(a) 
Each street improvement unit proposed by the City of Pottsboro shall be approved individually by the city council as to the necessity for such improvements before being included in an assessment paving project. Such approval must be by two-thirds vote of the members present.
(b) 
All surfacing units included in an assessment project must be an extension of the existing hard surfaced street unless the unit is an unsurfaced block between two (2) existing hard surfaced intersections.
(c) 
Street improvements under the assessment pavement program shall not be available for use of developers or owners of land developing land for resale, excluding any lot or lots in presently improved areas.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 3, Article 11.00, Section 11.01)
(a) 
The city shall pay one-third (1/3) of the total cost of the street improvement project. The remaining portion of the street improvements shall be paid by the adjoining property owners, according to the provisions of this section and Articles 1082-1085, Vernon's Annotated Civil Texas Statutes, as amended.
(b) 
The city shall make an estimate of the cost of the street improvement project and such cost shall be noted in open session of the city council at the time the street improvement project is authorized.
(c) 
Property owners in residential areas shall be required to pay their proportional share of improvement costs of streets up to a width of thirty (30) feet from edge to edge of the street surface. Property owners in commercial areas shall be required to pay their proportional share of improvement costs on full width of streets up to sixty (60) feet from edge to edge of the street surface.
(d) 
Payment for improvements shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days after the acceptance of the improvements by the city council. With the approval of the city administrator and the mayor, arrangements can be made for monthly payments over a period not to exceed two (2) years.
(e) 
No assessments for street improvements shall be made in the absence of an advertisement inserted at least three (3) times in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.
(f) 
No assessments for street improvements shall be made in the absence of written notification to affected owners, their agents, or attorneys.
(g) 
Assessments for street improvements shall constitute a lien upon abutting property which shall create a personal liability of the owner thereof and may be enforced by suit or by sale of the property assessed in the same manner as may be provided by law for the sale of property for ad valorem city taxes.
(1996 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 3, Article 11.00, Section 11.02)