Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 88

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 88
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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.010 Condemnation of private property.

88.010. Condemnation of private property. — Whenever the city council, or the proper legislative body of any city, shall deem it necessary to condemn or appropriate private property and to assess the cost thereof against property in a benefit district, said legislative body shall enact an ordinance setting forth the general nature or purpose of the use to which such private property is to be put and declare it to be necessary to take and appropriate private property therein described for such purpose and define the limits of a benefit district within which private property shall be deemed benefitted or assessed to pay for such improvements, and the time and mode of payment of such assessment and the penalty for failure to pay the same when due. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6755, 6999, 7230, 7484, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6628, 6853, 7080, 7331; 1919 §§ 7767, 8116, 8335, 8530, 8745; 1909 §§ 8681, 9033, 9262

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.013 Condemnation of property - petition for appointment of commissioners.

88.013. Condemnation of property — petition for appointment of commissioners. — Thereupon the attorney for the city, in the name of the city, shall apply to the circuit court of the county where the city is located, by petition, setting forth the limits of the benefit district, a correct description of the property that is sought to be acquired or condemned, the use for which such land is to be taken and dedicated or the general nature of the improvements proposed to be made, the names of the owners of the several lots, tracts or parcels of land if known, or if unknown a correct description of the parcels whose owners are unknown, and praying the appointment of three disinterested commissioners, who are residents of the county, in which the real estate or a portion thereof is situated, to assess the damages which the owners may severally sustain by reason of the appropriation and condemnation of such real estate by the city for any of the purposes described in this section, and to assess the property especially benefitted by the improvements within the benefitted district, in proportion to the benefits accruing to each from the proposed improvements. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6755, 6999, 7230, 7484, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. merged with S.B. 71) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6628, 6853, 7080, 7331; 1919 §§ 7767, 8116, 8335, 8530, 8745; 1909 §§ 8681, 9033, 9262

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.017 Condemnation of property - party defendant.

88.017. Condemnation of property — party defendant. — The owners of property to be appropriated or damaged shall be made defendants by name, but it shall not be necessary to name any defendants except the owners of a freehold in the property to be appropriated. If the proceedings seek to affect lands of persons under conservatorship, the conservators must be made parties defendant. If the possessor of land to be affected has an estate less than a fee the person having the next vested estate in remainder or reversion must, if known, be made a party defendant. It shall not be necessary to name any person defendant who is neither in actual possession nor record owner of the property to be appropriated, but any person holding an interest in the property or who is damaged by such appropriation may be made a party thereto by appearing therein and shall have just compensation allowed and paid to him in such proceedings. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6755, 6999, 7230, 7487, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6628, 6853, 7080, 7334; 1919 §§ 7767, 8116, 8335, 8530, 8748; 1909 §§ 8681, 9033, 9262

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.020 Condemnation of property - summons, how served.

88.020. Condemnation of property — summons, how served. — Upon the filing of the petition a summons shall be issued giving such defendants named therein at least ten days' notice of the time when the petition will be heard, which summons shall be served in the same manner as writs are or may be required to be served by the code of civil procedure. If the name or residence of any owners be unknown, or if the owners or any of them do not reside within the state, or if service upon them cannot be had for any reason specified in section 506.160 , then service of notice of the time of hearing of the petition by mail or publication shall be made in the time and manner prescribed by said section 506.160 . Notice of the proceedings shall be given to the owners of the property benefitted, as well as other parties interested, by publication as in this section provided for nonresidents except that such notice need not be addressed to them by name, but shall contain a general description of the property appropriated and of the benefit district by boundaries as defined by the legislative body. The notice to owners of property benefitted herein required may, in the discretion of the court or judge thereof, be incorporated in the notice by publication to unknown or absent defendants. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6386, 6387, 6755, 7000, 7231, 7485, 7486, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6264, 6265, 6628, 6854, 7081, 7332, 7333; 1919 §§ 7767, 7768, 8116, 8336, 8531, 8746, 8747; 1909 §§ 8681, 8682, 9034, 9263

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.023 Condemnation of property - appointment of commissioners.

88.023. Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners. — The court on being satisfied that proper notice has been given to all the defendants and to the owners of property within the benefitted district and that the ordinance and petition are regular and valid, shall appoint three persons, who are residents of the county, in which the real estate or a portion thereof is situated, as commissioners to assess the damages which the owners of the land may severally sustain by reason of such appropriation, and to assess the property especially benefitted by said improvements within the benefitted district to pay therefor. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6388, 6756, 7001, 7232, 7488, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al. merged with S.B. 71) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6266, 6629, 6855, 7082, 7335; 1919 §§ 7769, 8117, 8337, 8532, 8749; 1909 §§ 8683, 9035, 9264

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.027 Condemnation of property - assessment of damages, duties of commissioners.

88.027. Condemnation of property — assessment of damages, duties of commissioners. — 1. The commissioners so appointed shall give notice to all parties interested of the time and place when and where they will hear all parties interested who may appear before them, which notice need not be directed to any particular defendant or party interested, but may be general in its form, giving the number, title and date of approval of the ordinance initiating the proceedings and a description of the benefitted district by boundaries as defined in the ordinance. Such notice shall be published in some newspaper in said city, selected by the commissioners, once each week for two consecutive weeks, the last insertion to be at least one day before the day set for such hearing. 2. It shall be the duty of the commissioners to first determine the value of the property to be appropriated, and all damages caused by said appropriation; then they shall apportion the total sum to be paid for the property condemned and damages so determined among the various lots, tracts and parcels of land within the benefitted district, and the city, according to the actual benefits which they find will accrue to the various lots, tracts and parcels of land within said benefitted district and to the city at large. They shall not be required to assess any sum against any lot, tract or parcel of land within the benefitted district which they may find will not be benefitted, nor shall they be required to assess any sum against the city unless they find that the city at large will be benefitted. Any action taken by a majority of the commissioners shall be deemed the act of all. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6389, 6757, 6765, 7489, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6267, 6630, 6638, 7336; 1919 §§ 7770, 8118, 8126, 8750; 1909 § 8684

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.030 Condemnation of property - commissioners' report.

88.030. Condemnation of property — commissioners' report. — When the commissioners shall have viewed the property and assessed the value, damages and benefits they shall make their return of such assessment in writing and under oath to the circuit court. The report shall be filed with the clerk of the court and shall set out the amounts allowed for each lot, tract or parcel of land condemned and the amounts assessed against the various lots, tracts and parcels of land, and the city, if any, to pay for the land condemned, stating such amounts separately and giving a description of each lot, tract or parcel of land condemned or assessed. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6390, 6757, 7002, 7233, 7489, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6268, 6630, 6856, 7083; 1919 §§ 7771, 8118, 8338, 8533, 8750; 1909 §§ 8685, 9265

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.033 Condemnation of property - filing of exceptions to commissioners' report.

88.033. Condemnation of property — filing of exceptions to commissioners' report. — All parties interested shall take notice of the filing of said report, and any owner of any lot, tract or parcel of land assessed may, within ten days after the filing of said report, file his written exception to said report, asking that the same be set aside and, if the judge shall find that such assessment was not properly made, or that injustice was done in the making of such assessment, he shall set aside the report of the commissioners and appoint new commissioners, who shall proceed in the manner provided for the first commissioners, and so on until a fair and proper determination of the allowance of damages and assessment of benefits has been made and reported. Whenever no exceptions are filed within the time limited, or whenever the judge shall find that the commissioners have fairly and properly discharged their duties and reported their action, he shall make an order confirming the assessment as reported, which shall be final as to the assessment of benefits. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6391, 6758, 7003, 7234, 7491, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6269, 6631, 6857, 7084, 7338; 1919 §§ 7772, 8119, 8339, 8534, 8752; 1909 §§ 8686, 9266

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.037 Condemnation of property - assessment by jury.

88.037. Condemnation of property — assessment by jury. — All owners of property to be appropriated shall take notice of the confirmation of the report of the commissioners as to the assessment of benefits, and any owner of property to be appropriated may, within ten days after such confirmation, file with the clerk his request that the assessment of damages made by the commissioners be set aside as to his property and that the damages be assessed by a jury. If such exceptions are filed by several property owners, the issues may, by their consent filed in the cause, be tried as one case by the same jury, the verdict to show the amounts allowed to the several defendants separately as to each lot, tract or parcel of land; otherwise the issues shall be tried separately. The judge shall set the time for trial, allowing a reasonable time for preparation. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6759, 7003, 7234, 7491, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6632, 6857, 7084, 7338; 1919 §§ 8120, 8339, 8534, 8752; 1909 § 9266

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.040 Condemnation of property - appeals from judgment.

88.040. Condemnation of property — appeals from judgment. — Appeals from the final judgment of the court on jury verdicts shall be allowed to any defendant, defendants or the city as in condemnation proceedings by railroad companies, and shall be controlled and governed by the same rules as far as the same may be applicable. But no such appeal shall operate as a supersedeas or delay the right of the city to take possession of the property condemned. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6760, 7493, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6633, 7340; 1919 §§ 8121, 8754

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.043 Condemnation of property - payment of assessed damages.

88.043. Condemnation of property — payment of assessed damages. — If the amount of damages finally allowed by the court or jury shall be greater than the amount allowed by the commissioners, the excess shall be paid by the city and the assessments against the property benefitted and against the city, if any, as made by the commissioners, shall remain the same, but if the amount of damages finally allowed shall be less than the amount allowed by the commissioners all assessments made by the commissioners shall be reduced proportionately. (RSMo 1939 § 6761, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6634; 1919 § 8122

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.047 Condemnation of property - report of damages.

88.047. Condemnation of property — report of damages. — When no requests for jury trials are filed within the time limited, or when the allowances of damages have been finally determined, the clerk shall make a report of the result of the proceedings showing the amount of damages finally allowed for each lot, tract or parcel of land to be appropriated, describing the same, and showing the amounts finally charged against the various lots, tracts and parcels of land for benefits, describing the same and the amount assessed against the city at large, if any, and the amount of excess to be paid by the city, if any, under his hand and the seal of the court, and file the same with the papers in the case. He shall also make a copy of said report, duly certified, which the sheriff shall deliver to the city clerk and the sheriff shall make his return on the original showing such service and the date thereof. (RSMo 1939 § 6762, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6635; 1919 § 8123

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.050 Condemnation of property - confirmation or rejection of report.

88.050. Condemnation of property — confirmation or rejection of report. — The city shall, by ordinance, confirm or reject the report mentioned in section 88.047 within thirty days after delivery of the said certified copy to the city clerk and shall file a certified copy of such ordinance with the clerk of the circuit court within ten days after the taking effect of such ordinance. Failure of the city to take action upon such report within the time limited shall be deemed a rejection of same. If such report is rejected in either manner, the proceedings shall be dismissed and no proceedings to condemn any of said property for the same or any similar purpose shall be instituted by the city within two years after the rejection of the report, unless upon the petition of the owners of three-fourths of the property fronting on the line of the proposed improvement. (RSMo 1939 § 6393, 6394, 6763, 7492, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6271, 6272, 6636, 7339; 1919 §§ 7774, 7775, 8124, 8753; 1909 §§ 8688, 8689

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.053 Condemnation of property - commissioners' compensation, how paid.

88.053. Condemnation of property — commissioners' compensation, how paid. — The judge shall allow the commissioners and court officials reasonable compensation for their services, which, together with all other costs accruing up to and including confirmation of the commissioners' report, shall be paid by the city. All costs accruing after said time shall be paid by the losing party. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6392, 6764, 7004, 7235, 7494, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6270, 6637, 6858, 7085, 7341; 1919 §§ 7773, 8125, 8340, 8535, 8755; 1909 §§ 8687, 9267

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.057 Condemnation of property - judgment rendered for city.

88.057. Condemnation of property — judgment rendered for city. — When the council shall confirm the proceedings, judgment shall be rendered that the city have and hold the property so to be taken upon payment of the compensation assessed therefor, for the purpose specified in the initiatory ordinance, that the city recover the respective amounts assessed against private property, and that the lots, tracts and parcels of land so assessed for benefits stand severally charged and bound for the payment of the respective assessments and the interest that may accrue thereon, and the city pay the amount, if any, charged against it, and if said assessments are by the ordinance aforesaid made payable in more than one installment the judgment shall so recite. The city shall not have the right to take possession of the property condemned until it has paid to the owners, or to the clerk of the court for the use of said owners, the amount of damages determined as aforesaid. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6769, 7006, 7008, 7237, 7239, 7492, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6641, 6860, 6862, 7087, 7089, 7339; 1919 §§ 8129, 8342, 8344, 8537, 8539, 8753; 1909 §§ 9269, 9271

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.060 Condemnation of property - assessments a lien - special executions.

88.060. Condemnation of property — assessments a lien — special executions. — 1. Said assessments for benefits shall be a lien from the date of the taking effect of the initiatory ordinance and shall continue until the assessment against such lot, tract or parcel of land has been fully paid or a sale made thereunder. No assessment shall be defeated or affected by any irregularity affecting only other assessments. In case of failure of the proceedings as to any part of the land to be condemned supplementary proceedings may be had as to such part. Damages allowed and benefits assessed shall bear interest from the date of final judgment until paid at the rate of six percent per annum, but in case of any deficiency in the interest collected upon benefit assessments, the city shall pay the deficit. In case of failure to collect any assessments in full or in part by failure of the property to sell for a sufficient price to fully pay same and costs of sale, or otherwise, the city shall pay the amount of such deficit or loss. The city may pay all or any part of the assessments and have execution therefor in its own right. 2. Special executions may be issued against any property assessed for benefits at the instance of the city or of any party entitled to damages under the judgment, and such special execution shall be entitled as the case is docketed without naming any owner of the property, and proceedings thereon and sale thereunder shall be governed by the ordinary rules applicable to special executions against real estate. Payments shall be made to the clerk of the court in which the judgment is rendered, and if made at different times the clerk may disburse the same by prorating the amount or amounts so received by him among the various lots, tracts or parcels of land for which damages have been allowed, in proportion to the allowance for each, and paying the respective amounts to the owner thereof. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6768, 7007, 7237, 7238, 7492, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6640, 6861, 7087, 7088, 7339; 1919 §§ 8128, 8343, 8537, 8538, 8753; 1909 § 9270

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.063 Condemnation of property - right to take possession after payment of damages.

88.063. Condemnation of property — right to take possession after payment of damages. — Any city shall have the right to advance the amount of damages awarded on the filing of the report of the commissioners assessing the damages and thereupon enter upon and take possession of such property and proceed with the public improvements for which such property is sought to be taken or damaged, and to be reimbursed from the benefits assessed when the same are collected. Any subsequent proceedings shall affect only the amount of compensation to be allowed for the property taken or damaged and shall not in any way interfere with the right of such city to the property sought to be acquired or damaged for public purposes. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6395, 7008, 7010, 7239, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6273, 6862, 6864, 7089; 1919 §§ 7776, 8344, 8346, 8539; 1909 §§ 8690, 9271, 9273 CROSS REFERENCE: Possession of land condemned, delivery, how enforced, 523.055 (1960) Where city deposited amount of judgment in condemnation action in court, it could enforce possession of the condemned land even though interest on judgment was not so deposited. Mayor etc. of Liberty v. Boggess (A.), 332 S.W.2d 305.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.067 Condemnation of property - change of venue.

88.067. Condemnation of property — change of venue. — No change of venue shall be allowed in any of the proceedings under sections 88.010 to 88.070 to which any city having not less than ten thousand inhabitants and not more than thirty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter is a party except where the judge of the court shall be disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statute of this state relating to change of venue in civil cases. If the judge of such court is disqualified or is charged by any person interested in such proceedings with being disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statute, it shall be the duty of said judge to call in a judge from some other judicial circuit of this state to sit and hear the proceedings and render his decree and judgment the same as the regular judge could have done. Said judge so called shall receive for his services mileage and ten dollars per day for each day engaged, to be taxed as cost in the cause. (RSMo 1939 § 7496, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7343; 1919 § 8757

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.070 Condemnation of property - duty of court.

88.070. Condemnation of property — duty of court. — The court shall so adapt its procedure hereunder as to give all parties in interest due process of law and just compensation for all property appropriated notwithstanding any provisions in this or any other statute to the contrary. All proceedings hereunder shall be governed as far as practicable, when the practice is not prescribed by these sections, by the rules applicable to civil proceedings in the circuit court. (RSMo 1939 §§ 6770, 7494, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6642, 7341; 1919 § 8755 (1959) Where amendment to zoning ordinance providing for zoning of newly annexed land was made without any attempt to comply with sec. 89.070, the amendment could not apply to land so annexed. State ex rel. Sims v. Eckhardt (Mo.), 322 S.W.2d 903. (1966) This section prescribes the procedure to be followed by the legislative body availing itself in the first instance of the zoning powers granted to all cities, towns, and villages in first establishing zoning in a municipality. It relates only to the original zoning ordinances fixing the boundaries of the original districts and prescribing the regulations to be followed therein. The term "original districts" refers to the establishment of zoning districts in areas not previously zoned. Murrel v. Wolff (Mo.), 408 S.W.2d 842. (1972) Interim zoning of land not yet legally annexed to city held not authorized by statute. State ex rel. Holiday Park, Inc. v. City of Columbia (Mo.), 479 S.W.2d 422.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.073 Condemnation of property - right to condemn lands.

