The City Council adopted Ordinance 05-5322 and Ordinance 08-5478 which allow commercial property owners and Residential Manufactured Home (RMH) zoned property owners to petition for reduced arterial fee assessments if the parcel is used solely as an owner-occupied, single family residence. The relief in both of these situations caps the parcel square footage at 9,600 square feet and calculates the assessment based on the R-9600 zoning rate instead of commercial or RMH zoning rates. The Public Works Department received 71 signed petitions involving 71 parcels. There were 70 parcels that met the criteria specified in Ordinances 05-5322 and 08-5478 for a reduction of the Arterial Construction Fee assessment. One parcel zoned as Highway Commercial did not meet the criteria as this parcel is a 2-family Residence.  

City Council may:

• Approve the resolution reducing the Arterial Construction Fee assessments for the seventy (70) parcels meeting the criteria of Ordinance 08-5478; or,
• Not approve the resolution if the Council finds that the properties do not meet the criteria.

By reducing the Arterial Construction Fee assessments on the seventy (70) parcels, the City will collect $5,541.51 less for FY 2020 than if the parcels were assessed according to their zoning instead of their single-family occupancy.

Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a public hearing and approve the proposed resolution reducing the Arterial Construction Fee assessments for the seventy (70) parcels meeting the criteria of Ordinance 08-5478.