CHAPTER 19-1900. PAYMENT FOR CITY SERVICES BY SENIOR CITIZENS 416

 

Notes

416	Added, 1973 Ordinances, p. 1102.

§ 19-1901. Definitions. 417

   (1)   Eligible Senior Citizen shall mean a residential customer of record of the Water Department age sixty-five (65) or older residing in the City of Philadelphia whose gross annual household income does not exceed that set forth at subsection 19-1901(2).

   (2)   Gross annual household income shall mean an amount not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000), except as adjusted to reflect the net change in the Consumer Price Index (All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Philadelphia (All Items)), such adjustment to occur from time to time at the discretion of the Water Commissioner, but no less often than at each general residential customer rate determination.

 

Notes

417	Added, 1987 Ordinances, p. 1225.

§ 19-1902. Water and Sewer Reductions. 418

   (1)   The Water Commissioner is authorized to establish a reduction in charges for water and sewer services, for any eligible senior citizen in the amount of twenty-five percent (25%) of the service charge and quantity charges to his or her primary residence. In order to qualify for any reduction, the eligible senior citizen must apply through the Revenue Department for a rate reduction within the first billing period for which reduction is sought.

   (2)   The Water Commissioner is authorized to continue to bill those eligible senior citizens who have previously qualified for a reduction in the water and sewer service charges and quantity charges at a reduced rate, in accordance with the reduction set forth at subsection 19-1902(1). 419

 

Notes

418	Renumbered and amended, 1987 Ordinances, p. 1225.
419	Added, 1976 Ordinances, p. 187.