HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCSD 00-27RESOLUTION NO.OCSD 00-27
ESTABLISHING DISTRICT POLICY FOR REFUNDING OF
ERRONEOUSLY PAID SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ORANGE
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ESTABLISHING A DISTRICT POLICY
FOR THE REFUNDING OF ERRONEOUSLY PAID SEWER SERVICE
CHARGES AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.OCSD 99-25
WHEREAS,District and eight (8)of its former Sanitation Districts,have
enacted,by Ordinance,a schedule of sanitary sewer service charges,payable by
owners of properties connected to the District’s system;and,
WHEREAS,THE District has discovered that some parcels of real
property that are not connected to the District’s system and receive no service
from the District,have inadvertently been charged and paid on the annual tax bill
the sewer service charge for properties in that District or Revenue Area;and,
WHEREAS,District has determined to refund the amounts paid to the
owners of record for the reasons that the District failed to cause the exempt
properties to be removed from the list of properties upon which the fee was
levied;
WHEREAS,at the time of enactment of the District’s Ordinance,certain
property owners not connected to the District’s system,requested to have the
fees waived,as authorized by said Ordinance;and
WHEREAS,District has determined that fee refunds may provide an
incentive to current property owners to connect to the sewerage system.
NOW,THEREFORE,the Board of Directors of Orange County Sanitation
District,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE,DETERMINE,AND ORDER:
Section 1 It is hereby established as the policy of the District that it will
refund any monies paid in error to the District for sanitary sewer service charges
by property owners,for parcels not connected to the District’s system in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2 below.
Section 2 A.Requests for refunds shall be in writing,by or on
behalf of the legal owners(s)of record for the year(s)of request.
ownership.
B.The District must receive,or otherwise have,proof of
C.The eligible amount of the refund shall be from the
effective date of the Ordinance establishing and levying the charge until the date
of request.
D.Refunds shall be made to the owners of record for
whom payments were made for each year of request or to the current property
owner.
error.
E.The District shall pay interest on the amounts paid in
by December 31,20003.
F.All requests for refund shall be submitted to the District
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held October 25,2000.
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