Any Town Department or user of Town property aggrieved by reason of sewer user fees which may otherwise be indirectly included in leases, or may result in the duplication of appropriations by the Dedham Town Meeting, may be abated by the Town Manager provided a finding is made that such sewer user fee either is a duplication of charges or would require a Town Department to receive an additional appropriation by the Town Meeting for payment of the fee.
[Amended 11-17-2014 ATM by Art. 18]
I.
Any person billed for sewer use fees may apply to the Town Manager for abatement during the year following such billing, upon a written representation that some or all of the water usage on which the fees were based did not enter the Town sewer system. Upon review of the application, the Town Manager may certify such abatement as the Commissioner deems consistent with this section, provided however, that no application shall be granted if the usage applied for is less than 500 cubic feet, nor shall the billed charges be abated to less than the minimum quarterly fee established by the Board of Selectmen.
[Amended 11-17-2014 ATM by Art. 18]
J.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Town Engineer certifies that the property for which the usage was billed is not connected to the Town sewer system, the Town Manager shall abate all sewer use fees charged to the applicant. If all the fees so charged cannot be determined exactly from the existing records of the Town, the Town Manager may determine the abatement from an extrapolation of the applicant's known usage.
[Amended 11-17-2014 ATM by Art. 18]
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