88.073. Condemnation of property — right to condemn lands. — 1. Cities shall have the right to condemn lands under the provisions of sections 88.010 to 88.070 and pay for the same out of any funds available out of the city treasury without any assessments for benefits, or to advance the amount of damages awarded at the time pending the proceedings and thereupon take possession of the property and to be reimbursed from the benefits assessed when the same are collected. 2. Whenever the charter of any constitutional charter city makes provision for the condemnation of property for public purposes and assessment of benefits therefor, such city may elect to proceed with such condemnation or assessment, or both, in the manner provided in sections 88.010 to 88.070 or to proceed in the manner provided in its charter. (RSMo 1939 § 7240, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7090; 1919 § 8540 (1951) Since enactment of this section, proceedings to condemn under city charter exceptions are not required to be tried by common-law jury unless charter so provides. State ex rel. Dennis v. Williams, 362 Mo. 176, 240 S.W.2d 703.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.077 Condemnation of property - condemnation outside city limits.

88.077. Condemnation of property — condemnation outside city limits. — When it becomes necessary for any city to condemn private property outside of the city limits for any authorized purpose the proceedings therefor shall be regulated in all respects as the condemnation of property for railroad purposes is at the time regulated by law. (RSMo 1939 § 7495; A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7342; 1919 § 8756

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.080 Street grading - assessment of damages, procedure.

88.080. Street grading — assessment of damages, procedure. — 1. In all cases where the proper authorities in any city in this state have graded or regraded, or may hereafter grade or change the grade or lines of any street or alley, or in any way alter or enlarge the same, or construct any public improvement, thereby causing damage to private property for public use, within the meaning of Section 26 of Article I of the State Constitution, without the consent of the owner of such property, or in case they fail to agree with the owner thereof for the proper compensation for the damages so done, or likely to be done or sustained by reason thereof, or if by reason of the legal incapacity of such owner, no such compensation can be agreed upon, the circuit court having jurisdiction over the territory embraced in such city on application by petition, either by the city authorities or the owner of the property for which damage is claimed, or any one on behalf of either, shall appoint three disinterested residents of such city, who shall meet upon the premises at a time by them to be appointed, of which they shall give personal notice to the owners, or their agents, of the land affected, if they can be found, as well as five days' notice by advertisement in the newspaper doing the city printing; and the commissioners, having first been duly sworn to perform their duties justly and impartially, and a true report to make, shall view the street or alley or improvement and premises affected by the change or enlargement or construction thereof, having due regard to and making just allowances for the advantages which have resulted or which may seem likely to result to the owner or owners of property for which damages may be allowed or claimed, and after such comparison shall estimate and determine whether any, and if any, how much damages such property may have sustained, or seems likely to sustain by reason thereof, and make report of the same, and if no exceptions be filed within ten days thereafter, or in the event exceptions are filed and overruled, the court shall confirm the report and enter judgment thereon with costs, from which judgment either or any party shall be entitled to an appeal or writ of error, as in other cases. 2. If the proceedings seek to affect the lands of persons under conservatorship, the conservators must be made parties; if the lands of married persons, their spouses must be made parties; if the possessor of lands to be affected has an estate less than a fee, the person having the next vested estate in remainder or reversion must, if known, be made a party. It shall not be necessary to make any persons parties in respect to their ownership unless they are in actual possession of the premises to be affected, or have a title to the premises appearing of record. 3. The petition shall set forth the general nature of the work or improvement causing damage to private property for public use as aforesaid, together with all the facts necessary to give the court jurisdiction in the premises, the names of the owners of the several lots or parcels of land to be affected thereby, if known, or if unknown, a correct description of the parcels whose owners are unknown. The petition may be presented to the circuit court. 4. Upon filing the petition a summons shall be issued, giving the defendants at least ten days' notice of the time when the petition will be heard, which summons shall be served in the same manner as writs of summons are or may be by law required to be served. If the name or residence of the defendants, or any of them, be unknown, or if they, or any of them, do not reside within the state, notice of the time of hearing the petition, reciting the substance of the petition, and the day fixed for the hearing thereof, shall be given by publication for four weeks consecutively prior to the time of the hearing of the petition, in the papers doing the city printing, and the court on being satisfied that due notice of the pending of the petition has been given, shall make the above appointment of commissioners. 5. The city authorities shall, before the filing of such petition, define by ordinance the limits within which private property is deemed benefitted by the change, enlargement, grading, regrading or improvement aforesaid, and the owners of the private property within such limits shall be made parties defendants, as provided in this section, and served with notice and process as provided in this section. (RSMo 1939 § 7373, A.L. 1945 p. 1306, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7222; 1919 § 8676; 1909 § 9553

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.083 Street grading - benefits, assessments, lien on property - special judgment ...

88.083. Street grading — benefits, assessments, lien on property — special judgment and execution. — It shall be the duty of the commissioners, in every case where damages are allowed as aforesaid, to provide for the payment of such damages by assessing against the city the amount of benefit, if any, to the public generally by reason of the change, enlargement or improvement aforesaid, and the balance, if any, against all property which shall, in the opinion of the commissioners, be especially benefitted by the proposed change, enlargement or improvement, to the amount that each lot or tract of ground shall be benefitted thereby. The sum to be paid by the owners of the property especially benefitted as aforesaid shall be a lien on the property charged from the date of the final decree of the circuit court, and the court, when it makes such decree and confirms the report of the commissioners, shall render a special judgment against each tract or parcel of private property assessed in said report for benefits, to the amount assessed against each tract and parcel, which judgment shall be a special judgment and bind the property and the interests of the defendant therein. If said judgment is not paid within ten days thereafter, then there shall be issued from said court in favor of the city a special execution against each tract or parcel separately, and the same shall be sold in the same manner as is now provided by law for sales of real estate under execution. Said judgment shall bear fifteen percent interest from ten days from the rendition thereof; and the cost of such execution and proceedings thereunder shall be taxed against the defendants. (RSMo 1939 § 7374) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7223; 1919 § 8677; 1909 § 9554

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.087 Street grading - report of commissioners, contents.

88.087. Street grading — report of commissioners, contents. — The report of the commissioners to the circuit court shall be in writing and under oath, and filed by the clerk thereof, and the damages allowed to and the benefits assessed against each lot of ground, and the owner or owners thereof, shall be separately stated. (RSMo 1939 § 7375) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7224; 1919 § 8678; 1909 § 9555

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.090 Street grading - review of commissioners' report.

88.090. Street grading — review of commissioners' report. — The report of the commissioners may be reviewed by the circuit court on written exceptions, filed by any party in the clerk's office within ten days after the filing of such report, and the court shall make such order therein as right and justice may require, and may order a new appraisement on good cause shown, but the hearing of such exceptions shall be summary, and the court shall fix a day therefor without delay. And any party shall be entitled to have the damages assessed by a trial by jury as at common law, upon claiming the right in the exceptions to the report of the commissioners. (RSMo 1939 § 7376) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7225; 1919 § 8679; 1909 § 9556

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.093 Street grading - cost of proceedings.

88.093. Street grading — cost of proceedings. — The costs of the proceedings, up to and including the filing of the report of the commissioners in cases where damages are allowed by the report, shall be paid by the city, and all costs caused by any subsequent litigation shall be paid by the losing party, and in cases where the report disallows all claims for damages, the costs shall be paid by the losing party. (RSMo 1939 § 7377) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7226; 1919 § 8680; 1909 § 9557

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.097 Street grading - payment of damages.

88.097. Street grading — payment of damages. — All the damages allowed shall, within six months from any final decree terminating the litigation, from which no appeal or writ of error is prosecuted, be paid out of the city treasury to the parties entitled thereto, and if the ownership of the property to which such damages are allowed is in controversy, the amount of the damages allowed said property shall, within the time aforesaid, be paid into the circuit court for the use of the successful claimant of the property. (RSMo 1939 § 7378) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7227; 1919 § 8681; 1909 § 9558 (1959) In action to assess damages and benefits for changing the grade of the street, the owner of the abutting land at the time the grade was actually changed, rather than subsequent owners, was entitled to the damages assessed, although judgment for such damages was rendered later. City of St. Louis v. Moehlenhoff (A.), 322 S.W.2d 155.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.100 Public improvement - assessment against railroad real property.

88.100. Public improvement — assessment against railroad real property. — All real property, including rights-of-way, yards and depot grounds, situated within the corporate limits of any incorporated city, town or village in this state, of any railroad company which now owns or operates, or which may hereafter own or operate, any railroad or part of a railroad within the corporate limits of any such city, town or village, shall be subject to special assessments for public improvements made by any such city, town or village, in the same manner and to the same extent in all respects as the real property of any other person or corporation therein. And all laws which now or which may hereafter be in force for the making, enforcement and collection of such special assessments against the real property of other persons and corporations in such city, town or village, shall apply to and govern the making, collection and enforcement of such special assessments against such real property of any such railroad company in the same manner and to the same extent as to such special assessments against the real property of other persons and corporations therein. (RSMo 1939 § 7367) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7216; 1919 § 8655; 1909 § 9543

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.103 Tax bill as lien against property, how released.

88.103. Tax bill as lien against property, how released. — In all cities of Missouri that are authorized to issue special tax bills against real estate therein for public improvements of any kind, and which special tax bills are required by law to be recorded, and are made by law a lien on the real estate described in such tax bill, such lien may be released upon presentation of such tax bill to the city clerk, or other officer in charge of the records of special tax bills, and the city clerk or other officer shall note on such special tax bill that the same is cancelled and has been released on the record, stating the date of such release, and attest the release in his official capacity; and such clerk or other officer shall note on the record of such tax bill that the original tax bill has been presented to him, and by him cancelled, and affix thereto the date of such release, and attest the same; releases made under the provisions of this section shall be a release of the lien of such tax bill for all purposes. If any such tax bill has been paid and cannot be presented for cancellation for the reason that the same has been lost or destroyed, an affidavit by the payee thereof as to said loss, and stating that same has been paid, may be presented in same manner and to same effect as the original tax bill, and the cancellation shown on the record and attested as above provided. If the tax bill has been assigned or transferred, the affidavit as to such loss may be made by the assignee thereof, and in all cases where such affidavit is made, the affiant shall state that he was the owner of said tax bill at the time of its loss, and that the same is not in the possession of any person having a lawful claim to the same. If the tax bill has been lost or destroyed after being paid and surrendered to the owner of the property described therein, or some other proper person, then the clerk or other proper officer may enter a cancellation of the record of such tax bill upon the presentation to him of the affidavits above mentioned. All affidavits used for the purpose herein indicated shall be attached to the record of the tax bill affected by it. Such affidavits may apply to more than one such tax bill and reference thereto properly shown by the clerk or other officer who enters such release. The clerk, or other officer who enters such release, shall be entitled to collect twenty-five cents for each tax bill released. (RSMo 1939 § 7385) Prior revision: 1929 § 7234

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.107 Assessment adjudged invalid - reassessment.

88.107. Assessment adjudged invalid — reassessment. — If a city of this state has caused to be constructed or reconstructed any sewer, boulevard, street, alley, sidewalk or other local improvement, and to pay the cost of the improvement has levied a special assessment against private property and issued special tax bills pursuant thereto, and the assessment or any part thereof, or the special tax bills, or any thereof are adjudged invalid and unenforceable either in whole or in part by the final judgment of any appellate court of competent jurisdiction for any reason other than the failure of the contractor who has done the work to fully comply with his contract, the city may, by ordinance, make a new assessment or reassessment upon all land benefitted by the improvement, and in so doing may, if necessary, create a new assessment district and define its boundaries. (RSMo 1939 § 7379, A.L. 1945 p. 1305, A.L. 1957 p. 240) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7228; 1919 § 8661

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.110 Proposed reassessment - hearing of objections.

88.110. Proposed reassessment — hearing of objections. — Before any ordinance making provision for such reassessment, or the creation of such assessment district, shall be put upon its passage, the board of aldermen, or other local legislative body before which it is pending, shall appoint a day upon which it will hear and consider any and all objections to such ordinance and shall give public notice of the time and place and matter thus to be considered, which said notice shall be addressed to all persons interested; shall set forth in full the pending ordinance; shall state that at the appointed time and place all landowners within the assessment district defined by said ordinance, and all other persons interested, may appear before said legislative body and be heard upon all matters pertinent to said ordinance; and shall be published once a week for two weeks, the last publication to be at least one week before such day of hearing, in some newspaper of general circulation published in the city wherein said ordinance is pending, or if there be no newspaper published in said city, then in the county wherein said city is situated. After said hearing has been had, said ordinance may be passed, rejected or amended as justice may require. (RSMo 1939 § 7380) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7229; 1919 § 8662

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.113 Proposed reassessment - contents of ordinance.

88.113. Proposed reassessment — contents of ordinance. — Such ordinance shall set forth the total amount of such new assessment and shall provide in what manner it shall be apportioned among the various lots and parcels of land included within the assessment district in said ordinance defined, giving due credit to each and every lot and parcel of land entitled thereto for all payments on the previous assessment for the improvement in question that shall appear from the city records to have been made on account of such lot or parcel, and for any part of such previous assessment, which, though unpaid, is a valid lien against such lot or parcel. (RSMo 1939 § 7381) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7230; 1919 § 8663

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.117 New assessment not to exceed old.

88.117. New assessment not to exceed old. — The total amount of such new assessment shall be in such sum as is equitable under all circumstances. It shall in no case exceed that part of the previous assessment that is invalid and is unpaid at the time the ordinance levying the new assessment is introduced, and where, because of lack of competitive bidding, or other cause, the value of the improvement, when made, was less than the contract price thereof, then the new assessment shall not exceed the fair value of the improvement at said time less all payments made on the original assessment and the amount of such part of the original assessment as is valid. And no lot or parcel of land shall be assessed by said ordinance in a greater amount than the difference between the amount of the benefits it shall have received from the improvement and the credits to which it is entitled under section 88.113 ; provided, however, that if, through error or misconstruction, the amount of the new assessment should, in any case, be excessive under this provision, because of the failure to give a proper credit or credits under section 88.113 , the new assessment shall not thereby be avoided, but any person owning or pecuniarily interested in any property which shall not have received due credit under the aforesaid provisions shall be entitled to a proper reduction in amount, in any proceeding brought to enforce such assessment or tax bill, or in appropriate proceedings instituted for the purpose by him or them in the circuit court of the county or city where the property is situated. (RSMo 1939 § 7382) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7231; 1919 § 8664

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.120 Ordinance - conclusive.

88.120. Ordinance — conclusive. — The final passage of any ordinance under the provisions of sections 88.107 to 88.127 shall be deemed a conclusive determination that the amount of the assessment therein made is in conformity with section 88.117 and that each lot or parcel of land within the assessment district by such ordinance defined has been benefitted by the improvement in question in an amount at least equal to the assessment charged against it by such ordinance, plus all credits to which it is entitled under section 88.113 . (RSMo 1939 § 7383) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7232; 1919 § 8665

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.123 New tax bills issued.

88.123. New tax bills issued. — As soon as may be after such ordinance has come into effect, special tax bills, in favor of the record holder of the original defective bills, against the various lots, tracts and parcels of land included within the assessment district in said ordinance defined, shall be issued pursuant thereto by the proper officers, and all other appropriate steps to effectuate said ordinance shall be taken in the same manner and with like force and effect as in the case of original assessments; and such new tax bills shall have the same attributes as have tax bills issued pursuant to original assessments for like improvements. (RSMo 1939 § 7384) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7233; 1919 § 8666

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.127 Construction of law - limit on frequency of assessment.

88.127. Construction of law — limit on frequency of assessment. — Sections 88.107 to 88.127 shall be liberally construed so as to prevent private property that has been in good faith benefitted by local public improvements from escaping payment of its just share of the value thereof; and shall apply to all cases wherein original assessments for local improvements are made. No reassessment shall be made under sections 88.107 to 88.127 unless the ordinance authorizing it is passed and becomes effective within two years after the previous assessment has been declared to be invalid, in whole or in part. Parts of previous assessments which are not invalid under the ruling of some appellate court of competent jurisdiction are not in any way affected by sections 88.107 to 88.127 . (RSMo 1939 § 7386, A.L. 1957 p. 240) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7235; 1919 § 8667

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.130 Expiration of time limit.

88.130. Expiration of time limit. — Whenever in any proceeding instituted by any city in this state for the purchasing, taking or damaging of property for public purposes, provision is made in the judgment in said proceeding for the payment in annual installments of assessments of benefits against property for the purchasing, taking or damaging of property for public purposes, the time within which execution may be issued on the judgment assessing any such benefits shall not expire until two years after the date upon which the last installment shall be due, and default in the payment of any prior installment shall not shorten the time within which such execution may be issued. (L. 1919 p. 221 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.251 Utilities, franchises and contracts, procedure to grant, extend or renew - ...

88.251. Utilities, franchises and contracts, procedure to grant, extend or renew — ballot form — majority vote required — notice required. — Each franchise or contract provided for in sections 71.530 , 77.210 , 78.190 , 78.630 , and sections 88.613 , 88.770 , and 88.773 shall remain on file with the city clerk for public inspection at least thirty days before the final passage or adoption thereof. The effective date of such franchise or contract shall be the earliest date upon which one of the following events occurs: the bill approving the franchise or contract is signed by the mayor or person exercising the duties of the mayor's office; the board of aldermen overrides the mayor's veto; or the conclusion of the next meeting of the board of aldermen when the mayor has neither signed nor vetoed the bill. Every such franchise or contract provided for above shall be subject to approval or disapproval of the voters of such city whenever twenty-five percent of the voters of such city, as appears from the number of voters who voted for mayor at the last preceding municipal election, file with the city clerk, within thirty days after the passing of the franchise or contract, a petition, in the following form, calling for the submission of the question of approval or disapproval of the grant of the franchise or contract to the voters of such city at a special election or at a regular municipal election: Upon receipt of such a petition by the city clerk, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to determine whether the petition has presented the question in the form required by this section and whether the petition has been executed in compliance with the terms of subsection 4 of section 115.019 . If the petition satisfies the requirements of this section and subsection 4 of section 115.019 , the city clerk shall cause the appropriate election authority to give notice of an election and to submit the question of approval or disapproval of the grant of the franchise or contract to the voters at a special election, or at a regular municipal election. Not later than the tenth Tuesday prior to an election, the city clerk shall send to the appropriate election authority a certified copy of the legal notice to be published. The legal notice shall include the particular question to be voted on at such election, the date and time of the election and a sample ballot. The appropriate election authority shall cause legal notice of such election to be published as required in chapter 115 . The ballots used when voting upon such franchise or contract shall contain, but not be limited to, the following language: If a majority of the voters voting on that issue vote against such franchise or contract, the same shall no longer be effective on the date the election authority certifies the election results. If a majority of the qualified voters voting on such proposed franchise or contract shall vote in favor thereof, such franchise or contract shall continue to be an effective, valid and binding franchise or contract of the city and shall remain in full force and effect and cannot be repealed or amended. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to prohibit the granting of a franchise by the use of the right of initiative petition. (L. 1987 S.B. 412 § 1, A.L. 1989 H.B. 451, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1557 & 1489) Effective 6-13-96

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.497 Condemnation of private property.

