(A) Public fire and safety surcharges shall be collected monthly. Statements for the surcharge shall be included as an additional item on the city monthly utility billing wherever feasible, unless otherwise specified below.
(B) Unless another person has agreed in writing to pay and a copy of that writing is filed with the city, the person normally responsible for paying the city’s water and sewer utility charges is responsible for paying the public fire and safety surcharge.
(C) In the event a developed property is not served by a domestic water meter or sewer hook-up, or if water and sewer service is discontinued, the public fire and safety surcharge shall be paid by the person or persons having the right to occupy or use the property.
(D) A request for water or sewer service by a person, a person’s request for the issuance of a building permit, or a person’s occupancy of a building will automatically cause the person to become the person responsible to pay the surcharge if that person has not already been the responsible party.
(E) There shall be no public fire and safety surcharge for undeveloped property until such time as building permits are issued for that property.
(F) The imposition of surcharges shall be calculated on the basis of the number of residential or non-residential units supported, without regard to the number of water meters serving the property.
(G) Late charges may be assessed in an amount determined by the city council by resolution for any public fire and safety surcharges that become thirty days past due.
(Ord. 546, passed 12-8-2014; Ord. 547, passed 4-13-2015)