Chrysler Corporation v. City of Beaverton

On July 22, 1974 the Beaverton City Council (defendants) enacted Ordinance No. 1965 establishing a local improvement district 1 for the purpose of constructing therein certain concrete sidewalks and asphalt bikeways. That ordinance set out with specificity the nature and location of the "improvements” to be made, directed the city manager to provide for their construction in accordance with applicable ordinances, statutes, and specifications, "declared and determined” that the authorized improvements would "specifically benefit” all abutting property, and provided that their cost would be…