ORDINANCE NO. 37

                          ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CITY OF ROYALTON 
 
                                     
SECTION  1.               NEW STORM SEWERS, CURBS AND GUTTERS.      

(a)  ASSESSMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR NEW STORM SEWERS, CURBS AND GUTTERS TO THE BENEFITTING PROPERTIES ON A PROJECT TO PROJECT BASIS.     
SECTION 2.                NEW WATER MAINS, SEWER MAINS AND FIRE HYDRANTS

(a)     WATER MAINS - WATER MAINS UP TO 6" IN DIAMETER WILL BE ASSESSED AT 37.5% PER SIDE. WATER MAINS OVER 6" IN DIAMETER WILL NOT HAVE THE EXCESS SIZE ASSESSED.

(b)     SEWER  MAINS  - SEWER  MAINS UP TO 8" IN DIAMETER WILL BE ASSESSED AT 37.5% PER SIDE. SEWER MAINS OVER 8" IN DIAMETER WILL NOT HAVE THE EXCESS SIZE ASSESSED.

(c)     FIRE HYDRANTS - FIRE HYDRANT COSTS AND ASSESSMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN WATER MAINS.

(d)     CURB STOPS - CURB STOP COSTS AND ASSESSMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN WATER MAINS.
                             
(e)     SERVICE LINES - ALL WATER AND SEWER LINES FROM THE MAINS TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS BUILDING WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.

SECTION 3.                NEW STREETS.

(a)     ALL NEW STREETS WILL BE ASSESSED AT 100% AS SET FORTH IN THE CITIES AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER.

SECTION  4.               RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING STREETS.

(a)     RESIDENTIAL STREETS - ASSESSMENTS WILL BE BASED ON 37.5% PER SIDE OF THE COST OF A 7-TON STREET INCLUDING INTERSECTIONS.

(b)     COMMERCIAL STREETS - ASSESSMENTS WILL BE BASED ON 37.5% PER SIDE OF THE COST OF A 10-TON STREET INCLUDING INTERSECTIONS.

SECTION 5.                ALLEYS

(a)     ALL ALLEY BLACKTOPPING WILL BE ASSESSED AT 100%.

            
SECTION   6.              SEAL COATS

(a)     SEAL COATS ARE DETERMINED TO BE A MAINTENANCE ITEM AND WILL HAVE NO ASSESSMENTS.
                    
SECTION  7.               OVERLAYS                

(a)     OVERLAYS WILL BE ASSESSED AT 20% PER SIDE.

SECTION 8.                SIDEWALKS
                 
(a)     ALL NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS WHERE THERE WERE NONE, WILL HAVE NO ASSESSMENTS. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF SIDEWALKS IN PLACE WILL BE ASSESSED AT 100%.

SECTION 9.                RECONSTRUCTION

(a)     ALL ASSESSMENTS HAVE A LIFE OF 30 YEARS. IF RECONSTRUCTED BEFORE THIS TIME THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE PRORATED.        

(b)     ALL RECONSTRUCTION AFTER 30 YEARS WILL BE ASSESSED AT THE SAME PERCENTAGES AS NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SECTION 10.              RATE CHANGES
                 
(a)     ANY CHANGES TO THE RATES, FEES, AND PERCENTAGES IN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION. SAID RESOLUTION SHALL REMAIN ON FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK.                
                             
NOTE: ALL ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON FRONTAGE FOOTAGES.

         THIS ORDINANCE SHALL SUPERSEDE AND REPEAL ALL PRIOR AND CONSISTENT ORDINANCES. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION REQUIRED BY LAW.

DATED:________________                                             ____________________
                                                                                                           CLERK
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                MAYOR