13.48.050 Appeals.
A. A user may appeal the user charge applied pursuant to section 13.48.020 to the premises owned or occupied by the user by making a written application to the Director. Upon receipt of a request for appeal, the Director shall notify the user of the date, time and location for an informal hearing of the user's appeal before the Director. Said written request shall, where necessary, show the actual or estimated average flow in comparison with the values upon which the charge is based, including how the measurements or estimates were made. The Director may combine the appeal of a surcharge applied pursuant to section 13.48.020F with a pending appeal of an Order to Correct Violation or Notice of Civil Violation for the same premises commenced by the user under chapter 1.12 AMC.
B. Following the appeal hearing, the Director shall determine if the user charge has been correctly applied. The Director may continue the hearing for further study of the matter. The decision of the Director shall be final.
C. If the Director determines that the user charge has been incorrectly applied, the user charges for that user shall be recomputed based on the approved revised flow data and the new charges thus recomputed shall be applicable retroactively up to six (6) months, as applicable.
Prior to the adoption of 6352 on 02/25/2004, Section 13.48.050 read as follows.
A. Bills for sewer user charges shall be mailed to the address specified in the application for permit to make the connection unless or until a different owner or user of the property is reported to the proper city authority. All collections of sewer user charges shall be made to the city treasurer.
B. The city treasurer is directed to deposit in the sewer fund all of the gross revenues received from the charges, rates and penalties collected for the use of the sewerage system.
C. The revenues deposited in the sewer fund shall be used exclusively for the operation, maintenance and repair of the sewerage system; reasonable administration costs; expenses of collection of charges and collection fees; and payments of the principal and interest of any debts of the sewerage system of the city. (Prior code § 10.16.026)