(A) The public safety fee shall be billed and collected monthly from the responsible party. Statements for the fee shall be included as an additional item on the City monthly utility billing wherever feasible, unless otherwise specified below.
(B) Unless another person responsible has agreed in writing to pay and a copy of that writing is filed with the City, the person normally responsible for paying the City’s water and sewer utility charges is responsible for paying the public safety fee.
(C) In the event a developed property is not served by a domestic water meter, sewer hook-up, or if water and sewer service is disconnected, the public safety fee shall be paid by the persons having the right to occupy the property.
(D) (1) A presumption shall exist that a property is a developed property under this subchapter when a property receives water service, receives sewer service, is under lease, is issued a building permit, or receives an occupancy permit.
(2) Thereafter, to avoid the public service fee, the responsible person for the property shall have the burden to show that the property is not a developed property.
(E) There shall be no charge for an undeveloped property until such time as building permits are issued for that property.
(F) The imposition of surcharges shall be calculated on the basis of the number of residential or non-residential units supported, without regard to the number of water meters serving that property.
(G) Monies received from responsible parties will first be credited toward the public safety fee and then to other outstanding City charges.
(H) The City Council may, in its fee rate resolution, provide for penalties for delinquency of payments to ensure prompt payment of public safety fee billings.
(Ord. 656, passed 7-3-2018)