§ 98-166. Billing procedure.

(a)

The storm drainage fee shall be billed to all users on a bimonthly basis, one month in advance and one month in arrears. The bill is due and payable on the first day of the second month of the billing period and shall become delinquent 45 days thereafter. The storm drainage fee shall be billed as part of the county's consolidated utility billing service.

(b)

The storm drainage service fee billing shall be based on the use of the parcel as determined by the administrator. For each parcel of property, there shall be only one unit for purposes of billing for storm drainage services. In no case shall a parcel be divided into smaller units for billing purposes.

(c)

The storm drainage service fee shall be billed to the owner of record of the parcel, to the successor in interest of such person, or to such person's single designee if approved by the administrator. All requests to bill a party other than the owner of record must be made in writing to the administrator by both the owner of record and the party to be billed. The administrator may approve or deny such requests at his or her sole discretion. The administrator shall notify the owner of record if the billing is changed to comply with such a request, and the owner of record shall remain liable for any delinquent fees.

(d)

The opening bills shall be based on current parcel numbers, square footage and use codes on record in the county assessor's office, unless the administrator determines that the actual use of the parcel is different than the use reflected in the use codes, in which case the billing shall be based on the actual use of the parcel.

(e)

Any adjustment of charges may be initiated by either the chief of water resources or by the owner of a parcel subject to the storm drainage service fee. If the administrator denies any adjustment proposed by an owner or an owner objects to an adjustment proposed by the administrator, any adjustment shall be made pursuant to the procedure set forth in section 98-170. Any debit adjustments shall be added to the charge in the succeeding billing period. Any credit adjustments shall first be credited against the previous balance and then any remaining credit shall be applied to subsequent bimonthly charges. No debits or credits shall be made for any period more than three years prior to the date that an adjustment is proposed by the administrator or requested by the owner of record pursuant to section 98-170.

(f)

Any delinquent storm drainage fee shall incur an added penalty charge of ten percent of the amount that is delinquent. The delinquent amount, including the ten-percent penalty charge, shall thereafter incur an added penalty charge of one and one-half percent per month until paid or placed on the annual property tax bill. If collected with property taxes, the total amount delinquent, plus all penalties, shall incur an additional ten-percent lien penalty.

(Ord. No. 97-01, § 2(15.10.060), 1-2-1997; Ord. No. 97-13, § 2, 3-26-1997; Ord. No. 97-17, § 2, 9-24-1997; Ord. No. 2018-001, § 3, 7-12-2018)