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BIDs are Grassroots organizations, that are driven by community support and require Legislative authorization by the Municipality in which it resides, in order to be established. BIDs typically provide services such as street and sidewalk maintenance, public safety officers, park and open space maintenance, marketing, capital improvements, and various development projects. The services provided by BIDs are a supplement to the services already provided by the municipality. BIDs are funded through special assessments collected from the property owners in the defined boundaries of the district. The assessment is levied on the property owners who can, if the property lease allows, pass it on to their tenants. In New York City , the operating budgets of BIDs range from $53,000 to over $11 million. Typically, an individual property owner will pay an assessment of approximately 6% of his/her annual real estate tax charge. BIDs are overseen by a Board Of Directors that is elected by the members of the district. There are 53 BIDs in New York State , of which 45 are in New York City . Toronto has 47 BIAs within its borders. In the province of Alberta , they are termed "business revitalization zones". There are 9 zones in the City of Calgary and 10 in Edmonton . The first special improvement district in New Jersey was formed in Cranford, New Jersey . ENGLAND AND WALES In England And Wales , business improvement districts were introduced into law with the Local Government Act 2003 , after a number of trials, and also an attempt in 1998 to get a Private Member's Bill passed. This allows districts to be erected, and then a levy introduced on Non-domestic Rates , with the agreement (by ballot) of the ratepayers liable, in order to pay for improvements in the area. The first BID to be created under this process was Kingston Upon Thames . EXTERNAL LINKS
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