15.04.120 - APPEALS
A. Any person objecting to any water or sewer charge or fee imposed under this chapter may request a hearing before the City's Utility Hearing Board (the "Board") by filing a written request with the Finance Director within five business days of notice of the charge. The City shall make forms available for that purpose. Any persons objecting to surface and storm water utility charges or fees shall use the procedure outlined in BMC 15.16.060. B. Services shall not be shut off while a hearing is pending. However, the Finance Director may require that payment of any outstanding balance, or portion thereof, be made pending the outcome of the hearing. C. The members of the hearing Board shall be the Finance Director, the Director of Public Works, and the Assistant Directors of Public Works, or their designees. The City Attorney or a representative of the City Attorney's Office shall serve as the Board's Legal Advisor. D. At the hearing, the Board will consider the objections made by the applicant and will correct, revise, raise, lower, change, or modify the charge or fee, or set aside the charge or fee, as deemed appropriate by the Board and as allowed by law. E. Decisions of the Board may be appealed to the City's Hearing Examiner by filing a written request with the Office of the Hearing Examiner within 5 business days of the date of the Board's written decision. [Ord. 2002-10-069 §32; Ord. 2001-02-007; Ord. 10032, 1990; Ord. 9618 §8, 1986]
