Section 50-1701 – SHORT TITLE.
50-1701. SHORT TITLE. Chapter 17, title 50, Idaho Code, shall be known and cited as the "Local Improvement District Code." History: [50-1701, added 1976, ch. 160, sec. 2, p. 568.]
Section 50-1702 – DEFINITIONS.
50-1702. DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively given herein. (a) Municipality. Counties, water and/or sewer districts organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 32, title 42, Idaho Code, highway districts, cities, including but not limited to those working under […]
Section 50-1703 – POWERS CONFERRED.
50-1703. POWERS CONFERRED. (a) The governing body of any municipality shall have power to make or cause to be made any one (1) or more or combination of the following improvements: (1) To establish grades and lay out, establish, open, extend and widen any local, collector, arterial or other street, sidewalk, alley or off-street parking […]
Section 50-1703A – LOCAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
50-1703A. LOCAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS. (1) The legislature finds that the development of architectural themes for cities is a legitimate method to further the public health, safety and welfare of cities. The purpose of the provisions of this section is to authorize cities to create local business improvement districts for the purpose of constructing and […]
Section 50-1704 – IMPROVEMENTS ON RAILROAD TRACKS OR ON ONE SIDE OF A STREET.
50-1704. IMPROVEMENTS ON RAILROAD TRACKS OR ON ONE SIDE OF A STREET. (a) Whenever any improvement shall be made upon any street occupied by the tracks of any railroad, the council is authorized and it shall be its duty to assess against such railroad situated within the improvement district its just proportion of the cost […]
Section 50-1705 – MODIFIED DISTRICT.
50-1705. MODIFIED DISTRICT. Whenever any local improvement shall be of such nature and character that the special benefits resulting therefrom extend beyond the boundaries of the property abutting the improvement or whenever the special benefits do not accrue to some or all properties abutting the improvements, but to other properties, the council may create a […]
Section 50-1706 – INITIATION OF ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT.
50-1706. INITIATION OF ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT. The organization of any local improvement district herein provided for may be initiated upon a petition signed by not less than sixty percent (60%) of the resident owners or two-thirds (2/3) of the owners of property subject to assessment within such proposed improvement district, or by resolution of the […]
Section 50-1706A – FEES.
50-1706A. FEES. In the case of any local improvement district initiated by petition, the petitioners may authorize the council to charge the petitioners a reasonable fee for the council to retain outside advisors to assist the council in assessing the proposed local improvement district. The council may not charge the petitioners any fee for review […]
Section 50-1707 – RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO CREATE DISTRICT.
50-1707. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO CREATE DISTRICT. Upon the filing of a petition or upon initiation of a district by council action, the council shall at a regular or special meeting adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to create the district, to make the improvements and to levy assessments to pay all or […]
Section 50-1708 – NOTICE OF INTENTION AND HEARING.
50-1708. NOTICE OF INTENTION AND HEARING. The notice of intention shall be published in the official newspaper of the municipality in three (3) consecutive issues if a daily newspaper, or in two (2) issues if a weekly newspaper or in case no newspaper is published in such municipality then by posting for five (5) days […]
Section 50-1709 – PROTESTS AND HEARING.
50-1709. PROTESTS AND HEARING. Any owner of property to be assessed in the proposed local improvement district described in the notice of intention shall have the right, in advance of the hearing, to file in writing a protest to the creation of the district or making any other objections in relation thereto. At the date, […]
Section 50-1710 – ORDINANCE CREATING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS.
50-1710. ORDINANCE CREATING IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTION BIDS. If, after the hearing on the creation of the district, the council finds (a) that the district will be for the best interest of the property affected and the municipality, (b) that there is reasonable probability that the obligations of such district will be paid, […]
Section 50-1711 – LIMITATION ON ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY.
50-1711. LIMITATION ON ASSESSMENTS AGAINST PROPERTY. No municipality shall order any improvement to be paid for by local assessment where the estimated costs of such improvement, if such costs are to be assessed to the property in the district, or that portion of the estimated costs to be assessed, if a portion only of said […]
Section 50-1712 – PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL AND NOTICE OF HEARING THEREON.
50-1712. PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL AND NOTICE OF HEARING THEREON. After the contract has been awarded and at such time as the council shall determine, the engineer shall prepare a duly certified report to the council showing in detail the total cost and expenses of the improvements and the dollar amounts of the same payable […]
Section 50-1713 – NOTICE OF HEARING ON ASSESSMENT ROLL.
50-1713. NOTICE OF HEARING ON ASSESSMENT ROLL. After the council fixes the time and place for said hearing on the assessment roll, the clerk of the municipality shall give notice by publication in the official newspaper of such municipality in three (3) successive issues if published in a daily newspaper, or by publication in two […]
Section 50-1714 – HEARING OBJECTIONS TO ASSESSMENT ROLL AND CONFIRMATION.
50-1714. HEARING OBJECTIONS TO ASSESSMENT ROLL AND CONFIRMATION. At the time appointed for hearing objections to such assessment roll, the council shall consider the engineer’s report and the assessment roll and shall hear and determine all objections which have been filed by any party interested to the regularity of the proceedings in making such assessment, […]
Section 50-1715 – CONFIRMATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL.
50-1715. CONFIRMATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL. (1) After said hearing, the council shall pass an ordinance confirming the assessment roll as corrected by the council in relation to the benefits accruing thereon as a result of the improvements being made. The ordinance shall be the final determination of the regularity, validity and correctness of the assessment […]
Section 50-1716 – NOTICE AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS.
50-1716. NOTICE AND PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS. Upon passage of the assessment roll, the treasurer of the municipality shall mail a postcard or letter to each property owner assessed at his post office address if known, or if unknown, to the post office in the municipality where the improvement is being made, stating the total amount […]
Section 50-1717 – INSTALLMENT DOCKET.
50-1717. INSTALLMENT DOCKET. Whenever any improvement bonds or warrants are issued as herein provided, the treasurer shall immediately thereafter mark on the assessment roll of such local improvement district opposite each assessment which has been paid, the word "paid" together with the date of payment, and shall immediately thereafter enter in a docket to be […]
Section 50-1718 – APPEAL PROCEDURE — EXCLUSIVE REMEDY.
50-1718. APPEAL PROCEDURE — EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. Any person who has filed objections to the assessment roll or any other person who feels aggrieved by the decision of the council in confirming the same shall have the right to appeal to the district court of the county in which the municipality may be situated. Such appeal […]