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ATTACHMENT #1 Special LF&A Committee M eeting of 03/31/2008 CITY OF DOVER ORDINANCE #2008-20 1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN 2 COUNCIL MET: 3 That Chapter 102 - Taxation, Article VI - Exemptions; Tax Appeals Committee, Section 102-183 4 (b) - Tax Exemption for Senior Citizens, be amended by inserting the blue text and deleting the text 5 in red strikeout, as follows: 6 Sec. 102-183. Tax exemption for senior citizens 7 (1) Owner resides alone. If the income of a property owner who resides a lone exceeds 8 the sum of $15,000 $15,851 (2008) for the income tax year immediately preceding 9 the date of making an application for the exemption, then the exemption shall not be 10 granted. The income limit shall increase each year at the same rate used by the 11 Federal Social Security Administration and effective before the tax exemption 12 application deadline. 13 (2) Spouses reside together. If the income of a property owner and spouse who reside 14 together exceeds the sum of $21,000 $22,192 (2008) for the income tax year 15 immediately preceding the date of making an application for the exemption, then the 16 exemption shall not be granted. The income limit shall increase each year at the 17 same rate used by the Federal Social Security Administration and effective before 18 the tax exemption application deadline. 19 (3) Exclusions from income. In computing income of the property owner in order to 20 determine entitlement for the deduction, social security benefits; rail road pensions 21 and Federal Civil Service Retirement shall not be considered as income. 22 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT Chapter 102 - Taxation, Article VI - Exemptions; Tax 23 Appeals Committee, Section 102-183 - Tax Exemption for Senior Citizens, be amended by inserting 24 a new Section 102-184 - Tax Exemption for Disabled Citizens, as follows: 25 Sec. 102-184 Tax exemption for disabled citizens 26 Individuals who are determined to be disabled under the law applicable to the Social Security 27 Administration are qualified to apply for the property tax exemption. 28 ADOPTED: * 29 S:\ClerksOffice\Attachments and Exhibits\Committee Attachments\2008\03-31-2008 SPECIAL LF&A\03-31-2008-1 2008-20 Chapter 102 - Taxation - Exemptions.wpd 30 Actions History 31 March 24, 2008 - Introduced at Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee

ATTACHMENT #2 Special LF&A Committee Meeting of 03/31/2008

ATTACHMENT #3 Special LF&A Committee M eeting of 03/31/2008 CITY OF DOVER ORDINANCE #2008-23 1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, 2 IN COUNCIL MET: 3 That Chapter 106 - Traffic and Vehicles, Division 5 - Parking Authority, be deleted in its 4 entirety. 5 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 6 That Appendix C - Downtown Redevelopment, Article II - Definitions, be amended by 7 adding a new Section 4 as follows: 8 Section 4. Downtown Dover Partnership – The Downtown Dover Partnership 9 shall be established for the purpose of fostering redevelopment within the 10 target area. 11 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED: 12 The Appendix C - Downtown Redevelopment, Article III - Eligibility, Section 2. 13 [Development incentive eligibility.] be amended by deleting the text shown in red strikeout 14 and adding the text shown in red bold as follows: 15 In order to be eligible for development incentives, the owner of an eligible 16 project must agree to contribute ten percent of the total value of the incentives 17 received to the Downtown Dover Development Corporation Partnership for 18 reinvestment in downtown Dover. 19 ADOPTED: * 20 S:\ClerksOffice\Attachments and Exhibits\Committee Attachments\2008\03-31-2008 SPECIAL LF&A\03-31-2008-3 2008-23 Chapter 106 and Appendix C.wpd 21 SYNOPSIS 22 The proposed ordinance would dissolve the Parking Authority and 23 establish the Downtown Dover Development Partnership. It would also 24 require that the contribution of ten percent of the downtown incentives 25 be given to the Downtown Dover Partnership. 26 Actions History 27 March 24, 2008 – Introduced in Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee