§ 13.12.130. Senior citizen discount.

A.

There shall be a discount upon the base water rate charge of three dollars ($3.00) per SFE per month for senior citizen customers within the municipal limits of the Town who meet the following criteria:

1.

The customer is over the age of sixty-five (65) effective the date of usage of the service. It shall be proper to determine such discount on a pro rata basis when the sixty-fifth birthday of the customer occurs during a billing cycle; and

2.

The senior citizen must own and reside within the premises being served, or reside within the premises being served with the condition that the water service charge be paid by the senior citizen as a tenant.

B.

Where the senior citizen resides in a multifamily dwelling unit, there must be a separate metering of the senior citizen's premises in order to affect the discount, unless it is determined by the Town Manager or his or her designee that such multi-family dwelling is properly designated and restricted for occupancy only by senior citizen persons and the SFE discount can then be applied uniformly to the entire premises. Where two (2) or more persons reside upon the same premises and are responsible for the water usage billing upon the premises, they all must have attained the age of sixty-five (65), unless the number of responsible persons is two (2) and they are married or related by blood within four (4) degrees (includes siblings, parent-child, first cousins), in which case the discount shall be available upon the first to reach the age of sixty-five (65). No discount shall be effective until the person desiring such discount shall display sufficient evidence of such age to the Town. In no event shall the discount be retroactive beyond the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Section or the current billing cycle when the discount is requested.

C.

Residential property owners who are leasing or renting to senior citizens must provide appropriate evidence to the Customer Billing Department of Castle Rock Water of such application. The evidence must include a copy of the lease, rental agreement or other agreement which provides that the senior citizen is responsible to the property owner for the payment of the water service charges. The appropriateness of the discount may be reviewed annually from the date of the first application.

( Ord. No. 2017-027, § 14, 9-19-2017 ; Ord. 97-18 § 1(part), 1997; Ord. 96-21 § 1(part), 1996; Ord. 93-5 § 2(part), 1993)