Upon the written petition of the owners of not less than fifty per cent of the front footage of land abutting a street or road, or portion thereof, to be improved, any parish, Orleans excepted, shall improve such street or road, or portion thereof one block or more in length, and may levy and collect special taxes or local assessments on the property abutting the street or road to be improved for the purpose of defraying the entire cost of the improvement, the abutting real estate owners shall be determined by the conveyance records of the parish in which such property is situated.
La. R.S. § 33:3682