Section 9-45-20 - Resolution for street improvement by special assessments--Contents of resolution--Assumption of cost by municipality. - South Dakota Statutes

9-45-20. Resolution for street improvement by special assessments--Contents of resolution--Assumption of cost by municipality. Whenever the governing body shall deem it necessary to open, widen, extend, grade, gravel, surface with oil or other bituminous material, pave, repave, bridge, construct a viaduct upon or over, erect equipment for street lighting in, curb, gutter, drain, or otherwise improve any streets, alleys, or public ways for which a special assessment is to be levied, it shall declare in a proposed resolution the necessity of such improvement, stating therein the streets, alleys, public ways, or grounds to be improved, the general nature of the proposed improvement, the material to be used or materials from which a choice may be made, an estimate of the total cost or cost per linear foot, a description of the classes of lots to be assessed, and the method of apportioning the benefits thereto as provided in §§ 9-45-28 to 9-45-32, inclusive. If it is deemed expedient for the municipality to assume and pay any portion of the cost of the improvement, the resolution may so provide, or the portion so to be assumed may be provided by a subsequent resolution, subject to the right of referendum on such resolution.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XVI, § 15; RPolC 1903, § 1303; SL 1911, ch 95, § 1; SL 1913, ch 126; RC 1919, § 6364; SL 1923, ch 240; SL 1929, ch 195; SDC 1939, § 45.1701; SL 1949, ch 185, § 1.