§ 4.102. Streets, powers generally.

The city shall have the power and authority to open, lay out, grade, widen, construct, pave, repave, curb, and otherwise permanently improve any and all streets, sidewalks, and ways, and to maintain, relocate, repair, repave, extend, abandon or close them, and to construct, maintain, repair, replace and remove street curbing, sidewalks, alleys or ways. To provide funds for these purposes, all sidewalks, curbing and service sewer construction costs, except costs of service sewers which cannot serve the abutting real estate nor the owners thereof, shall be assessed against the abutting real estate and owners thereof, as previously provided in section 4.101, but only on the side of the street on which such improvements are made, if on one side only. One-third of the cost of street construction may be assessed against abutting real estate and owners thereon on one side of such street, and one-third against abutting real estate and the owners thereof on the other side, the city paying the remaining one-third. In real estate subdivisions all street construction costs shall be assessed against the abutting real estate and owners. Cost of maintenance and repair of all city streets shall be paid out of the city treasury, except in special cases provided for by the city ordinances.

(1963 Ga. Laws, page 2030, § 55)