Section 727.171. Special assessment for off-street parking facilities

The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may declare, by resolution, the necessity of levying and collecting special assessments for the purpose of paying the principal and interest, or part thereof, of bonds previously issued to pay the cost and expense of acquiring, constructing, and equipping off-street parking facilities, structures, or lands required therefor, which principal and interest was contemplated or required to be paid, under the provisions of an indenture given to secure the payment of such indebtedness at maturity, from the fees and charges for the use of such facilities and structures.

Such resolution shall:

(A) Describe each such off-street parking facility or structure, its location, and the lots or parcels of land to be assessed;

(B) State the principal amount of revenue bonds remaining unpaid, the amount and rate of interest, and the number of years over which the bonds to be paid by such assessments are to mature;

(C) State whether the method of levying such special assessments shall be:

(1) By a percentage of the tax value of the property assessed; or

(2) In proportion to the benefits which may result from the improvement;

(D) State the mode of payment and the number of annual installments of the special assessments to be levied;

(E) Provide for the preparation of a proposed assessment list in accordance with the method set forth in the resolution showing the amount of the assessment to be made against each lot or parcel of land to be assessed.

The total amount of special assessments made by the legislative authority of the municipality under this section shall not exceed the total sum required to meet the maturing principal and interest costs on all unpaid bonds originally secured, when issued, by the revenues accruing from the operation of off-street parking facilities or structures.

Such proposed assessments shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, and notice of the passage of such resolution and the filing of the proposed assessments shall be given to the owners of the lots or parcels of land against which the assessments are made, as provided by section 727.13 of the Revised Code. Objections to the proposed assessments may be made as provided in section 727.15 of the Revised Code, and such objections shall be heard and determined as provided in sections 727.16 and 727.17 of the Revised Code.

The legislative authority of the municipal corporation shall, after the expiration of the time for filing objections to the proposed assessments and following the hearing and determination on any such objections, determine, by an ordinance, to proceed with and adopt the proposed assessment list as prepared and filed pursuant to the resolution of necessity adopted hereunder, or as equalized and approved by the legislative authority under section 727.17 of the Revised Code, and shall assess, as provided in section 727.25 of the Revised Code, in the manner provided in such resolution of necessity, upon the lots and parcels of land enumerated in the proposed assessment adopted by said ordinance, the cost of the improvement to be paid for by such special assessment.

Such assessments shall be payable as provided in the resolution of necessity adopted hereunder and shall be final upon the adoption of the ordinance provided for in this section. No publication of the ordinance provided for in this section need be made under sections 731.21 and 731.22 of the Revised Code.

Assessments made under this section shall be filed with the clerk of the legislative authority and shall be open for public inspection. Notice of the passage of the ordinance provided for in this section, adopting the assessments, shall be given as provided in section 727.26 of the Revised Code. Such assessments shall be payable and shall be collected in the manner provided by sections 727.27 to 727.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Such assessments, when collected, shall be paid into a separate fund in accordance with section 5705.10 of the Revised Code. As the principal and interest requirements on the bonds which have been contemplated or required to be paid from the income arising from the operation of off-street parking facilities or structures mature, moneys in such special fund, in an amount sufficient to meet such interest and principal requirements, may be transferred to the fund from which such principal and interest is to be paid. Any moneys remaining in such special fund, after all obligations have been paid, may be transferred by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and used for off-street parking purposes.

Effective Date: 08-24-1967