[Added 5-9-2000 by Ord. No. 00-3]
A. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 58.1-3600 et seq. of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, relating to the exemption of property from taxation, a service charge is hereby imposed upon the owners of real estate situated within the City which is exempted from property taxation under subdivision A.1, except property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, and subdivisions A.3, A.4 and A.7 of Va. Code § 58.1-3606, subdivisions A.2 through A.7 of Va. Code § 58.1-3607, and all sections in Articles 3 (§ 58.1-3609 et seq.) and 4 (§ 58.1-3650 et seq.) of Chapter 36, of Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia.
B. 
The Commissioner of the Revenue or City Assessor shall, prior to imposing the service charge provided in this section, publish and list all exempt real estate in the land books of the city, in the same manner as taxable real estate is listed.
A. 
The service charge authorized in § 258-16.8 shall be based on the assessed value of the tax-exempt real estate and the amount which the City expended, in the year preceding the year in which such charge is assessed, for the purpose of furnishing police and fire protection and for the collection and disposal of refuse. The cost of public school education shall be included in such amount in determining the service charge imposed on faculty and staff housing of an educational institution. Any amount received from federal or state grants specifically designated for the above-mentioned purposes and assistance provided to localities pursuant to §§ 14.1-84.1 et seq. of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, shall not be considered in determining the cost of providing such services for the real estate. The expenditures for services not provided for certain real estate shall not be considered in the calculation of the service charge for such real estate, nor shall such expenditures be considered when a service is currently funded by another service charge.
B. 
The service charge rate shall be determined by dividing the expenditures determined pursuant to Subsection A of this section by the assessed fair market value, expressed in hundreds of dollars, of all real estate located within the city, including nontaxable property. The resulting rate shall then be applied to the assessed value of the tax-exempt property.
C. 
Real estate owned by the United States government or any of its instrumentalities shall not be included in the assessed value of all property within the city.
D. 
For the purposes of this section, artistic and historical significance shall not be taken into account in the valuation of exempt real estate.
E. 
In no event shall the service charge exceed 20% of the real estate tax rate of the City or 50% in the case of faculty and staff housing of an educational institution.
A. 
Buildings with land they actually occupy, together with additional adjacent land reasonably necessary for the convenient use of any such building, located within the City shall be exempt from the service charge imposed under § 258-16.8 of this article if the buildings are:
(1) 
Lawfully owned and held by churches or religious bodies and wholly and exclusively used for religious worship or for the residence of the minister of any church or religious body or for use as a religious convent, nunnery, monastery, cloister or abbey; or
(2) 
Used or operated exclusively for nonprofit private educational or charitable purposes, other than faculty or staff housing of any such educational institution.
B. 
The service charge shall not be applicable to public roadways or property held for future construction of such roadways.