(A) A majority of the City Council may, by resolution, order the construction of a sidewalk on any lot or piece of ground in the municipality. The notice of the governing body’s intention to construct said sidewalk shall be given by the Municipal Clerk by publication of notice one time in a legal newspaper published in and of general circulation in the municipality. A copy of the notice so published shall also either be served upon the occupant in possession of the property involved or shall be posted upon such premises ten days prior to the commencement of construction. The notice required in this section shall be prepared by the City Attorney in accordance with the provisions thereof and shall have included therein a form of return evidencing personal service or posting as therein required.
(B) The notice shall notify the owner of the premises of the passage of the resolution that he or she will have 30 days from and after the day of publication within which to construct the sidewalk so ordered or cause the same to be done, and further, that if he or she fails to construct the sidewalk, or cause the same to be done within 30 days after the day of the publication of said notice, that then and in that case the municipality shall cause the sidewalk to be constructed and that the cost thereof will be levied and assessed as a special lax against the premises; provided, the notice shall contain the engineer’s estimate of the cost of said work and no special assessment in excess of the amount of the estimate shall be assessed against the property.
(1999 Code, § 8-201) Penalty, see § 92.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-522