3.2 There are two policies in place for the reconstruction of pavements in established neighbourhoods as Local Improvements:

• CR292/2003 (Attachment A) establishes the policy for the assessment of costs for construction of pavements following Local Improvement sewer construction, providing a favourable assessment rate to property owners to encourage the construction of pavements, including curbs and gutters.

• CR1215/85 (Attachment B) establishes the policy for the assessment of costs for the construction of pavements on rights-of-way serviced by full underground services and not serviced by full underground services. In both instances, the City absorbs the cost of intersections and drainage. In the instance of full underground services existing, the City will absorb sixty-seven percent (67%) of the remainder of the total cost of the work. In the instance of full underground services not existing, the City will absorb fifty percent (50%) of the remainder of the total cost of the work.

Neither of the above policies addresses the situation where a pavement does not have curbs and gutters and is deteriorated to the extent that it requires rehabilitation or reconstruction at the City’s cost, and where abutting property owners, or the City, wish to construct curbs and gutters and boulevard restoration at the same time as the pavement rehabilitation or reconstruction.

4.0 SCOPE

• 4.1 This Policy applies to all roads and highways within the Municipal Boundaries of the Corporation of the City Of Windsor.

• 4.2 This policy describes the conditions for the undertaking of local improvements as described in sec 3.1 and how abutting property owners will be assessed for the cost of the curbs and gutters and boulevard restoration.

• 4.3 This policy is for the assessment of costs for the construction of curbs and gutters and boulevard restoration on pavements which are (i) presently without curbs and gutters and (ii) deteriorated to the extent that they require rehabilitation or reconstruction, to be undertaken as Local Improvements under the Municipal Act, 2001-Ontario Regulation 119/03:

  1. That this policy applies only to curbs and gutters constructed on assumed streets.

  2. That this policy applies only to streets presently serviced by either (i) separated storm and sanitary sewers, or (ii) combined sewers.

5.   RESPONSIBILITY

• 5.1  The responsibilities of the City, through City Council, the Court of Revision, the City Engineer, the City Treasurer, the City Clerk and the abutting property owners are enunciated in the Municipal Act, 2001-Ontario Regulation 119/03.

• 5.2 The local improvement role, or record of assessment, shall be maintained by the City Treasurer.