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La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3681 Police juries authorized to improve streets and sidewalks
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§3681. Police juries authorized to improve streets and sidewalks The police juries may pave, plank, gravel, macadamize, or otherwise improve the streets and alleys or any part thereof not less than one block in length, and the sidewalks, or any part thereof, and construct curbing…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682 Petition of abutting owners
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§3682. Petition of abutting owners Upon the written petition of the owners of not less than fifty per cent of the front footage of land abutting a street or road, or portion thereof, to be improved, any parish, Orleans excepted, shall improve such street or road, or portion there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682.1 Petition of abutting owners in Livingston Parish
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§3682.1. Petition of abutting owners in Livingston Parish Upon the written petition of not less than fifty percent of the individual owners of land abutting a street, a road, or streets inclusive within a subdivision, or any portion of such a street or road to be improved, the go…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3682.2 Petition of abutting landowners in Caddo Parish
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§3682.2. Petition of abutting landowners in Caddo Parish Upon the written petition of the owners of not less than fifty percent of the front footage of land abutting a street, road, or streets inclusive within a subdivision, or any portion thereof, the same being contiguous with …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3683 Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract
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§3683. Preparation of specifications; ordinance ordering improvement; advertising for bids; awarding contract Upon receipt of a petition requesting the improvement the parish governing body shall prepare plans and specifications of the work to be placed on file in the secretary's…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3684 Liability of abutting property owners
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§3684. Liability of abutting property owners The total costs of improving sidewalks and curbing, including corners, as herein provided, shall be paid for by the owners of the real estate abutting upon the sidewalks or curbing on the basis of the respective frontage of the propert…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3684.1 Liability of abutting property owners in Livingston Parish
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§3684.1. Liability of abutting property owners in Livingston Parish Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 33:3383 and 3384 to the contrary, the total cost of improving a street, a road, streets inclusive within a subdivision, sidewalks, or curbing, including corners, in Livingst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3685 Apportionment of cost
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§3685. Apportionment of cost The entire cost, including costs of culverts, headers, filling, engineering, attorney's fees, labor, and material, of the improvement shall be apportioned as follows: (1) The abutting real estate owners shall pay all the costs of paving or improving s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3686 Acceptance of improvement; assessment and lien
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§3686. Acceptance of improvement; assessment and lien Where any street, alley, sidewalk, curbing, or portion thereof is paved, or otherwise improved, the police jury shall, upon the final satisfactory completion of the work, accept the same by ordinance and provide for an assessm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3687 Enforcement of assessment
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§3687. Enforcement of assessment A. The amount assessed in the ordinance shall be due and exigible immediately upon its passage, and, if not paid within thirty days after the passage of the ordinance, the parish may proceed by suit against the assessed properties and owners there…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3688 Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments
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§3688. Installment payments; notes evidencing deferred payments NOTE: AS AMENDED BY ACTS 1950, NO. 71, §1: The governing authority of the parish shall provide in the ordinance accepting the work and making the assessment that the property owners therein assessed, (including the p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689 Local assessment ordinances; record of proceedings
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§3689. Local assessment ordinances; record of proceedings All ordinances relative to sidewalks and street paving and curb constructions shall be known as "Local Assessment Ordinances" and shall be numbered separately from other ordinances of the parish, and all petitions, bids, r…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.1 Authority to construct and improve streets and sidewalks
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§3689.1. Authority to construct and improve streets and sidewalks A. The parishes in the state of Louisiana, through the police juries as the governing authorities thereof, shall have, and are hereby vested with, full power and authority to construct, pave, surface, or otherwise …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.10 Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons
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§3689.10. Execution and registration of certificates and interest coupons The said paving certificates shall be signed by the president and by the secretary of the police jury for, on behalf of, and in the name of the parish and under the seal thereof. The interest coupons shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.11 Sale and delivery of certificates
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§3689.11. Sale and delivery of certificates The police jury of the parish issuing such paving certificates may by resolution empower and authorize its president and its secretary to negotiate and deliver such paving certificates and collect the purchase price therefor and do any …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.12 Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability
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§3689.12. Negotiability of certificates; validity and incontestability Paving certificates issued hereunder shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant, and shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their issuance, sale…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.13 Inspection and acceptance of work; payment
