12-1808.Repairs by owner or city; notice; special assessments;
payment from general fund or general improvement fund, when.
It shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting property to keep the
sidewalk in repair, but in cities of the third class no formality shall be
required for the repairing of a sidewalk by the city and such repairs may
be made without notice to the abutting property owner; and in cities of the
first and second class the city engineer, or city clerk, may, after giving
five days' notice to the owner or his or her agent, if known, of the
necessity therefor, and without notice if the lot or piece of land is
unoccupied, make all necessary repairs at any time. Repairs may be made by
force account or by contract and an account of the cost thereof shall be
kept and reported to the governing body.
The city shall by ordinance levy a special assessment against the lot or
piece of land abutting on the sidewalk so repaired for the cost of repairs,
and if the abutting property owner does not pay the assessment within
thirty days, upon the city clerk mailing to the owner or his or her agent,
if known, a printed or written notice of the amount of such repairs, the
full amount shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk to be
put on the tax rolls for collection like other taxes. The temporary
financing of repairs may be borne by the city out of the fund for
maintaining streets or out of the general fund or general improvement fund.
In cities of the first class having a population of more than sixty
thousand and less than ninety thousand, the cost of repairing sidewalks
may, in the discretion of the governing body, be paid from the general
improvement fund of the city when the costs of such repairs do not exceed
three thousand dollars in any one calendar year, and no assessment shall be
levied.
12-1808.Repairs by owner or city; notice; special assessments;
payment from general fund or general improvement fund, when.
It shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting property to keep the
sidewalk in repair, but in cities of the third class no formality shall be
required for the repairing of a sidewalk by the city and such repairs may
be made without notice to the abutting property owner; and in cities of the
first and second class the city engineer, or city clerk, may, after giving
five days' notice to the owner or his or her agent, if known, of the
necessity therefor, and without notice if the lot or piece of land is
unoccupied, make all necessary repairs at any time. Repairs may be made by
force account or by contract and an account of the cost thereof shall be
kept and reported to the governing body.
The city shall by ordinance levy a special assessment against the lot or
piece of land abutting on the sidewalk so repaired for the cost of repairs,
and if the abutting property owner does not pay the assessment within
thirty days, upon the city clerk mailing to the owner or his or her agent,
if known, a printed or written notice of the amount of such repairs, the
full amount shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk to be
put on the tax rolls for collection like other taxes. The temporary
financing of repairs may be borne by the city out of the fund for
maintaining streets or out of the general fund or general improvement fund.
In cities of the first class having a population of more than sixty
thousand and less than ninety thousand, the cost of repairing sidewalks
may, in the discretion of the governing body, be paid from the general
improvement fund of the city when the costs of such repairs do not exceed
three thousand dollars in any one calendar year, and no assessment shall be
levied.
12-1808.Repairs by owner or city; notice; special assessments;
payment from general fund or general improvement fund, when.
It shall be the duty of the owner of the abutting property to keep the
sidewalk in repair, but in cities of the third class no formality shall be
required for the repairing of a sidewalk by the city and such repairs may
be made without notice to the abutting property owner; and in cities of the
first and second class the city engineer, or city clerk, may, after giving
five days' notice to the owner or his or her agent, if known, of the
necessity therefor, and without notice if the lot or piece of land is
unoccupied, make all necessary repairs at any time. Repairs may be made by
force account or by contract and an account of the cost thereof shall be
kept and reported to the governing body.
The city shall by ordinance levy a special assessment against the lot or
piece of land abutting on the sidewalk so repaired for the cost of repairs,
and if the abutting property owner does not pay the assessment within
thirty days, upon the city clerk mailing to the owner or his or her agent,
if known, a printed or written notice of the amount of such repairs, the
full amount shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk to be
put on the tax rolls for collection like other taxes. The temporary
financing of repairs may be borne by the city out of the fund for
maintaining streets or out of the general fund or general improvement fund.
In cities of the first class having a population of more than sixty
thousand and less than ninety thousand, the cost of repairing sidewalks
may, in the discretion of the governing body, be paid from the general
improvement fund of the city when the costs of such repairs do not exceed
three thousand dollars in any one calendar year, and no assessment shall be
levied.