City Water Staff is Classiflying Duplex as Comercial (Househacking)

[Kevin Castro]

I just got a Small Multifamily in Plymouth Indiana, when I went to the city to get the water under my name they insisted that because the house is a duplex the property counts as commercial and they charge $80 base even if you don't use a single drop of water, house has only ONE water meter.

Some advice would help, I wouldn't like to pay extra if I don't have to.

Thanks.

[Lawrence Potts]

Their definition of commercial may differ to our definition of commercial. So both of you may be right in your own language per say, and both see each other as wrong. Like @Ryan Thomson mentioned, speak with local investors that have run in to this situation as figure out what they've done to work around this. It may be location, not zoning classification. Who knows? Could be classified incorrectly with the city and need to be re-zoned, re-assessed, etc. Might need to do some digging into the deep bureaucratic black hole of local government. Have fun. That would drive me insane. Let us know what they say. I hope that was helpful. Best of luck.