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CITY OF ST ANTHONY <br /> ASSESSMENT POLICY <br /> ASSESSMENT PERIOD: <br /> Sanitary sewer 10 years <br /> Water main 10 years <br /> Storm sewer 10 years <br /> Street construction 10 years <br /> Street resurfacing 10 years <br /> Sidewalks 10 years <br /> For several improvements in the same project, the assessment will"be 15 years. No assessment for a <br /> single improvement will exceed 10 years. <br /> The following sets forth the City's general assessment policies, but these policies may be modified to <br /> the extent necessary to result in special assessment amounts which do not exceed the special benefits <br /> to the respective properties being assessed unless greater assessments have been agreed to by the <br /> owners. <br /> UPGRADING OF PUBLIC ROADWAYS <br /> For street paving and reconstruction, 50% of the cost for a project will be obtained from sources <br /> other than ad valorem taxes. <br /> All property will be assessed on the basis of front footage as specified below. Non tax-exempt <br /> property zoned R-1, R-IA, and R-2 is assessed a minimum of 50% of the actual cost for a 7-ton, 32 <br /> ft wide pavement with concrete curb and gutter and routine drainage. The above property will be <br /> assessed for this type of roadway even if the width or strength is greater. All tax-exempt property <br /> regardless of zoning class, such as, but not necessarily limited-to schools, churches, parks, and <br /> government land, will be assessed on a front footage basis at 50% of the cost of a 7-ton, 32 ft wide <br /> pavement (even when heavier roads are constructed). All property not covered in the above is <br /> assessed on a front footage basis at 50%.of the cost for the specific type of roadway on which they <br /> abut. In addition to the costs above, all property may be assessed a proportionate share on a footage <br /> basis for expenses such as right of way and easement acquisition needed for that segment of the <br /> project including the roadway abutting the property. <br /> ALLEYS <br /> Totally assessed (100%) on a front foot basis to abutting properties. <br /> CONDOMINIUMS - RESIDENTIAL <br /> Assessments above are spread by dividing them equally among the units. <br /> The assessments are not divided by the percentage of space per unit. <br /> 1 <br />