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Property Tax Refund Return (as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 290A), whichever amount be greater, is less than 150% of the Federal. poverty level for that household, using the guidelines published annually by the U.S_ Department of Health and Human Services, and 4-1.2. The first year's installment of the proposed special assessment will increase the aggregate total of the installments of special assessments against the property for which deferment is requested and payable in the year of such first installment to a sum equal to more than two percent of said income, and 4-1.3. The special assessment for whichdeferment is applied for exceeds $500.00, and 4-1.4. The applicant's (and spouse's) total assets exclusive of that part of the homestead valuation as determined by the Ramsey County Assessor to be eligible for homestead classification do not exceed $50,000.00. 4.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the City Cound. may consider exceptional and unusual circumstances not covered by the. standards and guidelines and grant a deferral as requested: but any determination shall be made in a non-discriminatory manner which does not give the applicant an unreasonable preference or advantage over other applicants. SECTION 5. APPLICATION FOR DEFERRAL. An applicant may apply for deferred payment of special assessments made after October 15, 2003 for local improvements by making application therefore to the Department of Property Taxation, Ramsey County, Minnesota, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 435.194. A copy of said application shall be filed with the City Clerk together with a certification form furnished by the City Clerk to establish the. qualifications of the owner for such deferral. Application for deferral shall be made within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment roll by the City Council for those assessment rolls adopted after the effective date of this Ordinance, and shall be renewed each following year upon the filing of a similar application not later than October 15. The City Council shall either grant the deferral by majority vote or deny the deferral. Any assessment, the payment of which is deferred pursuant hereto by the City Council, may bear interest at the rate of one percent (1%) in excess of the rate of interest that would have been charged on the assessment had the assessment payments not been deferred; but not, however, in excess of the maximum interest rate allowed by law. When the deferred assessment is granted, the City Clerk shall advise the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxation, who shall, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 435.194, record a Notice of the deferral with the County Recorder of Ramsey County which shall set forth the amount of the assessment and the rate of interest on the deferred assessment payments.