88.497. Condemnation of private property. — Private property may be taken by the cities of the third class for public use for the purpose of establishing, opening, widening, extending or altering any street, avenue, alley, wharf, creek, river, watercourse, market place, public park or public square, and for establishing market houses, and for any other necessary public purposes. (RSMo 1939 § 6998) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6852; 1919 § 8334; 1909 § 9261 (1998) A municipality's general statutory authority to condemn private property is not sufficient to condemn property devoted to prior public use for another public use which will destroy, impair or interfere with such prior use. Smithville v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital, 972 S.W.2d 416 (W.D.Mo.). (2014) Section authorizing third-class city authority to condemn private property for public use does not confer authority to condemn for blight; section was enacted prior to state constitutional provision allowing the General Assembly to permit non-charter cities to utilize eminent domain to eliminate blighted areas. City of North Kansas City v. K.C. Beaton Holding Co., LLC, 417 S.W.3d 825 (Mo.App.W.D.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.500 City tax bills.

88.500. City tax bills. — The city may issue tax bills or certificates transferring to the holder benefits, or parts thereof, as may be provided by ordinance, and sell the same for not less than par, the proceeds being applied only to the use for which such benefits were levied, and in such case said city shall only be liable to the holder thereof for the proper application of funds collected by it. (RSMo 1939 § 7011) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6865; 1919 § 8347; 1909 § 9274

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.503 Appropriation of private property - records of ordinances and proceedings.

88.503. Appropriation of private property — records of ordinances and proceedings. — As soon as practicable after the confirmation of any verdict rendered under sections 88.010 to 88.070 by the council of any third class city in the proceedings for the condemnation of private property, the city clerk shall file a full record, in a book provided for that purpose, of such proceedings, which record shall contain correct copies of all ordinances constituting part of the proceedings, the notices to the parties to the proceedings, and returns thereon; all notices published and the proofs thereof, all orders by the mayor, the names of the jurors and when impaneled, and the verdict of the jury, and such other documents and matters as the ordinances of the city may require. The mayor shall examine such final record of such proceedings, and if it be correct, sign the same; and thereafter such record, or copy thereof, certified by the city clerk, under his hand and the seal of the city, shall be competent evidence in all courts of this state of facts stated therein. The original papers shall be carefully preserved by the city clerk. (RSMo 1939 § 7012, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6866; 1919 § 8348; 1909 § 9275

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.507 Power to levy and collect taxes for general revenue purposes, and to ...

88.507. Power to levy and collect taxes for general revenue purposes, and to improve streets, alleys, sidewalks, bridges. — Any city of the third class shall have full power and authority, under the following conditions, to do the following things: To levy and collect taxes, for general revenue purposes, on all property within the limits of such city, taxable according to the laws of this state. To grade, pave (the word "pave" as herein used meaning to improve with all kinds of street paving, including macadamizing), gutter, curb and otherwise improve streets and alleys, and parts of same, and to reconstruct and repair any paving, grading, guttering and curbing, and to make and repair sidewalks, bridges, culverts and crosswalks, and to condemn and destroy any sidewalk deemed unfit for use, and replace the same with a new one of the same or different material, and to exercise control over streets and alleys, and establish and reestablish grades thereon. The cost of bridges, culverts and footwalks across streets and alleys shall be paid for out of the general revenue funds of the city. The cost of grading streets and alleys shall be charged against the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on the street or alley, or part of same, so improved, and on the improvement, in proportion to the number of fronting or abutting feet. Such city shall have the power to grade all, or any part of any street, or alley, but when the sidewalk part of any street, that is the part between the curb line and the street line, is graded exclusive of the other parts of same, the cost of the grading shall be charged against the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on the side of the street so improved, and on the improvement, in proportion to the number of fronting or abutting feet. The cost of making curbing and sidewalks shall be charged against the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on the improvement in proportion to the fronting or abutting feet, except that in making sidewalks, corner lots shall be charged with the cost of extending the sidewalk to the curb lines of intersecting streets, and in making curbing, corner lots shall be charged with the cost of extending the curbing to the curb lines of intersecting streets, and curbing and extending the curbing back to the street line at intersecting streets and alleys. The cost of repairing sidewalks and curbing shall be charged against the particular lot or tract of land fronting or abutting on the part repaired. The cost of paving, guttering and otherwise improving any alley and the roadway part of any street, that is, the part between curb lines, including street intersections, shall be charged against the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on the street or alley so improved along the distance improved, in proportion to the number of fronting or abutting feet. When the paving or guttering on any street or alley is only repaired ( "repaired" as here used shall not include any improvement where the entire surface of a paving is renewed, but such renewal shall be considered as paving), the cost of such repairing shall be charged in the following manner, namely: The street or alley shall be divided into sections, a section being the distance from the center line of one cross or intersecting street to the center line of the next cross or intersecting street, and the cost of repairing each section shall be charged against the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on that section in proportion to the number of fronting or abutting feet. (RSMo 1939 § 6987) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6841; 1919 § 8323; 1909 § 9254 CROSS REFERENCE: Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.510 Assessment of public property - street improvements, how paid - special tax ...

88.510. Assessment of public property — street improvements, how paid — special tax bills. — 1. All lands owned by any county or other political or municipal subdivisions, cemeteries and railroad rights-of-way, fronting or abutting on any of said improvements shall be liable for their proportionate part of the cost of such improvement, and tax bills shall be issued against such property as against other property, and any county, city or other political or municipal subdivision that shall own any such property shall out of the general revenue funds or other funds pay any such tax bill, and in any case where any county, city or other political or municipal subdivision, cemetery company or owners or railroad company, shall fail to pay any such tax bill, the owner or holder of same may sue such county, city or other political or municipal subdivision, cemetery company or owners or railroad company on such tax bill, and be entitled to recover a general judgment against such county, city or other political or municipal subdivision, cemetery company or owners or railroad company. 2. Any of said street improvements may be paid for in whole or part by such city out of general revenue funds, or other funds which the city may have for such purposes if the council so desires, but all such improvements shall be paid for with special tax bills, unless the proceedings of the city for same specify that payment will be out of the general revenue funds or other funds in whole or part. 3. The charges made against lands for all of said improvements shall be known as special assessments or taxes, for improvements, and shall be charged and assessed by issuing special tax bills against the lands chargeable with the cost of the improvements; each special tax bill so issued shall be a special lien on the land against which it is issued. (RSMo 1939 § 6987) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6841; 1919 § 8323; 1909 § 9254, 9255

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.520 Declaration of necessity for improvement to be published - protests.

88.520. Declaration of necessity for improvement to be published — protests. — 1. Before the city council shall be authorized, under the provisions of sections 88.507 and 88.510 , to grade or pave any alley, or to grade, pave or gutter the roadway part of any street, when the improvement is to be paid for with special tax bills, they shall, by resolution, declare that they deem such improvement necessary to be made, and shall cause such resolution to be published in some newspaper printed and published in the city, for two consecutive insertions in a weekly paper, or seven consecutive insertions in a daily paper, and if a majority of the resident owners of the lands that would be liable for the cost of the improvement, at the date of the passage of the resolution, who shall own a majority of the front feet owned by residents of the city, abutting on the street or part of street proposed to be improved, shall not within ten days after the date of the last publication file with the city clerk their protest against such improvement, then the council shall have the power to cause the improvement to be made; and if the council shall find and declare by ordinance that no such majority have so filed such protest, such finding and declaration shall be conclusive, after the execution of the contract for the making of the improvement, and thereafter no special tax bill shall be held invalid for the reason that a protest sufficiently signed was filed with the clerk. 2. The council shall have full power to make all provisions deemed necessary for the making of contracts by the city, for the doing of all the work necessary in making the improvements herein specified, but all such contracts shall be let to the lowest and best bidder, upon advertisement for bids, published by two consecutive insertions in a weekly paper or seven consecutive insertions in a daily paper in some newspaper published in the city. 3. But before the city shall make any contract for any of said improvements excepting repairs, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be made by the city engineer, and in case there be no city engineer, such estimate shall be made by some other person designated by ordinance. Such estimate shall be filed with the city clerk and no contract shall be made for a price exceeding such estimate. 4. The council shall have the power to require any contractor doing work to guarantee that an improvement will last for a specified term of years, and during such term will be kept in repair, and to require the contractor to give to the city approved bonds for the faithful performance of any obligation. 5. The council shall have the power to repair any sidewalk, curbing, guttering or paving without letting any contract for such work, but can have such work done in such manner as may be provided for by ordinance. When such work is done by the city, not through a contractor, the tax bills shall be issued to the city and the city shall have the same power to collect such tax bills as other owners of tax bills. (RSMo 1939 § 6988) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6842; 1919 § 8324; 1909 § 9255 CROSS REFERENCE: Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.523 Certain street improvements - protest, how heard and determined.

88.523. Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined. — When the council of any city of the third class shall deem it necessary to pave, macadamize, gutter, curb, grade or otherwise improve the roadway of any street or avenue for a distance not more than twelve hundred feet in length so as to connect at both ends with paving, macadamizing, guttering, curbing, grading or other improvement either on the same street or avenue or on other streets or avenues, or on the same street or avenue and another street or avenue, the council shall declare such work to be necessary to be done and shall cause the same proceedings to be had as are provided in section 88.520 , except that no protest may be filed. The resolution passed and published shall state the fact that anyone desiring to do so may appear before the council at a time stated therein and be heard on the question of the necessity of the work sought to be done, and if anyone does so appear he shall be heard, and the council shall by resolution state the result of such hearing to be a reaffirmance of the necessity for the doing of such work or the contrary, as the council may then decide. If no one appears, or if the council reaffirms the necessity of the doing of such work and improvement, then it shall proceed with such work and improvement in the manner provided in sections 88.497 to 88.647 for such work and improvement when no sufficient protest against such improvement is filed within the time limited therefor. (RSMo 1939 § 6989) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6843; 1919 § 8325

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.530 Improvements, costs - limitations - payment.

88.530. Improvements, costs — limitations — payment. — 1. The council shall have power to limit the cost to be assessed as a special tax against the abutting property for street improvement as provided in section 88.520 . If the council shall, in the resolution provided for by said section, declare that the cost of the proposed work, not to exceed an amount per front foot to be stated in the resolution, shall be charged to the abutting property and limited to such amount, and the balance, if any, shall be charged to the city, then any cost in excess of such stated amount shall be borne by the general revenue, and only that part of the cost limited to such stated amount per front foot shall be charged against the abutting property. 2. In proceeding under this section the council may let the work to contract as provided in sections 88.497 to 88.647 , or have the same done by its street commissioner under such supervision as it may direct by ordinance. In either case, the whole cost shall be paid out of the general revenue, and special tax bills shall then be assessed by ordinance against the abutting property for its part of the cost when the work is completed, and special tax bills issued therefor, made payable to the city, signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk with the seal of the city affixed. Said special tax bills, when due and after demand of payment, may be sued upon for nonpayment whenever the council shall so order. Said tax bills shall be delivered and charged by the city clerk to the city collector for collection, and the collector shall be entitled to two and a half percent upon the amount of such collections made by him for his service in collecting the same. 3. All of the provisions of sections 88.507 to 88.523 , relating to the assessment, issue, rate of interest, lien, abstracting, collection, releasing and cancellation of special tax bills for improvements mentioned in said section 88.520 , so far as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section, shall apply to tax bills issued in pursuance of this section. (RSMo 1939 § 6994) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6848; 1919 § 8330; 1909 § 9257

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.533 Condemnation of sidewalks.

88.533. Condemnation of sidewalks. — In addition to the powers herein granted, the city council may, by ordinance or resolution, condemn wooden and defective sidewalks, and may remove walks so condemned, and may provide for the construction of new sidewalks in the place of walks so condemned and removed. (RSMo 1939 § 6996) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6850; 1919 § 8332; 1909 § 9259

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.613 Lighting of streets.

88.613. Lighting of streets. — 1. The council may provide for and regulate the lighting of streets and the erection of lamp posts, poles and lights therefor, and may make contracts with any person, association or corporation for the lighting of the streets and other public places of the city with gas, electricity or otherwise. Any initial contract must be ratified by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question. Any renewal contracts entered into under the provisions of this section shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251 . 2. The council may also erect, maintain and operate gas works, electric light works or light works of any other kind or name, and may erect lamp posts, electric light poles, or any other apparatus or appliances necessary to light the streets, avenues, alleys or other public places, and may supply private lights for the use of the inhabitants of the city and its suburbs, and may regulate the same, and may prescribe and regulate the rates to be paid by the consumers thereof, and may acquire, by purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable ground within or without the city upon which to erect such works, and the right-of-way to and from said works, and also the right-of-way for laying gas pipes, electric wires under or above ground, and erecting posts and poles and such other apparatus and appliances as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such works, except that the council may in its discretion grant the right to any person or persons or corporation to erect such works and lay the pipe, wires and erect the posts, poles and other necessary apparatus and appliances therefor, upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinance and that such right to any such person, persons or corporation shall not extend for a longer period than twenty years, except that such right may be renewed for another period or periods not to exceed twenty years per period. Every initial grant for such services shall be approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting on the question. Every renewal or extension shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251 . Nothing herein contained shall be construed as to prevent the council from contracting with any person, association or corporation for furnishing the city with gas or electric lights in cities where franchises have already been granted, and where gas or electric lights plants already exist, without a vote of the people. (RSMo 1939 § 6961, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1987 S.B. 412, A.L. 1989 H.B. 451) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6815; 1919 § 8302; 1909 § 9238

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.617 White way system defined.

88.617. White way system defined. — The term "white way system" as used in sections 88.617 to 88.633 means the systematic arrangement of ornamental light posts, street arches, frosted and colored lights and globes and other illuminating equipment, conduits and all necessary apparatus therefor in a prescribed district. (RSMo 1939 § 6962) Prior revision: 1929 § 6816

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.620 White way system - powers of city council.

88.620. White way system — powers of city council. — Councils in cities of the third class may lay out, establish and maintain white way systems; may provide for and regulate the lighting of the streets within the white way district and may make contracts with any persons, associations or corporations for the lighting of the white way illuminating system; providing that no such contract shall be made for a longer time than ten years. (RSMo 1939 § 6963) Prior revision: 1929 § 6817

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.623 White way system - further powers of council.

88.623. White way system — further powers of council. — The city council shall have the right to erect, install, maintain and operate lamp posts, electric light poles, street arches, conduits or any other apparatus or appliances necessary in lighting the streets, avenues, alleys or other public places within the white way district. (RSMo 1939 § 6964) Prior revision: 1929 § 6818

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.627 White way system - costs, how paid.

88.627. White way system — costs, how paid. — The city council may, at its discretion, elect to assess as special taxes, one-half of the cost of installation of a white way system unless by remonstrance estopped, and submit to the voters a proposal to issue bonds for the remaining one-half, the whole project being contingent upon the approval of the proposed issue of special tax bills and of bonds. (RSMo 1939 § 6965, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revision: 1929 § 6819

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.630 Public works, governing statutes.

88.630. Public works, governing statutes. — The city council shall be governed in its proceedings by sections 88.507 to 88.520 , 88.812 to 88.822 and 88.854 (governing the improvement of streets, alleys, sidewalks, etc., assessment of costs against abutting property owners, notice, contracts, tax bills, records to be kept by the city clerk, and payment of tax bills) and sections 95.115 to 95.145 (prescribing the procedure for incurring indebtedness). (RSMo 1939 § 6966, A.L. 1953 p. 268, A.L. 1961 p. 216) Prior revision: 1929 § 6820

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.633 Water supply.

88.633. Water supply. — 1. The council may make contracts with any person, association or corporation for furnishing the city with water, and for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, but no such contract shall be made for a longer time than twenty years. Any initial contract must be ratified by the vote of a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question. Any renewal contracts entered into under the provisions of this section shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251 . 2. The council may erect, maintain and operate waterworks for the city, and may regulate the same, may prescribe and regulate the rates to charge to private consumers of water furnished from such waterworks, and may acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable grounds within or without the city upon which to erect such works, and the right-of-way to and from such works, and also the right-of-way for laying water pipes and posts and telephone, telegraph or electric wires and poles, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of said waterworks; all of which shall be done in such manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and the council may in its discretion grant the right to any person, association or corporation to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, and lay pipes, erect poles and telegraph, telephone and other electric wires, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such works, upon such terms as the council may by ordinance prescribe, but in no case shall such right extend for a longer period than twenty years, except that such right may be renewed for another period or periods not to exceed twenty years per period. Every initial grant for such services shall be approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting on the question. Every renewal or extension shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to section 88.251 . Nothing in this section * and section 88.630 shall be so construed as to prevent any city council from contracting with any person, association, or corporation for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, and to furnish the city with gas or electric lights in cities where franchises have already been granted and where waterworks and electric plants already exist, without a vote of the people. (RSMo 1939 § 6967, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1989 H.B. 451) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6821; 1919 § 8303; 1909 § 9239 *Word "section" does not appear in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.637 May open, vacate and improve streets.

