Colorado § 31-25-520 - Notice of hearing on assessments.

§ 31-25-520. Notice of hearing on assessments.

(1) The clerk shall give notice that the assessment roll has been completed and of a hearing on the assessment roll by publication in an issue of a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, the publication to be at least fifteen days prior to the date of hearing. The same notice of the hearing shall be mailed by first-class mail to each property owner to be assessed for the cost of the improvements who is included within the district. The mailed notice shall be made on or about the date of the publication of the notice of hearing. The notices shall specify: The whole cost of the improvement; the portion, if any, to be paid by such municipality; the share apportioned to each lot or tract of land; that any complaints or objections that may be made in writing by the property owners or any citizen to the governing body, and filed in writing on or prior to the date of the hearing, will be heard and determined by the governing body before the passage of any ordinance assessing the cost of said improvements; and the date when and the place where such complaints or objections will be heard.

(2) Any district formed for the purpose of encouraging, accommodating, and financing improvements as authorized in section 31-25-502 (2) shall not be required to provide a notice of the hearing on assessments by publication; rather, such notice, if any, may be provided in the time and manner set forth in the contract or agreement entered into by the owner for each property included in the district.

Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1196, § 1, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1280, § 3, effective May 22. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 1303, § 27, effective May 27.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 31-25-515 as it existed prior to 1975.

(2) This section was originally numbered as § 31-25-519 in House Bill 75-1089 and House Bill 75-1377 but was renumbered on revision in 1977 for ease of location.

ANNOTATION

For necessity of giving landowner opportunity to be heard, see City & County of Denver v. State Inv. Co., 49 Colo. 244, 112 P. 789 (1910) (decided prior to L. 23, p. 634, § 17, the earliest source of former section).