Village of Whitefish Bay, WI Article IX Assessments

[Adopted by Ord. No. 1807 (Sec. 17.15 of the Codification)]

§ 17-30 Assessments for improvements to property and infrastructure.

Assessments for improvements to property infrastructure shall be assessed according to the procedures in § 66.0701 et seq., Wis. Stats. This section shall not apply to special charges for current services pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats. Assessments for improvements to property and infrastructure benefiting private property in the Village shall be assessed against the property benefited as follows.

§ 17-31 Voluntary improvements and assessment.

All properties where the owner requests and the Village undertakes requested work shall be assessed 100% of the actual cost of:

A. Driveway approaches (in conjunction with a street mill and overlay project or sidewalk replacement program);

B. Storm and sanitary laterals on private property;

C. Water service lines on private property;

D. Carriage walks in street right-of-way.

§ 17-32 Involuntary improvements and assessment.

A. The maintenance of the sewer lateral from the main connection in the street to the building foundation is the responsibility of the property owner.

B. Sanitary sewer lateral relay, repair, or replacement shall be undertaken as the responsibility of the property owner in the event of lateral failure. Property owners shall pay for the relay or repair of their sanitary lateral if it is found to be leaking and an order for relay or repair is issued by the Village Engineer. Such leaking laterals may be part of a Village project for rehabilitation or replacement and assessed to the benefited property.

§ 17-33 Preliminary and final resolution.

For all assessments under this article not otherwise under § 66.0627, Wis. Stats., the following shall apply:

A. A preliminary resolution will be presented to the Village Board indicating the proposed improvements, advising that the full cost thereof will be assessed against abutting properties and scheduling a public hearing thereon.

B. If approved for improvements, a final resolution authorizing the improvements and assessing the full cost thereof will be presented to the Village Board for approval.

§ 17-34 Installment payments; deferral of overlapping assessments.

A. If an assessment for a particular property exceeds $500, the owner may elect to pay the assessment in installments. The principal payment shall be made in equal annual installments over a period not to exceed 10 years, and the minimum annual principal payment shall be no less than $500 per year. In addition, interest shall be charged at the rate the Village is charged if funds are borrowed for the work involved plus an additional 1% to cover administrative expenses. If no funds are borrowed by the Village, interest shall be charged at the rate that would have been charged if funds had been borrowed at the time of the final resolution regarding the assessment plus an additional 1% to cover administrative expenses. In either case, the rate shall be rounded up to the nearest 1/10 of 1%.

B. If there are two overlapping special assessments for improvements, the following shall apply:

(1) The property owner may elect to defer payment of a second assessment or the lesser of two assessments where the total annual payments exceed $500.

(2) Interest shall be charged on the deferred assessment during the deferral period as set forth above.

(3) When one assessment is paid in full, principal and interest payments shall begin on the deferred assessment.