(A) Calculation.
(1) For the purpose of calculating storm water drainage fees for parcels of land, the REF for the parcel’s storm water land use classification shall be multiplied by that parcel’s acreage, and then the resulting product shall be multiplied by the storm water drainage rate, or, in formula format: Fee = REF x acreage x rate.
(2) The REF values for the various storm water land use classifications are as follows.
Class | Storm Water Land Use Classifications | REF |
1 | Undeveloped | 0.0 |
2 | Open areas | 0.2 |
3 | Residential | 1.0 |
4 | Medium-density commercial, industrial, and institutional | 2.0 |
5 | Heavy-density commercial, industrial, and institutional | 2.5 |
(3) For the purpose of calculating storm water drainage fees, actual acreages shall be used except for those parcels having a storm water land use classification of “Residential”. As residential parcels are the most numerous, and to simplify the process, the storm water drainage fee for all parcels classified as “Residential” shall be calculated using an acreage of 0.25 acre, regardless of their actual acreage.
(B) Other land usage. Other land uses not listed in the table in this section shall be classified by the working foreman by assigning them to classes most nearly like the uses, from the standpoint of runoff volume for the standard rainfall event. An appeal of such classification from the determination of the working foreman may be made to the City Council.
(C) Adjustments. The City Council may by resolution adopt policies providing for the adjustment of charges for parcels based upon land use data supplied by affected property owners which demonstrate a runoff volume for a standard rainfall event substantially different from the REF being used for such parcels. Such adjustments for storm water drainage fees shall not be made retroactively. A credit of up to 50% of the storm water drainage fee may be given if the property owner has or develops on-site retention of the storm water.
(D) Exemption. Public street right-of-way and vacant unimproved land with ground cover are exempt from storm water drainage charges.
(Prior Code, § 3.26)