(EDITOR'S NOTE: Town Council delayed setting a fee amount for residential and commercial property until a later date.)
(a) The monthly Water Quality service fee authorized under Section 933.06 above shall be established as follows:
Residential -- [recommended between $4.00 and $10.00] per month.
Non-residential -- First 3,000 Impervious Sq. Ft. [between $4.00 and $10.00] per month.
Between 3,000 and up to a maximum of 1,000,000 impervious sq. ft. in the aggregate [$*** ] per 1,000 sq. ft. per month.
Minimum monthly rate [between $4.00 and $10.00] per month.
(b) Multi-unit property owners are eligible to pay a non-residential service fee based upon the aggregate total square footage of impervious area owned within the service area. However, said multi-unit property owners will be required to pay a monthly minimum charge on each parcel of real property owned.
(c) Those owners of real property paying Business and Occupation Taxes to the Town will be billed quarterly on their B & O Tax Form for the fees assessed hereunder.
(d) All others will be billed [suggested that this would be quarterly as well]
(e) The initial Water Quality service fee shall be effective ______________. Water Quality service fees based upon square feet of impervious area shall not be implemented until mapping of the service area has been completed by the Fayetteville Stormwater Utility.
(f) Returned Check Charge. A service charge of twenty - five dollars ($25.00) will be imposed upon any customer, property owner or any other person or entity whose check is returned by the bank for any reason.
(g) EFT, Credit Card and Drop Box Payments. A service charge will be imposed on EFT, Credit Card or Drop Box Payments or any other electronic transactions. The amount shall be equal to the actual charges to the utility from any source.
(h) Delayed Payment Penalty. On all current usage billings not paid in full by the latest pay date, ten percent (10%) will be added to the net current amount unpaid. This delayed payment penalty is not interest and is to be collected only once for each bill where it is appropriate.
(i) The Town Council may, from time to time, by ordinance, change the Water Quality service fees or charges.
(j) The Fayetteville Stormwater Utility shall assign discount credits to those newly constructed properties employing volumetric flow reduction facilities and to those existing properties employing volume and/or rate of flow reduction practices. A non-residential customer with an aggregate total of impervious are exceeding 1,000,000 square feet shall not be eligible for such discount credit. The credits may be made available only with adequate mapping and research by the Fayetteville Stormwater Utility, and may be reasonably delayed pending the fulfillment of these prerequisites.
(k) Residential customers who are recipients of Medicaid, food stamps, supplemental security income, federal public housing assistance, low-income home energy assistance program benefits, temporary assistance to needy families benefits, or benefits under other income-related state or federal programs shall be eligible, upon certification being provided to the Fayetteville Stormwater Utility, shall pay a Water Quality service fee reduced by ____% of the then applicable Water Quality service fee for residential customers. Continuation of eligibility for the reduced Water Quality service fee established pursuant to this section shall be subject to annual certification.
(Ord. 2015-9. Passed 1-7-16.)