Effective - 18 Jun 1985
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.
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(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
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation
Section 88.010 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 88.013 - Condemnation of property — petition for appointment of commissioners.
Section 88.017 - Condemnation of property — party defendant.
Section 88.020 - Condemnation of property — summons, how served.
Section 88.023 - Condemnation of property — appointment of commissioners.
Section 88.027 - Condemnation of property — assessment of damages, duties of commissioners.
Section 88.030 - Condemnation of property — commissioners' report.
Section 88.033 - Condemnation of property — filing of exceptions to commissioners' report.
Section 88.037 - Condemnation of property — assessment by jury.
Section 88.040 - Condemnation of property — appeals from judgment.
Section 88.043 - Condemnation of property — payment of assessed damages.
Section 88.047 - Condemnation of property — report of damages.
Section 88.050 - Condemnation of property — confirmation or rejection of report.
Section 88.053 - Condemnation of property — commissioners' compensation, how paid.
Section 88.057 - Condemnation of property — judgment rendered for city.
Section 88.060 - Condemnation of property — assessments a lien — special executions.
Section 88.063 - Condemnation of property — right to take possession after payment of damages.
Section 88.067 - Condemnation of property — change of venue.
Section 88.070 - Condemnation of property — duty of court.
Section 88.073 - Condemnation of property — right to condemn lands.
Section 88.077 - Condemnation of property — condemnation outside city limits.
Section 88.080 - Street grading — assessment of damages, procedure.
Section 88.087 - Street grading — report of commissioners, contents.
Section 88.090 - Street grading — review of commissioners' report.
Section 88.093 - Street grading — cost of proceedings.
Section 88.097 - Street grading — payment of damages.
Section 88.100 - Public improvement — assessment against railroad real property.
Section 88.103 - Tax bill as lien against property, how released.
Section 88.107 - Assessment adjudged invalid — reassessment.
Section 88.110 - Proposed reassessment — hearing of objections.
Section 88.113 - Proposed reassessment — contents of ordinance.
Section 88.117 - New assessment not to exceed old.
Section 88.120 - Ordinance — conclusive.
Section 88.123 - New tax bills issued.
Section 88.127 - Construction of law — limit on frequency of assessment.
Section 88.130 - Expiration of time limit.
Section 88.497 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 88.500 - City tax bills.
Section 88.503 - Appropriation of private property — records of ordinances and proceedings.
Section 88.510 - Assessment of public property — street improvements, how paid — special tax bills.
Section 88.520 - Declaration of necessity for improvement to be published — protests.
Section 88.523 - Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined.
Section 88.530 - Improvements, costs — limitations — payment.
Section 88.533 - Condemnation of sidewalks.
Section 88.613 - Lighting of streets.
Section 88.617 - White way system defined.
Section 88.620 - White way system — powers of city council.
Section 88.623 - White way system — further powers of council.
Section 88.627 - White way system — costs, how paid.
Section 88.630 - Public works, governing statutes.
Section 88.633 - Water supply.
Section 88.637 - May open, vacate and improve streets.
Section 88.640 - Sprinkling and cleaning of streets — cost, how assessed.
Section 88.647 - Opening, extending or widening county roads — duty of council as to benefits.
Section 88.653 - Declaration of necessity for improvement.
Section 88.657 - Owners to have thirty days to make improvements.
Section 88.660 - Cost to be assessed proportionally.
Section 88.663 - Special tax bills shall be assignable and collectible.
Section 88.667 - Condemnation of private property.
Section 88.670 - Public improvements — powers.
Section 88.673 - Board may open and vacate streets.
Section 88.677 - Public improvements — cost, how paid.
Section 88.680 - Street improvements — cost, how paid.
Section 88.683 - Street crossing improvements — special assessment.
Section 88.700 - Street improvements — declaration of necessity — taxpayers' protests.
Section 88.703 - Street repairs — cost, how paid.
Section 88.707 - Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined.
Section 88.710 - Sidewalk improvements — cost, how paid.
Section 88.713 - Condemnation of sidewalks.
Section 88.743 - County property subject to city ordinances.
Section 88.747 - Improvements, county property — duty of county commission.
Section 88.750 - Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements.
Section 88.767 - Sewage reduction device — assessment.
Section 88.773 - Water supply — contracts.
Section 88.777 - Public improvement powers (cities, under 30,000).
Section 88.790 - Assessment of public property — street repairs (cities, under 30,000).
Section 88.797 - Sprinkling and oiling of streets (cities, under 30,000).
Section 88.801 - General sewer system (cities, 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 88.804 - Council may require owners to build or repair sidewalks (cities, under 10,000).
Section 88.806 - Sidewalk improvement (cities, under 10,000).
Section 88.808 - Sidewalk improvement — notice (cities, under 10,000).
Section 88.811 - Limited street improvement costs — special tax bills.
Section 88.818 - Record of tax bills — payment to owner or city — procedure on payment to city.
Section 88.822 - Apportionment of costs of improvement and issuance of tax bills — contents.
Section 88.824 - Costs of improvement to be estimated — contracts not to exceed estimate.
Section 88.826 - Construction of street and sidewalk improvements by city, when — special tax bills.
Section 88.828 - Cost of bringing street to grade included in special assessment for surfacing.
Section 88.832 - General sewer system may be established — special public sewer tax.
Section 88.834 - District sewers — sewers constructed, when — changes.
Section 88.836 - Apportionment of costs of district sewer — levy of tax — tax bills.
Section 88.838 - Joint district sewers, costs, how paid.
Section 88.844 - City may condemn property for sewers.
Section 88.846 - Special tax bills for sewers, validity, how collected.
Section 88.848 - When no bids received, city may construct sewer, tax bills.
Section 88.854 - Special tax bills, how collected — evidence.
Section 88.856 - Action on tax bills, how tried.
Section 88.861 - Special judgment on tax bill, effect — interest rate — parties only bound.
Section 88.863 - Sidewalks — power of city council.
Section 88.870 - Council may regulate building of sidewalks and parkways.
Section 88.873 - Condemnation of sidewalks.
Section 88.877 - Sidewalk maintenance by owner.
Section 88.880 - Sidewalk construction.
Section 88.883 - Sidewalk maintenance by city.
Section 88.887 - Sidewalk districts.
Section 88.890 - Sidewalk improvement — assessments.
Section 88.893 - Sidewalk maintenance — tax bills.
Section 88.897 - Sidewalk improvement — certain tax bills a lien.
Section 88.900 - Sidewalk improvements — assessment of government property.
Section 88.903 - Special tax bills prima facie evidence.
Section 88.907 - Certification of tax bills.
Section 88.910 - Recording of tax bills.
Section 88.913 - Suit to enforce collection of special tax bill.
Section 88.917 - Street grading (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.920 - Street grading — damages and benefits (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.923 - Notice of suit on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.927 - Limiting lien on special tax bills (cities, 300,000 or over).
Section 88.930 - Condemnation of property (cities, 150,000 to 500,000).
Section 88.940 - City improvements — contracts.
Section 88.950 - Special benefit parking districts — condemnation, procedure.