Agenda - Council - 09/30/1980 - Special

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ORDINANCE 80-8 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA A~N~ENT TO CHAPTER 210.01 WHICH IS KNOWN AS TH~ "STREET ASSESS~[ENT" CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE AN ORJ)INAJqCE AI~ENDING CHAPTER 210.O1 OF THE CITY CODE OF R3~EY~ MINNESOTA The City Council of the City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1. ~N~ENT Section 210.01 FINANCING ARTERIAL STREETS WITHOUT LOTS FRONTING Paragraph 2 shall be amended to read as follows: 2. Upgrading of arterial streets not lying in the city's thoroughfare system and only benefiting a localized area shall be financed by aid programs and assessment of the benefiting property. Assessments shall be made on a unit area basis with assessments on %undeveloped property lying within the area being "deferred" until time of development for a maximmm period of five (5) years. Assessments shall be made to the extent to cover costs not available from other sources. B. Section 210.014 FINANCING LOCAL RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STREETS shall be amended to read as follows: 210.014 FINANCING LOCAL RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STREETS 1. Replacement of all residential and industrial streets shall be financed by assessing the benefitting property owners on a front foot or unit basis. 2. The improvement of any collector street or major thorough- fare may be fully or partially assessed to the benefitting property owners depending on the particular circumstances of each case as determined by the City Council. 3. For the purpose of establishing a replacement policy for streets, it is hereby determined that the estimated usable life of a street shall be fifteen (15) years from the date of initial construction to the date of the proposed recon- struction. 4. When the condition of a street surface has deteriorated to the point where excessive maintenance cost is incurred by the City, or a majority of abutting residents request an im- provement, the City Council may order a public hearing on pro- posed improvements for that street. If the City Council,