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1. Ordinance 1579 - Additional Street Assessment Rate Category - 1st ReadingORDINANCE NO, 1579 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1475 BY CREATING AN ADDITIONAL CATEGORY FOR TAX EXEMPT PROPERTIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO STREET ASSESSMENTS, MODIFYING LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE COMMERCIAL CATEGORIES, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, currently tax exempt properties that are subject to street assessments are assessed by the City of Kalispell at the rate of resident .al properties even though these properties are more completely developed and are more i.tesly utilized by the public, thereby creating more impacts upon streets than the typical residence; and WHEREAS, tax exempt properties subject to street assessments are not typically developed to the same level of intense use as commercial l properties and therefore do not rise t the sane level of tract upon streets as commercial property; and WHEREAS, it is therefore equitable to assess the tax exempt properties at a rate higher than the residential rates, but less than the commercial rates; and WHEREAS,, it is the intention of the City Council that all commercial properties be included in either Category 3 or Category 4 and thereby be assessed for street maintenance tenance costs and that the current language of the ordinance should be amended to clarify this irate tiorl. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED Y THE CITY COUNCIL of THE CITY of KALISPELL, MONTANA, AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. ordinance 1475 is hereby amended at Section V. to read as follows: 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 Category I Vacant n to Two Acre — shall be assessed at the sane rate as all vacant land up to two acres. Category 1 Vacant Land over Two Acres — shall be assessed a total amount nt of no more than the assessment for two acres of vacant lard. Category 2 Residential Land Up to 11 acre - shall be assessed at the sane rate as all residential laird up to 1 acre. Category 2 Residential Land Over 112 acre: — shall be assessed a total amount o no more than the assessment for 12 acre of residential land. Category 3 Commercial !�o 90 Covered: -- shall be assessed at the rate set annually by City Council. Category 4 Commercial More Than % Covered.-- - shall be assessed at the rate set annually by City Council. `ate ory 5 Tax- m Pro s. -- shall be assessed at the .rate set annually b Citv Con.cl. Public and private parklands, as defined by Kalispell City Code 28-3-1911, and cemeteries sba l be exempt from the assessment. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after final passage by the City Council. PASSED AN-D APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THIS DAY OF , 2��. ATTEST: Theresa White City Clerk Pamela B. Kennedy Mayor