Ordinance 16-20 Amend HCC 17.04.040 Initiation of Special Assessment District to 50 Percent of Assessed Cost

CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

Smith

ORDINANCE 16-20

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING SUBSECTION (a) OF HCC 17.04.040, INITIATION OF DISTRICT, TO PROVIDE THAT A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT MAY BE INITIATED BY A PETITION SIGNED BY THE RECORD OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY THAT WOULD BEAR NOT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE ASSESSED COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT.

THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1.  Subsection (a) of HCC 17.04.040, Initiation of district, is amended to read as follows:

a. A special assessment district may be initiated by:

1. Resolution approved by a vote of not less than three-fourths of the Council; or

2. Petition signatures of the record owners of real property that would bear not less than 50 percent of the assessed cost of the improvement received by the City Clerk within 60 days after the mailing of the petition to record owners of property in the proposed district. Upon payment of the nonrefundable filing fee in the City fee schedule established by resolution of the Council, the City Clerk shall prepare a petition for distribution by certified mail to all record owners of property in the proposed district that contains:

a. A statement that it is a petition to form a special assessment district, and describing the capital improvement for which the district is proposed;

b. For each property in the proposed district, the Kenai Peninsula Borough tax parcel number and property description, the name and mailing address of the record owner, and a place for the record owner’s signature; and

c. A statement that to support initiation of the proposed district, the record owner must sign and return the petition to the City Clerk within 60 days after the date the petition was mailed.

Section 2.  This Ordinance is of a permanent and general character and shall be included in the City Code.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOMER, ALASKA, this 9th day of May, 2016.

CITY OF HOMER

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MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

AYES:

NOES:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Reading:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and approved as to form:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Mary K. Koester, City Manager                                                          Holly Wells, City Attorney

Date: _________________________                                              Date: _________________________