Arizona Laws 48-519. Delivery of diagram; assessment of expenses
A. The city or town engineer shall deliver the diagram to the street superintendent, and shall endorse thereon the date of delivery.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-519
- city: includes counties, incorporated cities and towns and other corporations organized for municipal purposes. See Arizona Laws 48-501
- council: includes any body or board in which is vested by law the legislative power of a municipality. See Arizona Laws 48-501
- Engineer: includes any person who, under whatever official name, is the civil engineer or surveyor of the city or town, and where there is no elected or appointed official, then the engineer is the person who may be appointed or employed by the council to perform the duties required of an engineer under the provisions of this article. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Improvement: includes all the improvements mentioned in this article, and the term or terms "street opening or widening" and "opening or widening" include all improvements mentioned in this article. See Arizona Laws 48-501
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Railroad: includes street railroad and interurban railroad. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Street: includes avenues, alleys, highways, lanes, crossings, intersections, courts, places and grounds now open or dedicated or hereafter opened or dedicated to public use, and public ways. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Street superintendent: includes any officer or board who, by law, has charge of streets or the improvement thereof in a city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-501
- superintendent: includes any person who, under whatever official name, is charged with the care or supervision of the streets of the city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-571
B. The street superintendent shall, within thirty days after receiving the diagram, assess the total expenses of the proposed improvement upon and against the lands, including the property of a railroad or street railroad, within the assessment district, except the land to be taken for the improvement, in proportion to the benefits to be derived from the improvement. The council may extend the time for completing the assessment for a period not exceeding thirty days.
C. The total expense of the improvement to be assessed shall include the amounts awarded to defendants by the judgment for condemnation, their costs, the compensation and expenses of the referees allowed by the court, costs of the plaintiff, the expenses of making the assessment, and all expenses necessarily incurred by the city or town in connection with the proposed improvement.