Georgia Code
Chapter 39 - Street Improvements
§ 36-39-29. Order to Show Cause on Petition; Time and Notice of Hearing

At or before the filing of the petition provided for in Code Section 36-39-28, the same shall be presented to the judge of the superior court, who shall thereupon enter an order calling upon all persons owning or interested in the real estate abutting on the street or on the designated part thereof to show cause, at a time and place to be named in the order, why the prayer of the petition should not be granted, the ordinance and assessments not declared valid, and the liens not be fixed as legal and binding. The hearing shall be not less than 30 nor more than 60 days after the entry of the order and shall be either in open court or at chambers. It shall be the duty of the clerk to publish once a week for four weeks, in the official newspaper of the county, a statement of the case and a copy of the order.
History. Ga. L. 1927, p. 321, § 16; Code 1933, § 69-429.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 36 - Local Government

Chapter 39 - Street Improvements

§ 36-39-1. Definitions

§ 36-39-2. Adoption of Chapter; Election; Effect of Adoption of Chapter Generally

§ 36-39-3. Procedure for Improvements; Adoption and Publication of Resolution; Filing of Petition by Landowners; Objections to Improvements

§ 36-39-4. Basis of Assessments for Improvements; Municipal Corporation Owner of Intersecting Streets Fronting Improvement; Payment of Assessments on Frontage

§ 36-39-5. Improvements When County Owns Abutting Property

§ 36-39-6. Paving by Railroad Having Tracks in Street

§ 36-39-7. Payment for Street Improvements and Construction of Water, Gas, and Sewer Connections; Payment of Costs of Connections

§ 36-39-8. Resolution Letting Contract for Improvements Following Time for Protests or Filing of Petition

§ 36-39-9. Work Performed by Municipal Corporation; Property Owners’ Objections to Performance of Work by Municipal Corporation

§ 36-39-10. Publication and Contents of Notice of Contract Proposals

§ 36-39-11. Examination of Bids and Award of Contract; Readvertisement for Bids

§ 36-39-12. Appointment of Board of Appraisers to Appraise and Apportion Cost

§ 36-39-13. Filing of Board of Appraisers’ Report

§ 36-39-14. Hearing Upon Board of Appraisers’ Report; Review of Report and Objections; Ordinance Fixing Assessments; Taxation of Interest

§ 36-39-15. Time and Manner of Payment of Assessments Generally

§ 36-39-16. Payment of Assessment in Installments

§ 36-39-17. Assessments Where Portion of Costs Paid by Municipal Corporation

§ 36-39-18. Additional Assessments

§ 36-39-19. Publication and Contents of Notice of Due Date of Assessment; Effect of Failure to Publish Notice

§ 36-39-20. Lien for Assessment and Interest

§ 36-39-21. Execution, Levy, and Sale on Unpaid Assessments or Interest Generally

§ 36-39-22. Affidavit Contesting Amount of Execution; Trial by Superior Court; Penalties for Delay

§ 36-39-23. Collection and Use of Assessments Generally; Special Fund; Treasurer’s Bond

§ 36-39-24. Limitation Period for Contesting or Enjoining Assessments

§ 36-39-25. Issuance of Bonds; Payment; Interest; Terms; Form

§ 36-39-26. Sale of Bonds; Delivery to Contractors

§ 36-39-27. Disposition of Proceeds From Bonds Remaining After Payment

§ 36-39-28. Petition for Validation of Ordinance Establishing Assessments; Time; Contents

§ 36-39-29. Order to Show Cause on Petition; Time and Notice of Hearing

§ 36-39-30. Conduct of Hearing; Issuance of Order by Court

§ 36-39-31. Appeal From Judgment of Court

§ 36-39-32. Conclusiveness of Superior Court’s Final Judgment

§ 36-39-33. Entry of Reference to Judgment on Bonds Following Validation; Use of Entry as Evidence

§ 36-39-34. Construction of Chapter