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§3689.13. Inspection and acceptance of work; payment The police jury shall upon the completion of any contract awarded as provided for herein, provide for the final inspection of the work performed thereunder and the improvements made, and if the work be found to have been comple…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.14 Engineer; employment and duties; attorney
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§3689.14. Engineer; employment and duties; attorney Said parishes are hereby authorized through their police juries to engage the services of an engineer and provide for his payment, which engineer shall prepare all plans and specifications as to grade, subgrade, drainage, manner…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.15 Limit of indebtedness
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§3689.15. Limit of indebtedness Paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall not be included in computing the indebtedness of the parish for the purpose of determining any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness. Acts 1952, No.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.16 Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security
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§3689.16. Exemption of certificates from taxation; acceptability as security All paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 shall be exempt from taxation. They shall be acceptable as security for any deposits of public funds. Acts 1952, No. 430, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.17 Period within which to question validity of certificates
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§3689.17. Period within which to question validity of certificates If the validity of any paving certificates issued under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17 is not raised within thirty days from the date of publication of the resolution or ordinance issuing said paving …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.18 Financing costs of improvements other than by sale of certificates
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§3689.18. Financing costs of improvements other than by sale of certificates Any parish having available funds with which to finance the cost of said street improvements may utilize said funds for the purpose, without the necessity of issuing and selling paving certificates or ot…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.19 Construction of Sections 3681 through 3689.18
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§3689.19. Construction of Sections 3681 through 3689.18 Sections 3681 through 3689.18 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes shall be construed to provide a method by which parishes may construct street improvements and levy special assessments to cover the cost thereof, w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.2 Notice of intention
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§3689.2. Notice of intention Any parish taking advantage of R.S. 33:3689.1 to 33:3689.17, shall, through its police jury as the governing authority thereof, be required to adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to construct, pave, surface or otherwise improve, together…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.3 Objections
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§3689.3. Objections The police jury of any parish shall not order the construction of said improvements in the event there is filed at the public hearing written objection to the proposed improvement signed by the property owners owning more than one-half of the total front feet …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.4 Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids
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§3689.4. Plans and specifications; advertisement for bids The police jury of any parish, after having given due notice of intention in the manner hereinbefore provided and after having disposed of all objections to the contemplated improvements, and having decided to order the co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.5 Award of contract
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§3689.5. Award of contract The police jury shall meet in open session on the date and at the place and hour named in the notice calling for sealed bids for the construction of the said works, and proceed to open said bids and award the contract to the lowest bidder who can furnis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.6 Engineer's report; assessment of costs
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§3689.6. Engineer's report; assessment of costs Any police jury upon the award of any contract or its determination to construct the improvements herein authorized, under the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17, shall forthwith require of the engineer of the parish in charge …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.7 Local or special assessments
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§3689.7. Local or special assessments A. Upon receipt of the certified statement or report of the engineer of the parish as provided for in the preceding section, the police jury thereof shall review said certified statement or report, including the proposed local or special asse…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.8 Paving certificates
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§3689.8. Paving certificates Any parish upon complying with the provisions of R.S. 33:3689.1-33:3689.17, shall have and is hereby authorized through its police jury as the governing authority thereof to issue, execute, negotiate, sell and deliver negotiable interest bearing coupo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3689.9 Additional assessments
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§3689.9. Additional assessments In the event the local or special assessments originally levied are insufficient for any cause whatsoever to pay the principal and interest or the principal or interest in any one year on the said paving certificates outstanding at their respective…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.1 Jefferson Parish; blacktopping of streets
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§3690.1. Jefferson Parish; blacktopping of streets In addition to the authority provided in R.S. 33:3689.1 through 3689.19, the parish of Jefferson, through its governing authority, shall have and is hereby vested with full power and authority to blacktop roads and streets or ins…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.10 Establishment of fund
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§3690.10. Establishment of fund The Jefferson Parish council is hereby authorized to establish such a fund as may be necessary to provide for the cost of the said improvements not covered by the cash payments. Acts 1962, No. 256, §10.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.11 Contesting validity; prescription
