HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-06-12 00-234 ORDINANCECDDNRL AMON
Item No. Oo
Date: June 12, 2000
Item/Snbjech Ordinance, Amentling the Code of the City of Bangor by Adding a Hew Chapter
181, to be FnOBed Mobile Home Transfers.
Responsible Department. Assuring
Commentary:
The Assessing Office has requested that the Counal consider enacting the attached Mobile
Home Transfer Ordinance.
There are approximately 1400 mobile homes located in the City of Bangor, many of which are
situated on leased lots. The Assessing Office has experienced difficulties keeping trade of the
ownership of mobile homes on lensed lots because Mere is no regulation requiring notification
M the Assessing Office upon Me transfer of a mobile home on a leased lot. The result is that
taxes are assessed against a non -owner, leading m an abatement request, a supplemental tax
bill, and a delay in the payment of taxes to the City. The Assessing Office can provide specific
examples of such problems, if necessary.
The proposetl ordinance would require the purchaser of a mobile home or modular construction
home on a leased lot to nodfy the Assessing Office of the transfer within thirty days. A copy of
the proposal notification form is also attached. This notification will avoid the problem of
inmdetctly assessments. Nodfcation will also prevent people from moving mobile homes from
one location to another without paying taxes in full, as required by law.
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Manager's Commends:
This has been reviewed and is recommended by the Municipal Operadans Committee. p� 2���
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City Manager
Associated Infarmadon: Ordinance
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
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Introduced far
_Passage
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Referral to Finance
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Asaigved to Caumcu" Baldacel lame 12, 2000
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Ordinance to Amend the Code of the City of Bangor by adding a new Chapter 187, to
be entitled MOBILE HOME TRANSFERS.
&ttordaBxHbybas Oly ofbangor, as fo/kws that Chapter 187, Mobile Home Transfers, is
hereby enacted as follows:
Chapter 187, MOBILE HOME TRANSFERS
§187-1. Transfer of mobile home; notification to assessor.
The purchaser or party to whom title is tmnsfered of a mobile home or modular
construction home shall notify the City of Bangor Tax Assessor's Office, in writing and on a
form provided by the Tax Assessor's Office, witbin thirty (30) days of the transfer of
ownership, whether or not for compensation, of a mobile home or modular construction
home when thaz mobile home or modular construction home is situated on land that is not
armed by the mobile home or modular home owner.
§187-2. Requiucdlnfamnation.
The following information shall be provided to the Assessing Office on the form
provided thereby:
A. Name and mailing address of party acquiring title to mobile home or modular
construction home;
B. Location of the dwelling, including lot number, if any;
C. Name and mailing address of oymerof the land on which the unit is or will be
placed;
D. Mannfcnuer, serial number, model, and year of the unit;
E. Date of purchase or transfer of title;
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E Price paid, including an indication whether the price inducted:
an open porch,
ari wclosed porah,
agamge,
adeck,
a shed,
an addition, or
the slab;
If the price paid did not include any of the above and the unit includes any of the
above, the size, year, and cast ofemb must be provided;
G. Dimensions of and; and
H. Number of bathrooms;
§ 1873. Penalties.
Violations of this chapter shdl be punishable in the District Court as civil violations
under 4 M.R.S.A. § 152. Civil penalties assessed for such violations shall accrue to the City
of Bangor. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or ordinance, the minimum
penalty for aviolation ofthis article shell be $100.
IN an COUNCIL
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First Reading
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IN CITY COOBCIL
June 26, 2000
Notion for Passage Made and
Seconded
Vote: 0 yea. 1 be
Councilors vot>og yes:
Abbe Beldacei, Blanchette
Crowley, Parnhun, Palmer.
Mohmev 6 varasmia
Councilor Voting m: Tremble
Teased
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ORDINANCE
Title, To A the Cade of the City of
Baneor by Adding a New Chapter 187.
to he Ratitled Mobile Home Transfers
AnIgned to