§ 40-56-04 — Protests to bar improvements

If the city's total share of the costs equals or exceeds fifty percent of the entire cost of the
project, the governing body may initiate, carry out, and construct the project, and special
assessments may be levied against the benefited property in the manner provided by law,
unless within thirty days after the first publication of the resolution declaring the work to be
necessary, the owners of seventy-five percent or more, by area, of the property liable to be
specially assessed for the improvement, shall file written protest against said improvement with
the city auditor.