Item 8: An Ordinance Concerning Assessments for Street Improvements

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1. A parcel with single-family or low-density residential zoning shall be assessed for a maximum of 17 feet of width. 2. A parcel with zoning other than single-family or low-density residential zoning shall be assessed for a maximum of 22 feet of width. (c) The cost for the assessable width shall be apportioned to each parcel on the basis of its front footage abutting the improvement, except where subsection 7.175(3)(d) or (e) of this code provides for assessment of less than the full frontage. 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 additional width or special features in accordance with the engineer’s determination. (d) Concerning a parcel or a portion thereof for which paragraphs (e) or (g) of subsection 7.175(3) require no assessment at the time of the improvement: 1. A person who receives a permit to develop such a parcel after the improvement has been constructed shall pay an equivalent assessment based upon the abutting front footage 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: A. A permit is issued authorizing construction of a new driveway access to the local street; B. A permit is issued authorizing construction of a new street that connects the parcel to the local street; C. Any partition, subdivision or development of the parcel regulated by Chapter 9 of this code is approved; or D. Construction of a new structure capable of human occupancy. 2. A person who receives a permit to develop such a parcel before improvements to the abutting street have been constructed shall not pay an equivalent assessment when the permit is received, but the parcel shall be assessed as otherwise provided in section 7.175 of this code when the street improvements are constructed. (5) Arterial and collector streets. (a) Calculation of assessments for improvements to an arterial or collector street shall be as provided in this subsection 7.175(5). As used in this subsection, “major arterial,” “minor arterial,” “major collector,” and “neighborhood collector” mean streets or travel corridors designated by one of those terms in the city’s or county’s adopted comprehensive transportation plan, in an adopted arterial/collector street plan, or if not so designated, which the city engineer determines to function in the capacity of one of the four classifications. In addition to the components listed in subsection 7.175(3)(a), assessable components of an arterial or collector street improvement may include a portion of the street trees planted as part of the improvement project. The assessable thickness of street structure for an arterial or collector street shall be the thickness Ordinance - Page 5 of 13 Version A