(a) “Stormwater rates” are established by considering factors, including the customer base, the amount billed, and anticipated to be billed in the future, the operational costs and anticipated to be sustained in the future, the maintenance and repair costs in the past and anticipated to be sustained in the future, and past and future debt service.
(b) Stormwater utility fees provide a comprehensive stormwater management program that includes a capital improvement program to address neighborhood and street flooding, maintenance of existing stormwater infrastructure and programs to water quality protection programs to ensure compliance with Ohio EPA regulations. The rates are based on a property’s contribution to stormwater runoff and are categorized by residential and non-residential land use. Customers are charged based on the impervious (non-penetrable) area a property is known to have, such as pavement and rooftops. A billing unit, called an Equivalent Residential Unit (or ERU) is equal to 2000 square feet of impervious area. Even properties that do not have a storm sewer, or water or sanitary sewer service, will receive a stormwater bill. This is because all properties with impervious surface contribution to an area’s stormwater runoff. The entire community benefits from proper stormwater management.
Stormwater charges for single-family residential properties:
All single-family residential properties are calculated at 1 ERU and are billed the same flat daily rate. An example of how the 2006 residential rate is calculated:
$0.0987 per day x 30 days = $2.961 x 1 ERU = $2.961
Stormwater charges for non-residential properties:
Non-residential properties are calculated by how much impervious area the property is nown to have, which was compiled from the Village’s Geographical Information System (GIS) and other records. A property with 10,000 square feet of impervious area would be billed at 5 ERUs (10,000 divided by 2000). For example:
$.0987 x 30 days = $2.9618.883 x 10 ERUs = $29.61. The stormwater fee for non- residential properties varies by the number of days in the billing period and the number of ERUs calculated for the property.
For questions about stormwater charges for a particular Ashville property, please call our office at 740/983-6367. (Ord. 2006-14. Passed 11-20-06.)