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§3690.11. Contesting validity; prescription No contest, action or proceeding to question the validity or legality of any resolution, ordinance, notice or other proceeding adopted or published in accordance with the foregoing shall be begun in any court by any person for any cause…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.2 Petition; resolution of intention; conditions
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§3690.2. Petition; resolution of intention; conditions Upon the written petition of not less than fifty percent of the property owners owning not less than fifty percent of the lineal frontage of immovable property abutting on any road or street in the unincorporated areas of Jef…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.3 Notice and hearing
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§3690.3. Notice and hearing If the governing authority of the parish determines to make the proposed improvements, it shall adopt a resolution giving notice of the intention to make such improvements and embody therein in a general way the improvements contemplated and the manner…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.4 Written objection by more than fifty percent of abutting real estate owners
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§3690.4. Written objection by more than fifty percent of abutting real estate owners The Jefferson Parish Council shall not order the construction of said improvements in the event there is filed at the public hearing written objection to the proposed improvements signed by more …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.5 Resolution of authorization
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§3690.5. Resolution of authorization The Jefferson Parish Council, after having given due notice of intention in the manner provided in this Subpart and after having disposed of all objections to the contemplated improvements, in the event that not more than fifty percent of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.6 Statement or report of total cost; pro rata shares
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§3690.6. Statement or report of total cost; pro rata shares The Jefferson Parish council shall then require of the engineer for the department of roads and bridges of Jefferson Parish a statement or report duly certified to and showing in detail the total cost of the improvements…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.7 Levy of local or special assessment
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§3690.7. Levy of local or special assessment Upon receipt of the statement or report referred to in R.S. 33:3690.6, the Jefferson Parish council shall adopt an ordinance levying a local or special assessment on each lot or parcel of real estate abutting the street or road to be i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.8 Collection of amounts assessed
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§3690.8. Collection of amounts assessed The amounts assessed in the said local or special assessment ordinance shall be due and collectible immediately on its passage, and if not paid within ten (10) days from the date of publication of said ordinance, it will be conclusively pre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3690.9 Filing of levying ordinance; lien and privilege
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§3690.9. Filing of levying ordinance; lien and privilege A certified copy of the ordinance levying the local or special assessments as hereinbefore provided shall be filed with the clerk of court of Jefferson parish, who shall forthwith record the same in the mortgage records of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3691 Additional authority for street improvements
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§3691. Additional authority for street improvements A. Whenever one or more roads or streets are located partially within the boundaries of two adjoining parishes, and outside of any municipality, the governing authority of either parish, with the consent of the governing authori…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3701 Railroad crossings; permits; sharing cost
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§3701. Railroad crossings; permits; sharing cost A. Where the tracks of a railroad cross or limit access to a state highway or a street or alley of a municipality or parish, the governing authority may require that a railroad company notify the governing authority in writing prio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3702 Disagreement between municipality or parish and railroad; decision by public service commission
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§3702. Disagreement between municipality or parish and railroad; decision by public service commission In cases mentioned in R.S. 33:3701 if the municipal or parish authorities and the railroads are not able to agree on the plans for the construction, payment for, or maintenance …
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3703 Apportionment between railroads crossing street
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§3703. Apportionment between railroads crossing street If there are more than one railroad crossing the street or alley or limiting access to a state highway, the one-half of the cost not paid by the municipality or parish shall be apportioned between or among the railroads accor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3704 Payments due upon completion of work
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§3704. Payments due upon completion of work In carrying out the work provided for in R.S. 33:3701 through 3703, the amount, if any, due to the municipality or parish shall be due and payable immediately after the work is completed and accepted, and the amount, if any, due the rai…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3705 Railroads required to maintain lights at crossings
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§3705. Railroads required to maintain lights at crossings A. Municipalities or parishes which have their streets lighted may require railroad companies to maintain lights at the intersections of their tracks within the limits of the municipality or parish, similar to and of equal…
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3721 Street defined
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§3721. Street defined The word "street" as used in this Part shall mean any public highway, boulevard, esplanade, square or street, or any part or side of the same, within the limits of any incorporated municipality having a population in excess of fifty thousand inhabitants.
La. Rev. Stat. § 33:3722 Establishment of building lines; building restrictions
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§3722. Establishment of building lines; building restrictions Any municipality having a population in excess of fifty thousand may provide by ordinance for the establishment of a building line, on any street, provided that written notice of the introduction of the ordinance estab…
