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and service line portions of the assessment and spread among all properties or portions of properties in the basins which have not previously been assessed. All developed properties within the boundaries of the local improvement district that have not previously paid for the sewers will be assessed. Vacant properties outside the city will not be assessed but were included in the unit cast calculations. The city will carry these costs in anticipation of future collection through the eight-inch equivalent process.} Vacant properties annexed and within the city limits, or anticipated to be within the City by March 4 will be assessed. The determination of vacant properties has resulted in some controversy which is addressed in a later section. In addition to the vacant properties not being included in the LID's there are two features within the LID boundaries that were not included in the assess- able area for calculating unit costs or assessments: 1} area covered by the existing panels near Park Avenue and Park Terrace 2} property encumbered by developed drainage facilities within existing dedicated easements. The primary reason for these exceptions are that the land cannot be used for any other purpose or developed further due to these physical encumbrances. CURRENT ISSUES -Vacant Properties Current issues include the definition of vacant lots. At the time of the formation of the district "vacant lots" were defined as lots with no plumbing fixtures. Vacant lots were excluded in the local improvement district by this definition "in order to avoid the premature development of vacant property in BASINS Ay B, AND C SANITARY SEWERS RIVER ROAD AREA LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PAGE 5