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CITY OF LAUDERDALE <br />ASSESSMENT POLICY MANUAL <br />F. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES <br />The cost of any improvement undertaken in accordance with the procedures set forth in <br />Chapter 429 may be specially assessed, in whole or in part, upon property benefited by <br />the improvement, whether or not the property abuts on the improvement. The area to <br />be assessed may be less than, but not more than, the area proposed to be assessed as <br />stated in the notice of public hearing on the improvement. <br />Resolution Determining Amount to be Special/y Assessed. After the <br />expense incurred or to be incurred in the completion of an improvement <br />has been calculated, the City Council must determine the amount it will <br />pay and the amount to be specially assessed. <br />[See "Resolution Declaring Cost to be Assessed and Ordering the <br />Preparation of the Proposed Assessment" attached in the Appendix as <br />Form 22) <br />The City Clerk, with the assistance of the engineer or other qualified <br />person, must calculate the amount to be specially assessed against every <br />parcel of land. The assessment roll must be filed with the City Clerk and <br />available for public inspection. <br />2. Resolution Calling Public Hearing on Assessments. A public hearing on <br />the special assessments must be held following published and mailed <br />notice thereof as described below. The notice of public hearing must <br />include the following information: <br />a.) date, time, and place of the meeting; <br />b.) the general nature of the improvement; <br />c.) the area proposed to be assessed; <br />d.) the total amount of the proposed assessment; <br />e.) that the assessment roll is on file with the City Clerk; <br />f.) that written or oral objections will be considered; <br />g.) that no appeal may be taken as to the amount of the assessments <br />unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is <br />filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the <br />presiding officer at the hearing; <br />h.) that the owner may appeal the assessment to the district court by <br />serving notice on the Mayor or City Clerk within three (3) working <br />days after the adoption of the assessment and filing notice with the <br />court within ten (10) days after such appeal to the Mayor or City <br />Clerk; and <br />i.) any deferment procedures established by the City Council for <br />senior citizens. <br />m <br />