Idaho § 50-1707 - Resolution of intention to create district
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§ 50-1707. Resolution of intention to create district
Upon the filing of a petition or upon initiation of a district by council action, the council shall at a regular or special meeting adopt a resolution giving notice of its intention to create the district, to make the improvements and to levy assessments to pay all or a part thereof. The notice shall contain:
(a) A description of the boundaries of the district to be created and the property to be assessed, sufficient to inform the owners thereof that their property is to be assessed.
(b) A general description of the improvements contemplated together with an estimate of the total cost and expenses of the same and a statement of the percentage or other calculation of the total cost and expenses of the improvements which will be paid from a levy of assessments on property benefited and the percentage or calculation of the total costs and expenses which will be paid from the general funds of the municipality or from such other source specified in the notice.
(c) A statement that the costs and expenses of the improvements will be assessed against the lots and lands specially benefited by such improvements, except as provided in section 50-1705 , Idaho Code, and included in the district to be created according to a front foot method, or a square foot method, or a combination thereof, or in proportion to the benefits derived to such property by said improvements, or by another method agreed to by all property owners to be assessed, and the council shall state the method so determined in said notice.
(d) A statement that the district is to be a modified district within the meaning of this act, if the same is true, and the boundaries of such modified district shall be given.
(e) A statement of the time within which and the place at which protests shall be filed and of the time and place at which the council will conduct a public hearing to consider such protests.
[50-1707, added 1976, ch. 160, sec. 2, p. 572; am. 1999, ch. 291, sec. 6, p. 727; am. 2007, ch. 58, sec. 1, p. 140.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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