Chapter 19 — CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE AND LESS THAN ALL CLASSES

Sections 19-3301 to 19-3326 shall be known and may be cited as the Offstreet Parking District Act.

As used in the Offstreet Parking District Act, unless the context otherwise requires, offstreet parking facilities includes parking lots, garages, buildings, and multifloor buildings for the parking of motor vehicles.

In addition to matters specifically set forth in the Offstreet Parking District Act, cities of the primary class, cities of the first class, and cities of the second class are authorized to conduct the following activities: (1) The formation of offstreet parking districts; (2) Th…

Whenever any notice is to be given or posted pursuant to the Offstreet Parking District Act and the officer to give or post notice is not designated, the notice shall be given or posted by the city engineer. Any notice or posting shall not be invalidated because such notice or po…

Any proceedings taken, taxes or assessments levied, or bonds issued pursuant to the Offstreet Parking District Act shall not be held invalid for failure to comply with the act.

Any procedure not expressly set forth in the Offstreet Parking District Act but deemed necessary or convenient to carry out any of the purposes of the act is authorized.

The remedies provided in the Offstreet Parking District Act for the enforcement of taxes or assessments levied or bonds issued pursuant to the act are not exclusive.

The curative clauses of the Offstreet Parking District Act are cumulative, and each is to be given full effect.

The Offstreet Parking District Act does not affect any other law relating to the same or any similar subject but provides an alternative authority and procedure for the subject to which it relates. When proceeding under the act, only the provisions of the act need be followed.

The Offstreet Parking District Act shall be liberally construed.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any home rule charter and in addition to the powers set out in sections 15-269 to 15-276 and 16-801 to 16-811, any city of the primary class, city of the first class, or city of the second class is hereby authorized to own, purchase, construct, e…

The mayor and city council may fix and establish by resolution pursuant to the Offstreet Parking District Act the boundaries of a proposed offstreet parking district, which boundaries shall include all the land in the district which in the opinion of the mayor and city council wi…

If the owners of the record title representing more than fifty percent of the taxable valuation of all of the taxable real property included in a proposed offstreet parking district or districts under the Offstreet Parking District Act, and who were such owners at the time the no…

In the ordinance creating an offstreet parking district pursuant to the Offstreet Parking District Act, the mayor and city council shall provide that in addition to the levy of taxes and pledge of revenue all or a portion of the cost of acquisition, including construction, mainte…

The mayor and city council may by resolution levy and assess taxes and assessments under the Offstreet Parking District Act as follows: (1) A property tax within any offstreet parking district of not to exceed thirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable valuation of …

(1) In addition to uses otherwise authorized in the Offstreet Parking District Act, any money available from taxes or assessments levied pursuant to section 19-3315 or revenue derived from the operation of an offstreet parking facility may be used in an offstreet parking district…

Special assessments levied pursuant to section 19-3315 shall become due in fifty days after the date of such levy and shall become delinquent in one or more installments over a period of not to exceed twenty years, in such manner as the mayor and city council shall determine at t…

For the purpose of paying the cost of such offstreet parking facility, or any portion thereof, or to refund all or a portion of any outstanding bonds of the city authorized to be refunded by the Offstreet Parking District Act, the mayor and city council shall have power and may, …

The owners of the record title of any real property within a given area in any city of the first class or city of the second class representing fifty-five percent of the total taxable valuation of all of the taxable real property within the proposed district to be formed, which d…

When such petition is presented to the mayor and city council pursuant to section 19-3318, it shall be the duty of the mayor and city council to proceed as provided in sections 19-3312 and 19-3313 as upon the passage of a resolution for the creation of an offstreet parking distri…

Whether the ordinance creating an offstreet parking district is passed on the initiative of the city council or on the petition of landowners, the city council shall not change the boundaries, except after notice of intention to do so given by the city clerk by one insertion in t…

If a change proposed pursuant to section 19-3320 is to include additional land in the offstreet parking district, the city clerk also shall mail a copy of the notice to each person to whom land in the area proposed to be added is assessed as shown in the office of the register of…

Any land which in the judgment of the mayor and city council will not be benefited shall not be included in an offstreet parking district under the Offstreet Parking District Act.

If the proceedings for the creation of an original offstreet parking district or for an offstreet parking district under which the boundaries have been changed, are terminated by a protest to the city council, a proceeding under the Offstreet Parking District Act for the same or …

Any protest or objection made pursuant to the Offstreet Parking District Act or any signature to such objection or protest may be withdrawn by a written withdrawal signed by the person or persons who signed the protest or objection or who affixed the signature to be withdrawn and…

Proceedings under the Offstreet Parking District Act shall not be attacked after the hearing upon any grounds not stated in an objection or protest filed pursuant to the act. Any owner of real estate or person interested in any real estate within the district is estopped to attac…

(1) After the issuance of bonds under the Offstreet Parking District Act by a city of the first class or city of the second class, a certificate shall be issued by the city clerk certifying the same to the county treasurer of the county in which such city is located and the annua…

Any city of the primary class, city of the first class, or city of the second class, after the creation of an offstreet parking district pursuant to the Offstreet Parking District Act, shall have the power to own, purchase, construct, equip, lease, or operate within such city any…

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(1) The city council of cities of the first class and cities of the second class and the village board of trustees of villages may, by appropriate ordinance or proper resolution, establish a pension plan designed and intended for the benefit of the regularly employed or appointed…

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