Title 2 - Administration and Personnel

2.14.070 Methods of Assessment.

1. A.
   As set forth in Section 2.14.080 A., the property owners of each Business within the District shall be assessed a BID Fee for each assessment year.
2. B.
   A BID Fee assessment ordinance shall be adopted for each assessment year in accordance with the requirements of the Kansas Statutes. The BID Fee assessment ordinance shall establish for the assessment year:

   1. 1.
      A rate for the Total Building Area of commercial business use;
   2. 2.
      A rate for the Total Building Area of residential business use; and
   3. 3.
      A rate for the gross land area of land parcels that are vacant or under construction.

The BID Fee shall not increase from year to year without a public hearing to consider the increase.

3. C.
   For the purposes of the BID Fee calculation:

   1. 1.
      A fee shall be calculated for each parcel or contiguous group of parcels of land under common ownership;
   2. 2.
      The fee shall be the sum of the fee calculations for Total Building Area for commercial businesses, Total Building Area for residential businesses, and gross land area for parcels of land that are vacant or under construction; and
   3. 3.
      A parcel of land or multiple contiguous parcels of land shall be considered to be in the tier which contains the majority of the gross land area.

(History: Ord. BID-3272 §3, 2019; Ord. BID-2978 §7, 2012; BID-2586 §1, 2005; BID-2368 §1, 2002; BID-1988 §3, 96; BID-1614 §1, 89; BIS-1526 §2, 88)

Effective on: 1/1/1901