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ORDINANCE NO 15 1975
BEING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLgSHING A PROGRAM
OF REFUNDING TO CERTAIN QUALIFIED RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY CERTAIN AMOUNTS ON ACCOUNT OF
UTILITY CHARGES MADE BY THE CITY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 Declaration of Purpose There is hereby enacted
a utility refund program to provide relief from City utility
bills for low income elderly residents of the City It is the
purpose of this program to refund amounts representing a portion
of utility bills charged by the City to low income elderly
residents This program is intended to apply to both qualified
owners of property residing in the same who have paid the utility
bills for such property and to lessees of property for which such
utility bills have been paid
Section 2 Application for Refund The application for
a utility bill refund shall be the same application as that used
to apply for a tax refund under the provisions of Chapter 106 of
the Code of the City of Fort Collins In order to qualify for
such refund the application must be filed within the time limits
prescribed by Chapter 106 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
and the applicant must have the qualifications therein set forth
Section 3 Amount of Refund The amount of refund payable
hereunder shall be $25 00 per year which amount shall be refunded
at the same time as the tax refund made pursuant to said Chapter
106
Section 4 Additional Requirements In order to qualify
for the refund hereunder in addition to meeting the qualifica-
tions required in Chapter 106 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins the following requirements shall be met
A All utility bills for the property occupied by
the applicant must be paid current
B The property occupied by the applicant must receive
water sanitary sewer and electric utility service from the City
of Fort Collins
Section 5 Refund Payable from General Fund All refunds
made pursuant to this ordinance shall be paid from the General
Fund of the City
Section 6 The provisions of Section 106-5 of the Code of
the City of Fort Collins shall apply to refunds paid pursuant to
this ordinance
Section 7 Rules and Regulations The Director of Finance
with the approval of the City Manager shall have the power to
formulate and promulgate rules and regulations for the administra-
tion of this utility bill refund program not inconsistent with
the provisions of this ordinance
Introduced considered favorably on first reading and
ordered published this 11th day of March A D 1975
and to be presented for—Final passage on the Ist day of
April A D 1975
ATTEST
City Clerk
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Passed and adopted on final reading this ist day of
April A D 1975
ATTEST Assistant Mayo
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