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Statutes > Missouri > T15 > C249 > 249_935Assessment for cost of improvement, how calculated--governing bodiesmay establish by resolution methods for assessing benefits.
249.935. The portion of the cost of any improvement to be assessedagainst the property in a sewage or storm water facility improvementdistrict shall be apportioned against such property in accordance with thebenefits accruing thereto by reasons of such improvement. The cost may beassessed equally per front foot or per square foot against property withinthe district or by any other reasonable assessment plan determined by thegoverning body of any city with a population of three hundred fiftythousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county, orthe governing body of the county of the first classification without acharter form of government that has a population of at least one hundredsixty thousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of thefirst classification without a charter form of government containing aportion of a city with a population of at least three hundred fiftythousand inhabitants, or the governing body of any county of the firstclassification without a charter form of government as of August 28, 1995,that has a population of more than one hundred five thousand but less thanone hundred twenty thousand inhabitants, which results in imposingsubstantially equal burdens or share of the cost upon property similarlybenefited. The governing body of such city or county may from time to timedetermine and establish, by resolution, reasonable general classificationsand formulae for the methods of assessing the benefits.
(L. 1995 H.B. 88 § 12)
