(A) Property owners required to connect to a Sewer Utility or a Potable Water Utility pursuant to this Ordinance shall have the option of prepaying the amortized value of required Connection Fees in equal monthly installments over a period not to exceed two (2) years from the date of the initial notification of anticipated availability.
(B) By resolution, the Council may establish financing programs to waive or reduce the Connection Fees for property owners connecting to the City's Sewer Utility or Potable Water Utility or otherwise provide financial incentives to induce connection. Nothing in this section shall prohibit investor-owned Sewer Utilities or Potable Water Utilities from establishing their own financing programs.
(C) Where a property owner has not connected to the Sewer Utility or Potable Water Utility within one (1) year of receiving the final notice described in § 203.04 or § 203.06, herein, the Connection Fee(s) attributable to such property may be collected as a non-ad valorem special assessment pursuant to Chapter 56 of the Code.
(Ord. 2023-101, passed 11-2-23)