SDCL § 9-36-13: Improvements made by municipality--Special assessments for benefits.

If a majority of the property owners do not enter a protest against the proposed improvement, and if the improvement is not made in the manner and within the time prescribed in the notice, the governing body by resolution may cause the improvement to be done and the cost of the improvement assessed against the lots chargeable as provided in § 9-36-12, according to the benefits derived by each of the lots from the improvement as provided in chapter 9-43.