(a) Those qualifying senior citizens shall receive a twenty-five percent (25%) reduction in their water charges payable to the City. In order to be a qualifying senior citizen, the water customer must meet the following requirements:
(1) Be a resident of the City of Canal Fulton;
(2) Be age sixty-five (65) or older, and
(3) Have an annual income of the customer and spouse not exceeding two hundred percent (200%) of the poverty level for a family of two (2) established by the United States federal government.
(b) Application for status as a qualifying senior citizen shall be made on forms prescribed by the Finance Director and in a manner prescribed by the Finance Director. Applications shall include documentation of the applicant's most recent annual income. Such income documentation shall consist of the applicant's most recent United States federal income tax return and any other income documentation deemed necessary by the Finance Director, or any substitute income documentation deemed acceptable by the Finance Director.
(c) Determinations of the status as a qualifying senior citizen shall be made by the Finance Director or other City employee, as delegated by the Finance Director.
(d) Due to changes in incomes over time, qualifying senior citizens must periodically reapply in order to demonstrate a continued financial need. The frequency of these reapplications shall be prescribed by the Finance Director.
(e) Current water customers have until February 15, 2012 to apply the senior citizen discount under the new income-based requirements in order to allow for the processing of applications prior to the issuing of water bills at the end of February 2012. For residents of the City of Canal Fulton currently receiving the senior citizen discount, the senior citizen discount shall be continued for all water utility billings issued through February 15, 2012.
(Ord. 12-1978. Passed 4-4-78; Ord. 35-11. Passed 12-20-11.)