80-6345Rlbo
RESOLUTION -NO. "6345
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AN ALLEY POLICY
BE IT RESOLVED by the: City Council of the City of Richfield,.
Minnesota, as follows:
1. All costs involved in maintaining an alley will be
assessed against the property abutting the. alley.
2. An alley paving project may be initiated on an alley by
• a petition signed by the property owners of more than 50 percent
of abutting property... ..
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3. All costs involved in the paving of an alley will be
assessed against the abutting property., except that should a
commercial lot have_an alley on two primary sides, the commercial
property will be assessed only for the longer of the two sides.
In all cases, residential property will be assessed only for the
shorter of the two primary sides.
•4. Residential properties will be assessed for one-half the
cost of paving the full width of the abutting alley unless the
property is opposite commercial property in which ease it is
assessed one-fourth the cost of paving the full width.
5. Commercial alleys will be assessed for three-fourths of
the cost of paving the actual full width of the alley.
6. The City of Richfield will-pay the costs of paving an
alley not abutting assessable property.
7. The type of surface will be chosen at the time the .
contract is awarded on the first alley paving project.
8. A minimum of six alleys in one cluster (as defined by
the .city engineer) or ten alleys regardless of cluster is required
.for a project.
9. The deadline for the submittal of petitions is February
1st of each year.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 8th
day of December, 1980.
Dona d J. Prieb Mayor