Narberth council to research condo billing after resident cites large fee disparity

A Narberth resident and condo association president told Borough Council on June 26 that her 32-unit building is being billed as single “property” under the borough contract, producing much higher solid-waste charges than nearby apartment buildings.

Kathleen Hutchison said she is president of the Wynmont Condo Association and lives at 1334 Montgomery Avenue, Apartment D2. She said the borough appears to be using Montgomery County land-use codes to assign rates rather than the borough’s three-tier solid-waste classifications, and that the result is what she described as a large, unfair disparity between condo owners and apartment renters.

Hutchison said the condo building’s owners are being charged $818 per unit this year while apartment units were charged $204, and that the difference, when aggregated across 32…