(A) The city has established a credit policy for non-residential properties. This policy provides an incentive to non-residential property owners who conduct good stewardship practices that benefit the operation and maintenance of the city stormwater collection system and improve water quality. It is the intent of the city to encourage non-residential property owners to reduce their stormwater bills by developing stormwater management practices that reduce the negative impacts of urban development.
(B) The property owner/customer can reduce the amount of water quality charges being assessed to their respective property by performing activities that reduce stormwater volume and improve downstream stormwater quality. Credits are offered for performing the following activities:
(1) Reducing the impact of stormwater (either quantity or quality) for a particular property to an acceptable standard; and/or
(2) Reducing the stormwater cost of service to the city by performing activities on accepted properties that otherwise would have to be performed by and be the responsibility of city staff.
(C) Sanitation District #1 manages a regional stormwater program that has developed the following documents:
(1) Northern Kentucky Regional Storm Water Management Program Credit Policy.
(2) Northern Kentucky Regional Storm Water Management Program Credit Application.
(3) Northern Kentucky Regional Storm Water Management Program Rules and Regulations.
(4) Storm Water Best Management Practices Manual - Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky.
(D) Once a credit is established and approved by the City Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), an annual maintenance update will need to be submitted by the property owner/customer as an on-going verification that the best management practices, or BMPs, are being maintained and are in good working order.
(E) Because local engineers, contractors, developers, and non-residential property owners have been using the documents listed above for a number of years and because the city needs a technical basis for their credits program, it is the intent of the city to use the Northern Kentucky Regional Storm Water Management Program Rules and Regulations, and Storm Water Best Management Practices Manual - Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky as support documents for the city credits program.
(F) The city is retaining some of the SD1 credit criteria. The water quantity credit criteria will remain the same to protect downstream areas from hydromodification. Water quality credit criteria has been slightly modified by suggesting a number of core management practices from the Storm Water Best Management Practices Manual - Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky. Additional education credits are also available for educational institutions. New credit options that are available include gravel areas, and water quality LEED credits.
(Ord. 14-1003, passed 5-12-14)