Title 15 - Public Improvements

15.06.080 Storm Water Utility User Fee Collection.

The Storm Water Utility User Fee shall be billed by the Johnson County, Kansas, Clerk and collected by the Johnson County, Kansas, Treasurer. The Storm Water Utility User Fee shall be shown as a separate item on the County's annual ad valorem real property tax statement, in accordance with the procedures established in an agreement, pursuant to K.S.A. 12-2908, between the City and the County, as hereby authorized. The payment of Storm Water Utility User Fee bills for any given property shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Storm Water Utility User Fees shall be subject to interest for late payment at a rate that is the same as the rate prescribed in K.S.A. 79-2004, as amended and K.S.A.79-2968, as amended, shall constitute a lien on the applicable property, and shall be collected in the same manner as ad valorem real property taxes collected by the County, regardless of whether the Storm Water Utility User Fees were incurred when a property owner was in possession of the property or a non-owner was in possession of the property.

(History: Ord. SWU-2315 §8, 2001)

Effective on: 1/1/1901