88.637. May open, vacate and improve streets. — The council shall have power to create, open and improve any public square, street, avenue, alley or other highway, old or new, and also to vacate or discontinue the same whenever deemed necessary or expedient; provided, that all damages sustained by the citizens of the city, or the owners of the property therein, shall be ascertained as prescribed in that portion of sections 88.497 to 88.647 relating to the condemnation of private property for public use; and provided further, that whenever any public square, street, avenue or alley or other highway shall be vacated, the same shall revert to the owners of the adjacent lots in proportion as it was taken from them; and still further provided, that when the grade of any street or alley shall have been once established by ordinance, it shall not be lawful to change such grade without making compensation to all persons owning real estate on such street or square, avenue, alley or other highway who may be damaged by such change of grade, to be determined and governed in all respects with reference to benefits and damages as is provided in sections 88.497 to 88.647 . (RSMo 1939 § 6995) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6849; 1919 § 8331; 1909 § 9258

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.640 Sprinkling and cleaning of streets - cost, how assessed.

88.640. Sprinkling and cleaning of streets — cost, how assessed. — The council may provide by ordinance for sprinkling and cleaning, or either or both, the streets and avenues, or any part thereof of the city, and may assess the cost and expense thereof as a special tax upon all real estate abutting upon the street or avenue, or part thereof, sprinkled or cleaned, in proportion to the front foot, and may issue, or cause to be issued, special tax bills therefor, which shall be a lien on such real estate until paid; provided, that before any such assessment shall be made, the council shall pass a resolution declaring such street sprinkling or cleaning necessary to be done, and shall cause such resolution to be published at least one week in some newspaper published in the city, and if a majority of the resident owners of the property abutting upon such street or avenue, or part thereof, proposed to be sprinkled or cleaned, shall not, within ten days thereafter, file with the clerk of said city their protest against such sprinkling or cleaning, then the council shall have power to contract therefor and cause the same to be done; provided further, however, that in no case shall the cost of such sprinkling or cleaning exceed five cents each per front foot per month upon the property abutting upon such street or avenue, or part thereof. The method of making said assessments and collecting the same shall be provided by ordinance. (RSMo 1939 § 6959) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6813; 1919 § 8300; 1909 § 9237

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.647 Opening, extending or widening county roads - duty of council as to benefits.

88.647. Opening, extending or widening county roads — duty of council as to benefits. — Whenever a petition as is now provided by law is presented to the county commission of any county for the opening, extension or widening of any county road along and adjoining the corporate limits of any city of the third class, such commission shall proceed as is now authorized by law to condemn the right-of-way of such road, the maximum width of which shall not be over eighty feet. Before such road, however, shall be declared opened or the possession of such property for such right-of-way be taken for public use, the council of such city shall ascertain, in the manner herein provided in this chapter, the proportionate amount of benefits resulting to the owners of land adjacent thereto within the corporate limits of such city, who shall contribute toward compensating the person injured, and such amount shall constitute a lien in favor of the city on the said adjacent land, and the person or persons who shall be benefitted and so assessed shall pay in such manner as herein provided. The city authorities shall define by ordinance the limits within which private property is deemed benefitted by the opening, extension or widening as aforesaid, and the owners of private property within such limits shall be notified as herein set out, and appeals may be taken as herein provided. (RSMo 1939 § 6974) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6828; 1919 § 8310; 1909 § 9246

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.650 Providing for levy of special assessment for cost of laying and extending ...

88.650. Providing for levy of special assessment for cost of laying and extending water mains. — All cities in this state of the third class and cities with special charter containing three thousand inhabitants and less than thirty thousand inhabitants are authorized and empowered to enact ordinances to pay the cost of laying and extending water main pipes by said cities by levying a special assessment, as herein provided, on the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on either side of the street, avenue or alley along the distance so improved in proportion to the front foot, whenever a majority of the resident owners of the property liable to taxation therefor and who shall own a majority of the front feet owned by residents of the city abutting on the street or alley along which the improvement is to be made shall petition the city council or other legislative body for such improvement, or whenever such body in its discretion, shall deem extension of water mains necessary for sanitary or other purposes conducive to the public welfare. (RSMo 1939 § 7525) Prior revision: 1929 § 7371

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.653 Declaration of necessity for improvement.

88.653. Declaration of necessity for improvement. — Whenever the council or other legislative body of such city shall deem such improvement necessary to be done, whether on petition or otherwise, it shall by ordinance declare such improvement necessary to be done together with the reason therefor and shall cause plans and specifications for such work and improvement together with an estimate of the cost thereof, to be prepared by the city engineer or other proper officer and filed with the city clerk of such city subject to inspection of public, which said ordinance shall also set out in detail the course along which the water main pipes are to be laid, the depth, the dimensions of the pipe, the source and the termination thereof, together with the necessary valves and other equipment and appurtenances in connection with the said pipe and cause said ordinance to be published in some newspaper printed in the city. (RSMo 1939 § 7526) Prior revision: 1929 § 7372

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.657 Owners to have thirty days to make improvements.

88.657. Owners to have thirty days to make improvements. — The ordinance shall provide that after the publication thereof, the owners of the property affected by the improvement shall have thirty days from the date of the publication to make and complete the improvement provided for in the ordinance under direction of the city engineer and in conformity with the plans and specifications filed as provided for in section 88.653 . At the end of said thirty days the owners of the land affected by the improvement shall cease to have a right to make the improvement by private contract and the council or other legislative body shall have power to cause a contract for said work to be let to the lowest and best bidder, on the plans and specifications filed as aforesaid with the city clerk by the city engineer or other proper officer, not less than one week's advertisement for bids thereon being made in some newspaper published in the city. Where the bids for said work are above the estimates, or no bids are presented, or where bids presented are for any reason rejected, or where the contractor to whom the contract is awarded fails to enter into a written contract for the performance of said contract, or to execute the bonds required by ordinance within the time provided therefor, the council or other legislative body shall direct the clerk to readvertise for bids. All county or other public property, cemeteries or railroad rights-of-way shall be subject to assessments as provided for by sections 88.787 and 88.790 , relating to such lands. (RSMo 1939 § 7527) Prior revision: 1929 § 7373

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.660 Cost to be assessed proportionally.

88.660. Cost to be assessed proportionally. — After the city has entered into a contract for construction of the improvements, the city engineer or other proper officer of the city shall compute the cost thereof and apportion said cost among the various lots and tracts of land chargeable therewith, charging each lot or tract of land with its proportionate part of said cost as required herein and shall make a written report to the council or other legislative body describing therein the lots and tracts of land chargeable with the part of the cost of such improvement and the amount with which it is chargeable and the name of the owner thereof. If the council approves the report, they shall by ordinance levy and assess the cost of the improvement against the various lots and tracts and parcels of land in proportion to the front foot as provided herein and direct the clerk to issue tax bills in accordance with the levy and assessment of the ordinance. (RSMo 1939 § 7528, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676) Prior revision: 1929 § 7374 Effective 6-18-85

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.663 Special tax bills shall be assignable and collectible.

88.663. Special tax bills shall be assignable and collectible. — All special tax bills issued by cities as herein provided for laying and extending of water main pipes shall be assignable and collectible in any action brought by the owner or holder of said bills, but the city shall not be liable for the cost in any such suit in any action brought by the owner or holder of said tax bills and said tax bills shall in any action thereon be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessments and of the validity of the bills, of the doing of the work and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bills. (RSMo 1939 § 7529) Prior revision: 1929 § 7375

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.667 Condemnation of private property.

88.667. Condemnation of private property. — Private property may be taken by cities of the fourth class, for public use, for the purpose of establishing, opening, widening, extending or altering any street, avenue, alley, wharf, creek, river, watercourse, marketplace, public park, or public square, and for establishing market houses and for any other necessary public purposes. (RSMo 1939 § 7229) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7079; 1919 § 8529 (1998) A municipality's general statutory authority to condemn private property is not sufficient to condemn property devoted to prior public use for another public use which will destroy, impair or interfere with such prior use. Smithville v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital, 972 S.W.2d 416 (W.D.Mo.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.670 Public improvements - powers.

88.670. Public improvements — powers. — 1. The cities coming under the provisions of sections 88.667 to 88.773 in their corporate capacities are authorized and empowered to enact ordinances for the following purposes in addition to the other powers granted by law: (1) To levy and collect taxes for general revenue purposes on all mixed, personal and real property within the limits of said city, taxable according to the laws of this state; (2) To open and improve streets, avenues, alleys and other highways, and to make sidewalks and build bridges, culverts, drains and sewers within the city, and to establish grades for all improvements herein mentioned. 2. Such ordinances as may relate to any public work or improvements of any kind shall authorize the particular work to be done or improvements to be made, and shall specify the general character and extent thereof, the material to be used therein and in the alternative, if desirable, and the manner and regulations under which any such public work or improvement shall be executed. 3. Cities of the fourth class shall have and exercise exclusive control over all streets, alleys, avenues and public highways within the limits of such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7197) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7047; 1919 § 8498; 1909 § 9400

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.673 Board may open and vacate streets.

88.673. Board may open and vacate streets. — The board of aldermen shall have power to create, open and improve any public square, public park, street, avenue, alley or other highway, old or new, and also to vacate or discontinue the same whenever deemed necessary or expedient; provided, that all damages sustained by the citizens of the city or the owners of the property therein shall be ascertained as prescribed in that portion of this chapter relating to the condemnation of private property for public use; and provided further, that whenever any public square, street, avenue or alley, or other highway, shall be vacated, the same shall revert to the owners of the adjacent lots in proportion as it was taken from them; and when the grade of any street or alley shall have been once established by ordinance, it shall not be lawful to change such grade without making compensation to all persons owning real estate on such street or square, avenue, alley or other highway, who may be damaged by such change of grade, to be determined and governed in all respects, with reference to benefit and damages, as is provided in sections 88.667 to 88.773 . (RSMo 1939 § 7212) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7062; 1919 § 8512; 1909 § 9412

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.677 Public improvements - cost, how paid.

88.677. Public improvements — cost, how paid. — The cost of bringing to grade all streets, avenues, alleys and other highways, and for the building of bridges, culverts, public sewers and footwalks across streets, avenues, alleys and other public highways, shall be paid out of the general revenue fund of the city. (RSMo 1939 § 7198) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7048; 1919 § 8499; 1909 § 9401

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.680 Street improvements - cost, how paid.

88.680. Street improvements — cost, how paid. — The cost of paving, macadamizing, guttering and curbing (where such curb is set out into the street beyond the sidewalks) all streets, avenues, alleys and other highways, or any part thereof or any connection therewith, and repairing the same, and for doing all excavating and grading necessary for the same, after said streets, avenues, alleys and other highways, or parts thereof or connections therewith, have been first brought to grade, as provided in section 88.670 , shall be levied as a special assessment upon all lots and pieces of ground upon either side of such street, avenue, alley or other highway, or part thereof or connection therewith, abutting thereon, along the distance improved, in proportion to the front foot; provided, that the cost of paving, macadamizing, curbing and guttering any street, avenue, alley or highway, or any part thereof, and the cost of repairing and cleaning of the same and of making and repairing sidewalks may be paid out of the general revenue fund of the city or other funds which the city may have for such purposes, if the board of aldermen so desires, in which case the proceedings of the city for such improvements shall specify that payment will be made out of the general revenue funds or other funds in whole or in part. (RSMo 1939 § 7201, A.L. 1945 p. 1266) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7051; 1919 § 8502; 1909 § 9403

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.683 Street crossing improvements - special assessment.

88.683. Street crossing improvements — special assessment. — The cost of paving or macadamizing the squares and areas as formed by the crossing or meeting of streets and other highways, or parts thereof or connections therewith, shall be levied as a special assessment, and paid for as follows: Such area shall be divided into parts or portions by lines drawn lengthwise along the middle of each of said streets or highways so intersecting or meeting, and the cost of said parts or portion shall be levied as a special assessment against the block or square contiguous to each, and prorated against the lots or pieces of ground in such block or square abutting on the street improved. (RSMo 1939 § 7203) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7053; 1919 § 8504; 1909 § 9405

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.700 Street improvements - declaration of necessity - taxpayers' protests.

88.700. Street improvements — declaration of necessity — taxpayers' protests. — When the board of aldermen shall deem it necessary to pave, macadamize, gutter, curb (when such is set out in the street beyond the sidewalk) or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley or other highway, or any part thereof, within the limits of the city for which a special tax is to be levied as herein provided, the board of aldermen shall, by resolution, declare the work or improvements necessary to be done, and cause the resolutions to be published in some newspaper published in the city for seven consecutive insertions in a daily paper or two consecutive insertions in a weekly paper. If a majority of the owners of the property liable to taxation therefor, residing in the city at the date of the passage of such resolution, shall not, within ten days from the date of the last insertion of the resolution, file with the city clerk their protest against, then the board of aldermen may cause the improvements to be made, and to contract therefor, and to levy the tax as herein provided. The findings of the board that a majority of such owners have not filed protest shall be conclusive and final. No publication shall be necessary for the making of any sidewalks, but upon the petition of any ten citizens of the city the board of aldermen may make contracts for the construction of sidewalks, including grading therefor, with or without curbing, along any street, avenue or other public highway, or any part thereof whatever. The contract shall be let to the lowest and best bidder, upon plans and specifications filed therefor by the city engineer or other officer designated by the board of aldermen, with the city clerk, not less than one week's advertisement for bids thereupon being made in some newspaper published in the city. When upon proper advertisement no bid is received, the board of aldermen may proceed as provided in section 88.826 . (RSMo 1939 § 7210, A.L. 1961 p. 216) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7060; 1919 § 8510; 1909 § 9411

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.703 Street repairs - cost, how paid.

88.703. Street repairs — cost, how paid. — No formality shall be required to authorize the repairing of sidewalks, or of street or other paving, curbing, guttering, macadamizing or part thereof, or reconstructing the same, and making assessments therefor; but the proper officer or committee on improvements may, without notice, cause such work to be done, keeping an account of the cost thereof, and reporting the same to the board of aldermen for assessment; and each lot or piece of ground abutting on such sidewalk, street, avenue, or alley, or part thereof, shall be liable for its part of the cost of any work or improvement provided for in sections 88.700 and 88.703 , done or made along or in front of such lot or piece of ground as reported to the board of aldermen, and all lands, lots and public parks owned by any county or city, and all other public lands, all cemeteries, owned by public, private or municipal corporations; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize any assessment against any cemetery lot, and all railroad rights-of-way fronting or abutting on any of said improvements shall be liable for their proportionate part of the cost of such work and improvements, and tax bills shall be issued against said property as against other property, and any county or city that shall own any such property shall out of the general revenue funds pay any such tax bill, and in any case where any county or city or railroad company shall fail to pay any such tax bill, the owner of the same may sue such county, city or railroad company on such tax bill and be entitled to recover a general judgment against such county, city or railroad company. Any of said improvements to be paid for by such city may be paid for by said city out of the general revenue funds if the council so desires, but all such work and improvements shall be paid for with special tax bills unless the proceedings of the city for the same specify that payment will be made out of the general revenue funds of said city. The board of aldermen may provide a penalty for failure to pay such special tax within a given time, and any tax bills issued in payment of such repairs shall constitute a lien upon the property liable therefor until paid. All costs for building and constructing sidewalks shall be paid to the contractor therefor, in special tax bills assessed against the abutting property liable therefor, and such tax bills shall constitute a lien upon such property until paid, and shall bear interest at eight percent per annum from the date of issue. (RSMo 1939 § 7210, A.L. 1971 S.B. 171) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7060; 1919 § 8510; 1909 § 9411

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.707 Certain street improvements - protest, how heard and determined.

88.707. Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined. — When the board of aldermen of any city of the fourth class shall deem it necessary to pave, macadamize, gutter, curb, grade or otherwise improve the roadway of any street or avenue for a distance not more than twelve hundred feet in length so as to connect at both ends with paving, macadamizing, guttering, curbing, grading or other improvements either on the same street or avenue or other streets or avenues, or on the same street or avenue and another street or avenue, the board of aldermen shall declare such work to be necessary to be done and shall cause the same proceedings to be had as are provided in section 88.700 , except no protest may be filed. The resolution passed and published shall state the fact that anyone desiring to do so may appear before the board of aldermen at a time stated therein and be heard on the question of the necessity of the work sought to be done, and if anyone does so appear he shall be heard, and the board of aldermen shall, by resolution, state the result of such hearing to be a reaffirmance of the necessity for the doing of such work or the contrary, as the board of aldermen may then decide. If no one appears, or if the board of aldermen reaffirm the necessity of the doing of such work and improvement, then it shall proceed with such work and improvement in the manner in this chapter provided for such work and improvement when no sufficient protest against such improvement is filed within the time limited therefor. (RSMo 1939 § 7211) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7061; 1919 § 8511

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.710 Sidewalk improvements - cost, how paid.

88.710. Sidewalk improvements — cost, how paid. — The board of aldermen shall have power, by ordinance, to provide for and require the building and repairing of sidewalks and sidewalk curbing along any streets, avenues or highways of such city, the cost thereof to be levied as a special assessment on all lots or pieces of ground abutting on such improvements in proportion to the front foot thereof, and to impose a fine and penalty for the violation of such ordinance. Corner lots shall be liable for the extension of curbs and sidewalks to the curb lines each way. (RSMo 1939 §§ 7170, 7199, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7020, 7049; 1919 §§ 8471, 8500; 1909 §§ 9373, 9402 CROSS REFERENCE: Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.713 Condemnation of sidewalks.

