RS 33:3421
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RS 33:3421
SUBPART F. MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVEMENTS
IN MUNICIPALITIES OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND
BUT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION
§3421. Petition for street improvement
Upon the written petition of the property owners of not less than sixty per cent of the lineal frontage of real estate abutting on any street or alley, or portion thereof to be improved, or any two or more connecting streets or alleys, or portions thereof, located in a commercial district, which may be included in and considered as a single unit for improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part, municipalities having a population exceeding one thousand and less than two hundred thousand, or any incorporated parish seat, may pave, gravel, macadamize, resurface, repair, or improve the streets and alleys, or any part thereof, one block or more in length within the corporate limits of the municipality, and may levy and collect special taxes or local contributions on the property abutting the improvement, for the purpose of defraying the entire cost of the improvement.
Notice of the filing of a petition for an improvement under the provisions of this Sub-part shall be given by the clerk or engineer of the municipality by publication in the official journal, or by publication in any other newspaper published in the municipality if there be no official journal, or by posting in five conspicuous places if there be no newspaper published in the municipality, and after thirty days from the date of publication or posting all persons shall be barred from contesting the validity or sufficiency of the petition for improvement or interfering with the progress of the improvement as herein provided.