§ 20-157. General authority.

(a)

The board is hereby authorized to impose an annual wastewater assessment to fund all or any portion of the assessable costs upon benefited property at a rate of assessment based on the special benefit accruing to such property from a utility provider's provision of wastewater services and facilities. All annual wastewater assessments shall be imposed in conformity with the procedures set forth in this division.

(b)

Annual wastewater assessments shall be imposed for a term of years, not to exceed 20 years, in equal annual amounts sufficient to pay the assessable costs and the assessment interest amount.

(c)

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to require the imposition of an annual wastewater assessment against government property.

(Code 1979, § 15.5-135; Ord. No. 027-2003, § 2.01)