Council asked to reconsider a special assessment on an irregular triangular lot
Staff flagged a triangular parcel with 200 feet of frontage that may be unfairly assessed under the city's frontage-based special-assessment method; the owner requested the council evaluate a reduced assessment based on usable lot area ahead of the assessment hearing later this year.
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At the capital-project update, staff (S6) highlighted a residential triangular parcel on Howard Street with about 200 feet of frontage but very limited buildable area. Because the city's assessment methodology uses frontage multiplied by a per-foot rate, the parcel would receive one of the highest residential assessments despite having little usable land, and the property owner asked the council to consider a reduced assessment.
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