Sec. 21. (a) The works board may fill or drain, at the owner's expense, any lot or tract within the city, or within four (4) miles from its corporate boundaries if the water on the lot or tract is or may become injurious to the public health and comfort. However, no more than twenty percent (20%) of the value of the lot or tract, as assessed on the tax duplicate, may be expended in filling or draining the lot or tract in any (1) year.
(b) The expenses of the works board under this section are a lien against the lot or tract. This lien may be collected by foreclosure or by placing it on the tax duplicate.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-1-6-15 part.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.79.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 9. Transportation and Public Works
36-9-6-1. Application of Chapter
36-9-6-2. Supervision of Streets, Alleys, and City Property
36-9-6-3. Custody, Maintenance, Improvement, and Construction of City Property
36-9-6-4. Condemnation, Rental, and Purchase of Property
36-9-6-6. Public Ways and Sidewalks; Laying Out, Opening, and Changing; Grades
36-9-6-7. Streets, Alleys, Wharves, and Public Places; Improvements and Repairs
36-9-6-8. Public Places; Cleaning and Sprinkling
36-9-6-9. Streets, Alleys, and Public Places; Lighting
36-9-6-10. Drains and Sewers; Plans; Construction
36-9-6-11. Sewage Disposal and Treatment Works
36-9-6-12. Culverts, Bridges, and Aqueducts
36-9-6-13. Utility and Transportation Structures; Authorization
36-9-6-15. Removal of Structures From Streets, Alleys, and Public Places
36-9-6-17. Watercourses; Improvements
36-9-6-18. Private Watercourses; Bridges
36-9-6-19. Removal and Disposal of Refuse
36-9-6-20. Maps and Records of Pipes and Conduits
36-9-6-21. Private Lots and Tracts; Drainage and Fill; Expenses
36-9-6-22. Restrooms and Fountains
36-9-6-23. Payment of Expenses
36-9-6-24. Performance of Work by Contract or by Employees of Board