Homeowners in Holiday Park, the 836-home retirement community in Florida devastated by Hurricane Ian, face a costly choice for water service while their homes are being rebuilt.
Kathy Armstrong, a seasonal resident from Nova Scotia, returned to North Port shortly after Hurricane Ian struck to find her home relatively intact, but much of the 55-and-over community in shambles.
“When you remove the meter, there is a $27,000 cost to reestablish the services and as far as I can understand – which is what we’re digging into now – it’s per our code, which is the way it was written," said Fletcher who marked his one-year anniversary as city manager on Oct. 1. Asked specifically if he wanted to change that policy, Fletcher responded, “I think we’re in the process of evaluating the policy.
“But when you do that, you need to figure out why this was started in the first place, if it was started to pay for infrastructure, did you finish paying for it? Are you still paying for it?"City spokesman Jason Bartolone said via email that the fees that would be assessed on a Holiday Park homeowner to reconnect to the system are not related to the work done on site.
Utilities Director Nancy Gallinaro told a July joint meeting of the City Commission and the Charlotte County Commission that the target cost for new homeowners to hook into city water and sewer was $5,235. Arguably, just a impact fees are only assessed on new construction and not the sale of existing homes, the impact of Holiday Park and other home sites temporarily disconnected from city services has already been paid.North Port’s policy of charging homeowners a $55.95 a month “readiness to serve” fee to maintain connection to city water and sewer is one that is mirrored elsewhere.
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