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ORDINANCE NO.416
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 715.01, ET. SEQ.,
OF THE MEDINA CODE OF ORDINANCE
RELATING TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DEFERMENTS
The City Council of the City of Medina Ordains as follows:
SECTION I: The code of ordinances of the city of Medina is amended by deleting the ftricken
language and adding the underscored language as follows:
Section 715.01. Purpose of Deferment. The Medina cGity cGouncil hereby finds that
there is a need to establish a procedure permitting deferment of special assessments
pursuant to Minnesota Milifk Statutes 44422 114,24 Sections 435.193-435.195 in cases
where they immediate payment thereof would may create a hardship for qualifying
elderly or disabled homeowners. To be eligible to apply for a deferment, a person must
be the owner of homestead property and be 65 years of age or older or retired by virtue of
a permanent and total disability, and it must be a hardship to make the assessment
payments. For this purpose, a permanent and total disability is a medically verified
condition which is permanent and which totally prevents the individual from working at
an occupation that affords theperson an income.
Section 715.03. Application. Application for deferred assessment shall be made to the
cGity Council administrator upon forms prescribed by the Hennepin County Depeftment
of Finance and by the cGity Council and shall contain true statements of such information
as is requested thereon. Application for deferment of assessments beginning in any year
shall be made by September 15 of the preceding year.
Section 715.05. Approval of Deferment. The cGity administrator Council shall
recommend approveal or disapproveal of each application on the basis of whether
payment of the assessment would constitute a hardship;. No person shall be deemed to
have a hardship unless his or her income, as determined by the applicant's most recent
federal or state income tax return, is no more than 60 percent of the median income for
the Minneapolis -St. Paul metropolitan area, as determined by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for family size, and the
average annual payment for all assessments on the property exceeds 1-1/2 percent of the
applicant's adjusted gross income. For this purpose, the average annual payment of
assessments shall be the aggregate of all assessments levied against the property,
excluding interest, divided by the term of years of each assessment. No person shall be
considered to have a hardship if he or she participates in the Minnesota senior citizen
property tax deferral program. based upon family income, assets, expenses, and other
they may indicate hardship, including but not limited to eligibility requirements for
public assistance and government indeces on various standards of living. Following
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receipt of the city administrator's recommendation, tThe °City council shall act upon
each application. may grant a deferment in whole or in part.
Section 715.07. Interest. Interest as provided by law at the rate determined by the city
council at the time the assessment is established, shall continue to accrue upon any
principal amount of special assessment which may be deferred until the same is paid.
Section 715.09. Termination. The deferment shall terminate and all principal amounts
accumulated plus accrued applicable interest shall become due upon occurrence of any of
the following: death of the owner, provided the surviving spouse is not eligible for
deferment; sale, transfer or subdivision of the property or any part thereof; loss of
homestead status for the property; or determination by the cGity cGouncil that a hardship
no longer exists.
Section 715.11. Funding. The cGity cGouncil may annually transfer to the appropriate
bond repayment funds from the general fund, amounts equal to the deferred assessments,
including principal and interest. The cGouncil may levy for such amounts to reimburse
the general fund, in addition to all other levies. The gGeneral (Fund shall be reimbursed
for such transfer upon payment of the deferred assessments, including principal and
interest.
Section 715.13. Violations. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, improve, convert, use or occupy any building or
structure subject to these regulations without having paid the dDeferred cGonnection
cEharges as required by ordinance herein.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall become effective upon its adoption and publication.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Medina this 3rd day of October, 2006.
Bruce D. Workman, Mayor
ATTEST:
Chad M. Adams, City Administrator -Clerk
Published in the South Crow River News this 9th day of October, 2006.
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