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• 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 Community Development
Director at
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).
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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.
Name of Applicant:
Legal Property Description: Seward, Alaska
Name of Improvement District:
Assessment Roll ID#
Installation Cost Details & 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.
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.
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.As Applicant, I certify or declare under
penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Alaska that the foregoing is true and correct.
APPLICANT SIGNATURE: DATE:
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Clerk Received(date&Initials) Submission Date Notice of Filing Date
City Manager Date Finance Approval Date
Community Development Received Planning&Zoning Meeting Date and Date Approved
City Manager Date City Council Meeting Date and Date Approved
IF APPROVED