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 Kansas City
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 78. WATER
 Article IV. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

  § 78-246. Apportioning assessments.  

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  • (a)

    Front foot rule. Except as otherwise required by state statute, assessment under this article shall made, levied and assessed according to the front foot rule, which shall be held to mean that the required sum shall be assessed and charged against the several lots, tracts and parcels of real property to be served by the project and lawfully chargeable therewith, abutting upon either side of the project or portion thereof, in proportion to the frontage or abutment thereon of such respective lots, tracts and parcels of land.

    (b)

    Applicability of assessment. Except as provided for in this article, the cost of the whole or any part of any water mains and related appurtenances referred to or authorized under the terms of this article is to be paid for by special assessments on abutting lands served by such improvement.

    (c)

    Payment of cost of oversized mains; assessment of city-owned property. Any difference of cost between the size of the main actually installed and 12-inch main will be paid by the city. If a main larger than 12 inches in diameter is required in the judgment of the director of the water services department, the assessment for such a line of such size as may be constructed shall not exceed the cost of constructing a 12-inch line and appurtenances over the same route, as estimated by the director of the water services department and read at the time of the bid opening, as provided in section 78-242(2). City-owned property to be served and which abuts the project shall be assessed as other property.

    (d)

    Application of funds received from grants in aid. When a project constructed pursuant to this article receives grants in aid or incentive contributions of any type, such funds shall be applied first to defray the city's cost of oversize mains, if any such costs are involved, pursuant to subsection (c) of this section; and any funds in excess of the amount required to cover the city's cost of oversize mains shall be applied to reduce the assessment per front foot.

(Ord. No. 120551, § 1, 6-28-12)