|
The City of Houston drainage fee ordinance enacted in 2011 was enacted to provide additional revenue to provide drainage infrastructure and drainage services to "benefitted properties" located within the City of Houston. This is on top of the property taxes every property owner pays to the City of Houston every year.
There are many lots and parcels within the City of Houston that are not "benefitted properties", because they receive their drainage services from a municipal utility district, the Harris County Flood Control District, Harris County, the Army Corp of Engineers, and the Port of Houston Authority. Even though those property owners are required to pay for drainage improvements within Houston with a portion of their property taxes to the City of Houston and the HCFCD, those properties should not be required to pay the additional drainage charges and fees if they cannot use or benefit from the service Houston is unable to or cannot provide. Houston cannot use this fee as a disguised additional tax on every property owner within the city. The Rebuild Houston website has a page entitled "Why do I have to pay a drainage fee?", but it doesn't provide you with a straight answer. It basically says ...because we own some drainage and we already use 150 million of your tax dollars on drainage, but we still need more of your money. Faulk Barchus represents property owners in the Houston city limits who do not benefit from the city's drainage utility system, but rather drain into the bayous, or other facilities not owned or operated by Houston until it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. These property owners should NOT be assessed an additional drainage tax every month. Currently, Faulk Barchus represents clients who claim an exemption under the drainage fee ordinance, claim they have a wholly sufficient drainage system, claim they are not "benefitted properties" under the ordinance, claim the ordinance is invalid by state statutes
6 Comments
Alex Volt
3/31/2023 08:04:14 pm
Are you in need of a credit specialist to help you fix your poor credit? Then I strongly recommend Metronet Credit Solution. I had a very poor credit which made it impossible for me to acquire an auto loan, but my problem was solved when I met Metronet Credit Solution on Reddit. They helped me erase every irregularity and boosted my score to 801, 780 and 775. With our new car life is a lot easier. You can contact them via email: [email protected] or whatsapp: +16265140620
Washgin Gemz
1/23/2025 08:59:49 am
When the man I love broke my heart, I felt something did left me because I wasn't myself anymore. I had gone to several places for help and counseling yet, I got no results. Until I found [email protected] and I was introduced to Dr Muna by text +2347035449257. I explained my marriage issues with Dr Muna. I’m glad I trusted him by doing all he requested. He performed a spiritual cleansing to banish negative energies that was battling against the joy in my home and then casted a love spell. After 72 hours, the man I was missing began to call and after our conversation, he texted how much he badly misses me too. He apologized for leaving me in the dark and we got back together again.
Shanika Stewart
1/25/2025 06:38:40 am
Lynne
11/16/2025 04:45:37 am
I want to write this testimony regarding The Great Odunga who made me win $1 million Dollars in the 2024 lottery on Aug. 5. My name is Lynne Kannuan and I am from Laos, Iowa, USA. I won this Powerball lottery in Webster City, US and I am not much of a lottery player because I don't check my lottery ticket until about a week or two and Chief Dr. Odunga changed my life both for family and friends. I will put his email first for those who comprehend my write up to contact Great Odunga to win the lottery at his email [email protected] for he is a real spell caster. I won the lottery of $1 million USD and to the press my comment was "Not too much, Not too little, just right". I contacted Great Odunga through my friend who first contacted him to help her get her fertility issues solved and she is now a mother of twins boys for over 2 years but truth be told, I never believed the lottery can be won through spells until now. She told me to contact Great Odunga to help me win the lottery through spells and I did. To my surprise a week later, I had won the Powerball of $1,000,000 USD. The winning numbers in the Aug. 5 Powerball drawings were: 29-42-44-51-54 and Powerball 12. It's a great achievement to me and I must post this testimony to recommend the Great Odunga to everyone who reads my write up. It was my friend who called me to check my ticket to realize I had won the Powerball Lottery. I am grateful to God to be a recent lottery winner with my name on the Powerball blog. You should contact Chief Dr. Odunga Email: [email protected] OR and also Whats-App message him on +2348167159012 Leave a Reply. |
Oil and Gas Law Blog
Brandon M. Barchus 
Archives
June 2017
Categories
All
|
RSS Feed
