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19 <br /> Subdivision 3. When a proposed improvement is allowed under the foregoing subdivisions <br />the Council may proceed at anytime between sixty days and one year after the public hearing on the <br />improvement. However, no contract shall be let in the event that the current proposed contract <br />exceeds the estimated cost by more than ten percent. <br /> <br /> Subdivision 4. When a proposed improvement is disallowed under the foregoing <br />subdivisions, the Council shall not vote on the same improvement within a period of one year after <br />the public hearing on said improvement. <br /> <br /> Section 8.05. Assessments for Services. The Council may provide by ordinance that the <br />cost of City services to streets, sidewalks, or other public or private property may be assessed <br />against property benefited and may be collected in the same manner as special assessments. Such <br />costs shall not be deemed to be "special assessments" for the purposes set forth in Section 8.03 of <br />this chapter. <br /> <br />CHAPTER 9 <br /> <br />EMINENT DOMAIN <br /> <br /> Section 9.01. Acquisition of Property. The City may acquire by purchase, gift, <br />condemnation, or otherwise, any real property, either within or without its boundaries that may be <br />needed by the City for any public purpose. In acquiring property by exercising the power of <br />eminent domain, the City shall proceed according to Minnesota law, Chapter 117, as amended, or <br />other applicable items. (Amended by Ordinance 749; Adopted September 27, 2004; Filed: October <br />13, 2004). <br /> <br />CHAPTER 10 <br /> <br />FRANCHISES <br /> <br /> Section 10.01. Except as otherwise provided by state law, no person, firm or corporation <br />shall place or maintain any permanent or semi-permanent fixtures in, over, upon or under any street <br />or public place for the purpose of operating a public utility, or for any other purpose, without a <br />franchise therefor from the City. A franchise shall be granted only by ordinance, which shall not be <br />an emergency ordinance. No exclusive franchise shall be granted unless the proposed ordinance is <br />submitted to the voters of the City following a public hearing and approved by at least a majority of <br />those voting thereon. Every ordinance granting a franchise shall contain all the terms and <br />conditions of the franchise. The grantee shall bear the costs of publication of the franchise <br />ordinance and shall make a sufficient deposit with the Clerk-Administrator to guarantee publication <br />before the ordinance is passed. <br /> <br /> Section 10.02. Term. No perpetual franchise or privilege shall be created, nor shall any <br />exclusive franchise or privilege be granted for a period of more than twenty-five years. <br /> <br /> Section 10.03. Public Hearing. Before any franchise ordinance is adopted or any rates, <br />fares, or prices to be charged by a public utility are fixed by the Council, the Council shall hold a <br />public hearing on the matter. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least once in the City <br />Newsletter and in the official newspaper not less than ten days prior to the date of the hearing.