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■ Land not included imthe Assessment The. Town. reserves the right to delete land: within the assessable area from. the Assessineut rotas if, in the Town's. opinion, the land cannot he developed andl..or the .improvement- does not provide benefit at the time the. Assessment Proceedings have commenced. The Town.shaII have tha right to reassess the property at the tiine a plan to deveIop..the. property is presented fo the Town. - No permit shall be issued until a resolution certifying an assessment roil has been adopted:. Certification of Assessment Roll At the lime. the. Assessment R611s.are adopted'by the Torun Board, the. property owner may pay the entire .assessmOt against their property in full at White .Bear Township..Administrative. Off -ices, 1281 Hammond Road, within thirty Q0) days. without interest charged. Beyond :tbirty (30) 'days, but, prior. to certification to the County, full payment (principal. plus interest from the Assessment Roil date) can.be.made at the White. Bear Township Administrative 0fficas, 1.281:Harn.ma.nd Road,. After cei-tiiication of Assessment to the County is made; a resident may make a. payment directly at the Ramsey County Government Center; GO West Plato Boulevard, 5t. Paul. Interest charges apply effective from the date of Town Board approval of the Assessment Roll. • Pol iq shout d.reflect.basic procedures of f i nancing local im rovements takiri: into account ast practice,. equity, re.veinue productivity and acceptahility. Appeals to the District -Court A. With i1r 30 days after:the adoption:of the as..sessment roll, a property owner who has properly objected... to the assessment may appeal a. special assessment to the district court... The property owner appeals by serving notice upon.the Chair or Town and then filing the. served notice with the district court within 10 days of that. service. B: if a Town'.s. assessment is challenged in district court, the:assass i-rent roll. constitutes initial proof That an ass cssment .does riot exceed 'the special benefit. Theparty co ritesUng..the assessment must introduce evidence sufficient to overcame that presumption. If the evidence as. to the special benefit is conflicting; it. is:the.responsibility of the district court. To clawrmine.whether the assessmentexceeds.the market'value increase and,. if so, by what. amount. C. The Tovvn may coordinate the competitive bid process so that the actual work: of the project may proceed after oertikation of the assessment roll and the 30-day appeal period is over: Because the time for appeals is over before the contract is issued, the Town will not need to cover potential budget. shortfalls that may occur if a property owner successfully challenges a special assessment or the lowest bid. to in es is higher than :expected. The Town Board retains the right to review each project.and to deviate from any portion of this Policy as it. deems proper. Deviations may be made to take into account unique. situations or those situations where. appHeation of the policy will produce unfair results.. Passed by the Town Board April .17. 2006. Revised March 18,20Q