The stormwater management utility shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities to:
(a) Prepare ordinances as needed to implement this division and forward the ordinances to the City Council for consideration and adoption, and adopt such regulations and procedures as are required to implement this division and carry out its duties and responsibilities.
(b) Administer the acquisition, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of the stormwater management program, including capital improvements for stormwater drainage.
(c) Administer and enforce this division and all ordinances, regulations and procedures adopted relating to the design, construction, maintenance, operation, and alteration of the utility system, including but not limited to the quantity, quality, flow rate and/or velocity of the stormwater conveyed thereby.
(d) Inspect private systems as necessary to determine the compliance of such systems with this division and any ordinances or regulations adopted pursuant to this division.
(e) Prepare and revise a comprehensive drainage and flood protection plan for periodic review and adoption by the City Council.
(f) Review plans, approve or deny, inspect and accept extensions to the stormwater drainage system.
(g) Establish and enforce regulations to protect and maintain water quality within the system in compliance with water quality standards established by State, regional, and/or Federal agencies as adopted or amended.
(h) Periodically analyze the cost of services and benefits provided, and the system and structure of fees, charges, fines and other revenues of the utility, and make recommendations regarding adjustments to such fees, charges, fines and other revenues.
(i) Prepare an annual operating budget for the utility and make recommendations regarding the financing of the cost of extending, improving, and replacing the system.
(j) Administer a credit program for educational institutions which meet the requirements as set forth in this chapter.
(k) Require the Chief Building Official to notify the Service Director every six months, beginning January, 2018, of increases or decreases in the impervious surface area of a parcel of land based upon certificates of occupancy or razing permits issued in the previous six month period.
(Ord. 105-17. Passed 1-8-18.)