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37.4. To qualify for an allowance, an applicant must meet all of the following requirements: (a) The applicant or his spouse must be 65 years of age or older by August 1st of the year in which the applicatiGn is submitted. (b) The applicant must Ihave been a resident of the City of Louisville for some part of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the application is made. No allowance shall be paid to any resident of any dwelling for any specific period of time if any resident of that same dwelling has received or is entitled to receive an allowance for the same period of time. (c) The applicant or his spouse must have paid property taxes or rent on or for a dwelling unit in which he lived and upon which property taxes were assessed for all or part of the calendar year preceding the application. 37.5. As used herein, the terms "dwelling" and "dwelling unit" shall mean any structure, residence, abode, room, habitation, apartment or lot or plot of land in or upon which the applicant or his spouse permanently resides, which, however, shall not include any part or portion thereof which is rented or let out to others or is used for a business purpose. Such terms shall be deemed to include, but not limited to single and multifamily houses, apartments, condominums, rented rooms, nursing home residences, and trailer and mobile home park space. 37.6. If an applicant has met all the requirements contained in this ordinance, the City shall pay to him the following amount: (a) If the applicant lived in a dwelling owned by him or his spouse or jointly with his spouse during any portion of the calendar year preceding the year in which the application is submitted, the City shall pay to him an amount equal to that portion of the total ad valorem taxes which the applicant or his spouse has actually paid on said dwelling unit which was levied by the City. (b) If the applicant or his spouse rented a dwelling unit, or a portion thereof, in which he lived during the calendar year proceding the year in which the application is submitted, the City shall pay to him a sum equivalent to that percentage of the average annual rental which was paid during said preceding year which is attributable to the City's ad valorem tax on that dwelling unit. This amount shall be determined by multiplying the total annual rent paid by the applicant by the average percentage of the annual rental' paid toward total property tax and then multiplying said-percentage by the City's current share of the total property tax mill levy. The percentage of average annual rent paid towards total property tax shall be determined by the City Administrator on the basis of the most recent statistics available to him which indicate total property tax revenues or assessments on realty within the City. (c) If, during the calendar year preceding the year in which the application is submitted, the applicant owned and lived in two or more homes, or rented and lived in two or more dwelling units, or owned and lived in a home for a portion of said preceding year and rented and lived in a dwelling -2-