Division 83 - Resurfacing Streets By Special Assessment - Illinois Statutes

      (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 83 heading)DIVISION 83. RESURFACING STREETS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

(65 ILCS 5/11‑83‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑83‑1)     Sec. 11‑83‑1. In addition to all other means or methods authorized by law for the repair, maintenance, resurfacing, or reconstruction of street pavements, any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the resurfacing of streets paved by macadam, brick, granite, blocks, asphalt, cement, or other type of pavement, when that pavement becomes disintegrated at the surface or by reason of wear, usage, or lapse of time becomes otherwise inadequate, defective, or imperfect. The municipality, by that ordinance, may provide for the payment of the whole or any part of the cost of the resurfacing of those streets (1) by special taxation of the lots or parcels of land fronting upon those streets, or (2) by special assessment upon the property benefited by the improvement of those streets through the resurfacing, or (3) by apportioning the cost of the resurfacing so that part of the cost will be paid by special assessment upon the property benefited and part of it by appropriation from the fund accumulated through the vehicle tax levied in accordance with the statute for purposes of street and alley improvement or repair. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑83‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑83‑2)     Sec. 11‑83‑2. The corporate authorities of any municipality may, of their own motion, pass ordinances providing for the resurfacing of streets as specified in Section 11‑83‑1, and for the nature, character, and locality, and description thereof. Upon the passage of an ordinance so providing, all proceedings thereafter to be had for the levy and collection of special assessments to defray the cost thereof shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article 9. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)