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Section 5. Sections 7.175, 7.250, 7.295 and 7.299 of the Eugene Code, 1971, are amended to provide: 7.175 Local Im~)rovem~ts - Apportionment of Assessments. (1) Whatever share of the total actual project costs of the local improvement is to be borne by the city and by sources of funds other than assessments shall be deducted from the total project costs before they are apportioned and assessed under this section. The city shall pa5, the costs of the following, provided funds are available and the project has appropriate priority: (a) Components of the local improvement that will not be assessed pursuant to subsections (2) through (12) of this section 7.175; (b) Street improvements and sidewalks within the intersection of public ways other than intersections of new streets within the boundaries of a new development; (c) A portion of the street and alley improvements for residentially zoned property upon w'hich a single family dwelling or duplex exists which is ow-ned and occupied by low-moderate income person(s) and which property is adjacent to a street or alley which is unimproved or improved with substandard improvements at the time the local improvement district is formed. (d) Features of storm sewers constructed as part of a street improvement project within existing developed areas which are in addition to those necessmT to properly drain the surface of the street being improved and to provide water quality treatment to the runoft' fi~om the street surface; (e) Other costs attributable to special conditions or to policies adopted prior to or at the time the council adopts the resolution forming the local improvement district. (2) The assessments for individual parcels of real property shall be calculated and assessed as follows against the property specially benefitted by the local improvement: (a) Special costs or f~atures of the improverne~:~ that benefit a particular parcel or parcels in a manner peculiar to the parcel(s) shall, together with a share of the overhead for the improvement, be assessed separately against each benefitted parcel. (b) The remainder of the costs of the improvement shall be assessed as described in subsections (3) through (12) of this section. (c) Not'withstanding any provision in subsections (3) through (12) of this section, the city engineer may accept an alternative means of assessments or other rneans of collecting funds for local improvements if: 1. The alternative means is approved by all affbcted property owners; and 2. The city engineer determines that the alternative means adequately protects the city's interest in recovering its costs. (3) Street construction assessments - General. (a) Assessable components of street improvements include driveway Ordinance - 4