In 2017, the City Council adopted an Ordinance establishing a Road and Street Paving Assessment in the City of New Port Richey. The Ordinance created a means of recovering costs incurred by the City in providing paving services.

These fees are collected each year as non-ad valorem assessments to the property owners, under the provisions of Chapter 197, Florida Statutes. These fees are chargeable to the property owner, regardless of whether or not a property is tenant occupied.

The City has found that the use of a non-ad valorem assessment is the most equitable method of providing the necessary funding for providing paving services within the City. Each year the City must certify its paving non-ad valorem assessment roll with Pasco County. As part of that process, parcel owners who were not assessed a paving non-ad valorem assessment in the previous year are given an opportunity to make public comment and address the City Council concerning the paving non-ad valorem assessment.

The billing of the paving assessment fee is administered by Pasco County and can be seen as a line item in the non-ad valorem portion of the County tax bill. All property owners receive notice of their non-ad valorem assessments on their Notice of Proposed Property Taxes (TRIM Notice).