§ 43. Street improvements.

Said City of Port Wentworth, by and through its mayor and council, shall have full power and authority to grade, pave and otherwise improve for travel and drainage, any streets, sidewalks, public lanes, and alleys in said city. They shall have full power and authority to assess ninety (90) percent of the cost of paving and otherwise improving sidewalks against the real estate abutting on the sidewalk so paved or improved, but only on the side of the street on which the sidewalk is paved or improved. They shall also have full power and authority to assess one-third of the cost of paving and otherwise improving streets in said city against the real estate abutting on the street. The cost of such improvements assessed against the abutting property shall be a lien on such property so assessed, and collection thereof may be enforced by execution and sale, as shall be provided by ordinance adopted by the mayor and council.

State law reference

Street maintenance, O.C.G.A. § 32-4-92.