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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.620 - White way system — powers of city council.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6963)
Prior revision: 1929 § 6817
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.623 - White way system — further powers of council.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6964)
Prior revision: 1929 § 6818
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.627 - White way system — costs, how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6965, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revision: 1929 § 6819
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.630 - Public works, governing statutes.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
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).
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(RSMo 1939 § 6966, A.L. 1953 p. 268, A.L. 1961 p. 216)
Prior revision: 1929 § 6820
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.633 - Water supply.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
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
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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.
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(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.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.637 - May open, vacate and improve streets.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6995)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6849; 1919 § 8331; 1909 § 9258
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.640 - Sprinkling and cleaning of streets — cost, how assessed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6959)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6813; 1919 § 8300; 1909 § 9237
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.647 - Opening, extending or widening county roads — duty of council as to benefits.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6974)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6828; 1919 § 8310; 1909 § 9246
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.650 - Providing for levy of special assessment for cost of laying and extending water mains.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7525)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7371
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.653 - Declaration of necessity for improvement.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7526)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7372
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.657 - Owners to have thirty days to make improvements.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7527)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7373
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.660 - Cost to be assessed proportionally.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 18 Jun 1985, see footnote
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7528, A.L. 1985 H.B. 676)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7374
Effective 6-18-85
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.663 - Special tax bills shall be assignable and collectible.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7529)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7375
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.667 - Condemnation of private property.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(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.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.670 - Public improvements — powers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7197)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7047; 1919 § 8498; 1909 § 9400
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.673 - Board may open and vacate streets.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7212)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7062; 1919 § 8512; 1909 § 9412
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.677 - Public improvements — cost, how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7198)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7048; 1919 § 8499; 1909 § 9401
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.680 - Street improvements — cost, how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7201, A.L. 1945 p. 1266)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7051; 1919 § 8502; 1909 § 9403
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.683 - Street crossing improvements — special assessment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7203)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7053; 1919 § 8504; 1909 § 9405
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.700 - Street improvements — declaration of necessity — taxpayers' protests.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7210, A.L. 1961 p. 216)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7060; 1919 § 8510; 1909 § 9411
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.703 - Street repairs — cost, how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7210, A.L. 1971 S.B. 171)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7060; 1919 § 8510; 1909 § 9411
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.707 - Certain street improvements — protest, how heard and determined.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7211)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7061; 1919 § 8511
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.710 - Sidewalk improvements — cost, how paid.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.713 - Condemnation of sidewalks.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7213)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7063; 1919 § 8513; 1909 § 9413
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.743 - County property subject to city ordinances.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7226)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7076; 1919 § 8526; 1909 § 9427
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.747 - Improvements, county property — duty of county commission.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7227)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7077; 1919 § 8527; 1909 § 9428
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.750 - Procedure upon failure of county commission to make improvements.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7228)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7078; 1919 § 8528; 1909 § 9429
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.767 - Sewage reduction device — assessment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7188)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7038; 1919 § 8489; 1909 § 9391
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.773 - Water supply — contracts.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.790 - Assessment of public property — street repairs (cities, under 30,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7498, A.L. 1993 S.B. 380)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7345; 1919 § 8759; 1909 § 9619
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.793 - Paving or improving street to connect with paved or improved streets — protests, how heard and determined (cities, under 30,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7499)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7346; 1919 § 8760
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 88 - Public Works and Special Assessments — Condemnation › Section 88.797 - Sprinkling and oiling of streets (cities, under 30,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 88
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7500)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7347; 1919 § 8761