(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the city shall comply with all minimum requirements as provided in Minnesota Statutes in determining and levying assessments. In addition, if any procedure specified herein is determined to be violative of existing law, the procedures shall be modified in each case to comply fully with the law.
(B) In no event shall the amount of a special assessment levied against any property exceed the benefit to the property by the improvement, measured by the increase in market value of the property resulting from the improvement. If the City Council determines that in a proposed assessment roll that the amount of the assessment exceeds the benefit to any property, the Council shall reduce the assessment against the property, and shall either pay the excess from general city funds or issue an amended assessment roll, as the Council determines equitable.
(C) In order to ensure that the assessment procedure and the assessments as levied will comply fully with state law and constitutional safeguards in each proposed project, the Council may require additional procedures, determinations or hearings. The additional procedures, determinations and hearings may be specified in the assessment manual or may be determined by resolution for each proposed project. It is the intent of this division (C) to authorize the Council to require additional safeguards in the assessment process in light of constantly changing statutes and constitutional requirements.
(Ord. 82, passed 7-24-1979)