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AttachmentA City of Roseville SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POLICY 1The purpose of this policy is to be used as a guide by the City of Roseville when preparing 2assessment rolls, so as to assure uniform and consistent treatment of affected properties. It is the 3general policy of the City of Roseville to assess all affected properties according to this policy 4without regard to funding source. 5Special assessments are a charge imposed on properties for a particular improvement that 6benefits the owners of those selected properties. The authority to use special assessments 7originates in the state constitution which allows the state legislature to give cities and other 8governmental units the authority “to levy and collect assessments for local improvements upon 9property benefited thereby.” The legislature confers that authority to cities in Minnesota Statutes 10Chapter 429. 111.Special Benefit Test: The proposed assessment shall be equivalent or less than the 12anticipated increase in market value for properties being assessed. Appraisals shall be 13completed to determine the influence of an improvement project on the value of the 14properties proposing to be assessed. 152.Determining Assessable Frontage: Unless otherwise noted in this document, all 16assessments shall be calculated using property front footage on the segment of the 17infrastructure included in the improvement project. The assessment rate shall be 18determined by dividing the total project cost by the total assessable frontage. The 19following formulas shall apply for calculating the total assessable frontage for the 20improvement project. 21(a)The assessable frontage shall be 100% of the short side of the lot. 22(b)Corner and Multiple Frontage LDR1 and LDR2 lots: All corner and multiple 23frontage LDR1 and LDR2 parcels shall be considered as having 10% of the long 24side as being assessable footage unless such parcels could be split or subdivided. 25This is in addition to the short side frontage. 26(c)Corner and Multiple Frontage Lots (other zoning): All corner and multiple 27frontage lots for other property zoning shall be calculated at 10% for the first 150 28feet of the long side and then 100% for any additional footage. This is in addition 29to the short side frontage. 30(d)Odd Lot Formula (all zoning): The odd lot formula shall apply for odd and 31irregularly shaped lots, which have rear widths that vary by more than 25% in 32comparison with the front width. The lot will be assumed to have a depth equal to 33one-half the sum of the two sides and said depth will be divided into the area of 34the lot to determine the assessable frontage. 35(e)Lots with more than 4 sides: All lots of more than four sides will be geometrically 36converted to a four-sided lot of equal area, then the odd-lot formula as described 37in (d) will be used to determine the assessable frontage. Where this is not 38practical, the assessable frontage will be determined by assuming the lot to have 39an assessable frontage equal to those of the typical rectangular lots near it which 40are comparable in overall area and nature. 41(f)Private Driveway: If a public improvement takes place along a roadway with a 42private driveway, all properties with access to the road will be assessed. The 43frontage of the private property or properties directly adjacent to the roadway will 44be used to determine the assessable frontage for all other properties accessing the 45private driveway.