2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 — Municipalities and parishes
RS 33:3745 — Sprinkling and sweeping districts

§3745. Sprinkling and sweeping districts

Each paved street or part thereof one block or more in length in a municipality having a population of more than ten thousand and not exceeding fifty thousand may be designated by the governing authority as a sprinkling and sweeping district upon petition of a majority of the residents of the street or part thereof. The governing authority shall, upon receipt of the petition advertise for bids and let out work to the lowest bidder who shall give security in the amount set by the governing authority, for the performance of the work. They may reject all bids. After making the contract the governing authority may assess one-fourth of the cost thereof on the occupants of the abutting property and one-fourth on the abutting property itself. The amount assessed against the abutting property shall be assessed in the proportion to the foot frontage of each piece of realty on the street or block. The assessments shall be due and payable at times fixed by the governing authority and shall be recorded in the recorder's office of the parish where the municipality is situated, and shall operate as a lien and privilege on the properties abutting. No part of the cost of sprinkling street car tracks shall be assessed to abutting property, city, or the occupants. The cost of sprinkling street car tracks shall be chargeable to the street car companies.