Attorney General Opinion No.

Mary F. Carson Bond Counsel for City of Dodge City 9200 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 230 Overland Park, Kansas 66210

Dear Ms. Carson:

As Bond Counsel for the City of Dodge City you ask our opinion on whether the City may create an improvement district under K.S.A. 12-6a01et seq. in which the proposed improvement district does not include properties abutting a planned street improvement; rather, the improvement district would be created based on the benefit to the owner of nonabutting property.

As background, you inform us that the City proposes to improve a street designated Ross Boulevard, which…