improvement-i within a period of one year after the public hearing on said improvement. Section 8.05. Assessments for Services. The Council may provide by ordinance that the cost of City services to streets, sidewalks, or other public or private property may be assessed against property benefited and may be collected in the same manner as special assessments. Such costs shall not be deemed to be "special assessments" for the purposes set forth in Section 8.03 of this chapter. . • CHAPTER 9 EMINENT DOMAIN Section 9.01. Acquisition of Property. The City may acquire by purchase, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, any real property, either within or without its boundaries, that may be needed by the City for any public purpose. In acquiring property by exercising the power of eminent domain, the City shall proceed according to Minnesota law, Chapter 117, or other applicable items. CHAPTER 10 • FRANCHISES Section 10.01. Except as otherwise provided by state law, no person, firm or corporation shall place or maintain any permanent or semi-permanent fixtures in, over, upon or under any street or public place for the purpose of operating a public utility, or for any other purpose, without a franchise therefor from the City. A franchise shall be granted only by ordinance, which shall not be an emergency ordinance. No exclusive franchise shall be granted unless the proposed ordinance is submitted to the voters of the City following a public - hearing and approved by at least 'a majority of those voting thereon. Every • Mounds View City Charter