(A) (1) The Board of Trustees shall from time to time, as it shall deem necessary, order by resolution, the condemnation, construction, building, repairing or extension of the sidewalk or sidewalks on any street, streets, avenue or avenues or portion thereof and when so ordered to be extended, built or repaired, the same shall be constructed in the manner and form provided by this subchapter and it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to cause notice to be given the owner or owners of such lot, lots or lands in front of which such sidewalks is to be extended, constructed, built or repaired.
(2) Such notice shall estimate the dimensions of the walk to be extended, constructed, built or repaired and a description of the lot, lots or lands where it is to be made and shall be served upon the owner of said lot, lots or lands 15 days before the time when the construction, extension or repairing of such walk is to be commenced if served within the town.
(3) If the owner of such lot, lots or lands cannot be found within the town, then he, she or if a corporation, it, is to have 30 days’ notice, which shall be sent to the owner or owners by registered letter addressed to his, her or its last known post office address and shall also be served upon the occupant of the land if such land is occupied.
(4) At the expiration of such 15 or 30 days’ notice respectively, if such sidewalks shall not have been extended, constructed or repaired according to the provisions of this subchapter by the owner or owners, the Board of Trustees shall cause such sidewalk to be made, extended, constructed or repaired at the expense of the owner or owners of such lot, lots or lands, and the same shall be charged and be a charge and a lien upon said lot, lots or lands in front of which said walk or walks are made to be collected as provided by law.
(B) (1) Whenever a sidewalk has been so constructed, extended or repaired by the town, the Board of Trustees shall, by resolution, assess the cost of such extension, construction or repair of such sidewalks to the lot, lots or lands abutting thereon.
(2) After such assessment has been made by the Board of Trustees, the Town Clerk and Recorder of said town shall give the owner or owners of such lot, lots or land ten days’ written notice of the same which notice shall be served personally upon such owner or owners by the Police Chief if such owner can be found within the town and shall also be furnished in a newspaper published in the town and which said notice shall contain the cost of improvement and the description of the lot, lots or lands upon which the cost of such improvements are so measured and a date at which a regular or special meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held and request the owner of said lot, lots or lands to appear before the Board of Trustees at such time for the purpose of making such objections as he, she or it may have to the justness and correctness of the amount assessed.
(3) If the owner or owners cannot be found within the town, such notice shall be further served upon him, her or it by sending a copy of such notice by registered letter addressed to his, her or its last known address.
(Ord. 20, passed 6-25-1912) Penalty, see § 152.99