(Amended by Ordinance Nos. 175840, 176776, 176955, 179000 and 185495, effective July 11, 2012.)
A. The fee established by this Chapter for management of business property in the Clean & Safe District in a license year will be the sum of the following amounts, computed separately in relation to each such property within the District as to which the licensee is engaged in property management activities:
1. $.87 (cents) per $1,000 of value of improvements, measured as set out in Subsection B. of this Section;
2. Plus $5.52 per 290 square feet of the sum of improvements and land square footage as of the July 1 immediately preceding commencement of the license fee year;
3. Plus $.46 (cents) per pound of elevator capacity as of the July 1 immediately preceding commencement of the license fee year;
4. Plus 2.5 percent of the sum of Subsections A.1. through 3., as to any business property as to which the licensee is engaged in property management activities, if the business property is among the 50 District business properties used primarily for business activities with the highest value of improvements; and
5. Less 2.5 percent of the sum of Subsections A.1 through .3., as to any business property as to which the licensee is engaged in property management activities, if the business property is among the 51st to the 150th District business properties used primarily for business activities with the highest value of improvements;
6. Plus 15 percent of the amounts determined under subsections A.1. through 5.;
7. Plus $.01401 (1.401 cents) per square foot of improvements and, for surface parking lots, per square foot of land square footage, as of the July 1 immediately preceding commencement of the license fee year;
8. Plus 20.03 percent of the amounts determined under Subsections A.1. through 7. which is the inflation that occurred during license years 2001 through 2011.
9. Plus the total of the amounts determined under Subsections A.1. through 7. multiplied by the CPI-W factor, for license fee years commencing on or after October 1, 2012.
B. “Value of improvements” under this Section will be measured as follows:
1. For business property as to which, on or after July 1, 1994, there has been no physical change resulting in an increase or decrease in square footage of the sum of improvements and land or in elevator capacity, “value of improvements” is the assessed value of improvements for the 1993-94 property tax assessment year;
2. For business property as to which, on or after July 1, 1994 but before July 1, 1997, there has been physical change resulting in an increase or decrease in square footage of the sum of improvements and land or in elevator capacity, “value of improvements” is the assessed value of improvements for the 1996-97 property tax assessment year, discounted by 8.8 percent;
3. For business property as to which, on or after July 1, 1997 but before July 1, 2001, there has been physical change resulting in an increase or decrease in square footage of the sum of improvements and land or in elevator capacity, “value of improvements” is:
a. For license fee years that commence before the January 1 immediately preceding the first property tax assessment year in which the assessment roll reflects the change or would reflect it were the property not assessed by the Oregon Department of Revenue, the amount determined under whichever of Subsections B.1. or 2. or C.1. otherwise would be applicable plus the cost of the physical changes as determined from the City Bureau of Development Review records of all building permits issued authorizing or in association with the physical changes, discounted by a percent equal to 8.8 percent plus an additional 2.9 percent for each year between the 1996-97 assessment year and such occupancy authorization date; or
b. For license fee years that commence after the January 1 immediately preceding the first property tax assessment year in which the assessment roll reflects the change or would reflect it were the property not assessed by the Oregon Department of Revenue, the assessed value of improvements for the first assessment year in which the assessment roll reflects the physical change or would reflect it were the property not assessed by the Oregon Department of Revenue, discounted by a percent equal to 8.8 percent plus an additional 2.9 percent for each year between the 1996-97 assessment year and such first assessment year;
4. For business property as to which, on or after July 1, 2001, there has been physical change resulting in an increase or decrease in square footage of the sum of improvements and land square footage or in elevator capacity, but the physical change has not resulted in there being a new building on the property, “value of improvements” is the amount determined under whichever of Subsections B.1., 2., or 3. otherwise would be applicable, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the square footage of improvements after the physical change and the denominator of which is the square footage of improvements prior to the physical change. For purposes of this Subsection and Subsection B.5. of this Section, building on a property will be considered new if the cost of the physical change, as determined from the City Bureau of Development Services records of all building permits issued authorizing or in association with the physical change, is more than 50 percent of the assessed value of improvements on the property immediately prior to the physical change;
5. For business property as to which, on or after July 1, 2001, there has been physical change that has resulted in there being a new building on the property, “value of improvements” is $73 per square foot of improvements.
C. Notwithstanding Subsections A. and B. of this Section, if as of July 1 immediately preceding commencement of a license year, the Multnomah Count Assessor in accord with ORS 307.340 has cancelled the property tax assessment on a business property building, structure, or addition for the property tax assessment year beginning on that July 1, then:
1. For purposes of initially determining the license fee for such license year, the value of improvements, improvements square footage, and elevator capacity attributable to the business property building, structure, or addition will be deemed to be zero; and
2. If, after that July 1 and prior to completion of such license year the City Bureau of Development Services issues an authorization to occupy the building, structure, or addition as to which the property tax assessment was cancelled, then the license fee payable for such license year will be adjusted. For purposes of adjustment, value of improvements will be measured as set out in set out in Subsection B. of this Section, improvements square footage will be measured as of the date of such authorization, and elevator capacity will be measured as of the date of such authorization. The adjusted license fee will be the amount determined under Subsection A. of this Section multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of whole and partial months after the date of such authorization remaining in the license year and the denominator of which is twelve. For purposes of this Subsection, the date of such authorization will be the date the Bureau of Development Services issues a written authorization to occupy all new improvements on the business property or the date 180 days after the Bureau issues a written authorization to occupy some but not all new improvements on the property, whichever occurs first.