7.280 Street Assessment Policy.

(1) Method of Payment for Street Improvements. All road repair, reconstruction, and resurfacing shall be funded through use of the municipal vehicle registration fee established in MMC 23.200. This does not apply to any project where assessments have been levied by resolution or agreement. Assessments for new construction will be levied pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0701 and shall be made as follows::

	Concrete	Hot Mix Asphalt
City Share	20%	10%
Property Share	80%	90%

(2) General Provisions.

(a) Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 66.0701, all special assessments for street improvements shall be levied against abutting private property on a front foot basis. All assessment rates shall be based upon the total cost of the project per foot with the following limitations:

1. The City shall pay 100 percent of the cost of the intersections.

2. All assessments for frontage zoned exclusively for agricultural, single-family residential or two-family residential, or any combination of the above, with a use conforming to such zoning, or frontage from developed property used exclusively for agricultural, single-family residential or two-family residential purposes, or any combination of the above, whether zoned agricultural or residential or neither, shall be based upon and have the following reductions:

A. A maximum 37-foot width between the backs of the curbs.

B. A corner lot reduction for the long side shall be computed as follows: two-thirds the frontage on the long side but not to exceed 100 feet.

i. Corner lot reductions apply to a lot with more than one fronting side adjacent to a street.

ii. A lot adjacent to a curved street does not qualify for a corner lot reduction unless it abuts another street.

C. A maximum depth for concrete pavement of seven inches.

D. An additional five percent reduction for concrete pavements on arterial streets.

E. If a lot abuts a street or alley on both the front yard and the back yard, the second side paved shall receive a 66 and two-thirds percent reduction on the footage assessed not to exceed 100 feet.

F. The fully assessed short side shall not be an alley.

G. A 15 percent reduction for those streets, established by ordinance, as being on truck routes.

H. On paved streets which are less than 37 feet in width between the backs of the curbs, the City’s participation shall decrease at the rate of one percent per foot of width less than 37 feet.

I. A five percent reduction for those streets on the Maritime Metro Transit Route at the time of construction. This reduction shall not be applicable to streets that receive a reduction for either arterial or truck routes.

3. If financial aid for the improvement of a street is received from any other governmental unit, that aid shall be applied first to the City’s share of the cost of the street. Any aid in excess of the City’s share will be used to reduce the property owner’s assessment.

(b) Curb and Gutter. Full cost of the curb and gutter shall be assessed to the property and an inspection fee may be assessed.

[Ord. 18-1156 § 2, 2018; Ord. 11-690 § 1, 2011; prior code § 7.28]