A. The downtown business improvement district is hereby established pursuant to the provisions of SDCL Ch. 9-55.
B. The purposes of the district and the public improvements of facilities to be included in the downtown business improvement district are as follows:
1. The acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of public off-street parking facilities for the benefit of the district area;
2. Improvement of any public place or facility in the district area, including landscaping and plantings;
3. Construction or installation of convention or event centers, pedestrian shopping malls or plazas, sidewalks, including moving sidewalks, parks, meeting and display facilities, bus stop shelters, lighting, benches or other seating furniture, sculptures, trash receptacles, shelters, fountains, skywalks, and pedestrian and vehicular overpasses and underpasses or any useful or necessary public improvement;
4. Leasing, acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, maintaining, or repairing parking lots or parking garages, both above and below ground, or other facilities for the parking of vehicles, including the power to install such facilities in public areas, whether such areas are owned in fee or by easement, in the district area;
5. Creation and implementation of a plan for improving the general architectural design of public areas in the district area;
6. The development of any activities and promotion of the district area;
7. Maintenance, repair, and reconstruction of any improvements or facilities authorized by this chapter;
8. Any other project or undertaking for the betterment of the facilities in the district area, whether the project is capital or noncapital in nature;
9. Enforcement of parking regulations within the district area; and
10. Employing or contracting for personnel, including administrators for any improvement or promotional program under this chapter, and providing for any service necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
C. The description of the boundaries of the downtown business improvement district as indicated by the plat showing the exterior boundaries of the downtown business improvement district have been prepared and filed with the city administrator, and a copy of which is attached to Ordinance 1110 as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference.
D. The real property located in the boundary of the downtown business improvement district shall be subject to a special assessment authorized by SDCL § 9-55-2.
E. The method of assessment to be imposed on the real property within the downtown business improvement district shall be as follows: the initial assessment shall be based upon running street feet of the property depending on the street upon which the property lies plus any additional assessment requested by the downtown business improvement district board.
F. The district shall be entitled to impose any special assessment upon the property within a business improvement district in the municipality or a general business license and occupation tax on businesses and users of space within a business improvement district or both, as may be authorized by SDCL Ch. 9-55.
(Ord. No. 1110, 12-7-09)