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Faulk Barchus is pleased to announce its success in a winning argument against the City of Houston Wednesday establishing jurisdiction that our clients are not "benefitted properties", and therefore do not have to pay the drainage fees and charges, under the recently enacted City of Houston Ordinance. The clients' properties drainage does not flow through City of Houston maintained drainage infrastructure, but rather to Harris County Flood Control District, Special Municipal Utility District, and Harris County owned and operated drainage, then through the bayous and ultimately drains into the Houston Ship Channel or Clear Lake and into the Gulf of Mexico. The City of Houston and its attorneys have already filed a notice of appeal. Faulk Barchus attorneys maintained that the drainage fee is supposed to be relative to the City providing drainage service, and not a drainage tax. Therefore, if the City does not provide drainage services to your property, you should not have to pay a drainage fee. The Attached Flowchart was created by Faulk Barchus attorneys as a visual aid in explaining the complex legal concepts involved. 
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9/10/2013 04:03:59 am
Can you please let me know if there is something that you can do for us? We have property on the East Side of Houston. What little drainage that we do have already flows into Greens Bayou. I have been going round and round with the City about this and I really do not want to pay this not only because of the amount that they are requesting from us but also the service that they do not provide for us. 9/10/2013 05:30:59 am
Patricia, we will certainly listen to your fact scenario and to see if we can be of assistance to you. Please call the office at your convenience: (713) 239-4000 Leave a Reply. |
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