HomeMy WebLinkAbout09092019 City Council Laydown - Developer Reimbursement DEVELOPER REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM APPLICATION
Instructions
The City of Seward permits, when funds are available, developers to apply for reimbursement of the
public utility installation costs when those costs are incurred as a result of a public improvement district
assessment under Seward City Code. In order to be eligible for reimbursement, an applicant must
complete this application and comply with all requirements listed in the Seward City Code and any
related policies. Additionally,the application filing fee must be paid in full before this application may
be accepted. Upon completion, please submit this application to the City Clerk. So long as the
application is complete and the filing fee is paid in full,the City Clerk will send a Notice of Filing to the
applicant and the City Manager within 10 days of receipt. The City Manager will, in turn, review the
application and recommend approval or denial of the application to City Council within three regularly
scheduled City Council meetings after the Notice of Filing has been issued.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT A PERSON MAY ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AFTER THE
CREATION OF DISTRICT UNDER SEWARD CITY CODE CHAPTER 5.22 AND THE ASSESSMENT OF
INSTALLATION COSTS UNDER THAT CHAPTER.
If you have any questions about this application, please contact the Public Works Director at the
following address:
Insert Address and Contact
I. APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this application,the following terms, if used, have the following meanings and
parameters:
"Person" extends and applies to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and associations, as
well as to individuals.
"Benefiting property" means area or zone which will directly benefit by a specific public utility extension.
"Cost of extension" means the developer's actual direct cost of constructing a public utility extension.
"Developer" means a property owner who is located within an improvement district subject to a special
assessment.
"Program Fund" means a fund created expressly to fund the reimbursement and incentive program.
"Public improvement" means those improvements to or in connection with streets, sidewalks, parks,
playgrounds, buildings, sewer systems, water systems, harbor facilities and any other real property or
appurtenances thereof of the city used by the public.
"Public utility" includes all common carriers in the public streets,water, sewage disposal, electric light,
central heating, gas, electric power,telephone and telegraph lines and systems,garbage collection,
garbage disposal and reduction plants, docks and such other and different enterprises as the law or the
council may determine to be or designate as public utilities.
"Local improvement" means those public improvements which are specially beneficial to the property
affected and shall further include the abatement of such unsafe, unsightly, unhealthful or unsanitary
conditions as the council shall determine to be a public nuisance.
"Undeveloped land" means tracts or parcels of land that are not part of an existing improvement
district and have no significant or substantial improvement, infrastructure,grading, or site
development related to residential, commercial, or industrial uses or outstanding building permits.
The provisions of this section specifically do not apply to tracts within the Seward Marine Industrial
Complex(SMIC).
II. GENERAL INFORMATION
A. NAME OF APPLICANT:
B. LEGAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:
C. NAME OF IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND ASSESSMENT ROLL IDENTIFICATION NO.:
III. INSTALLATION COST DETAILS AND REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT
A. Please provide a statement of the properties owned within the special improvement district
and the total cost of the installation of the improvement to the developer.
B. Please submit an itemized report, with supporting documentation, of the actual direct cost of
the extension to the developer.
IV. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE& DISCLOSURES
A. Please provide a statement regarding the purpose and use of the property at issue and the
ways in which the use promotes the public interest and complies with the city comprehensive
plan.
B. Please disclose any outstanding liabilities owed to any public utilities, contractors or other
persons on or regarding the property at issue.
C. Please disclose any violations of safety, health or land use laws applying to the subject
property.
V. STATEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING
Upon signing this application, the applicant acknowledges and agrees that City Council may
reimburse all, none or a portion of the pro-rated share of the improvements under Title 5 up to 50% of
the installation costs and the applicant accepts his, her or its obligation to pay his, her or its pro-rated
share of those costs as identified on the assessment roll.
Applicant: Submission Date:
Notice of Filing Date: