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Attachment 1 City of Roseville SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POLICY DRAFT — JANUARY 2025 1 The purpose of this policy is to be used as a guide by the City of Roseville when preparing 2 assessment rolls, so as to assure uniform and consistent treatment of affected properties. It is the 3 general policy of the City of Roseville to assess all affected properties according to this policy 4 without regard to funding source. 5 Special assessments are a charge imposed on properties for a particular improvement that 6 benefits the owners of those selected properties. The authority to use special assessments 7 originates in the state constitution which allows the state legislature to give cities and other 8 governmental units the authority "to levy and collect assessments for local improvements upon 9 property benefited thereby." The legislature confers that authority to cities in Minnesota Statutes 10 Chapter 429. 11 1. Special Benefit Test: The proposed assessment shall be equivalent or less than the 12 anticipated increase in market value for properties being assessed. Appraisals shall be 13 completed to determine the influence of an improvement project on the value of the 14 properties proposing to be assessed. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 2. Determining Assessable Frontage: Unless otherwise noted in this document, all assessments shall be calculated using property front footage on the segment of the infrastructure included in the improvement project. The assessment rate shall be determined by dividing the total project cost by the total assessable frontage. The following formulas shall apply for calculating the total assessable frontage for the improvement project. (a) The assessable frontage shall be 100% of the short side of the lot. (b) Corner and Multiple Frontage LDR1 and LDR2 lots: All corner and multiple frontage LDR1 and LDR2 parcels shall be considered as having 10% of the long side as being assessable footage unless such parcels could be split or subdivided. This is in addition to the short side frontage. (c) Corner and Multiple Frontage Lots (other zoning): All corner and multiple frontage lots for other property zoning shall be calculated at 10% for the first 150 feet of the long side and then 100% for any additional footage. This is in addition to the short side frontage. (d) Odd Lot Formula (all zoning): The odd lot formula shall apply for odd and irregularly shaped lots, which have rear widths that vary by more than 25% in comparison with the front width. The lot will be assumed to have a depth equal to one-half the sum of the two sides and said depth will be divided into the area of the lot to determine the assessable frontage. (e) Lots with more than 4 sides: All lots of more than four sides will be geometrically converted to a four-sided lot of equal area, then the odd-lot formula as described in (d) will be used to determine the assessable frontage. Where this is not practical, the assessable frontage will be determined by assuming the lot to have an assessable frontage equal to those of the typical rectangular lots near it which are comparable in overall area and nature. (f) Private Driveway: If a public improvement takes place along a public street with a private driveway that serves more than one property owner, all properties with access to the public street via the private driveway will be assessed. The frontage Page 38 of 43