Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-03
FRONTAGE TAX
DECISION BY
SUPERVISORS
Property Owners Will Be Allow
ed to Pay 100 Per Cent of
Cost of Improvement
''TRUNK LINES EXCEPTED.
TO BE DESIGNATED LATER
No Argument of Resolution
That Fixes Rate-Pacheco
Measure Is Adopted


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). BE 1T RESOLVED by the !:
., Mayor and Board Of superyis- 8.
= ors of the city and county Of ::
q Honolulu: that :;
:. WHEREAS, Act 131 of the ::
= Session Laws OF 1913. empowers {,
= the City and County OF Honolulu 8;
= to provide for certain improve :,
= ments on and upon the streets .
. and other highways in the Dis .
y trict OF Honolulu, and for such =
= purposes TO levy and assess the :,
= cost thereof on and collect the .
= same from the property bene- :;
= fitted By such improvements; and =
= WHEREAS, the Board has .
= power ~ determine the proper =
= ton Of the assessment which II .
. Is proposed shall be paid by the q
= property owners for such I'm. {,
= pr0pements; and =
= WHEREAS, Il Is the desire cf =
= this Board to declare its policy .
= In such matters affecting all q
= cases to come before It In the .
. future. y
= NOW THEREFORE,, BE 1T 9
= RESOLVED. that In all street .
= Improvement assessments under q
= taken under the provisions Of :,
= Act lS1 Of the Sessions Laws of .
= 1913. the proportion Of the cost 3
to be borne by the property :,
y against which the assessment is .
3 made shall be 100 per cent. ex. .
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:, streets, and also excepting cases =
= IN which improvements are made ,
2 upon public highways used as 3
9 general trunk lines by the pub 8
= lie II
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With the adoption Of the foregoing
resolution the board Of supervisors
has disposed Of the frontage tar
problem to lie entire satisfaction
with the exception of the designation
OF trunk linen" and this matter viii
receive the attention Of the board al
later meeting
Il Is proposed BY the city fathers t
personally assign those streets that
they consider trunk lines and on
these streets different figure Is ex
pected to be established. It is stat
ed that the percentage will be more
favorable to property owners than the
one set at last nights meeting for
owners Of residence property.
The rate Of 100 per cent to be paid
by property owners Is not expected tc
prove any too satisfactory to the
members Of the various improvement
clubs who have made a strong fight
for some action on the part OF the
supervisors
Il guess we shall have to grin and
bear It, commented q member of the
central organization. this morning
However. the figure set by the board
is far from satisfactory, although one
good point has been accomplished, the
supervisors have finally made move
For a long time II looked as though
1t was Impossible to get them to take
any action in the matter"
The frontage tax question has been
one long STALL on the part of the
members of the board who were elect.
ed TO carry out the act of the iegisia,
ture establishing the frontage tax syss
tenn. Had some similar action been
taken year or more ago 1t is prob.
able that great deal OF street i'm.
provement would have been the result
by the present time.
The resolution fixing the 100 per
cent for the property owner and moth
ing per cent for the municipality was
introduced by Supervisor Pacheco
seconded by Mcclellan and adopted,
unanimously by the board. ;