Any person who is enlisted or actively serving in any branch of the
United States Armed Forces and is deployed on active service during
time of war shall be eligible to apply for a military discount in
the amount of 15% of the annual sewer user charge, which shall be
subject to proof of active service and which shall be prorated to
apply from the date of approval of the request and thereafter only
during the time of active service deployment during time of war.
Application shall be made by the enlisted individual, his or her
spouse, or a member of the military personnel's immediate family and
shall be submitted on forms provided by the Somers Point Tax Collector,
accompanied by proof of active deployment and proof of ownership of
the property by the service person to which sewer service is being
provided at the time of and during the deployment or proof that the
service person is the lessee of a property who was named as the responsible
party on the Somers Point sewer bill prior to and during the time
of deployment.
An application for the military user charge discount shall be filed
for each calendar year, and any person receiving the discount shall
inform the Somers Point Tax Collector promptly upon the end of deployment.
An application received during any calendar year shall be prorated
from the effective date of approval through to the end of the calendar
year, and any notice of termination of deployment shall likewise be
prorated commencing upon the date of the end of deployment.
There shall be no retroactive application accepted or retroactive
discount given. The discount shall be applied in the form of a credit
on future sewer bills commencing upon the effective date of approval
by the Tax Collector.
In order to be eligible, all sewer billings, real estate taxes or
other payments or assessments due to the City for which the service
person lessee or owner is responsible shall be current and shall continue
to be current during deployment in order to continue to be eligible
for the discount.