The following are designated as main trafficways of the city pursuant to K.S.A. 12-685

(a)      frontage road south of and along U.S. Highway 54 located within the limits of the City; and

(b)     183rd Street West, located within the limits of the City.

(K.S.A. 12-685; Ord. 700; Ord. 723)

The levy and imposition of the Sales Tax and application of (1) 75% of such tax to pay the costs of City capital improvements and infrastructure; and (2) 25% of such tax to general property tax relief in the City, is hereby authorized, with collection of the Sales Tax to commence on January 1, 2015.

(K.S.A. 12-187 et seq.; Ord. 756)

The governing body has imposed the Goddard Olympic Park CID Sales Tax within the CID in an amount of one percent (1.00%) on the selling of tangible personal property at retail or rendering or furnishing services taxable pursuant to the Kansas retailers’ sales tax act within the CID, with such CID Sales Tax to commence on January 1, 2020, or any other date hereafter requested by the developer of the Project. Such CID Sales Tax shall remain in effect for the earlier of (i) the maximum period provided by law or (ii) such period as may be required for payment from CID Sales Tax revenues of the maximum amount of costs approved for Project described in related ordinances.

(K.S.A. 12-6a26 et seq.; Ord. 759; Ord. 773; Ord. 826)

The Governing Body has created a transportation development district within the City (the “Transportation District”). The legal description of the property in the Transportation District is Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Block A, Goddard Aquatic Center Addition, City of Goddard, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

In order to provide funds to finance the costs of the Projects, a Transportation District sales tax shall be imposed within the Transportation District in an amount of 0.5% on the selling of tangible personal property at retail or rendering or furnishing services within the Transportation District (the “Sales Tax”). The collection of the Sales Tax shall commence on January 1, 2020, or any other date hereafter requested in writing by the developer of the Goddard Aquatic Center Addition.

(K.S.A. 12-17,140 et seq.; Ord. 827)

The library mill levy is hereby limited to3.000 mills on each dollar of assessed valuation of the city.

(Ord. 853)

Except for monuments and underground wiring, one of the following methods shall be used by the subdivider to guarantee that improvements required by these regulations will be installed in accordance with approved plans and specifications

Improvements installed at developers’ expense, with fiscal sureties.

Upon final approval of plans or specifications for required improvements, the owners and/or the subdivider of the land proposed to be subdivided shall enter into an agreement with the City, under which the owners and/or subdivider agree to install such required improvements at their own expense, in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, within the time prescribed by the provisions of these regulations.

Such agreement shall be conditioned upon the approval of the final plat of subdivision.

Simultaneously with the execution of the agreement provided for in Subsections (1) above, the subdivider of the land proposed to be subdivided shall furnish a corporate completion bond, underwritten by a firm authorized to write bonds in Kansas, or a cashier's check, escrow account, or irrevocable letter of credit in favor of the Governing Body.

Said financial guarantee shall be in the amount of the estimated cost of said improvements as set by the engineer's estimates.

Said financial guarantee shall be conditioned upon the approval of the final plat and further conditioned upon the actual completion and installation of such required improvements within two (2) years of the date that the final plat is approved by the Planning Commission.

Petitions to the Governing Body, submitted as a means of guaranteeing to the Governing Body the authority to install improvements at such time as they deem appropriate. Petitions may be submitted only when the following conditions exist:

The petitions (to be secured from the appropriate engineer) must be valid petitions as may be provided for under Kansas law.

(1)          The engineer must concur in said petitions and said petitions must be accepted and approved by the Governing Body, concurrently with the approval of the subdivision.

(2)          The initiating resolution for such improvement must be adopted by the Governing Body concurrently with the petition approval, or as soon thereafter as may be provided by law.

(3)          The cost of the publication of said resolution shall be borne by the subdivider.

(4)          The developer must record in the office of the Sedgwick County Register of Deeds, either the petitions or a certificate signed by the petitioners stating that such petitions have been filed and approved by a Governing Body, that certain lands as described will be liable in the future for special assessments for the required improvements which are to be listed on the certificate.

(5)          Costs for improvements designed, constructed, managed, engineered and financed through the petition and temporary note and bond process shall include an administrative fee paid to the City in an amount equal to 5%. The 5% fee shall be determined based on the true and actual design and construction costs of that phase of the development and collected at the completion of assessment proceedings for that phase of that development.

(6)          The developer shall furnish a letter of credit in the sum of 35% of the total improvement cost. Terms for the release of the letter of credit will be as follows:

(A)         50% release of the letter of credit when 50% of the number of homes are occupied

(B)          100% release of the letter of credit when 80% of the number of homes are occupied.

(Ord. 1016)