Each parcel or lot will be assessed on the basis of its proportionate share of the total appropriate assessable units affected by the improvement. Assessable units shall be in terms of "adjusted frontage," "area," or "lot," as described below.
(A) "Adjusted frontage" shall be calculated by the following procedure, and shall be expressed to the nearest tenth of a foot.
(1) For rectangular interior lots the "frontage" shall be equal to the dimension of the side of the lot abutting the improvement.
(2) For rectangular corner lots the "frontage" shall be equal to the dimension of the smaller of the two sides of the lot abutting the improvement plus one-half the larger side. Provided, further, that for ornamental street lighting in a residential area, and for all street resurfacing improvement, the "frontage" of a rectangular corner lot shall be equal to only the dimension of the smaller of the two sides of the lot.
(3) For irregularly shaped interior lots the "frontage" shall be equal to the average width of the lot.
(4) For irregularly shaped corner lots the "frontage" shall be equal to the average width of the lot, plus one-half of the average length of the lot. Provided, further, that for ornamental street lighting in residential areas, and for all street resurfacing improvements the "frontage" of an irregularly shaped corner lot shall be equal only to the average width of the lot.
(5) For interior lots less than 150 feet in depth, or lots which cannot be subdivided under existing subdivision regulations, and which abut two parallel streets, the "frontage" for a given type of surface improvement shall be calculated on only one side of the lot, using average lot width.
(6) For end lots less than 150 feet in depth or lots which can not be subdivided under existing subdivision regulations, and which abut three streets, the "frontage" for a given type of surface improvement shall be calculated on the same basis as if such lot was a corner lot abutting the improvement on two sides only, using average lot width and depth.
(7) For sewer and water improvements adjacent to corner or end lots, the "adjusted frontage" shall equal the average width (short dimension) of the lot, regardless of which side abuts the improvement.
(8) Because frontage roads along highways or other arterial streets are deemed to be of benefit to commercial or industrial properties, the entire costs of any improvement on such frontage roads shall be assessable to the benefitted properties, even if only those properties on one side of such frontage roads are benefitted.
(B) "Area" shall be defined as the gross area of the parcel or lot which is benefitted, in terms of square feet. All property within district boundaries is to be included. District boundaries shall be determined by the Engineer.
(C) "Unit" or "lot" shall be defined as when the City Council determines that the assessable costs would be more equitably distributed on a "unit" basis, the assessable unit may be the "lot" (i.e. a uniform per lot assessment), an REC (residential equivalent connection), or other equitable unit adopted by the Council. Normally, a unit would be one-half acre or one single-family connection. Multiple-family connections would be 0.75 units per dwelling unit.
(D) Building square footage shall be determined by taking the total first floor area to the nearest square foot (one square foot).
(E) Diagonal parking lineal footage shall be the length of diagonal parking immediately adjacent to the property assessed to the nearest foot (one foot), not including yellowed curb "no parking" areas.
(F) Parallel parking lineal footage shall be the length of parallel parking immediately adjacent to the property assessed to the nearest foot (one foot), not including yellowed "no parking" areas.
(G) Off-street parking stalls shall be the equivalent of 10' x 20' stalls. Partial stalls will not be included. Where more than one row of parking stalls are provided, the minimum driveway widths in Table 1 below shall be provided.
TABLE 1. PARKING LOT DIMENSIONS | ||||||||
Angle of Parking | Stall Width | Curb Length Per Car | Stall Depth | Minimum Driveway Width | Lot Width 1 Row +1 Driveway | Sq. Ft. Per Car | Lot Width 2 Row +1 Driveway | Sq. Ft. Per Car |
Along curb= 0° | 10' | 23' | 10' | 12' | 22' | 506 | 32' | 368 |
30° | 10' | 20' | 18'3 " | 11' | 29'3" | 585 | 47'6" | 475 |
45° | 10' | 14'2" | 20'6 " | 13' | 33'6" | 490 | 54' | 383 |
60° | 10' | 11'6" | 21'6 " | 18' | 39'6" | 455 | 61' | 351 |
90° | 10' | 10' | 19' | 24' | 43' | 430 | 62' | 310 |
(Ord. 619, eff. 3-24-80) Penalty, see § 10.99