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Page 1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE ASSESSMENT POLICY Updated August 2019 ASSESSMENT PERIOD Sanitary Sewer 10 years Water Main 10 years Storm Sewer 10 years Street Construction 10 years Street Resurfacing 10 years Sidewalks 10 years For multiple improvement types that occur as part of the same project, the assessment shall be 15 years. No assessment for a single improvement shall exceed 10 years. The following sets forth the City’s general assessment policies, but these policies may be modified to the extent necessary to result in special assessment amounts which do not exceed the special benefits to the respective properties being assessed, unless greater assessments have been agreed to by the owners impacted by the proposed improvements. UPGRADING OF PUBLIC ROADWAYS For reconstruction of existing roadways, the City’s policy is to replace the existing surface, whether concrete or bituminous, with bituminous roadways and concrete curb and gutter. For street reconstruction, 35% of the cost for a project will be obtained from sources other than ad valorem taxes. For street overlay, 50% of the cost for a project will be obtained from sources other than ad valorem taxes. All property will be assessed on a basis of front footage as specified below. 1) Non tax-exempt property zoned R-1, R-1A, R-2, and R-3 shall be assessed a minimum of 35%, and the overlay 50%, of the actual cost for a 7-ton, 32-foot wide bituminous pavement with concrete curb and gutter and routine drainage. The above property shall be assessed for this type of roadway even if the width or strength is greater. 2) All tax-exempt property regardless of zoning class, such as, but not no necessarily limited to schools, churches, parks, and government land, shall be assessed on a front footage basis at 50% of the cost of a 7-ton, 32-foot wide pavement with concrete curb and gutter and routine drainage. The above property will be assessed for this type of roadway even if the width or strength is greater. 3) All property not covered in the above description shall be assessed on a front footage basis at 50% of the cost for improvements to the roadway that they abut.