88.713. Condemnation of sidewalks. — In addition to the powers herein granted, the board of aldermen may, by ordinance or resolution, condemn wooden and defective sidewalks, and may remove walks so condemned, and may provide for the construction of new sidewalks in the place of walks so condemned and removed. (RSMo 1939 § 7213) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7063; 1919 § 8513; 1909 § 9413

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.743 County property subject to city ordinances.

88.743. County property subject to city ordinances. — All real estate owned by a county and situate within the corporate limits of any city of the fourth class shall be subject to the provisions of all ordinances of such city which relate to the erection and maintenance of hitching posts, sidewalks, guttering, curbing, fences along streets and alleys, and the paving and macadamizing of streets to the same extent as that of private citizens of such city. (RSMo 1939 § 7226) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7076; 1919 § 8526; 1909 § 9427

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.747 Improvements, county property - duty of county commission.

88.747. Improvements, county property — duty of county commission. — It shall be the duty of the county commission whenever any of the improvements of the property set out in section 88.743 is required by ordinance, to forthwith make such improvement fronting or abutting any real estate owned by the county and lying within the corporate limits of the city, and included in the terms of the ordinance, in compliance with the provisions of such ordinance, and pay for such improvements out of the general fund of the county. (RSMo 1939 § 7227) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7077; 1919 § 8527; 1909 § 9428

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.750 Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements.

88.750. Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements. — If the county commission shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of any ordinance providing for the improvement of property as provided in sections 88.743 and 88.747 , for a period of sixty days after notice has been served on the county clerk, of the requirements of the ordinance and the kind and nature of the improvements to be made, the city shall proceed to make such improvements in the same manner as is provided by ordinance for the making of similar improvements by private citizens, and shall issue special tax bills for the cost of all labor and material necessary in making such improvements, and such special tax bills shall be a valid claim against such county, and it shall be the duty of the county commission at its next regular meeting after the completion of said improvements to audit, allow and pay out of the general fund of the county the cost of making said improvements or the special tax bills issued therefor. (RSMo 1939 § 7228) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7078; 1919 § 8528; 1909 § 9429

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.767 Sewage reduction device - assessment.

88.767. Sewage reduction device — assessment. — Whenever the city shall deem it necessary, it may, by ordinance, provide for the construction of a septic tank or other sewage reduction device for the purpose of purifying the discharge from any district or joint district sewer. In such case the cost thereof shall be assessed against the lands in the district or joint district for which the same is provided in the same manner as is provided for the assessing of the cost of district sewers. (RSMo 1939 § 7188) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7038; 1919 § 8489; 1909 § 9391

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.770 Street lighting system - electric or gas works - sale of water or waste ...

88.770. Street lighting system — electric or gas works — sale of water or waste water system or gas plant, procedure — ballots. — 1. The board of aldermen may provide for and regulate the lighting of streets and the erection of lamp posts, poles and lights therefor, and may make contracts with any person, association or corporation, either private or municipal, for the lighting of the streets and other public places of the city with gas, electricity or otherwise, except that each initial contract shall be ratified by a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question and any renewal contract or extension shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251 . The board of aldermen may erect, maintain and operate gas works, electric light works, or light works of any other kind or name, and to erect lamp posts, electric light poles, or any other apparatus or appliances necessary to light the streets, avenues, alleys or other public places, and to supply private lights for the use of the inhabitants of the city and its suburbs, and may regulate the same, and may prescribe and regulate the rates to be paid by the consumers thereof, and may acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation suitable grounds within or without the city upon which to erect such works and the right-of-way to and from such works, and also the right-of-way for laying gas pipes, electric wires under or above the grounds, and erecting posts and poles and such other apparatus and appliances as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such works. The board of aldermen may, in its discretion, grant the right to any person, persons or corporation, to erect such works and lay the pipe, wires, and erect the posts, poles and other necessary apparatus and appliances therefor, upon such terms as may be prescribed by ordinance. Such rights shall not extend for a longer time than twenty years, but may be renewed for another period or periods not to exceed twenty years per period. Every initial grant shall be approved by a majority of the voters of the municipality voting on the question, and each renewal or extension of such rights shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251 . Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the board of aldermen from contracting with any person, persons or corporation for furnishing the city with gas or electric lights in cities where franchises have already been granted, and where gas or electric light plants already exist, without a vote of the people, except that the board of aldermen may sell, convey, encumber, lease, abolish or otherwise dispose of any public utilities owned by the city including electric light systems, electric distribution systems or transmission lines, or any part of the electric light systems, electric or other heat systems, electric or other power systems, electric or other railways, gas plants, telephone systems, telegraph systems, transportation systems of any kind, waterworks, equipments and all public utilities not herein enumerated and everything acquired therefor, after first having passed an ordinance setting forth the terms of the sale, conveyance or encumbrance and when ratified by two-thirds of the voters voting on the question, except for the sale of a water or wastewater system, or the sale of a gas plant, which shall be authorized by a simple majority vote of the voters voting on the question. In the event of the proposed sale of a water or wastewater system, or a gas plant, the board of alderman shall hold a public meeting on such proposed sale at least thirty days prior to the vote. The municipality in question shall notify its customers of the informational meeting through radio, television, newspaper, regular mail, electronic mail, or any combination of notification methods to most effectively notify customers at least fifteen days prior to the informational meeting. In advance of putting a proposed sale of a water or wastewater system or a gas plant before the voters, the board of aldermen may seek an appraisal as set forth in subsections 3 and 4 of section 393.320 . The board may also seek and provide additional reasonable analyses to inform voters of such sale, including, but not limited to, the impact of such sale on all city funds and revenues, other city services, and annexation. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to discourage the board of aldermen from seeking multiple bids when considering the disposal of a water or wastewater system or a gas plant by sale. 2. The board of aldermen's determination of the fair market value of a water or wastewater system or a gas plant for the purposes of this section shall not be dispositive of the price of a water or wastewater system, or a gas plant, which may be subject to negotiation by the board of aldermen. 3. The board of aldermen may consider alternatives to disposing of a water or wastewater system or a gas plant by sale, including entering into a finance agreement, purchase agreement, management agreement, or lease agreement with another entity. 4. The board of aldermen may make available on its internet site, if such internet site exists, at least forty-five days prior to submitting a proposal for election pursuant to this section, a copy of the appraisal or additional reasonable analyses under subsection 1 of this section and the fair market value of a water or wastewater system or a gas plant. Such information may also be posted in the building where the board of aldermen has its monthly meetings. 5. The board of aldermen may make a good-faith effort to notify each property owner of the city and each ratepayer of a water or wastewater system or a gas plant of the proposal to dispose of the water or wastewater system, or a gas plant, by sale through radio, television, newspaper, regular mail, electronic mail, or any combination of such notification methods. Such notice may also include instructions for locating a summary of the proposal and a summary of any appraisal and analyses as under subsection 1 of this section on the board of aldermen's internet site, if such internet site exists. In the event the board of aldermen does not have an internet site, the notice may inform the recipient that written copies of such information may be made available at the building where the board of aldermen has its monthly meetings. 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a violation of section 115.646 , relating to the use of public funds to advocate, support, or oppose the ballot measure prescribed in subsection 7 of this section. 7. The ballots shall be substantially in the following form and shall indicate the property, or portion thereof, and whether the same is to be sold, leased or encumbered: (RSMo 1939 § 7178, A.L. 1945 p. 1274, A. 1949 H.B. 2036, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1987 S.B. 412, A.L. 2018 S.B. 592, A.L. 2019 H.B. 355 merged with S.B. 203) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7028; 1919 § 8479; 1909 § 9381

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.773 Water supply - contracts.

88.773. Water supply — contracts. — 1. The board of aldermen may make contracts with any person, association or corporation, either private or municipal, for furnishing the city with water, and for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, but no such contract shall be made for a longer time than twenty years. Any initial contract must be ratified by a vote of a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question. Any renewal contracts entered into under the provisions of this section shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to section 88.251 . 2. The board of aldermen may also erect, maintain and operate waterworks for the city, and may regulate the same, may prescribe and regulate the rates to charge to private consumers of water furnished from such waterworks, and may acquire by purchase, donation or condemnation, suitable grounds within or without the city, upon which to erect such works, and the right-of-way to and from such works, and also the right-of-way for laying water pipes and posts and telephone, telephone exchanges with other cities and towns, telegraph or electric wires and poles, under or above the ground, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such waterworks; all of which shall be done in such manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance; except that the board of aldermen may, in its discretion, grant the right to any person, persons or corporation to erect, maintain and operate waterworks, and lay pipes, erect poles and telegraph, telephone exchanges with other cities and towns, and other electric wires, under or above ground, as may be necessary for the efficient operation of such works, upon such terms as the board of aldermen may prescribe by ordinance, and in no case shall such right extend for a longer period than twenty years; except that such right may be renewed for another period or periods not to exceed twenty years per period. Every initial grant for such services shall be approved by a majority of voters voting on the question. Every renewal or extension shall be subject to voter approval of the majority of the voters voting on the question, pursuant to the provisions of section 88.251 . Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the board of aldermen from contracting with any person, association or corporation for supplying fire hydrants and public fountains, in cities where franchises have already been granted, and where waterworks already exist, without a vote of the people. (RSMo 1939 § 7179, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1989 H.B. 451) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7029; 1919 § 8480; 1909 § 9382

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.777 Public improvement powers (cities, under 30,000).

88.777. Public improvement powers (cities, under 30,000). — All cities within this state having less than thirty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter, in their corporate capacity are authorized and empowered to enact ordinances for the following purposes, and upon the following conditions, in addition to their other powers: (1) To have exclusive control and power over the streets; to grade, pave, macadamize, gutter, curb, oil and otherwise improve streets, avenues and alleys, and to repair or reconstruct any paving, macadamizing, guttering or curbing; to have exclusive control and power over the streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds and highways; to open, alter, widen, extend, vacate, establish grades, pave or otherwise improve, clear and keep in repair; to prevent and remove all encroachments thereon or obstruction thereof; to put drains and sewers in the same and to regulate the placing of vaults under sidewalks; to prohibit the erection of sheds and awnings; and to control the erection and placing of signs and billboards on buildings and sides of the public streets, alleys, avenues and public grounds within the corporate limits; to control the erection and placing of telegraph, telephone and electric light poles on the same; and to require the owners of all telegraph, telephone and electric light plants to place their wires and cables under ground in the business sections of such cities as the proper authorities may provide by ordinance or resolution; and to enforce the same by imposing appropriate fines, forfeitures and penalties for violation of such ordinances; (2) To construct and repair sidewalks, bridges, culverts, sewers, crosswalks, and to exercise exclusive control over streets, avenues and alleys, and establish grades therefor; (3) To pay the cost of bridges, culverts, public sewers and footwalks across streets, avenues and alleys out of the general revenue fund of the city; (4) To pay the cost of grading streets, avenues and alleys by levying a special assessment on all lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on the improvement, with the exception of street and alley intersections, which shall be paid as provided in subdivision (11) of this section, in proportion to the front foot thereof; (5) To grade all or any part of any street, avenue or alley, and when the sidewalk portion of any street or avenue is graded exclusive of the other part of the same, then the cost shall be assessed on the lots or tracts of land fronting or abutting on the side of the street or avenue improved and on the improvement; (6) To pay the cost of grading, paving, macadamizing, repairing and curbing streets, avenues and alleys out of the general revenue fund if the council so order; (7) To pay the cost of constructing and reconstructing curbing and sidewalks by levying a special assessment on all lots or tracts of land fronting or abutting on the improvement in proportion to the front foot thereof; provided, that corner lots shall be liable for the extension of curbs and sidewalks to the curb line each way; (8) To pay the cost of repairing sidewalks by levying a special assessment on the particular lot or tract of land fronting or abutting on the part repaired; (9) To pay the cost of grading, paving, macadamizing and otherwise improving the roadway of streets, avenues and alleys, except the cost of such improvement on street and alley intersections which shall be paid as provided in subdivision (11) of this section, by levying a special assessment on the lots and tracts of land fronting or abutting on either side of said street, avenue or alley along the distance improved in proportion to the front foot; (10) To pay the cost of repairing the paving, macadamizing and guttering on any street, avenue or alley by levying a special assessment in the following manner: The street, avenue or alley repaired shall be divided into sections, a section being the distance from the center of one cross or intersecting street to the center of the next cross or intersecting street, and the cost of each section shall be assessed on the lots or tracts of land fronting on either side of that section; and the cost of such repairs done on street intersections or other places fronting on any other street, avenue, alley or other public highway shall be included as a part of the cost of the work done on the part of the street whose improvement is provided for by the same ordinance and contract, and shall be charged and paid for in the same manner as the improvements provided for by such ordinance and contract; (11) To pay the cost of grading, paving or macadamizing the squares and areas as formed by the crossing or meeting of streets, avenues or alleys, or parts thereof, or connections therewith, by levying a special assessment as follows: Such areas shall be divided into parts or portions by lines drawn lengthwise along the middle of each of said streets, avenues or alleys, or parts thereof, so intersecting or meeting, and the cost of said parts or portions shall be levied as a special assessment against the block or square contiguous to each, and prorated, in proportion to the front foot, against the lots or pieces of ground in such block or square fronting or abutting on each of such intersecting, crossing or meeting streets, avenues or alleys, or parts thereof. (RSMo 1939 § 7497) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7344; 1919 § 8758; 1909 § 9618 CROSS REFERENCES: Bonds for street improvements in special charter cities of 10,000 or less, 95.415 to 95.460 Power to procure, manage, regulate, lease and sell property, 81.180, 81.190

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.787 Council to publish resolution declaring improvements necessary - filing of ...

88.787. Council to publish resolution declaring improvements necessary — filing of protests — contract let to lowest and best bidder (cities, under 30,000). — When the council of any city having less than thirty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter shall deem it necessary to pave, macadamize, gutter, curb, grade or otherwise improve the roadway of any street, avenue or alley, or other highway, or any part thereof, within the limits of the city, for which a special tax is to be levied as provided in section 88.777 , the council shall, by resolution, declare such work or improvements necessary to be done, and shall cause plans and specifications for such work and improvements, together with an estimate of the cost thereof, to be prepared by the city engineer or other proper officer, and filed with the city clerk of such city, subject to the inspection of the public, and shall cause such resolution to be published in some newspaper printed in the city for two consecutive insertions in a weekly paper or seven consecutive insertions in a daily paper and if a majority of the resident owners of the property liable to taxation therefor, at the date of the passage of such resolution, who shall own a majority of the front feet owned by residents of the city abutting on the street, avenue or alley proposed to be improved, shall not, within ten days thereafter, file with the clerk of the city, their protest against such improvements, then the council shall have power to cause a contract for said work to be let to the lowest and best bidder, on the plans and specifications filed as aforesaid with the city clerk by the city engineer or other proper officer, not less than one week's advertisement for bids thereon being made in some newspaper published in the city. Where the bids for said work are above the estimates, or no bids are presented, or where the bids presented are for any reason rejected, or where the contractor to whom the contract is awarded fails to enter into a written contract for the performance of said contract, or to execute the bonds required by ordinance within the time provided therefor, the council may readvertise for bids. When the council shall by ordinance find and declare that a majority of the resident owners of the property liable to taxation therefor, who shall also own a majority of the front feet owned by residents of the city abutting on the street or alley, proposed to be improved, have not filed with the city clerk a protest against such improvement, such finding and declaration shall be conclusive after the execution of the contract for said improvement, and no special tax bill shall be held invalid for the reason that a protest sufficiently signed was filed with the city clerk. (RSMo 1939 § 7498) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7345; 1919 § 8759; 1909 § 9619

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.790 Assessment of public property - street repairs (cities, under 30,000).

88.790. Assessment of public property — street repairs (cities, under 30,000). — 1. All county or other public property, cemeteries and railroad rights-of-way shall, for the proportionate frontage, be subject to the liens of the special tax bills authorized by sections 88.777 to 88.797 , as in the case of other property subject to the lien of said tax bills; any county or city in this state which shall own any public property of any kind, character or description made subject to the lien of special tax bills authorized by said sections shall, out of the general revenue of such city or county, pay its proper proportionate share of the cost of such work and improvement authorized by said sections, and a tax bill shall be issued against such city or county, upon which said county or city may be sued by the owner or holder of said tax bill in default of the payment thereof; but no property held for public use shall be sold to enforce any such lien, and the judgment upon any such tax bill shall be the same as an ordinary judgment against cities or counties for the recovery of money on contracts, and its collection shall be enforced in the same manner as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the collection of judgments against such cities and counties. 2. No formality shall be required to authorize the repairing of streets or other paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering or part thereof, and making assessments therefor, but the proper officer or officers or committee on improvements may, with or without notice, as authorized by ordinance or resolution, cause such work to be done, keeping an account of the cost thereof, reporting the same to the council for assessment; provided, that all property owned by any school district of this state shall be subject to the special tax provided in sections 88.777 to 88.797 , in the same manner as city and county property is subject thereto and may be collected in same manner, and the school board of any such district shall pay such special tax out of the general fund of said district. (RSMo 1939 § 7498, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7345; 1919 § 8759; 1909 § 9619

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.793 Paving or improving street to connect with paved or improved streets - ...

