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Ordinance 83-5 <br />City of Ramsey <br />Anoka County, Minnesota <br /> <br />09/01/83 <br /> <br />AMENDMENT To Chapter 210.01 which is known as the "Street Assessment" Chapter <br />of the City Code of Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />An Ordinance amending Chapter 210.01 of the City Code of Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />The City Council of the City of Ramsey hereby ordains: <br /> <br />Section 1- A~emdment <br /> <br />Chapter 210.01 Street Assessment is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> <br /> 210-01 <br /> <br /> PUBLIC IMPROVKNK~TS <br /> <br /> SFKCI'AL AS SKSSI~KB'TS <br /> <br />210.011 GENERAL <br /> <br />Minnesota State Law, Chapter 429, provides that a Municipality has the power to <br />make public improvements such as sanitary sewer, storm drainage, water source, <br />storage and distribution facilities, street improvements including grading, curb <br />and gutter and surfacing, sidewalks, street lighting, recreational facilities, <br />etc. . <br /> <br />210.01lA <br /> <br />THE THEORY OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS <br /> <br />Special assessments are an indirect form of taxation. They are a compulsory <br />charge on selected properties for a particular improvements or service which <br />presumably benefit the owners of the selected property and are also undertaken <br />in the interest of the public. Special assessments have three (3) distinct <br />characteristics: <br /> <br />1. They are a compulsory levy used to finance a particular public <br /> improvements program. <br /> <br />2. The levy is charged only against those particular parcels of property <br /> deemed to receive some special benefit from the program. <br /> <br />3. The amount of the charge does not exceed the value of the benefits <br /> received. <br /> <br /> <br />