For the purpose of §§ 157.01 et seq., the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CHAPTER VIII. Public Act 3 of 1895, Ch. VIII, as added by Public Act 4 of 1974, being M.C.L.A. §§ 61.1, 67.25, 68.31 - 68.36, 69.6, 69.21 - 69.23, 69.25, 71.3, and 71.4. All provisions of Chapter VIII are incorporated herein by reference. In case of conflict between Chapter VIII and other
provisions of this code, the provisions of Chapter VIII shall prevail.
COST. The cost of any public improvement and shall include the cost of surveys, plans, land, rights-of-way, spreading of rolls, notices, advertising, financing, construction, and legal fees and all other costs incident to the making of the improvement, the special assessments therefor and the financing thereof.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. Any improvement upon public property, right-of-way, or easement which results in special benefit to the real property in the vicinity of the improvement.
(1984 Code, § 1.71)