(A) A monthly stormwater utility surcharge is hereby assessed against all property within the city and extra-territorial jurisdiction, upon which stormwater runoff enters of travels through a city system. Such surcharge fee is based upon a determination of the size, zoning and use type for each property. The owner, occupant and any person who is responsible for the payment of water and/or sewer service to the property shall all be jointly and severally responsible for the payment of said surcharge fee. Persons responsible for the payment of water and/or sewer service to the property shall include the person responsible for payment for water provided to a master meter that is then distributed to multiple users, whether or not said users are located on the same property as the master meter.
(B) The surcharge fee shall be as follows.
(1) All property devoted to a residential use shall be assessed a monthly surcharge fee as set by resolution. The term RESIDENTIAL shall include single-family homes, mobile homes and mobile home parks, duplexes and apartment units. The term RESIDENTIAL shall not include rooming or boarding houses, dormitories and similar facilities. The term LIVING UNIT shall mean one or more rooms in a residential building which are arranged, designed, used or intended for use by one family, and which includes cooking space and lawful sanitary facilities reserved for the occupants thereof.
(2) Property devoted to any use other than residential, as set forth above shall be assessed a monthly surcharge fee as set by resolution.
(Prior Code, § 51.188) (Ord. 18-30, passed 9-4-2018)