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PROCESS FOR FILING APPEALS
GROUNDS FOR PROTEST AGAINST POTENTIAL ASSESSMENTS
Within 20 days of City notification to all participants of their inclusion on the assessment
roll, any participating property owner may submit an appeal in writing to the Renton
City Council, c/o City Clerk. An appeal must include a statement of claimed errors
concerning the proposed assessment, and must be accompanied by a $500.00 nonrefundable
fee. Errors identified in an appeal must be related to cost, methodology for
cost distribution, and benefit to the property, as outlined below.
1. Cost
All costs submitted in the form of actual billing statements by the developer
have been reviewed by City Staff and have been determined that they are
within a typical cost range for the project.
If the benefiting property owner contests these costs, they must provide a
basis for their claimed discrepancy. (Comparables from a similar job)
2. Costs Methodology
Staff considers the typical methodologies for cost distribution and makes every
effort to choose the methodology that is most equitable to all benefiting
property owners.
If the benefiting property owner contests the cost methodology used, they
have to show why it is not equitable and provide their suggested alternate
method of assessment and the justification for its use in place of the staff
recommended method.
3. Benefit
Staff considers potential benefit to all parcels within a proposed latecomer
(private or City-held) boundary.
It is feasible that there is/are some reason(s), unknown to City staff, that a
specific parcel may not have the potential to benefit from the improvements.
If a benefiting property owner contest benefit they must provide a statement
or documentation on why a particular parcel has absolutely no future potential
benefit.
Errors which are not set forth in writing and which do not adhere to the above criteria,
will not be considered.
Objections by a benefiting property owner to the recording of a potential assessment
against their property does not constitute a valid appeal.