(a) There is hereby levied and shall be collected a charge against residential, commercial and industrial/manufacturing, institutional or other users of municipal services situated within the City of Wellsburg, for essential municipal services, such as paving of streets, and alleys, repaving of streets and alleys, street and alley maintenance, maintenance of City buildings and grounds, vehicle and equipment purchases for the City’s Street Department and capital improvements.
(b) For purposes of this Article, the term “user” or “users” are defined to be the occupants, whether tenants or owners of all residential premises (which term includes houses, townhomes, apartments and duplexes) industrial/manufacturing plants and all commercial, business, institutional or other premises, within the City of Wellsburg. Residential housing which is rented shall be subject to the residential user rate, and in the case of any multiple family dwelling or apartment building, each unit shall be subject to a separate user fee. For purposes of this Article, it may be presumed that a person or entity who obtains utility services from the City is the user.
(c) In the event the record owner of a multiple family dwelling or apartment building is responsible for charges for utility services provided by the City, said owner shall be charged with the responsibility of collecting charges imposed by the Ordinance from tenant or occupants of such dwelling units or apartments and properly remitting same to the City and shall be liable to the City in the amount of said charges for failure to do so. However, in the event that a residential unit or of multiple family dwelling or apartment building is temporarily unoccupied, then that event, the charge shall not apply during the time such unit is unoccupied.
(Ord. 2017-6-1. Passed 8-8-17.)