(A) Trunk water mains and sanitary sewers. When a water or sewer main is laid across or adjacent to unplatted property, the city shall not defer the assessment against the unplatted property if the assessment would be made for such an improvement in the case of platted property, but the city shall make the assessment at the time the assessment against other property is made, apportioning the assessment against the unplatted property on the basis of area. When a trunk sewer or water main is constructed and is to serve also as a lateral sewer or water main for abutting property, the abutting property shall be assessed for the cost of a lateral sewer or water main of eight inches, plus its proportionate share of the cost of the excess capacity. Other property benefitted by the trunk sewer or water main, but unable to utilize it until a lateral connected to the trunk sewer or water main has been built to serve the property shall not be assessed for its share of the cost of the trunk sewer or water main until the lateral is built. The assessment for the lateral shall then include the property’s share of the trunk sewer or water main. The cost of the trunk sewer or water main in excess of the lateral assessment shall be assessed on the basis of area against all properties benefitted. The cost of a lift station shall be assessed on the basis of area against that property actually benefitted by the lift station.
(B) Arterial street surfacing.
(1) For the purpose of this section, the term
ARTERIAL STREET is defined as a street used primarily to carry traffic between the thoroughfares system and minor residential streets or non-residential areas when classified as such in the city’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
(2) When an arterial street is paved with concrete, a bituminous mat or other permanent surface, the cost of the pavement on a 36-foot roadway shall be assessed against the benefitted property on the basis of frontage on the abutting street. When the standard for the paving is higher than those the city would use for a residential street, the cost to be assessed shall be based on the cost of paving a residential street of the same width. The rest of the cost shall be paid from general funds.
(Prior Code, § 2.73) (Ord. 72, Third Series, effective 7-20-1989; Ord. 179, New Series, effective 1-19-1979)