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ORDINANCE NO. 98 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF GEM LAKE, RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEM LAKE ORDAINS.: SECTION I. ASSESSMENT PARTIAL PREPAYMENT PRIVILEGE. One partial prepayment in the amount of at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) may be paid to the City Clerk for any assessment for local improvements no less than five days prior to the date the Resolution Adopting and Confirming the Assessment for the Local Improvement directs the Clerk to transmit a certified copy of the Assessment. Roll to the County Auditor. SECTION 2. DEFERRED PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS. Pursuant to the authority granted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 435.193, the City Council may defer the payment of any special assessment on homestead property owned by a person who is: a) 65 years of age or older; b) retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability; or c) a member of the Minnesota National Guard or other military reserves who is ordered into active military service, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 190.05, as stated in the person's military orders, which property is subject to the levying of a special assessment, for whom it would be a hardship to make payments, as of the date the assessment is adopted. SECTION 3. STANDARD OF DISABILITY. To be eligible for deferred payment of assessments by reason of disability, the applicant must be retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability and be receiving Social Security payments by reason of such retirement by virtue of a permanent and total disability, or eligible to receive such payments as shown by a report from the Department of Health and Human. Services. SECTION 4. STANDARDS OF HARDSHIP. 4-1. A hardship shall be deemed to exist when: 4-1.1. The adjusted gross household income reported on the applicant's most recent Federal Income Tax Return or the total household income of the applicant as evidenced by the applicant's most recent Minnesota