Any property owner subject to the non-compliance fee under this Chapter may provide acceptable proof to the City that they do not have a direct or indirect footing drain connection to the sanitary sewer system. If the City determines there was no direct or indirect footing drain connection as of the date of non-compliance, the City shall refund the non-compliance fee payments collected. In the event the City determines a footing drain disconnection was completed and the footing drain connection no longer exists, the City shall discontinue the imposition of the non-compliance fee for that property owner and shall refund previous non-compliance fee payments. Such refund shall be limited to the number of monthly payments made or three (3) months, whichever is smaller.