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(a) A water and/or sewer utility service customer may request an explanation from the city of any bill for utility services that the customer believes is in error. The city finance and/orpttblie works water and wastewater departments shall provide an explanation in response to each request. Requests involving alleged meter error shall be resolved under section 86.202. E. Sections. 86.296.86.297.86.299.86.300.86.301. and 86.302 (wastewater system impact fees): Sec. 86.296. Time of payment. The sewer system impact fee shall be paid in full prior to the issuance of the building permit for the building, premises or lot to be added to the sewer system, except that, upon a request in writing by the owner to the director of public wOlks water and wastewater prior to the issuance of the permit, an owner will be allowed to pay 50 per cent of the impact fee prior to the issuance of the building permit and the remaining 50 per cent prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy for the building, premises or lot. For a strip center commercial development, the impact fee for each individual bay shall be paid prior to the issuance of the building permit for the finish-out of that bay, subject to the allowance for two payments described in this section. F or construction activity involving structures or uses located outside the city limits but connected to the city sewer system, the impact fee shall be paid in full prior to the issuance of the plumbing permit. No prepayment of an impact fee is allowed except as provided in section 82.302. Sec. 86.297. Impact fee for low income persons and families. An impact fee equal to one per cent of the value of improvements to be constructed, as per the building and plumbing permit applications, shall be paid for new improvements on any single-family dwelling unit located in the city and owned by a person or family who qualifies for financial assistance under the rules, regulations or guidelines promulgated or used by Community Action, Inc., of Hays, Caldwell and Blanco Courities. That person shall present to the director of public works water and wastewater a certificate verifying this qualification, which shall be obtained from Community Action, Inc., of Hays, Caldwell and Blanco Counties prior to the application for the permit. Sec. 86.299. New construction. (a) An impact fee is imposed upon all new construction, including additions, remodeling or replacement, occurring within the city or connected to the city wastewater system which requires the issuance of a plumbing or building permit and which places a demand on the wastewater system above the demand in existence at the time of application for the permit, as determined by the director of public. vvolk5 water and wastewater. This fee does not apply to remodeling or additions to existing residential units unless the addition contains additional separate kitchen facilities requiring a plumbing permit, when an impact fee will be assessed. Any existing capacity in excess of the SU required for any new construction (i.e., additions, remodeling or replacement) on a tract or parcel may be held by the owner for future use on the same tract or parcel for two years from the date of the original SU exchange, at which time the unused portion shall revert to the city. Excess capacity may not be transferred to any other property but will remain only with the property to which it was attached until the time it is used or it has expired, whichever comes first. (b) The specific impact fee required is based on the formula contained in section 86.294 and shall be paid in the manner described in section 86.296. Sec. 86.300. Derivation and appeal. (a) When the public vvolks water and wastewater director determines that a new use, structure, remodeling or addition is not included within any category of uses set out in section 86.298, prior to issuance of the plumbing permit, the director of public wOlks water and wastewater shall derive the service units for the proposed use. This derivation shall be made -2-