13-1008g


Chapter 13.--CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS

PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS


Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

     
13-1008g.   Same; payment in full by property owner; notice; bond issue.
When a sidewalk or sidewalks has or have been constructed and where
special assessments must be levied for the expense thereof, the governing
body shall, as soon as the cost is ascertained, levy an assessment against
the lots or pieces of land chargeable therefor, by ordinance, and the
property owner shall have thirty (30) days after the publication of the
ordinance within which to make full payment of the assessment. The city
clerk shall mail a notice not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the end
of the thirty (30) days to the owner of the property as shown on the
records of the office of the register of deeds, but failure of the owner to
receive notice shall not affect the validity of the assessment. The
governing body of said city may issue bonds in the manner provided in the
general bond law to finance the unpaid balance of any such special
assessments.

     
History:   L. 1955, ch. 111, § 4; June 30.