§ 30-20-513 — Determination of special benefits - factors considered

Colorado § 30-20-513

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 30: Government
• Art.: Public Improvements

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(1) The
term benefit, for the purposes of assessing a particular property within a public
improvement district, particularly with respect to storm sewer drainage and to
drainage improvements to carry off surface waters, includes, but is not limited to,
the following:

(a) Any increase in the market value of the property;

(b) The provision for accepting the burden from specific dominant property
for discharging surface water onto servient property in a manner or quantity
greater than would naturally flow because the dominant owner made some of his
property impermeable;

(c) Any adaptability of property to a superior or more profitable use;

(d) Any alleviation of health and sanitation hazards accruing to particular
property or accruing to public property in the improvement district if the provision
of health and sanitation is paid for wholly or partially out of funds derived from
taxation of property owners of the improvement district;

(e) Any reduction in the maintenance costs of particular property or accruing
to public property in the improvement district if the maintenance of the public
property is paid for wholly or partially out of funds derived from taxation of
property owners of the improvement district;

(f) Any increase in convenience or reduction in inconvenience accruing to
particular property owners, including the facilitation of access to and travel over
streets, roads, and highways;

(g) Recreational improvements accruing to particular property owners as a
direct result of drainage improvement.

Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 996, � 1, effective July 1.