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The city may administer the billing and collection services required to implement this chapter, or it may enter into interlocal agreements with King and/or Snohomish County for this purpose. All billing and collection services shall be implemented as follows:

A. All property subject to service charges shall be assessed annually on January 1st based upon the rate category, land use classification, and acreage then applicable to each such property and at the rate as set forth in BMC 18.10.110.

B. The service charge shall be displayed and billed on the annual property tax statement for the parcel and shall be mailed to the name and address shown on the real property tax roll at the time annual property tax bills are prepared. Properties which do not receive a property tax statement shall receive a separate service charge billing statement.

C. If a payment is received in conjunction with a combined property tax and service charge, and the payment is less than the sum of the total property tax plus service charge or less than the sum of one-half of the property tax plus one-half of the service charge, and unless otherwise specified by the parcel owner, the payment shall be applied to the annual property tax of the parcel first pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 84.56 RCW and any remaining amount to the service charge.

D. The total amount of the service charge shall be due and payable on or before the thirtieth day of April and shall be delinquent after that date; however, if one-half of such service charge is paid on or before the said thirtieth day of April, the remainder shall be due and payable on or before the thirty-first day of October and shall be delinquent after that date.

E. Parcel characteristics affecting the service charge which are altered after November 1st of any year shall not be a basis for calculation of the service charge until after December 31st of the following year.

F. Adjustments to the annual service charge may be made when property is annexed into the city. The service charge for the billing year during which annexation occurs shall be subject to a proration formula included in an interlocal agreement between the city and the county in which the annexed area lies. (Ord. 2023 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 1634 § 1, 1996).