16-654 Grading upon petition; assessments; bonds.
16-654. Grading upon petition; assessments; bonds.Whenever the owner of lots and lands abutting upon any street or avenue, alley or lane, or part thereof, representing three-fourths of the feet front abutting upon any such street or avenue, alley or lane, or part thereof, shall petition the mayor and council to grade the same, including the intersections of streets, avenues, or lanes and spaces opposite alleys and lanes, without cost to the city, and to assess the entire cost of grading such street, avenue, alley or lane or part thereof, including the intersections of streets, avenues or lanes and spaces opposite alleys or lanes, against the lots and lands abutting upon such street, avenue, alley or lane, or part thereof, so graded, thereupon the mayor and council shall create grading districts, make assessments, issue bonds, and proceed in the same manner as in cases of grading hereinbefore provided; Provided, bonds shall be issued to cover the entire cost of grading both the streets, avenues or alleys, and the intersections of streets or avenues and spaces opposite alleys. SourceLaws 1901, c. 18, § 73, p. 287; R.S.1913, § 4943; C.S.1922, § 4111; C.S.1929, § 16-640; R.S.1943, § 16-654.