§ 17.28.050. Preliminary determinations.

The public works department shall formulate a preliminary assessment reimbursement area and preliminary assessment for real property benefited by the street and/or utility system improvements based on the following and provide the same to the developer:

(a)

The likelihood that benefited property will be developed within fifteen (15) years from the date of recording of the latecomer agreement.

(b)

The likelihood that at the time of development of the benefited property such property will not be required to install similar street and/or utility system improvements because they were already installed by the developer.

(c)

For street system improvements, that benefited parcels are adjacent to such street system improvements.

(d)

For utility system improvements, the likelihood:

(1)

That such improvements will be tapped into or used (including not only direct connections but also connections to laterals or branches connecting thereto) by properties within the assessment reimbursement area, and that such improvements do not constitute mainline extensions to be owned and maintained by the city, as such extensions are not defined as direct connections; or

(2)

That such properties will receive a special benefit from the utility system improvements such as, but not limited to pump stations, sewer lift stations, and additional utility pipe depth to accommodate future utility expansion.

(e)

An equitable allocation of the cost of construction among the properties within the assessment reimbursement area, so that each pays for benefits attributable to those improvements. The method or methods used to calculate the allocation of the assessment may be either front footage, number of units, square footage, or may be the zone and termini method or other recognized methods reasonably calculated to equitably allocate the assessment.

(Ord. No. 2692, § 1, 10-25-10)