48-571. Definitions; appointment of officer A. In this article and article 1 of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Assessment" or " assessment roll" means a special assessment made under the provisions of this article. 2. " Block" means any parcel of ground, whether regular or irregular, which is bounded by streets, […]
48-572. Purposes for which public improvements may be undertaken; powers incidental to public improvements A. When the public interest or convenience requires, the governing body of a municipality may: 1. Order the whole or any portion, either in length or width, of one or more of the streets of the municipality graded or regraded, paved […]
48-573. Pedestrian malls In addition to the powers granted in section 48-572, when the public interest or convenience requires, the governing body of a municipality may: 1. Establish pedestrian malls. 2. Prohibit, in whole or in part, vehicular traffic on a pedestrian mall. 3. Pay, from general funds of the municipality or other available monies […]
48-574. Improvement districts for operation, maintenance, repair and improvement of pedestrian malls, off-street parking facilities, retention and detention basins and parkings and parkways A. In addition to the purposes for which an improvement district may be formed under the provisions of section 48-572, an improvement district may be formed for the sole purpose of the […]
48-575. Improvement districts for enhanced municipal services A. In addition to the purposes for which an improvement district may be formed under the provisions of section 48-572, an improvement district may be formed within a designated area to provide public service within the district at a higher level or greater degree than provided in the […]
48-576. Resolution or ordinance of intention to order improvement; petition A. Before ordering an improvement authorized by this article, the governing body of the municipality shall comply with both of the following: 1. Pass a resolution or ordinance of intention so to do, briefly describing the improvement. By the resolution or ordinance and the proceedings […]
48-577. Plans; estimate of cost; limitation on assessment Before passing the resolution of intention, preliminary plans that show the location and the type and character of the proposed improvements and estimates of the cost and expenses of the proposed improvements shall be prepared and filed with the clerk. The assessment for any lot shall not […]
48-578. Publication of resolution of intention; posting notice of resolution The resolution of intention shall be published in successive issues five times in a daily newspaper, or two times in a weekly or semiweekly newspaper, published and of general circulation in the municipality. The superintendent of streets shall also cause to be conspicuously posted along […]
48-579. Protest against proposed improvement; protest as bar to improvement proceedings; objection to extent of assessment district A. The owners of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the proposed improvement, or, when the cost of the improvement has been made chargeable upon a district, the owners of a majority of the […]
48-580. Procedure for making and hearing protests and objections A. In determining protests and objections, the governing body shall be guided by these rules: 1. Each paper containing signatures shall have attached thereto the affidavit of an owner to be assessed, stating that each signature was affixed in his presence and is the signer’s genuine […]
48-581. Resolution ordering improvement; notice; bids A. When no protests against the work or no objections as to the extent of the proposed assessment district have been filed within the time specified, or when a protest is found by the governing body to be insufficient, or when the objections to the extent of the proposed […]
48-582. Assessment of public property A. When a lot belonging to the United States, the state, a county, city, school district or any political subdivision or institution of the state or county, fronts upon the proposed work or improvement, or is included within the district declared by the governing body in its resolution of intention […]
48-583. Payment of costs by city A. The governing body may order in the resolution of intention that the whole or any part of the cost and expenses of any work shall be paid from the treasury of the municipality from such fund as it designates. When so ordered, the superintendent of streets, in making […]
48-584. Bids; bond; award of contract; entering into contract; liability on bond A. Bids shall be submitted accompanied by a bond payable to the municipality for an amount not less than ten per cent of the aggregate bid. Alternative bids may be accompanied by one bond at least equal to ten per cent of the […]
48-585. Option of municipality to reject bids; municipality as contractor; limitation of assessment The governing body may at any time within ten days after the time fixed for opening bids, by resolution adopted by a vote of two thirds of all its members, order that the proposed contract not be made, and that the municipality […]
48-586. Form and execution of contract; liquidated damages; supervision of performance; delivery of assessment A. The superintendent of streets shall make all written contracts and receive all bonds authorized by this article. The contracts shall specify a reasonable time for completion of the improvement. B. The governing body may prescribe a form of contract not […]
48-587. Bonds required from contractor The contractor shall, before executing the contract, file with the superintendent such bond or bonds as required under the provisions of title 34, chapter 2, article 2.
48-588. Cost of publication A. Before the contract is entered into, the bidder to whom the award was made shall advance to the superintendent of streets, for payment by him, the costs of publication of the notices, resolutions, orders and other expenses required under the proceedings provided for by this article. B. If the work […]
48-589. Diagrams of property affected; estimate of benefits; assessment; warrant A. The engineer shall make duplicate diagrams of the property fronting upon the proposed work or improvement, or contained within the assessment district when the expenses of the proposed improvement are to be assessed upon a district. The diagrams shall show each separate lot, numbered […]
48-590. Delivery of warrant and assessment to contractor; demand for payment; release of assessments; review of assessment A. After the warrant and assessment are recorded, they shall be delivered to the contractor, or to the treasurer of the municipality if the municipality charges itself with the duty of making demands for the payment of the […]
