Why does Albany have Local Improvement Districts?
The LID provides a mechanism to coordinate installation and funding of improvements between one or more property owners. LIDs are initiated either by written petition from property owners or directly by Council as outlined in the following examples:
- Council may desire to require installation of public improvements that
are considered essential to the welfare of the city, i.e. installation of
sidewalks in previously developed areas, and shall initiate an LID to construct
and assess the sidewalk costs to adjacent property owners.
OR
- When 80% of the benefiting property owners which would benefit from the improvement construction of a particular public improvement, they may petition Council to initiate an LID to construct the improvements and assess those costs to the benefiting properties.