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e e . City of Arden Hills Bituminous surfacing patching is a maintenance procedure funded by the City. VIII. HARDSHIP DEFERRALS Minnesota Statute No. 435.193 allows the City, at its own discretion, to defer the payment of any assessment for any homcstead property owned by a person sixty-five (65) years of age or older, or retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability for which it would be a hardship to make the payments. In order to receive such a deferment, the affected person must establish the economic hardship that would be incurred to the reasonable satisfaction of the Arden Hills City Council by providing documentation showing an annual adjusted gross income less than thirty percent (30%) of the metropolitan area median household income, as determined by the most recent census. The deferral will last for a period of not more than ten (10) years, and will terminate before ten (10) years if any one of the following conditions is present: A. The owner of the property dies and the spouse is not eligible for a deferment; B. The property is sold; C. The property is no longer homestead; D. The City Council determines that there is no longer hardship incurred in immediately requiring either full or partial payment ofthe assessment. The City reserves the right to periodically request verification of continued eligibility for a hardship deferral. . This deferment must be made by either adoption of an ordinance or a resolution. An application for deferment of special assessments is provided in the Appendix of this Assessment Policy Manual. Also provided in the Appendix is a sample rcsolution approving an assessment deferment and an application for delayed payment of tax on special assessments for senior citizens' homestead property. 2003 Assessment Policy Manual - Page 19