429.011 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. For the purpose of this chapter the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings ascribed to them. Subd. 2. Municipality; certain cities and towns. “Municipality” means any city of the second, third, or fourth class however organized, or any statutory city or any town as defined in section […]
429.021 LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS, COUNCIL POWERS. Subdivision 1. Improvements authorized. The council of a municipality shall have power to make the following improvements: (1) To acquire, open, and widen any street, and to improve the same by constructing, reconstructing, and maintaining sidewalks, pavement, gutters, curbs, and vehicle parking strips of any material, or by grading, graveling, […]
429.031 PRELIMINARY PLANS, HEARINGS. Subdivision 1. Preparation of plans, notice of hearing. (a) Before the municipality awards a contract for an improvement or orders it made by day labor, or before the municipality may assess any portion of the cost of an improvement to be made under a cooperative agreement with the state or another […]
429.035 IMPROVEMENTS, PETITION. When any petition for the making of any improvement in any statutory city, town, or city of the second, third, or fourth class, however organized, for the cost of which special assessments may be, in whole or in part, levied therefor, is presented to the governing body of the municipality, this body […]
429.036 APPEAL FROM DETERMINATION OF LEGALITY OF PETITION. Any person, being aggrieved by this determination, may appeal to the district court of the county in which the property is located by serving upon the clerk of the municipality, within 30 days after the adoption and publication of the resolution, a notice of appeal briefly stating […]
429.041 COUNCIL PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Plans and specifications, advertisement for bids. When the council determines to make any improvement, it shall let the contract for all or part of the work, or order all or part of the work done by day labor or otherwise as authorized by subdivision 2, no later than one year […]
429.051 APPORTIONMENT OF COST. The cost of any improvement, or any part thereof, may be assessed upon property benefited by the improvement, based upon the benefits received, whether or not the property abuts on the improvement and whether or not any part of the cost of the improvement is paid from the county state-aid highway […]
429.052 STREET OR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES. A municipality may construct street or road improvements outside its jurisdiction with the consent of the affected township, or if the property is located in unorganized territory, the county. When property is brought within the corporate limits of the municipality, the municipality may subsequently reimburse itself for […]
429.061 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Calculation, notice. At any time after the expense incurred or to be incurred in making an improvement shall be calculated under the direction of the council, the council shall determine by resolution the amount of the total expense the municipality will pay, other than the amount, if any, which it […]
429.071 SUPPLEMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; REASSESSMENT. Subdivision 1. Supplemental assessments. The council may make supplemental assessments to correct omissions, errors, or mistakes in the assessment relating to the total cost of the improvement or any other particular. A supplemental assessment shall be preceded by personal or mailed notice to the owner of each parcel included in the […]
429.081 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT. Within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment, any person aggrieved, who is not precluded by failure to object prior to or at the assessment hearing, or whose failure to so object is due to a reasonable cause, may appeal to the district court by serving a notice upon […]
429.091 FINANCING. Subdivision 1. Authority. At any time after one or more improvements are ordered as contemplated in section 429.031, the council may issue obligations in such amount as it deems necessary to defray in whole or in part the expense incurred and estimated to be incurred in making the improvement or improvements, including every […]
429.101 UNPAID SPECIAL CHARGES MAY BE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. Subdivision 1. Ordinances. (a) In addition to any other method authorized by law or charter, the governing body of any municipality may provide for the collection of unpaid special charges as a special assessment against the property benefited for all or any part of the cost of: […]
429.111 CHARTER PROVISIONS, EFFECT. Any city operating under a home rule charter may proceed either under this chapter or under its charter in making an improvement unless a home rule charter or amendment adopted after April 17, 1953, provides for making such improvement under this chapter or under the charter exclusively. History: 1953 c 398 […]
