Item 8: An Ordinance Concerning Assessments for Street Improvements

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assessments for individual parcels of real property calculated under subsection[s] 7.175(2) and [7.175(3)] section 7.180 may be adjusted by a written agreement between the affected owners and the city engineer provided: (a) No parcel's adjusted proposed assessment exceeds the assessed value of the parcel at the time of the agreement; (b) The proposed adjusted assessment for any parcel subject to subsections 7.160(2) and (3) remains within the limitations imposed under subsections 7.160(2) and (3); and (c) There is no increase in the city's share of project costs or in assessments to other parcels within the project whose owners were not a party to the agreement. Section 4. Section 7.180 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is added to provide as follows: 7.180 Local Improvements – Street Assessments. (1) Assessment of Served Properties (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section 7.180, all residential and nonresidential parcels served by a street to be improved shall be assessed for the assessable street improvement components. The cost for the assessable street improvement components for each parcel served by the improvement shall be apportioned in accordance with section 7.175 and subsections 7.180(2) through (5). (b) Even if a parcel is not served by a street being improved, if a parcel is subject to a recorded petition for street improvements as described in section 7.160, it shall be assessed for street improvements, or the person who obtains a permit to develop such a parcel shall pay an equivalent assessment under the circumstances described in subsection 7.180(5). When a parcel is served by two or more streets, the parcel is served by a street when the parcel uses that street for its address. A duplex on a corner lot, or a vacant corner lot that may be developed with a duplex shall be deemed to be served by both streets. (2) Assessable Street Improvement Components (a) Except as provided in section 7.175(1), assessable components of street improvements include driveway aprons, a share of the improvements to the traveled way from back of curb to back of curb as provided in subsections 7.180(3) and 7.180(4) (including, but not limited to street structure of a thickness determined by the city engineer, lanes for vehicular use, parking and parking bays); curbs; gutters; catch basins, piping and other features necessary to remove and treat or cleanse storm water from the improved surfaces; and other related features. (b) Where the width of the street improvement varies within the improvement district or the improvement includes special features that abut fewer than all of the parcels in the improvement district, the city engineer shall determine whether the additional width or special features specially benefit specific parcels or benefit the improvement district generally, and parcels shall be assessed for Ordinance - Page 7 of 13 Version A