12-1810.   Levy by ordinance; full payment by owner; notice to owner;limitation of actions.When a sidewalk or sidewalks has or have been constructed orreconstructed and where special assessments must be levied for the expensethereof, the governing body shall, as soon as the cost is ascertained, levyan assessment against the lot or piece of land chargeable therefor, byordinance, and the property owner shall have thirty days after thepublication of the ordinance within which to make full payment of theassessment. The city clerk shall mail a notice not less than fifteen daysprior to the end of the thirty days to the owner of the property as shownon the records of the office of the register of deeds, but failure of theowner to receive the notice shall not affect the validity of theassessment. Any suit challenging the validity of the proceedings or theamount of the assessment must be filed within thirty days after thepublication of the assessment ordinance.

      History:   L. 1941, ch. 103, § 10; June 30.