The purpose of this chapter is to establish a stormwater management utility which shall be responsible for public stormwater management within the City of Avon and shall provide for the management, protection, control, regulation, use, and enhancement of public stormwater management systems and facilities. Pursuant to the Ohio Constitution, particularly Article XVIII, Section 4, the laws of the State of Ohio, the Charter of the City of Avon and its codified ordinances, the Council of the City of Avon finds that:
(a) The City may establish a stormwater management utility and impose rates and charges for the services furnished by said utility;
(b) The City may plan, design, acquire, construct, establish, enlarge, improve, maintain, own, operate, and contract for the operation of public stormwater drainage systems and stormwater management programs of all types, to furnish service to the City and its residents;
(c) It is in the best interests of the City that the stormwater management utility be established so as to provide these services and to provide for rates for the purposes of assuring sufficient funds for the same;
(d) Such a stormwater management utility shall be established, operated, and accounted for as a separate enterprise; and
(e) The City should establish and revise from time to time a schedule of rates and charges to fund the stormwater management utility and its related programs.
(Ord. 105-17. Passed 1-8-18.)