§ 26-3. Medical service program and fee.  


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  • (a)

    Every single-family residential and multifamily residential utility customer within the fenceline of the City of Broken Arrow shall be included in the medical service program, unless they affirmatively decline participation in the program in the manner set forth in this chapter.

    (b)

    Single-family residential utility customers participating in the program shall have included within their utility bill a charge as set forth in the Manual of Fees. Multifamily residential utility customers and landlords participating in the program shall have included within their utility bill a charge for each occupied residential living unit in an amount as set forth in the Manual of Fees. There is a rebuttable presumption that 50 percent of the total number of residential living units served by city utilities are occupied. The number of presumed residential units shall be rounded down, but to not less than one.

    (c)

    Multifamily residential utility customers and landlords shall provide to the director, on or before July 31 of the year immediately prior to the beginning of a program year, the total number of residential living units owned or operated by the person or entity providing the report, which shall be used to determine the occupancy figure set forth in subsection (b) above.

    (d)

    All persons residing in nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, or other institutions or organizations within the corporate limits of the City of Broken Arrow where persons are kept for care and treatment may elect to participate in the medical service program by submitting a form approved by the director to the city and by paying an annual fee as set forth in the Manual of Fees.

    (e)

    All persons residing in a residential unit that is located within the City of Broken Arrow fenceline, but not within the corporate limits of the city and do not receive city utility services, may elect to participate in the medical service program by submitting a form approved by the director to the city and by paying an annual fee as set forth in the Manual of Fees on or before the beginning of the program year.

( Ord. No. 3351, § III, 6-15-2015 )