(A) Except as provided in §§ 31.064, 31.065, 31.066 and 31.071, no cause shall be heard earlier than 20 days after service upon defendant or upon due publication against nonresidents. Any number of separate parcels of property situated in the village may be included in one petition, and the compensation for each shall be assessed separately by the same or different juries, as the court or judge may direct. Amendments to the petition, or to any paper or record in the cause, may be permitted whenever necessary to a fair trial and final determination of the question involved.
(B) Should it become necessary at any state of the proceedings to bring a new party before the court or judge, the court or judge shall have the power to make the rule or order in relation thereto as may be deemed reasonable and proper; and shall also have power to make all necessary rules and orders for notice to parties of the pendency of the proceedings, and to issue all process necessary to the execution of orders and judgments as may be entered.
(Ord. 83-405, passed 3-10-1983)