(a) If the Fire Chief, or his/her designee, determines that the Township's assessment of a fee was in error or there were other mitigating facts that the Township did not possess at the time that the fee was assessed, the Fire Chief, or his/her designee, may waive imposition of the fee.
(b) A facility subject to a fee under this chapter may submit an appeal to the Fire Chief at the address listed on the notice or invoice for submission of appeals. The following provisions shall apply to all appeals:
(1) The appeal must be in writing and submitted within ten (10) days after the issuance of the first notice or invoice for the fee.
(2) The appeal must include the appellant's reasoning as to why the fee should be reconsidered.
(3) Appeals arguing cost or the policy underlying this chapter shall not constitute sufficient reasons to warrant reversal of the fee.
(4) Appeals are limited to:
A. Whether information obtained by the Township was inaccurate or incomplete and if accurate and complete information been obtained, a different determination would have been made; or
B. Whether the fee assessed to the facility should have been reduced by amounts paid to the Township for the response from other sources, if payments from other sources resulted in the Township receiving revenue that exceeded its actual costs as calculated pursuant to the criteria set forth in this chapter.
(5) The Fire Chief or his/her designee will review all information provided with the appeal and issue a decision in writing to the appellant within sixty (60) days.
(6) Unless an appeal is properly and timely submitted in accordance with this subsection, any fee assessed under this chapter shall be final.
(Ord. 488. Passed 1-22-24.)