(A) Generally. The preliminary resolution determining to make a local improvement shall, after its passage, be published. The resolution shall designate by a general description the improvement to be made, the street or part thereof whereon the work is to be effected, the proportion of the cost thereof to be assessed upon abutting property and the terms and manner of the payment.
(B) Sidewalk improvements. If the resolution shall provide for a sidewalk improvement, it may, without petition, direct that the owners of the property abutting on the improvement shall make the sidewalk improvement, and that unless the same shall be made by the owners on or before a day specified in the resolution, the Board of Commissioners may cause the sidewalk improvement to be made.
(C) Improvements affecting railroads. If the resolution shall provide for a street improvement, it shall direct that any railroad company having tracks on the street or part thereof to be improved, shall make the street improvement, with the material and of a character as may be approved by the Board, in that part of the street which the Board may prescribe, not to exceed, the space between the tracks, the rails of the tracks and 18 inches in width outside of the tracks of the company; and that unless the improvement shall be made on or before a day specified in the resolution, the Board will cause the improvement to be made. Where any company shall occupy the street under a franchise or contract which provides otherwise, the franchise or contract shall not be affected by this section, except insofar as may be consistent with the provisions of the franchise or contract.
(D) Water and sewer connections. If the resolution shall provide for a street or sidewalk improvement, it may, but need not, direct that the owners of all property abutting on the improvement shall connect their several premises to water and sewer lines in the manner prescribed in the resolution, and that unless the owners shall cause the connection to be made on or before a day specified in the resolution, the Board will cause the same to be made.
(1977 Code, § 14-3)