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About City Improvement Districts

City Improvement Districts are geographic areas in which the majority of property owners determine and agree to fund supplementary and complementary services to those normally provided by the Local Authority in order to maintain and manage the public environment at a superior level and thus maintain or increase their investment. The Local Authority continues to provide normal services to a pre-agreed level. Legislation allows for CIDs to raise an additional levy to be charged on all property within the defined geographical area. Income from this levy is directed back to the defined area to finance a wide range of activities.

Supplementary services might include safety and security patrol officers, pavement cleaning, litter collection, maintenance of public space, removal of illegal posters etc.

But CIDs have progressed beyond merely 'Clean and Safe' as they offer an opportunity to retain and attract business, as well as marketing the CID area. If the businesses with the CID area are similar or constitute an industry then an opportunity is provided to market that industry to the advantage of all the property owners and tenants within the area.

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