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Paducah introduces amendments to 911 parcel-fee ordinance to clarify assessments and appeals
Summary
The commission introduced a revision to the city's 911 parcel-fee ordinance to assess occupiable parcels, refine classifications (including reclassifying hospitals as commercial), formalize appeal procedures and remove an expired residential rental rebate.
The Paducah Board of Commissioners on Feb. 24 introduced an amendment to the city's 911 parcel-fee ordinance intended to clarify applicability, refine property classifications and formalize an appeals process.
City staff and Jeff, chairman of the 911 administrative board, said the amendment shifts the assessment standard from parcels that are merely occupied to parcels that are occupiable, explicitly includes residential storage structures and government public housing in accessible-residential definitions, and reclassifies medical facilities as commercial to better align assessments with call patterns. The amendment adopts formal hearing rules for a Paducah–McCracken County 911 parcel-fee appeals board and provides for judicial review in McCracken County District Court within 30 days.
Jeff said county and city attorneys reviewed the changes and staff reported a decline in appeals since the appeals board refined its hearing rules. Commissioners did not vote on the amendment at the meeting; it was introduced for future consideration.
