West Virginia Code § 8-18-3

Notice to abutting owners before authorizing improvements; form of
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notice; affidavit of publication.
Before the adoption of such ordinance or resolution of necessity or convenience, the
governing body shall cause notice to be given to owners of abutting property that such
ordinance or resolution will be considered before adoption at a public meeting of the
governing body at a date, time and place named in the notice and that all peersons shall at
that meeting, or an adjournment thereof, be given an opportunity to protest or be heard
concerning the adoption or rejection of said ordinance or resolution. Surch notice to owners
of property abutting on the portion of the street, alley, public way or easement, or sewer
right-of-way or easement, to be improved may be by service on such owners in the manner in
which process commencing a civil action under the laws of this state is permitted to be
served at least ten days before said meeting. In lieu of such tservice of such notice, the
following described notice, or one in substantially the same form, may be given, and shall be
deemed to have been served on all such owners of abutting property, by publication of such
notice as a Class II legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three,
chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such publication shall be such
municipality:
"NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS OR CORPORATIONS OWNING PROPERTY ABUTTING ON
............................ (here describe theg portion of the street, alley, public way or easement, or
sewer right-of-way or easement, to be improved) IN THE ............................. (city, town or
village) OF ........................... (neame of municipality):
Proposals have been maLde to the .......................... (council, board of directors,
commissioners or other governing body) of the ............................. (city, town or village) of
....................... (name of municipality) to permanently improve the portion of the .................
(street, alley, public way or easement, or sewer right-of-way or easement) above described in
..................................... (name of municipality) by ......................... (grading, regrading,
paving, repaving, surfacing, resurfacing, curbing or recurbing, building or renewing of
sideWwalks, or the constructing of sanitary or storm sewers, or other general description of
the proposed improvements) as the ................................... (council, board of directors,
commissioners or other governing body) may deem proper, and to assess the cost of such
improvements on the property abutting said portion of said .......................... (street, alley,
public way or easement, or sewer right-of-way or easement).
The proposals to make such improvements, and the plans, specifications, profiles and
estimates therefor, will be considered by the ........................... (council, board of directors,
commissioners or other governing body) at a public meeting to be held on the ......... day of
............., 19......, at ...... M. at .................. Any abutting owner or interested party will be
given an opportunity to protest or be heard at said meeting or an adjournment thereof.
........................... (name of recorder)
........................... (official position)."
An affidavit of publication of the notice, made by the newspaper publisher, or some person
authorized to do so on behalf of such publisher, and a copy of the notice shall be made a part
of the minutes of the governing body and spread on its records of the meeting described in
the notice. The service of said notice upon all persons owning any interest in any property
abutting upon any portion of said street, alley, public way or easement, or sewer right-of-way
or easement, to be improved shall conclusively be deemed to have been given when such
newspaper publication shall have been completed. e
PART II. PROCEDURES RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS AND
ASSESSMENTS.

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