Ordinance 1420 - Special Street Assessments and Exemptions - Multi-Tiered System2002150) r sG
ORDINANCE NO. 1420
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1035 BY PROVIDING A MULTI -
TIERED SYSTEM OF SPECIAL STREET ASSESSMENT AND EXEMPTING
CEMETERIES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARKLANDS, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL,
MONTANA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That pursuant to authority granted to munici-
palities to assess a tax for street
maintenance by Title 7, Chapter 12, Part 44,
Montana Code Annotated, the City of Kalispell
does assess the properties within the City for
a special street maintenance tax.
SECTION II. That the tax levied by the City should be
reasonable and just.
SECTION III. That the City Council finds that large vacant
and essentially undeveloped parcels do not
impact street maintenance costs in direct
proportion to their size, but should,
nonetheless, shoulder a reasonable share of
these costs.
SECTION 2V. That the City Council finds that the purpose
of maintaining a reasonable and just
assessment may be met by creating a multi -
tiered system of assessment and further, that
vacant land and residential parcels should be
capped at two acres and one-half acre,
respectively, and public and private parklands
and cemeteries be exempted from the tax.
SECTION V. That Ordinance No. 1035 § V is hereby amended
by replacement of the existing language with
the following:
That the cost of and expenses of maintaining the streets,
avenues, alleys and public roads shall be assessed
against each lot or parcel within the Special Maintenance
District No. 1 as follows:
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Category
1
Vacant Land
up to Two Acres:
$0.0059/square
foot
Category
1
Vacant Land
over Two Acres:
$514.00 maximum
Category
2
Residential
Land Up to 'A acre:
$0.0059/square
foot
Category
2
Residential
Land Over % acre:
$128.50 maximum
Category
3
Commercial
90% Covered:
$0.0086/square
foot
Category
4
Commercial
100% Covered:
$0.0091/square
foot
Public and private parklands, as defined by Kalispell City
Code 28-3-19, and cemeteries shall be exempt from the assessment.
SECTION VI. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after
final passage by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY, 2002.
ATTEST:
eresa White
City Clerk
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STATE OF MONTANA
County of Flathead
INCorded at the request this
o'dock and recorded 1 e records of Hathead Cour
Pamela B . trfennedy
Mayor
STATE OF MONTANA � SS
of Flathasd
Gdy of Kalispell
l haraby cartity that tha instrumant to which this oartlffcste Is
affixed is a true, car oct and comp, red 00py of tho cft''rlai art fila3 In
the office of the Cleric of the City of Kalispell.
Witness my hand and the,,-jaal of the it Kalispell. Flalhead
County, tllo�day
by_
Y Clark