Chapter 12A LAND PRESERVATION
Section 12A-151 Billing practices.
(a)
General. The stormwater utility charge shall be billed by the director of finance in
accordance with the provisions of this section and the accounts and billings procedures set forth
in chapter 27. Except as otherwise herein provided, each city utility service customer shall be
billed the stormwater utility charge for the premises where the customer receives water, electric,
sewage or refuse collection utility service. Where there is no city water, electric, sewage or
refuse collection utility service customer for a parcel of developed land, the stormwater utility
charge shall be billed to the property owner. *Editor's noteis article is in full force and effect
from and after October 1, 1993, and the charges hereby established shall be applied to the utility
bills beginning with the first cycle billed in October, 1993.
(b)
Multiple-family buildings. A stormwater utility charge shall be billed to each utility service
customer having an account for an individual dwelling unit in a multiple-family building. When
no customer has an account for a dwelling unit, the stormwater utility charge for that unit
shall be billed to the property owner. At the request of the property owner, the
stormwater utility
charge for some or all dwelling units in a multiple-family building may be billed to the property
owner.
(c)
Nonresidential use. Where there is more than one utility service customer for a parcel of
land developed for a nonresidential use, the stormwater utility charge shall be billed to the
property owner, except where the property owner and a tenant have agreed that the tenant shall
be billed.
(Ord. No. 13590 § 1, 2-15-93)