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 Port Orange
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 74. UTILITIES
 Article V. STORMWATER UTILITY

  § 74-164. Fee collection.  

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  • (a)

    The stormwater drainage utility fee shall be billed monthly for real property lots or parcels owned by a tax exempt church. The finance director may combine the monthly bill with the property owner's city utility bill. When billed as a consolidated statement for utility customers, a partial payment shall be applied pro rata to each account billed on the consolidated statement in the proportion that an individual account bears to the total consolidated statement of all current charges on all accounts billed. All such bills for stormwater drainage utility fees shall be rendered monthly by the city and shall become due and payable in accordance with section 2-240 of the Code. The stormwater drainage utility fee may be prorated on a utility customer's initial and final utility bill to reflect actual days of service. If church owned property does not utilize city utilities, the finance director may collect the stormwater utility fee by the non-ad valorem assessment method.

    (b)

    The owner of a dwelling unit and the owner of a commercial unit located on real property lots or parcels, except if owned by a church, that contain impervious surfaces shall be charged stormwater utility fees using the non-ad valorem assessment method.

    (c)

    On or before July 1 of each successive year the city shall provide all information for the non-ad valorem assessment roll to the tax appraiser that shall include all residential and commercial property that has been issued between January 1 and May 31, inclusive, a certificate of occupancy or otherwise has completed impervious structures or improvements. Any residential or commercial property that seeks a certificate of occupancy or any other type certificate of completion, between June 1 and September 30, inclusive, shall be required, prior to the issuance of such certificate, to pay, in advance, the applicable fiscal year stormwater drainage utility fee prorated for the time remaining between the date of the certificate and September 30, inclusive, plus one full fiscal year or until the stormwater drainage fee is collected on the non-ad valorem assessment roll. Any residential or commercial property that seeks a certificate of occupancy or any other type certification of completion, between October 1 and the next ensuing September 30, inclusive, shall be required, prior to the issuance of such certificate, to pay, in advance, the applicable fiscal year stormwater drainage utility fee prorated for the time remaining between the date of the certificate and the next ensuing September 30, inclusive.

    (d)

    The finance director may utilize the non-ad valorem assessment method administered by the county for collection of stormwater utility fees for real property lots or parcels owned by governmental entities.

(Code 1981, § 20-113; Ord. No. 1993-13, § 1, 5-4-93; Ord. No. 2005-24, § 2, 6-28-05; Ord. No. 2013-11, § 7, 8-6-2013; Ord. No. 2016-13 , § 1, 8-2-2016)