88.793. Paving or improving street to connect with paved or improved streets — protests, how heard and determined (cities, under 30,000). — When the council of any such city having less than thirty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter shall deem it necessary to pave, macadamize, gutter, curb, grade or otherwise improve the roadway of any street, avenue or other highway not more than eight hundred feet in length so as to connect with paved, macadamized, curbed, graded or improved streets at both ends, on the same or other streets, the council shall, by resolution, declare such work necessary to be done, and shall cause the same proceedings to be had as is provided in sections 88.787 and 88.790 , except that no protest may be filed. The resolution passed and published shall state the fact that anyone desiring to do so may appear before the council at a time stated therein and be heard on the question of the necessity of the work sought to be done, and if anyone does so appear he shall be heard, and the council shall by resolution state the result of such hearing to be a reaffirmance of the necessity for the doing of such work, or the contrary, as the fact may be. If no one appears, or if the council reaffirms the necessity of the doing of such work, then it shall proceed under the terms of sections 88.787 and 88.790 , in the same manner as is therein provided when the abutting resident owners fail to file a sufficient protest. The work shall be done in the same manner and of the same materials as one or both of the improvements on the street or streets, avenue or highway to be thus connected is constructed, and only such work may be done as will connect similar work on said street or streets, avenues or highways. (RSMo 1939 § 7499) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7346; 1919 § 8760

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.797 Sprinkling and oiling of streets (cities, under 30,000).

88.797. Sprinkling and oiling of streets (cities, under 30,000). — The city council of any city in the state having a population of less than thirty thousand inhabitants and being operated under a special charter, shall have power within the city, by ordinance, to cause the streets and public places in the city, or any part thereof, to be sprinkled or oiled, and the cost thereof to be provided for and defrayed by a special tax to be assessed in favor of the city on the adjoining property fronting or bordering on the streets or public places where such sprinkling or oiling is proposed to be done, on the proportion that the linear feet of each lot fronting or bordering on the street or public place so to be sprinkled or oiled bears to the total number of all property chargeable with the special tax aforesaid in the territory embraced by the contract under which said sprinkling is to be done. The above work shall be contracted for annually by the commissioner of streets and public improvements at such time and under such terms as shall be provided by ordinance, and the city shall be divided into convenient sprinkling or oiling districts for the above purpose, and each district shall be let separately. The special tax bills spoken of shall be and become a lien on the property charged therewith from the first Monday in April each year and shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of the property charged therewith to the extent and amount therein specified, and may be collected of and from the owner of the land in the name of and by the city as any other claim in any court of competent jurisdiction, with interest at the rate of eight percent per annum from the first day of May in each year, and they shall be issued and collected in the manner hereafter provided by ordinance. (RSMo 1939 § 7500) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7347; 1919 § 8761

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.801 General sewer system (cities, 10,000 to 30,000).

88.801. General sewer system (cities, 10,000 to 30,000). — All cities in this state having a special charter and containing over ten thousand inhabitants and having less than thirty thousand inhabitants and having special charters shall have power to cause a general sewer system to be established, which shall be composed of four classes of sewers, to wit: Public, district, joint district, and private sewers. Public sewers shall be established, along the principal courses of drainage, at such time, to such extent, of such dimensions, and under such regulations as may be provided by ordinance. These may be extensions or branches of sewers already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed expedient. The city may levy a tax on all property made taxable for state purposes over the whole city to pay for the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of such work, which tax shall be called "special public sewer tax" and shall be of such amount as may be required for the sewer provided by ordinance to be built; and the fund arising from said tax shall be appropriated solely to the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of said sewer. (RSMo 1939 § 7472) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7319; 1919 § 8734; 1909 § 9613

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.804 Council may require owners to build or repair sidewalks (cities, under 10,000).

88.804. Council may require owners to build or repair sidewalks (cities, under 10,000). — The council of any incorporated town or city in this state having a special charter and containing ten thousand inhabitants or less, shall have power, by ordinance, to cause the owner or owners of any property or lot adjacent to any street or alley in said town or city to build, pave, construct, improve or repair any sidewalk along the side of said property or lot in such town or city. (RSMo 1939 § 7445) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7292; 1919 § 8707; 1909 § 9585

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.806 Sidewalk improvement (cities, under 10,000).

88.806. Sidewalk improvement (cities, under 10,000). — Whenever the council of any town or city shall determine to have any sidewalk built or repaired, as contemplated by section 88.804 , the said council shall cause at least ten days' notice, in writing, to be served on the owner or owners of any such property or lot in said town or city which said notice shall require such owner or owners of such property or lot to begin to build, repair and complete the building and repairing of any such sidewalk in a reasonable time thereafter; which said notice shall contain a description of each property or lot as aforesaid, and a general description of the character of such sidewalk, giving the length and breadth of such sidewalk and the material of which all or any part thereof shall be composed; and if, at the expiration of fifteen days after the service of said notice, if in writing, or if by publication, at the end of four weeks after such publication, said owner or owners, as aforesaid, shall not, in good faith, have commenced to build and repair any such sidewalk as aforesaid, and complete the same in a reasonable time thereafter in the judgment of the council, said council shall cause such sidewalk to be built or repaired at the expense of such town or city, the cost and expense of which shall constitute a lien on the property or lot along which such sidewalk may be built or repaired as aforesaid, and the said town or city may enforce the said lien against such property or lot in any court of competent jurisdiction, and a bill duly certified by the treasurer of such town or city to be a true and correct statement of the amount expended or paid by the town or city for the construction or repair of such sidewalk shall be prima facie evidence in any court that the amount therein stated is correct and constitutes a legal lien against the property or lot along which said sidewalk is constructed or repaired as aforesaid; provided, the owner or owners of said property or lot may pay into the treasury of said town or city the cost and expense of building or repairing said sidewalk by the town or city, at any time before the sale of the said property or lot for such cost and expense. (RSMo 1939 § 7446) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7293; 1919 § 8708; 1909 § 9586 CROSS REFERENCE: Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.808 Sidewalk improvement - notice (cities, under 10,000).

88.808. Sidewalk improvement — notice (cities, under 10,000). — If the notice in writing cannot be personally served in the state as provided in section 88.806 , or if the owner or owners are unknown and cannot be personally served, the council shall cause four weeks' notice to be published in the English language, in some daily or weekly newspaper published in the county in which the property or lot is situated, setting forth all the facts required in the written notice in section 88.806 . (RSMo 1939 § 7450) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7297; 1919 § 8712; 1909 § 9590

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.811 Limited street improvement costs - special tax bills.

88.811. Limited street improvement costs — special tax bills. — The legislative body of any city of the third class, fourth class, of any city having a constitutional charter or a special charter, and towns and villages shall have power within the municipality, by ordinance, in all cases where the cost does not exceed two dollars per front foot per annum upon the property abutting upon any street, avenue, alley or public place to be improved as in this section provided, to cause the streets, avenues, alleys and public places of the city, or any part thereof, to be sprinkled, oiled, repaired, surfaced and resurfaced, and the cost thereof to be provided for and defrayed by a special tax to be assessed in favor of the municipality or contractor on the adjoining property fronting or bordering on the streets, avenues, alleys and public places where such sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing and resurfacing is proposed to be done, in proportion that the linear feet of each lot fronting or bordering on the street, avenue, alley and public place so to be sprinkled, oiled, repaired, surfaced and resurfaced bears to the total number of linear feet of all the property chargeable with the special tax aforesaid in the territory embraced by the contract under which said sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing and resurfacing is to be done. The above work may be done by said municipality and an accurate account of the cost thereof kept by said municipality or may be contracted for annually by the legislative body at such time and under such terms as shall be provided by ordinance, and the municipality shall be divided into convenient sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing and resurfacing districts for the above purpose, and each district shall be let separately. The special tax bill spoken of shall be and become a lien on the property charged therewith from and after the commencing of such sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing and resurfacing of such streets, avenues, alleys or public places under the provisions of an ordinance providing therefor, and shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of the property charged therewith to the extent and amount therein specified and may be collected of and from the owner of the land in the name of and by such municipality or contractor as any other claim in any court of competent jurisdiction, and tax bills may bear interest not to exceed the rate on ten-year United States treasury notes as established at the most recent auction, and they shall be issued and collected in the manner provided by ordinance; provided, that in no case shall the provisions of this section apply where the cost of such improvement shall exceed two dollars per front foot per annum upon the property abutting upon any street, avenue, alley or public place; provided further, that the cost of sprinkling, oiling, repairing, surfacing and resurfacing of any street, avenue, alley or public place or any part thereof may be paid out of the general revenue fund of the municipality or other funds which the municipality may have for such purposes if the legislative body of such municipality so desires, in which case the proceedings of the municipality for such improvements shall specify that payment will be made out of the general revenue fund or other funds in whole or in part. (L. 1953 p. 312 § 1, A.L. 1959 H.B. 280 § 88.665, A.L. 1969 p. 164, A.L. 1984 S.B. 613, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676) Effective 6-18-85

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.812 Special assessments for improvements authorized - plans and cost estimates, ...

88.812. Special assessments for improvements authorized — plans and cost estimates, publication of public hearing required, when — attorney and engineering fees, limit on — lien, duration of — constitutional charter cities may make assessments for certain repairs. — In all third class cities, fourth class cities, towns and villages, and all cities having a constitutional charter or a special charter, the assessments made for constructing and repairing sidewalks and sidewalk curbing, and for sewers, and for grading, paving, excavating, macadamizing, curbing and guttering of any street, avenue, alley, square, or other highway, or part thereof, and repairing the same, or for any other improvement authorized by sections 88.497 to 88.663 , and sections 88.667 to 88.773 , and sections 80.090 to 80.560 , and sections 88.777 to 88.797 , and sections 88.811 to 88.861 , shall be known as "special assessments for improvements", and shall be levied and collected as a special tax, and a special tax bill shall issue therefor and be paid in the manner provided by ordinance. The legislative body of such city, town or village shall cause plans and specifications for all projects, together with an estimate of the total cost for the projects, including construction, construction contingency and fees and other expenses, and an estimate of the portion of the total cost to be assessed against each property to be benefitted by the project, to be prepared by the city engineer or other proper officer, and filed with the clerk of such city, town or village, subject to the inspection of the public, and shall cause notice thereof to be published in some newspaper printed in the county for two consecutive insertions in a weekly paper, and for seven consecutive insertions in a daily paper. A public hearing shall be had before such legislative body upon the request of three or more citizens of such city, town or village, at which hearing citizens may express their assent or objection to such project. These special tax bills may include a reasonable construction contingency and an amount not to exceed twenty percent of the total cost of the improvement to be used for payment of fees and other expenses, and tax bills may bear interest not to exceed the rate on ten-year United States treasury notes as established at the most recent auction; all the tax bills shall become due and payable sixty days after the date of issue thereof, except in the case of tax bills payable in installments as herein provided; and, every special tax bill shall be a lien against the lot or tract or parcel of land described in said special tax bill for a period of ten years after date of issue, unless sooner paid, except in the case of special tax bills payable in installments, the lien of which shall not expire until one year after the date of maturity of the last installment, and except in any case where it becomes necessary to bring a suit to enforce the lien of any special tax bill, the lien of which shall continue until the expiration of the litigation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a constitutional charter city may provide for special assessments for constructing and repairing sidewalks and sidewalk curbing, and for sewers, and for grading, paving, excavating, macadamizing, curbing and guttering of any street, avenue, alley, square or other highway, or part thereof, and repairing the same, upon such terms, conditions and procedures as are set forth in its own charter or ordinances. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 2, A.L. 1963 p. 145, A.L. 1975 H.B. 220, A.L. 1984 S.B. 613, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676, A.L. 1999 S.B. 20) (2004) Special tax bill and resulting lien are not subject to recording requirements of sections 442.380, 442.390, or 442.400, or to "first in time, first in right" rule of perfecting a security interest. Golden Delta Enterprises v. City of Arnold, 151 S.W.3d 119 (Mo.App.E.D.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.814 Errors in tax bills, corrected, how - hearing required, when - adjustment ...

88.814. Errors in tax bills, corrected, how — hearing required, when — adjustment authorized — general revenue funds to be used to pay balance, when. — 1. Any error made in issuing any tax bill may be corrected by the clerk of the city, town or village who issued it, or his successor in office, either by interlineations in it, or by issuing a new tax bill in lieu of the erroneous one, but when a tax bill is corrected by interlineations the date of making same shall be certified to by the clerk on the margin or back of the bill. 2. In any action brought on any special tax bill the court may correct any error in the amount of the tax bill, and in any case where it is shown that the work done was not as good as required by the contract, the court may give judgment for the reasonable value of the work chargeable against the land described in the special tax bill; and in all actions to enforce any special tax bill the court shall fix and allow a reasonable attorney fee to the plaintiff's attorney for his services in the prosecution of said action and tax the same as costs in the proceeding. 3. In all cases where work is done or improvements made and the cost thereof is assessed as a special tax, any owner of property upon which such tax is levied may request, and the legislative body of such city, town or village shall grant, a public hearing to determine whether such assessment is excessive or is levied at a greater sum than was stated in the notices required by section 88.812 . The legislative body is hereby empowered to adjust or reduce such assessment which is determined to be excessive or levied at a greater sum than was stated in the notices. If such adjustments or reductions result in the collection of special taxes insufficient to pay the costs of work done or improvements made, the city, town or village may pay the difference between costs accrued and special taxes collected out of general revenue. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 4, A.L. 1975 H.B. 220)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.815 Assessment notes may be issued by certain cities for improvements - content ...

88.815. Assessment notes may be issued by certain cities for improvements — content — how paid and secured — sales procedure. — 1. Any city authorized to make assessments and issue special tax bills under section 88.812 may issue assessment notes secured by a special fund into which the city has deposited the special tax bills, and the proceeds of any assessment notes issued to fund a reserve, and other funds to provide additional security for the noteholders as shall be available for such purposes. A city issuing such assessment notes shall assign to the special fund for the benefit of the holders or registered owners of the assessment notes, or to a trustee for the holders or registered owners of such notes, the special tax bills evidencing the tax liens provided for in section 88.103 . Proceeds from the special tax bills so deposited shall be used only for the payment of the assessment notes issued for the particular improvement. 2. Assessment notes issued under authority of sections 88.811 to 88.815 shall be payable solely from the assessments derived or to be derived from the special tax bills issued for the particular improvement and from such other funds as deposited in the special fund. No assessment notes issued pursuant to sections 88.811 to 88.815 shall constitute an indebtedness of the city, town or village within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter restriction, limitation or provision. The face of each assessment note shall state in substance that the note has been issued under the provisions of sections 88.811 to 88.815 , that the general taxing power of the city, town or village issuing the note is not pledged to the payment thereof either as to principal or interest and that the note and the interest thereon are payable solely from the special fund as established pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. 3. Any city, town or village issuing assessment notes is authorized to covenant * with the holders of such notes that it will diligently and faithfully enforce and collect all the special assessments and interest and penalties thereon arising from the special tax bills and tax liens deposited into the special fund for the particular improvement; to foreclose such tax liens so assigned to such special fund or represented by the special tax bills deposited in the special fund, after such tax liens have become delinquent, and deposit the proceeds derived from such foreclosure, including interest and penalties, in such special funds; and to make any other covenants ** deemed necessary or advisable in order to properly secure the holders of such assessment notes. 4. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 108.170 , all such assessment notes shall be sold at public sale as provided in subdivision (2) of this section or shall be sold at negotiated sale if the governing body of the issuer shall determine a negotiated sale is in the best interest of the issuer. If the governing body determines it is in the best interest of the issuer to sell such assessment notes at negotiated sale, the specific reasons for concluding a negotiated sale is in the best interest of the issuer shall be recited in the ordinance or resolution authorizing the negotiated sale. (2) Notice of the public sale of assessment notes shall contain the following: (a) The name of the issuer; (b) The issue date, maturity dates, amounts to mature on each maturity date, and interest payment dates; (c) The time, date and place where bids will be received; (d) The name, address and telephone number of a person from whom additional information may be obtained; and may contain additional information. (3) Notice of the public sale of assessment notes shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the bounds of the issuer of the assessment notes. Such notice shall be published not more than twenty-five days nor *** less than ten days prior to the date of assessment note sale. The issuer may provide such additional notice of the assessment note sale as it deems desirable. (4) The governing body of an issuer may reject any and all bids received for assessment notes offered at public sale. If the governing body rejects such bids, the assessment notes offered may be sold at negotiated sale at any time within thirty days after the date advertised for the receipt of bids provided the negotiated sale results in a lower net interest cost in dollars over the life of the issue to the issuer than the best bid received at the public sale. (L. 1984 S.B. 613 §§ 1 to 4, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676) Effective 6-18-85 *Word "convenant" appears in original rolls. **Word "convenants" appears in original rolls. ***Word "or" appears in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.816 Tax bills payable in annual installments, how - interest - effect of ...

88.816. Tax bills payable in annual installments, how — interest — effect of default on installment. — The total cost of constructing and repairing sidewalks and sidewalk curbing, and for sewers, and for grading, paving, excavating, macadamizing, curbing and guttering of any street, avenue, alley, square, or other highway, or part thereof, and repairing the same, or for any other improvement whatsoever authorized by sections 88.497 to 88.663 , and sections 88.667 to 88.773 , and sections 80.090 to 80.560 , and sections 88.777 to 88.797 , and sections 88.811 to 88.861 , wherein a special tax bill shall issue therefor, may be paid in ten annual installments. In such case the tax bills shall be payable in annual installments as follows: One-tenth in one year, one-tenth in two years, one-tenth in three years, one-tenth in four years, one-tenth in five years, one-tenth in six years, one-tenth in seven years, one-tenth in eight years, one-tenth in nine years and one-tenth in ten years after the date of their issue, and tax bills may bear interest not to exceed the rate on ten-year United States treasury notes as established at the most recent auction, payable annually, from sixty days after the date of issue until paid, and shall provide that if any annual installment, or the interest thereon, is not paid when due, then all of the remaining installments shall, at the option of the holder of the tax bill, become immediately due and payable; provided, that the owner of property charged with the payment of the tax bill, or the owner of any interest therein, shall have the privilege of paying the whole of any tax bill in full at any time, or on any annual installment payment date of paying in full one or more of the remaining installments not of maturity date. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 5, A.L. 1984 S.B. 613, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676) Effective 6-18-85

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.818 Record of tax bills - payment to owner or city - procedure on payment to city.

