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40-22 Improvements by Special Assessment Method

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CHAPTER 40-22IMPROVEMENTS BY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT METHOD40-22-01. Power of municipalities to defray expense of improvements by specialassessments. Any municipality, upon complying with the provisions of this chapter, may defray<br>the expense of any or all of the following types of improvements by special assessments:1.The construction of a water supply system, or a sewerage system, or both, or any<br>part thereof, or any improvement thereto or extension or replacement thereof,<br>including the construction and erection of wells, intakes, pumping stations, settling<br>basins, filtration plants, standpipes, water towers, reservoirs, water mains, sanitary<br>and storm sewer mains and outlets, facilities for the treatment and disposal of<br>sewage and other municipal, industrial, and domestic wastes, and all other<br>appurtenances, contrivances, and structures used or useful for a complete water<br>supply and sewerage system.2.The improvement of the municipal street system and any part thereof, including any<br>one or more of the processes of acquisition, opening, widening, grading, graveling,<br>paving, repaving, surfacing with tar, asphalt, bituminous, or other appropriate<br>material, resurfacing, resealing, and repairing of any street, highway, avenue, alley,<br>or public place within the municipality, and the construction and reconstruction of<br>overhead pedestrian bridges, pedestrian tunnels, storm sewers, curbs and gutters,<br>sidewalks, and service connections for water and other utilities, and the installation,<br>operation, and maintenance of streetlights and all types of decorative streetlighting,<br>including but not restricted to Christmas streetlighting decorations.3.The improvement of boulevards and other public places by the planting of trees, the<br>construction of grass plots and the sowing of grass seed therein, and the<br>maintenance and preservation of such improvements by the watering of such trees<br>and grass, the cutting of such grass, and the trimming of such trees, or otherwise in<br>any manner which may appear necessary and proper to the governing body of the<br>municipality.4.The acquiring of the necessary land and easements and the construction of the<br>necessary works, within and without the municipality, for flood protection of<br>properties within the municipality.5.The acquiring or leasing of the necessary property and easements and the<br>construction of parking lots, ramps, garages, and other facilities for motor vehicles.In planning an improvement project of a type specified in any one of the foregoing subsections,<br>the governing body may include in such plans any and all items of work and materials which in its<br>judgment are necessary or reasonably incidental to the completion of an improvement project of<br>such type.40-22-01.1.Restoration of certain property damaged in flood control - Specialassessments for costs. When any city shall have constructed any temporary emergency flood<br>control protection devices or works to protect property located within a portion of a city from flood<br>damage, the city may cause the removal of material used in the construction of such temporary<br>emergency flood control protection devices or works and the repair of damages to land,<br>buildings, or personal property caused by the operation of its equipment upon the property while<br>in the process of installing or removing such temporary emergency flood protection systems.<br>Such city may create by resolution of its governing board a special assessment district<br>encompassing the protected area. Special assessments against the property within the district<br>shall be imposed to cover the costs incurred by the city in removing the material used and in<br>repairing the damages caused by the operation of equipment while installing or removing such<br>temporary emergency flood protection systems. Special assessments against any property in<br>the district shall be determined and made in the same manner as is provided for improvementsPage No. 1by special assessments to the extent consistent herewith, and the certification and collection,<br>including lien provisions, applicable to other special assessments shall be applicable hereto.<br>Provided, however, that the provisions of sections 40-22-15, 40-22-17, and 40-22-18, relating to<br>a resolution of necessity and protests against special assessments, shall not apply to special<br>assessment districts created pursuant to this section.40-22-02. Sewerage system - Establishment, maintenance, and alteration - Voterequired. The governing body of any municipality may establish, maintain, and alter a general<br>system of sewerage for the municipality in such manner and under such regulations as it shall<br>deem expedient and proper.No action shall be taken for the establishment of a seweragesystem except upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the governing body.<br>When a sewerage system is established, all measures necessary for the construction of sewers<br>as a part of that system may be taken by a vote of the majority of the governing body.40-22-03. Acquiring property for sewers, water mains, and water supply beyondcorporate limits. When it is necessary to conduct the sewage of a municipality beyond the<br>municipal limits or to acquire a supply of water beyond such limits and to construct mains or<br>aqueducts to conduct such water to the municipal limits, the governing body, by grant, purchase,<br>or condemnation proceedings, may acquire private property over which to construct the sewer, or<br>upon and over which to establish facilities for obtaining and storing such water supply and<br>aqueducts or mains for conducting the same to the corporate limits. Public property may likewise<br>be acquired for such purposes by grant or purchase from the government or public corporation<br>owning the same.The cost of acquiring such property and of building such sewer or otherfacilities upon or over the property may be included in the cost of construction or acquisition of a<br>municipal waterworks or sewerage system and in the special assessments levied therefor, or the<br>entirety of such a project may be completed as an improvement to an existing waterworks or<br>sewage system and special assessments may be levied therefor in accordance with the<br>provisions of this title.40-22-04. Discharge of sewage - Regulations governing. 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