The installation of any public improvement shall be an exercise of
the police power of the Village, as may from time to time be determined
by the Village Board, and the property served shall be assessed pursuant
to the provisions of §§ 66.0703 and 66.0701, Wis. Stats.,
respectively.
The total cost of any public improvement to be paid in whole or in
part by special assessment shall include the direct and indirect costs
reasonably attributable thereto including, but not limited to, materials,
supplies, labor, equipment, site preparation and restoration, damages
occasioned by the public improvement, interest on bonds or notes issued
in anticipation of the collection of assessments, and a reasonable
charge for engineering, legal and administrative costs.
The total assessment for any public improvement shall be based upon the total cost, as defined in Subsection A(2) above, and shall be apportioned among the individual parcels benefited. Such apportionment shall generally be computed on a lineal frontage basis unless the Village Board otherwise determines that extenuating circumstances require a different method of apportionment.
Special assessments for all new streets hereafter constructed shall
be levied at 100% of the total cost of construction. The cost of constructing
streets in existing platted areas and maintaining and resurfacing
existing streets shall be borne by the Village.
Special assessments for all new curb and gutter shall be levied at
100% of the total cost, and replacement curb and gutter shall be borne
by the Village.
Sidewalk standards. The sidewalk shall be located in such places
and at such grades as designated by the Village Board and shall be
constructed in accordance with standards established by the Village
Board.
New sidewalks. Special assessments for all new or replacement sidewalks
shall be borne by the Village, provided the work is done as part of
a public works project approved by the Village Board.
Alternate method selected. As provided in § 66.0701, Wis.
Stats., in addition to other methods provided by law, special assessments
for any public work or improvement may be levied by alternate methods.
The Village Board hereby elects to levy such special assessments as
provided in this section.
Preliminary resolution. Whenever the Village Board shall determine
that any public work or improvement shall be financed in whole or
in part by special assessments levied under this section, it shall
adopt a preliminary resolution setting forth the following:
The number of installments in which the special assessments may be paid, or that the number of installments shall be determined after the public hearing required by Subsection D below, and shall be included in the final resolution.
The rate of interest to be charged on the unpaid installments or that the rate of interest will be determined after the public hearing required by Subsection D below, and shall be included in the final resolution.
The terms on which any of such assessments may be deferred while no use of the improvement is made in connection with the property, or that such terms will be determined after the public hearing required by Subsection D below, and will be included in the final resolution.
Report of Village Engineer. Whenever the Village Board, by preliminary
resolution, directs the Village Engineer to prepare a report, the
Village Engineer shall prepare a report consisting of the following:
An estimate of the entire cost of the proposed work or improvement,
except that when the Village Board determines by preliminary resolution
that the hearing on such assessments shall be held subsequent to the
completion of the work or improvement, the report shall contain a
statement of the final cost of the work, service or improvement in
lieu of an estimate of such costs.
A statement that each property against which the assessments are
proposed has been inspected and is benefited, setting forth the basis
for such benefit.
Incorporation of statutory provisions. The provisions of § 66.0703,
Wis. Stats., including those related to notice, hearing and the adoption
of a final resolution shall, to the extent not inconsistent with this
section, apply to special assessments levied under this section.
Lien. Every special assessment levied under this section shall be
a lien against the property assessed from the date of the final resolution
of the Village Board determining the amount of such levy.