A. At the annual hearing on a maintenance district where the assessments are not increased, the city clerk shall receive written protests and shall endorse on each protest the date and time it is filed with him or her.

B. No protest received after the time fixed for hearing shall be timely.

C. Any written or oral protest not made at the hearing shall be deemed to be waived voluntarily by any person who might have made such protest, and each person shall be deemed to have consented to the contents of the annual budget and report of the public works director.

D. If, at the annual hearing where assessments are not increased the city council finds that the protest against the assessments is made by owners of more than one-half of the area of the property included within the maintenance district, no further proceedings shall be taken for a period of six months from the date of the decision of the city council on the hearing, unless the protests are overruled by an affirmative vote of five members of the city council. (Ord. 4186 § 1, 2004; Ord. 2573 § 2, 1980; prior code § 18.04.190)