Sec. 118-58. Property zoned and used for single-family detached dwellings and two-family detached dwellings.
(a) Applicability. The assessments in this section shall apply to vacant property consisting of 2¼ acres or less which is zoned at the time of the creation of the improvement district for single-family detached dwellings or two-family detached dwellings, and property which is zoned and being used at the time of the creation of the improvement district for single-family detached dwellings or two-family detached dwellings. The city council shall have the sole discretion to grant exceptions to this policy.
(b) Assessment costs.
(1) The assessment costs for a property shall be based upon the benefit to the property considering the estimated unit cost of an average residential street on a front foot, square foot or other equitable basis or the actual costs of the public improvements, whichever is less.
(2) The estimated unit cost of an average residential street shall be established for each project by the city engineer and approved by the city manager using the most recent historical cost data and projected inflation factors.
(3) The estimated unit cost of an average residential street shall include the cost of curb and gutter; sidewalk; pavement, including 18 feet of subbase, base and surfacing; earthwork; street lighting; intersections; street inlets and drainage; other miscellaneous and incidental work as necessary to complete the work to city standards. The unit cost shall also include engineering, quality control, bond attorney's fees, collection and other incidental fees. Bond issuance costs will be added to the estimated unit cost at the time of final assessment.
(4) All storm sewer, sanitary sewer and water line costs shall be assessed based upon the estimated cost of a 12-inch water line, a 12-inch sanitary sewer line and a 21-inch storm drainage line. If the city desires to increase the size of lines, the city shall pay the cost difference between the costs as set forth in this division and the actual cost of the line constructed and installed.
(5) At the discretion of the City, costs of curb cuts, relocation of buildings or fences, special inlets or drainage structures, and other items which by design or use specifically benefits a certain property or if the property owner requests additional work such cost will be included in the improvement district, but such costs shall be assessed to the property specifically benefited, in addition to the estimated unit cost of an average residential street.
(c) Multiple frontage lot.
(1) If there is vehicular access to the street to be improved, the abutting multiple frontage lot shall bear the full cost of the assessment for the entire abutting frontage as determined by subsection (b) of this section.
(2) If there is no vehicular access to the street to be improved, there shall be no assessment of costs to the abutting multiple frontage lot for up to 120 feet of abutting ownership. Frontage in excess of 120 feet shall be assessed in full as determined by subsection (b) of this section.
(3) A multiple frontage lot shall be assessed the front footage, square footage or other equitable cost for at least one street.
(4) Whenever any multiple frontage lot has not been assessed the cost of public improvements because it lacks vehicular access, a notice of deferral shall be recorded with the county clerk and recorder. Such notice shall state that if the multiple frontage lot thereafter obtains vehicular access to the street within ten years from the effective date of the final assessing ordinance, the multiple frontage lot shall reimburse the city its total cost attributable to that multiple frontage lot. (Code 1979, § 34-152)