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<br />predominate appearance and use of an area. The Neighborhood Character is a about how a 51
<br />neighborhood looks and feels. Many things, such as a single building, can have its own character, 52
<br />but a neighborhood character is the composition of many buildings, streets, parks, plazas, trees, 53
<br />gardens, views, etc. Essentially anything in the local built or natural environments. It can be 54
<br />anchored by an architectural style, or it can be anchored by a feature in the landscape. Character is 55
<br />usually the first thing that visitors notice in a community and one of the first things that residents of 56
<br />that community will embrace. 57
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<br />Public Improvement: Work, which the City intends to capitalize and is greater than $100K 59
<br />when completed that increases value, brings into a more valuable or desirable condition, or 60
<br />betterment of property, or right-of-way owned by the City, County or State. 61
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<br />Public Improvement Project: A City Service project comprised of one or more public 63
<br />improvement(s) defined or completed by segments or steps that span multiple years, approved 64
<br />through a single resolution. 65
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<br />Requirements: A Public Improvement Project will be approved by resolution on a per build-out, 67
<br />per segment process. 68
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<br />Resolution for a Local or Public Improvement: A resolution, in the proper form, which is for a 70
<br />Public Improvement Project and which shall define or describe all improvements as are of a local 71
<br />character. The to be done for the total project to be completed, its steps or segments, the set of 72
<br />engineering standards to be applied, the benefit to properties involved, the local character to be 73
<br />maintained or modified, the assessment process(es) and(or) the financing method(s) which will be 74
<br />used to pay for the project. A Resolution for Public Improvement Project, whether financed with 75
<br />assessments for any local improvement may not exceed the cost of the improvement, including all 76
<br />costs and expenses connected therewith, with interest. No assessment shall exceed the benefits to the 77
<br />propertyor not, shall have both a public hearing and a public comment period of not less than sixty 78
<br />calendar days. A Public Improvement Project Resolution for multiple years of construction, not in 79
<br />the same geographic location, shall not prevent review and petition, of each annual segment, from 80
<br />the citizen's right to petition the engineering standards or the financing method being applied to the 81
<br />work scheduled for that calendar year. 82
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<br />SectionService, (conflicts as used in current section 8.02. Effective Charter Provisions. Local 84
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<br />Special Assessment: Any assessment levied to an individual property or collection of properties 87
<br />which abut or is identified as being improved by, or maintained by, a result of the term "local 88
<br />improvement" shall mean a or public improvement financed partly or wholly from special 89
<br />assessments) shall be carried out exclusively underbeing completed. The Assessment will follow the 90
<br />provisions of this Charterprocess as stated in MN Statute 429.061, as amended, and be controlled by 91
<br />MN Statute 429.051, as amended. 92
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<br />Section 8.03. Local Improvement Ordinances and Regulations. Within 90 days after this Charter goes 94
<br />into effect, the Council shall enact suitable ordinance(s) governing local improvementsLocal Improvements 95
<br />and special assessmentsSpecial Assessments. The ordinance(s) shall provide a complete working code 96
<br />covering the determination of assessments and assessment Districts, public hearings, appeals from a 97
<br />collection of assessments, penalties for delinquency in making payments, financing of said assessments, 98
<br />and the certifying of unpaid assessments for collection by the proper county officer. Said ordinance(s) 99
<br />shall also provide for installment payments and notices to be given thereof, appellate procedure, re- 100
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