Item 8: An Ordinance Concerning Assessments for Street Improvements

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determined by the city engineer to be the equivalent of the thickness appropriate for predominantly local street use. (b) In addition to assessment for curb, gutter, sidewalks and driveway aprons, parcels assessed for improvements to an arterial or collector street shall be assessed for a portion of the pavement and the associated pavement drainage system (catch basins, connecting pipes and other drainage facilities). Parcels within a low-density residential zone shall be assessed according to the functional classification of the street, as follows: 1. Major arterial - no paving or drainage. 2. Minor arterial - 3-1/2 feet of pavement width and associated drainage system for the portion of pavement to be assessed. 3. Major collector - 7 feet of pavement width and associated drainage system for the portion of pavement to be assessed. 4. Neighborhood collector - 10 feet of pavement width and associated drainage system for the portion of pavement to be assessed. (c) With the exception of within a low-density residential zone, developed and partially developed parcels within all zones shall be assessed for the full frontage abutting the street improvement and for 10 feet of the pavement. (d) Developed and partially developed parcels with non-conforming uses within a residential zone shall be assessed for the full frontage abutting the street improvement and for 10 feet of pavement. (e) Concerning a parcel or portion thereof for which paragraphs (e) or (g), of subsection 7.175(3) require no assessment, a person who receives a permit to develop such a parcel, whether before or after the improvement has been constructed, shall pay an equivalent assessment based upon the abutting front footage of the parcel that was not previously assessed, to be calculated, reviewed, and paid as provided in section 7.407 of this code before any of the following occurs: 1. A permit is issued authorizing construction of a new driveway access to the arterial or collector street; 2. A permit is issued authorizing connection of a new street that connects the parcel to the arterial or collector street; 3. Any partition, subdivision or development of the parcel regulated by chapter 9 of this code is approved; or 4. Construction of a new structure capable of human occupancy.] (7) 4 Sidewalk assessments. Parcels abutting a sidewalk shall be liable for a proportionate share of the cost of the sidewalk, based on the front footage of the parcel abutting the sidewalk. [The front footage shall be ascertained in the same manner as for street-improvement assessments.] Where, however, the council finds that the topography makes it unfeasible to construct a sidewalk on both sides of the street, the cost of the sidewalk on one side of the street may be assessed to both the parcels abutting the sidewalk and the parcels on the opposite side of the street from the sidewalk, on the basis of the front footage abutting or directly across the street from the sidewalk, or the costs may also be apportioned on the basis of the area of sidewalk or driveway apron or both abutting each parcel, whichever basis is determined to be more equitable by the council. (12) 9 Without repeating the notice required by section 7.185, prior to enactment of the ordinance levying the assessment required by section 7.190, the proposed Ordinance - Page 6 of 13 Version A