88.818. Record of tax bills — payment to owner or city — procedure on payment to city. — The clerk shall on completion of all special tax bills enter an abstract thereof in a special book provided for that purpose. Said abstract shall recite the date of the tax bill, the name of the property owner and of the person in whose favor it is issued, and a description of the property subject to the lien, and the street upon which it abuts, amount of the tax bill, and the character of the improvement for which it is issued. When any tax bill is assigned, the assignment shall be noted thereon, and the assignee shall exhibit the same to the city clerk, who shall, on the margin of said tax bill, appropriately note the assignment. The party liable to pay the tax bill may either pay the owner of the tax bill, or he may pay the amount of the tax bill to the collector of the municipality, who shall accept the money and make out duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall deliver to the person so paying the tax bill and the other he shall file with the clerk of the municipality. And thereupon the clerk shall note the filing of the receipt on the margin of the abstract of the tax bill, and shall mark the latter "cancelled", and shall affix his name to the cancellation, with the date thereof. The cancellation shall have the effect to extinguish all liability or right of action on the tax bill. The collector, on the presentation to him of the tax bill by its owner, shall pay to him the amount thereof, taking duplicate receipts therefor, one of which he shall file with the clerk, who shall note it on the margin of the abstract of the tax bill, and the other the collector shall retain. The collector shall be liable on his bond for said collections, and shall be paid two percent thereof for his services. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 6)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.822 Apportionment of costs of improvement and issuance of tax bills - contents.

88.822. Apportionment of costs of improvement and issuance of tax bills — contents. — After the city has entered into a contract for construction of the improvements, in accordance with the contract for same, the engineer or other official in charge of the improvement shall compute the cost thereof, and apportion the cost among the tracts of land chargeable therewith, charging each tract of land with its proportionate part of the costs, and shall make a written report to the governing body of the municipality describing each tract of land chargeable with a part of the cost of the improvement, and the amount with which it is chargeable. If the governing body of the municipality approves the report, which approval may be made by a motion duly adopted, then the clerk shall immediately thereafter issue and deposit the special tax bills into a special fund as authorized by section 88.815 , or, if appropriate, shall hold such special tax bills for delivery to the contractor upon completion of the project in payment for the work in accordance with the engineer's report, which tax bill shall be signed by the clerk and under the corporate seal of the municipality. Each tax bill shall in substance contain a brief general statement of the facts authorizing its issue, the amount for which it is issued, a description of the land against which it is issued, the name of the contractor to whom it is issued, the rate of interest which it bears, and when it begins to bear interest, and shall state that it is a special lien against the land therein described, and give the time that the lien continues. It need not give the name of the owner of the land against which it is issued. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 7, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676) Effective 6-18-85

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.824 Costs of improvement to be estimated - contracts not to exceed estimate.

88.824. Costs of improvement to be estimated — contracts not to exceed estimate. — Before the governing body of the municipality shall make any contract for building bridges, sidewalks, culverts or sewers, or for paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering or grading any street, avenue, alley or other highway, or building any other improvements authorized herein, an estimate of the cost thereof shall be made by the engineer or other proper officer or person designated by ordinance and submitted to the governing body of the municipality, and no contract shall be entered into for any work or improvement for a price exceeding the estimate; provided, that no estimate shall be required for the making of any local or special repairs. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 8)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.826 Construction of street and sidewalk improvements by city, when - special ...

88.826. Construction of street and sidewalk improvements by city, when — special tax bills. — Whenever the governing body of the municipality shall advertise for bids for the construction of any new sidewalk of any kind, or for the construction of new sidewalks in the place of sidewalks condemned, or whenever the city, town or village shall advertise for bids for paving, macadamizing, guttering, curbing, or otherwise improving any street, avenue, alley or other highway or any part thereof, and shall receive no bids therefor, the city, town or village may proceed to construct or reconstruct any sidewalks, or pave, macadamize, gutter, curb or otherwise improve any street at its own expense, and shall keep an accurate account of the amount expended for labor and material, including grading and filling, opposite each lot or piece of ground, and present the same to the governing body of the municipality for assessment, and each lot or piece of ground abutting on the sidewalk, constructed or reconstructed, or other street improvement made, shall be liable for the costs thereof, as reported to the governing body of the municipality by the officer or committee having charge of the matter, and special tax bills shall be issued for the amount thereof, payable to the municipality, against each lot or piece of ground for the amount for which it is liable. In making the assessment there may be as many assessments included in one ordinance as there are lots or pieces of ground reported as having received resulting benefits from the improvement. The special tax bills payable to the city shall be as valid in all respects as other tax bills provided herein, and where any tax bill has been assigned the municipality shall not in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in any court action brought in the name of the municipality to the use of the holder thereof, nor shall the municipality be liable for the amount of any tax bill after the same is so assigned. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 9)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.828 Cost of bringing street to grade included in special assessment for surfacing.

88.828. Cost of bringing street to grade included in special assessment for surfacing. — The governing body of any municipality may, by ordinance, include in the special assessment for the paving, macadamizing or constructing sidewalks on any street, avenue or alley the cost of bringing to the established grade said street, avenue or alley, or part thereof, proposed to be improved; provided, that the resolution declaring the paving and macadamizing necessary to be done shall also declare that the street, avenue or alley, or part thereof, shall be brought to the established grade, and that the cost thereof shall be included in the special assessment for paying for the paving or macadamizing. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 19)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.832 General sewer system may be established - special public sewer tax.

88.832. General sewer system may be established — special public sewer tax. — The governing body of any municipality shall have power to cause a general sewer system to be established, which shall be composed of four classes of sewers, to wit: public, district, joint district, and private sewers. Public sewers shall be established, along the principal courses of drainage, at such time, to such extent, of such dimensions, and under such regulations as may be provided by ordinance. These may be extensions or branches of sewers already constructed or entirely new throughout, as may be deemed expedient. The municipality may levy a tax on all property made taxable for state purposes over the whole municipality to pay for the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of the work, which tax shall be called "special public sewer tax" and shall be of the amount as may be required for the sewer provided by ordinance to be built; and the fund arising from the tax shall be appropriated solely to the constructing, reconstructing and repairing of the sewer. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 10)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.834 District sewers - sewers constructed, when - changes.

88.834. District sewers — sewers constructed, when — changes. — District sewers shall be established for the districts created to be prescribed by ordinance, and shall connect with public, or other district or joint district sewers or with a natural course of drainage, as each case may be, and may be constructed with the main branch or discharge pipe wholly within or beyond the boundary of the district as the council shall determine. The district may be subdivided, enlarged or changed by ordinance at any time previous to the construction of the sewer therein; and more than one district sewer may be laid in a sewer district if deemed necessary by the governing body of the municipality for sanitary or other purposes. The governing body shall cause sewers to be constructed in each district whenever a majority of the property holders shall petition therefor, or whenever the governing body shall deem the sewers necessary for sanitary or other purposes, and the sewer shall be of such dimensions and materials as may be prescribed by ordinance and may be changed, enlarged or extended, and shall have all the necessary laterals, inlets, catch basins, manholes and other appurtenances. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 11, A.L. 1982 S.B. 646)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.836 Apportionment of costs of district sewer - levy of tax - tax bills.

88.836. Apportionment of costs of district sewer — levy of tax — tax bills. — After the city has entered into a contract for construction of the district sewer improvements, the engineer or other officer having charge of the work shall compute the whole cost thereof and shall apportion the same against the lots or tracts of ground in the district, exclusive of the public highways, and the officer shall report the same to the governing body of the municipality by bill or otherwise, and the governing body shall therefore levy and assess a special tax by ordinance against each lot or piece of ground within the district; whereupon the clerk shall make out a certified tax bill under the seal of the city, town or village of the assessment against each lot or piece of ground within the district in the name of the owner thereof. Said certified tax bills shall be signed by the mayor and attested and recorded by the clerk and shall be delivered to the contractor in payment for the work upon completion of the project or deposited into a special fund as authorized by section 88.815 , as appropriate. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 12, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676) Effective 6-18-85

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.838 Joint district sewers, costs, how paid.

88.838. Joint district sewers, costs, how paid. — Joint district sewers may be constructed by the municipality wherever it may deem it necessary that a sewer shall be constructed in any part of the city, town or village containing two or more sewer districts. In such case it may, by ordinance, unite the sewer districts into a joint district sewer and cause a sewer to be constructed therein in like manner and in all respects as is provided in the case of district sewers; except in cases of joint district sewers, the city, town or village may, if deemed proper, provide in the ordinance creating the joint district sewer, that the municipality shall pay a certain proportion to be specified in the ordinance, of the cost of the joint district sewer. The cost of constructing the joint district sewer, except the amount, if any, specified in the ordinance, to be paid by the municipality, shall be assessed and paid in special tax bills against the property included in the joint sewer district, the same as is provided in the case of district sewers. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 13)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.842 Private sewers, regulation - liability for repair and expense of sewers - ...

88.842. Private sewers, regulation — liability for repair and expense of sewers — condemnation of sewer right-of-way. — 1. Private sewers connected with the public, district or joint district sewers may be constructed under such restrictions and regulations as the governing body of the municipality may prescribe by general ordinance; but the municipality shall be at no expense in the construction, repairing or cleaning of the same, or for any damage that may arise from their construction. 2. The municipality shall incur no liability for building district or joint district sewers other than in the manner provided in section 88.838 , except when the city, town or village is the owner of a lot of ground within the district or joint sewer district, and in such case the said municipality shall be liable for the cost of said sewer in the same manner as other property owners within the district. The repair, cleaning and other incidental expenses of district and joint district sewers shall be paid out of the general appropriation for that purpose. 3. Whenever the governing body of the municipality shall deem it necessary to run any sewer through private property, the governing body shall have power to condemn the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary in the opinion of the governing body of the municipality for that purpose, in the same manner that other private property may be condemned within the city, town or village for public uses, and should any sewer be laid through or on private property without the right therefor having been first obtained by said municipality, the contractor, or any person interested, may compel said city, town or village to exercise its right of condemnation by mandamus or other appropriate remedy. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 14)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.844 City may condemn property for sewers.

88.844. City may condemn property for sewers. — The governing body of the municipality shall have power to condemn private property for use, occupation or possession in the construction and repair of sewers, in the same manner as other property is condemned for public uses. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 15)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.846 Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected.

88.846. Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected. — All special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.832 to 88.852 for sewers shall be as valid in all respects whatever as the other special tax bills provided for herein and shall be collected in the same manner, containing the same provisions as provided for in sections 88.812 to 88.818 and 88.854 . (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 16)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.848 When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills.

88.848. When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills. — Whenever the municipality advertises for bids for the construction of a new district sewer, as provided by law, and receives no bids therefor, the municipality may proceed to construct the sewer at its own expense and shall keep an accurate account of the amount expended for labor and materials used. As soon as the district sewer has been completed the engineer or other officer having charge of the work shall compute the whole cost thereof and apportion the same against the lots, tracts or parcels of ground in proportion to the area of the whole district, exclusive of public highways, and the officer shall report the same to the governing body of the municipality by bill or otherwise. The clerk shall issue tax bills, payable to the municipality, against each lot, tract or parcel of ground for the amount for which it is liable. And when the tax bill made payable to the city, town or village is assigned, the municipality shall not be liable thereon in any court action in any manner as provided in section 88.826 . (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 17)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.852 Cost of sewer construction and disposal plants, how paid - limits on ...

88.852. Cost of sewer construction and disposal plants, how paid — limits on changes in sewer district. — The cost of constructing all sewers, including the erection of all necessary disposal plants, in and for any district where such sewers were constructed by assessment against the property of the district shall be paid for wholly in special tax bills against the lands embraced within the district, exclusive of public highways, streets and alleys, in proportion to the area of each tract. The boundaries of no sewer district that has been paid for wholly by special tax bills shall be altered or changed after any sewer has been constructed in and for the same. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 18)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.854 Special tax bills, how collected - evidence.

88.854. Special tax bills, how collected — evidence. — All special tax bills herein authorized shall be assignable and collectible in any action brought in the name of the city, town or village to the use of the holder thereof; but the municipality shall not in any event be liable for any cost that may accrue in the action. The special tax bills shall, in any action thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for the special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 3)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.856 Action on tax bills, how tried.

88.856. Action on tax bills, how tried. — Any action brought to enforce and foreclose the lien of any special tax bills provided for herein and all questions relating thereto shall be tried by the court. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 20)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.858 Names of landowners not required in tax bills - parties to action on, ...

88.858. Names of landowners not required in tax bills — parties to action on, assignment — petition in action, contents. — No special tax bill need give the name of any party owning or interested in any land charged and bound by the lien; and before suit the owner of any part in severalty, or of any undivided interest in any land charged by any tax bill, may pay his share separately, in which case his part or interest shall not be further liable in case of suit. All or any of the owners of the land charged, or of any interest or estate therein, may be made defendants in any suit, but only the right, title, interest and estate of the parties made defendant in any suit shall be affected or bound thereby, or by the proceedings therein. In case any owner of the land, or of any interest therein, shall be unknown, or a nonresident of the state, suit under this section may be brought against the owner separately or together with others, and the unknown or nonresident owner may be proceeded against and charged by giving notice, either by publication in a newspaper or otherwise, as in suit in the circuit court to enforce any other lien on land in the county. Every tax bill, and the lien thereof, shall be assignable, and any assignee may sue in his own name. It shall be sufficient for the plaintiff, in any suit on the special tax bill, to plead the making of the tax bill sued upon, giving the date and contents thereof, and the assignment thereof, if any, and to allege that the party or parties made defendant own, or claim to own, the lands charged, or some estate or interest therein, as the case may be, and to file the tax bill in suit. Special tax bills against different lots or parcels of land, owned by the same party or parties made defendant, may join in one suit; but a separate judgment on each tax bill shall be rendered, and execution shall be issued accordingly. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 21)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.861 Special judgment on tax bill, effect - interest rate - parties only bound.

88.861. Special judgment on tax bill, effect — interest rate — parties only bound. — In any suit for the foreclosure of a special tax lien, the judgment shall be special, that the plaintiff recover the amount found due, including interest, together with the costs, including a reasonable attorney fee, to be levied and made on the land described in the tax bill or liable for the special tax, and a special execution shall issue to sell the land to pay any judgment, interest and cost. The judgment, exclusive of costs, shall bear interest at the same rate as the special tax. The suits may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction. Proceedings on special executions on the judgment shall, including the making of the deeds to purchasers, conform, as far as practicable, to proceedings on other special executions from the circuit court. Every special judgment shall bind all the right, title, interest and estate in the land that defendants, and each of them, own at the time that the lien of the special tax commenced or acquired afterward, and a sale on execution thereof shall vest all right, title, interest and estate in the purchaser; but parties interested in the land not made defendants shall not be affected thereby, and if they claim through or under any party defendant by right acquired before the suit was brought, may redeem from the purchaser or otherwise assert their rights according to equity and good conscience. (L. 1959 S.B. 344 § 22)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.863 Sidewalks - power of city council.

88.863. Sidewalks — power of city council. — Every city in this state that now has or may hereafter have a population of less than thirty thousand inhabitants (that is now or may hereafter be incorporated and operating under the general statutes or special charter) shall have and is hereby given the power regarding sidewalks along any of the streets, avenues or other highways within such city, as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.913 . (RSMo 1939 § 7537) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7383; 1919 § 8791; 1909 § 9647

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.867 Definitions.

88.867. Definitions. — 1. The term "approaches" or "sidewalk approaches" as used in sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall be understood to mean the extension of sidewalks at corner lots from the property line each way to the street curb line, and being in fact the connection across the parkway or intervening space between the corner of the property and the crossing in the street. 2. The words "city clerk" shall be construed to mean the officer of any city who performs the duties appertaining to the office of clerk or record keeper of such city, whether he be known as city clerk or by any other title. 3. The words "city council" as used in sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall in all cases be construed to mean the legislative or governing body of any city, whether it be known by that or any other title. 4. The words "city engineer" and the words "street commissioner" shall be construed to mean any person appointed, authorized or employed by the city council to exercise and perform the duties and functions commonly appertaining to such officers. (RSMo 1939 §§ 7538, 7545) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7384, 7391; 1919 §§ 8792, 8799; 1909 §§ 9648, 9655

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.870 Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways.

88.870. Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways. — The city council may, by ordinance, regulate the building, construction, reconstruction or repair of sidewalks, and may adopt plans and specifications for sidewalks and parkways, which parkways shall include all of the space between curbstone and the building or property line, or any space in the center of a street which may be set aside as a parkway, and prescribe and require certain materials to be used, and the manner and form of doing said work, including the kind of shade trees to be planted and the manner of their care and preservation. (RSMo 1939 § 7539) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7385; 1919 § 8793; 1909 § 9649 CROSS REFERENCE: Sidewalks to have wheelchair ramps, when required, 71.365

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.873 Condemnation of sidewalks.

88.873. Condemnation of sidewalks. — The city council may, by ordinance, condemn any sidewalk which they may deem to be in a dangerous or defective condition or out of repair, or any sidewalk which is not located upon the established grade and line for sidewalks (on the street on which it is located, as provided by the ordinances of said city), or any sidewalk which does not conform to the specifications and requirements for sidewalks in said city, as provided by the ordinances of said city, and to provide for the removal of any sidewalk so condemned. (RSMo 1939 § 7540) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7386; 1919 § 8794; 1909 § 9650

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.877 Sidewalk maintenance by owner.

