88.703. Street repairs--cost, how paid (fourth class cities).
Street repairs--cost, how paid (fourth class cities).
88.703. No formality shall be required to authorize therepairing of sidewalks, or of street or other paving, curbing,guttering, macadamizing or part thereof, or reconstructing thesame, and making assessments therefor; but the proper officer orcommittee on improvements may, without notice, cause such work tobe done, keeping an account of the cost thereof, and reportingthe same to the board of aldermen for assessment; and each lot orpiece of ground abutting on such sidewalk, street, avenue, oralley, or part thereof, shall be liable for its part of the costof any work or improvement provided for in sections 88.700 and88.703, done or made along or in front of such lot or piece ofground as reported to the board of aldermen, and all lands, lotsand public parks owned by any county or city, and all otherpublic lands, all cemeteries, owned by public, private ormunicipal corporations; provided, that nothing in this sectionshall be construed to authorize any assessment against anycemetery lot, and all railroad rights-of-way fronting or abuttingon any of said improvements shall be liable for theirproportionate part of the cost of such work and improvements, andtax bills shall be issued against said property as against otherproperty, and any county or city that shall own any such propertyshall out of the general revenue funds pay any such tax bill, andin any case where any county or city or railroad company shallfail to pay any such tax bill, the owner of the same may sue suchcounty, city or railroad company on such tax bill and be entitledto recover a general judgment against such county, city orrailroad company. Any of said improvements to be paid for bysuch city may be paid for by said city out of the general revenuefunds if the council so desires, but all such work andimprovements shall be paid for with special tax bills unless theproceedings of the city for the same specify that payment will bemade out of the general revenue funds of said city. The board ofaldermen may provide a penalty for failure to pay such specialtax within a given time, and any tax bills issued in payment ofsuch repairs shall constitute a lien upon the property liabletherefor until paid. All costs for building and constructingsidewalks shall be paid to the contractor therefor, in specialtax bills assessed against the abutting property liable therefor,and such tax bills shall constitute a lien upon such propertyuntil paid, and shall bear interest at eight percent per annumfrom the date of issue.
(RSMo 1939 § 7210, A.L. 1971 S.B. 171)Prior revisions: 1929 § 7060; 1919 § 8510; 1909 § 9411