88.877. Sidewalk maintenance by owner. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide that the owner of any lot or tract shall build and construct, or rebuild or reconstruct or repair, a sidewalk lying along and adjacent to his said property, and may require said owner to grade, fill or park that portion of the street lying between the property line and the street curb line, and to build approaches as defined in section 88.867 , and may provide for the serving of notice to do said work by delivering a written order to said property owner, or his representatives, or by publication, and may provide, by ordinance, that any person who shall, after having been notified as above, fail, neglect or refuse to comply with said order, shall be guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense. (RSMo 1939 § 7541) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7387; 1919 § 8795; 1909 § 9651

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.880 Sidewalk construction.

88.880. Sidewalk construction. — 1. The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the building of any sidewalk or for the rebuilding and reconstruction of the same, including grading and filling therefor, and including the removal of any obstructions, and including approaches (as defined in section 88.867 ) at corner lots, and including the grading or parking of that portion of the street lying between the property line and the street curb line, by contract, and levy a special assessment against each lot or tract along which such work is done, for the cost thereof, as provided in section 88.890 ; provided, however, that no such contract shall be let until the plans and specifications for said work have been adopted by ordinance (provided that such adoption may be by reference to general plans and specifications, which have already been adopted by ordinance by said city). 2. And no contract shall be let until an advertisement for bids for the doing of said work has been published in at least one issue of a weekly newspaper or at least two consecutive issues of a daily newspaper, published in said city, or if there be no paper published in said city, in some newspaper published in the county in which said city is located, and the date for the opening of said bids shall be at least ten days after the date of the first publication of said advertisement for bids; and provided further, that before the said bids are opened, the city engineer, or other proper person designated by ordinance by the city council, shall prepare and file an estimate showing the estimated quantities of grading, filling and of the various materials required for the sidewalk in front of each separate lot, tract or parcel of ground, and an estimate of the cost of said work per cubic yard or per square yard, as the case may be, and an estimate of the cost of the removal of any obstruction; and no contract shall be let for a price in excess of the said estimate of the cost. 3. After the bids are opened by the city council, the said city council shall let the contract for said work to the lowest and best responsible bidder, and in case there are no bids received, or that all bids are rejected for any reason, the city council may readvertise for bids for said work, or may, by ordinance, order and require the city engineer or other proper person to build and construct said sidewalk or do the other work as herein contemplated, according to the specifications adopted therefor (provided, however, that the cost of said work shall not exceed the estimate of the city engineer previously filed), keeping an accurate account of the cost of the separate items thereof, and the city council shall pay for the labor and material and all other costs of said work out of any funds which they may have on hand available for such purpose; and at the completion of said work (either by contract or by the city, as last provided) shall levy the cost thereof as a special assessment against the lot, tract or parcel of ground along which each of said sidewalks or other improvements is made in the manner as provided in section 88.890 . (RSMo 1939 § 7542) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7388; 1919 § 8796; 1909 § 9652

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.883 Sidewalk maintenance by city.

88.883. Sidewalk maintenance by city. — The city council may, by ordinance, provide for the repairing or reconstruction of any sidewalk by the city engineer or other proper person designated in said ordinance, paying the cost thereof as provided in section 88.880 , and may assess and levy the cost thereof as a special assessment, as in sections 88.863 to 88.880 provided. (RSMo 1939 § 7543) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7389; 1919 § 8797; 1909 § 9653

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.887 Sidewalk districts.

88.887. Sidewalk districts. — 1. The city council of any city coming within the purview of sections 88.863 to 88.913 may, when deemed necessary or expedient, divide said city or any portion thereof into sidewalk districts, by ordinance, and may adopt plans and specifications for the building of all sidewalks within said district or districts, and may advertise for bids and award a contract to the lowest and best responsible bidder for the building and construction of all sidewalks which may be ordered built by the city council within said district for the next ensuing year. Said advertisement for bids shall be published in at least one issue of a weekly newspaper or at least two consecutive issues of a daily newspaper published in said city, or if there be no newspaper published in said city, may be published in any newspaper within such county in which said city is located. 2. And before the bids are opened or any contract let, the city engineer, or other proper person designated by the city council, by ordinance, shall prepare and submit to the city council an estimate of the cost of said sidewalk, including approaches, grading and parking, material, etc., which estimate shall be the price per cubic yard or square yard, as the case may be, for the finished improvement; and no contract shall be let for a price in excess of said estimate. And the cost of all sidewalks, approaches, parking or other improvement herein contemplated shall be, on their completion, levied as a special assessment against the lot, tract or parcel of ground along and in front of which said improvement is made, as provided in section 88.890 . (RSMo 1939 § 7544) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7390; 1919 § 8798; 1909 § 9654

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.890 Sidewalk improvement - assessments.

88.890. Sidewalk improvement — assessments. — The cost of any of the work or improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913 that are made and done either by contract or by the city engineer or other proper person acting for the city as above provided in section 88.883 (except the cost of condemnation and removal of sidewalks, which shall be paid by the city) shall be levied as a special assessment against the lot, tract or parcel of ground along and in front of which said improvement is made; and the cost of the approaches, as defined in section 88.867 , shall be levied as a special assessment against the corner lots which said approaches abut and connect with. And said assessment shall be levied by ordinance, in which ordinance shall be set out separately the number and title of the ordinance under authority of which the work will be done, a separate description of each lot, tract or parcel of ground assessed, the name of the owner thereof, the number of front feet therein abutting on said improvement, the separate items of cost of said improvement and the total amount thereof; and said assessment ordinance shall further provide for the making out of tax bills by the city engineer, or other proper person therein designated, in evidence of said assessments, payable to the contractor doing the work, and for the delivery of said tax bills in payment for said work, or if the work was done by the city engineer or other person acting for the city as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.887 , the tax bills shall be made payable to such engineer or other person and for and to the use of the city, and shall be collected the same as other tax bills. (RSMo 1939 § 7546) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7392; 1919 § 8800; 1909 § 9656

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.893 Sidewalk maintenance - tax bills.

88.893. Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills. — A separate tax bill shall be issued against each lot or tract against which an assessment has been made, and shall state therein the name of the owner of record of the lot or tract assessed, an adequate description of said lot or tract, the number of front feet therein abutting on the improvement, the number of the improvement ordinance under which the work was done, and the number of the assessment ordinance under which the tax bills are issued, the different items of improvement and total cost thereof; and shall be payable to the contractor doing the work, or to the city engineer or other person to and for the city, as the case may be. Said tax bills shall be due in thirty days after the date of issue thereof, and may bear interest as provided by ordinance, after said thirty days, at a rate of not to exceed eight percent per annum. (RSMo 1939 § 7547) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7393; 1919 § 8801; 1909 § 9657

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.897 Sidewalk improvement - certain tax bills a lien.

88.897. Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien. — Any and all real property shall be liable for the cost of the improvements contemplated in sections 88.863 to 88.913 , as above provided, whether owned by a person, a company, a corporation, a railroad corporation or company, a church, a charitable institution, educational institution, eleemosynary institution, cemetery or cemetery association, or any other institution or association whatever, except real estate owned by the state of Missouri or by any state institution, or by the United States, or by any county, township or city, and the tax bills so issued on any and all property, except those last named and excepted, shall be and constitute a first and prior lien against the property described therein, and second only to the lien of state, county and city taxes, and said lien shall continue for a period of three years after the maturity of each or any of said tax bills, or until the final determination of any legal proceedings to collect the same. (RSMo 1939 § 7548) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7394; 1919 § 8802; 1909 § 9658

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.900 Sidewalk improvements - assessment of government property.

88.900. Sidewalk improvements — assessment of government property. — Any real estate owned by the state of Missouri or by state institutions, or owned by any county, township or city, shall be liable for the cost of any of the improvements contemplated and provided for in sections 88.863 to 88.913 , the same as other property, and an assessment shall be made thereon and tax bills issued in the same manner as tax bills against other property provided for in section 88.897 , and said tax bills shall be a valid and subsisting claim against such state, state institutions, county, township or city, the same as any other debt or demand against such state, state institution, county, township or city, and shall be paid for out of funds appropriated by them for such purposes, and shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed eight percent per annum from thirty days after the date of issue until paid. (RSMo 1939 § 7549) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7395; 1919 § 8803; 1909 § 9659

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.903 Special tax bills prima facie evidence.

88.903. Special tax bills prima facie evidence. — Any special tax bills issued under the provisions of sections 88.863 to 88.913 shall, in actions thereon, be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work, and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill. (RSMo 1939 § 7550) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7396; 1919 § 8804; 1909 § 9660

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.907 Certification of tax bills.

88.907. Certification of tax bills. — All of the tax bills, as provided in sections 88.863 to 88.913 , shall be certified as correct by the city engineer or other person who has made the computation under authority of the city council, and shall be signed by the mayor, attested by the city clerk under the seal of the city. (RSMo 1939 § 7551) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7397; 1919 § 8805; 1909 § 9661

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.910 Recording of tax bills.

88.910. Recording of tax bills. — All such tax bills shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book kept by him for such purpose before the delivery of said tax bills. And said city clerk shall release said tax bills on the margin of the record thereof, upon presentation of the tax bills duly marked "paid" by the holder or assignee, or upon presentation of other suitable evidence that such tax bill has been paid in full. (RSMo 1939 § 7552) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7398; 1919 § 8806; 1909 § 9662

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.913 Suit to enforce collection of special tax bill.

88.913. Suit to enforce collection of special tax bill. — In any suit or proceedings to enforce the collection of any special tax bill issued under the provisions of sections 88.863 to 88.910 it shall only be necessary for the owner thereof to charge in the petition that such amount is due by the defendant to the plaintiff for a certain improvement made by virtue of certain ordinances, giving their title and date of adoption; provided, that nothing in said sections shall be so construed as to prevent any defendant from pleading and proving in reduction of any bill any mistake or error in the amount thereof, or that the work therein mentioned was not done in a good and workmanlike manner; and provided further, that if any party shall plead any mistake or error in the amount of the bill, or that the work was not done in a workmanlike manner, and that such party, before the commencement of the suit, tendered to the contractor, or holder of the bill, the full value of the work done, and shall establish the same on the trial, the recovery shall only be in the amount so tendered, and judgment for costs shall be rendered against the plaintiff; provided further, that if it be pleaded and proved that the work for which the bill was issued was not done according to the terms of the contract made by the contractor with the city, then the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall recover thereon only the actual value of the work done, with interest at six percent from date, if of any value; and if not of any value, the judgment shall be for the defendant. No suit for the collection of any tax bill shall be defeated or affected by any irregularity affecting any other bill, or matter rendering any other bill invalid in whole or in part; provided further, that if at any time it is found that there has been any error in the issuance of any tax bills or in any assessment, or in the mode or manner of any assessment, the same shall be corrected and a reassessment made (if necessary to correct the mistake) by the proper officials, and said reassessment shall be as binding and in all respects the same as if no previous assessments had been made or tax bills issued. (RSMo 1939 § 7553) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7399; 1919 § 8807; 1909 § 9663

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.917 Street grading (cities, 300,000 or over).

88.917. Street grading (cities, 300,000 or over). — Every city now having or which may at any time hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over shall have at all times the power to establish the grade and change the grade already established of any street, alley, avenue, public highway or public place, or any part thereof, as often as it may be deemed best for the public interest, and to cause the same or any part thereof to be graded to the established grade or to any change thereof. Provided, however, that when a change is proposed to be made in the grade of any street, alley, avenue, public highway or public place, or any part thereof, which has once been established, the city shall by ordinance declare the work of improvement to be necessary, and cause such ordinance, or the substance thereof, to be published in the newspaper doing the city printing, for ten days, Sundays included. Unless the resident owners of the city who shall own the majority in front feet of all the lands belonging to such residents fronting on the street, alley, avenue, public highway, public place, or part thereof to be improved, within thirty days after the first day of the publication of such ordinance, file with the city register their remonstrance against the proposed change, then the ordinance to cause the proposed change to be made shall become effective. Provided further, however, that when the charter of any such city shall require that such ordinance shall, before being passed, be recommended by a board of public improvements, or other authority of such city, then the same shall, before being passed, be recommended as therein required. If the remonstrance of the resident property owners above mentioned shall be filed with the city register, as herein provided, the ordinance to make the proposed change in the grade of such street, alley, avenue, public highway or public place, or any part thereof, shall not become effective until a sufficient number of the persons so remonstrating or their grantees shall, in writing, withdraw their names or the property represented by them from such remonstrance, so that said remonstrance shall cease to represent a majority of the resident owners as above provided. (RSMo 1939 § 7713, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2047) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7565; 1919 § 8975; 1909 § 9827

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.920 Street grading - damages and benefits (cities, 300,000 or over).

88.920. Street grading — damages and benefits (cities, 300,000 or over). — When the property owners to be disturbed or damaged by the grading, regrading, or other change of any street, alley, avenue, public highway, public place, or any part thereof, are lawfully entitled to remuneration or damages under the Constitution of the state of Missouri, and shall not have waived all right or claim thereto, the ordinance which shall order the grading or regrading of any such street, alley, avenue, public highway or public place, or any part thereof, shall also prescribe and determine the limits within which private property is benefitted by the proposed grading or regrading. (RSMo 1939 § 7714) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7566; 1919 § 8976; 1909 § 9828

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.923 Notice of suit on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over).

88.923. Notice of suit on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over). — Whenever any suit shall be commenced in any city of this state now having, or which may hereafter have a population of three hundred thousand or more inhabitants, on any special tax bill to enforce the payment or the lien thereof, the party or parties plaintiff shall, within ten days after the commencement of such suit, file with the comptroller or other officer of such city, in whose office the record of such special tax bills is required to be kept, a written notice setting forth when and in which court such suit was brought; and the comptroller or such other officer shall immediately note such facts on the record of such tax bill. (RSMo 1939 § 7735) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7587; 1919 § 8997; 1909 § 9848

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.927 Limiting lien on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over).

88.927. Limiting lien on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over). — The lien of every such tax bill shall cease, end and determine in two years after said tax bill, or the last installment thereof, if the same be payable in installments, shall have become due and payable, unless suit shall have been brought on such tax bill, and notice of such suit, as required in section 88.923 , shall have been given and filed within that time. If within said time no such suit was brought, or if within said time no such notice of suit shall have been filed, the tax bill shall be presumed to have been paid, and the comptroller, or other proper officer, shall make an appropriate entry on the record of the tax bill in his office that the lien thereof has expired by lapse of time. (RSMo 1939 § 7736) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7588; 1919 § 8998; 1909 § 9849

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.930 Condemnation of property (cities, 150,000 to 500,000).

88.930. Condemnation of property (cities, 150,000 to 500,000). — 1. Whenever a city which now has or may hereafter have more than one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and less than five hundred thousand inhabitants, whether organized under general law or special charter of the provisions of Section 19 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state, shall, by ordinance, deem it necessary to take and condemn or damage any private property for a public use of said city, it may adopt the same procedure for such taking and condemning or damaging as is prescribed in the general laws of the state for the appropriation and valuation of lands taken for telegraph, telephone, gravel and plank or railroad purposes, being chapter 523 . Upon paying to the clerk of the circuit court the amount of damages awarded, the city shall have the right, notwithstanding the filing of exceptions to such award, to enter upon and take possession of the property so taken and condemned, and to proceed with the public improvement, or in the case of damage only, to proceed with the public improvement, and any subsequent proceeding shall only affect the amount of compensation to be allowed. 2. The method or procedure provided for in this section shall be construed to be an additional remedy for the benefit of the cities mentioned in said section, and not as in any way affecting or repealing the provisions of any existing law. (RSMo 1939 §§ 7684, 7685) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7536, 7537; 1919 §§ 8947, 8948; 1909 §§ 9799, 9800 (1998) A municipality's general statutory authority to condemn private property is not sufficient to condemn property devoted to prior public use for another public use which will destroy, impair or interfere with such prior use. Smithville v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital, 972 S.W.2d 416 (W.D.Mo.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.940 City improvements - contracts.

88.940. City improvements — contracts. — All city improvements of whatever kind or character, including the erection of all public buildings made or to be erected at the expense of any constitutional charter city having more than seventy-five thousand and less than eighty thousand inhabitants, except where otherwise provided herein, shall be let by contract to the lowest and best bidder, and shall be prescribed by ordinance; provided, that nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the repair, by day's work, of boulevards, streets, sewers, culverts, buildings or other city property, so far as may be necessary for the preservation thereof; and provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the city from specifying by ordinance the kind and character of materials and the kind and character of labor to be used by contractors making city improvements and the maximum hours that the labor shall work thereon and the minimum wages that shall be paid the labor. (L. 1963 p. 145 § 1)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.950 Special benefit parking districts - condemnation, procedure.

88.950. Special benefit parking districts — condemnation, procedure. — 1. Any city located within a first class county not having a charter form of government and any city having a population of at least eighty thousand, but not more than two hundred thousand, located within a first class county having a charter form of government which county contains a portion of a city having more than four hundred thousand inhabitants may establish special benefit parking districts to provide for the acquisition, improvement and all costs incident thereto, and maintenance of off-street parking facilities. 2. Whenever, upon petition of the owners of fifty-one percent of the assessable square feet of the property to be included in such district, the governing body of any city deems it necessary to condemn or appropriate private property and to assess the cost thereof against property in a benefit district, the governing body shall enact an ordinance setting forth the general nature or purpose of the use to which such private property is to be put, declaring it to be necessary to take and appropriate private property therein described for such purpose, and defining the limits of a benefit district within which private property shall be deemed benefitted or assessed to pay for the property acquired by condemnation, the improvement and all cost incident thereto, and the time and mode of payment of such assessment and the penalty for failure to pay the same when due. 3. Upon enactment of the ordinance prescribed in subsection 1 of this section, the governing body of the city shall proceed with the establishment of the benefit district as prescribed in sections 88.010 to 88.070 , and the cost of improving any property acquired through that procedure shall be apportioned in the same manner and along with the costs of such acquisition. (L. 1965 p. 215 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1973 H.B. 638)
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