For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. Includes all properties developed for uses other than residential properties, as defined in this chapter.
DEVELOPED LAND. Property altered from its natural state by construction or installation of more than two hundred (200) contiguous square feet of impervious surfaces as defined in this section.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACES. Those areas which prevent or impede the infiltration of stormwater into the soil as it entered in natural conditions prior to development. Common impervious areas include, but are not limited to, rooftops, sidewalks, walkways, patio areas, driveways, parking lots, storage area, compacted gravel and soil surfaces, awnings and other fabric or plastic coverings, and other surfaces which prevent or impede the natural infiltration of stormwater runoff which existed prior to development.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. Includes but are not limited to the following categories which will be identified as the appropriate dwelling unit classifications to be utilized in applying the stormwater utility fee structure to the designations contained within the city limits:
(1) Single-family;
(2) Apartments;
(3) Townhouses;
(4) Condominiums;
(5) Mobile home parks;
(6) Mobile home lots.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Those activities and functions conducted by the city that together result in the collection, conveyance, and disposal of stormwater runoff, including support activities and functions necessary to accomplish the mission of the stormwater management program, and shall include but not be limited to the administration, engineering, operation and maintenance, regulation and enforcement, and improvement of systems and facilities, review of development proposals and of the installation and maintenance of stormwater systems on private properties, provision of stormwater quality management programs to eliminate or mitigate the impact of pollutants contained in stormwater runoff, and flood emergency response and recovery measures.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES. Includes but are not limited to, rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, channels, ditches, swales, other drainage ways, storm sewers, culverts, inlets, catch basins, headwalls, dams, reservoirs and other impoundments, flumes, stormwater detention and retention storage areas, filters, riparian areas, plants, works, instrumentalities, properties, and other structural and nonstructural components that control, capture, collect, convey, route, restrict, store, detain, retain, infiltrate, cleanse, or otherwise affect or influence the flow of stormwater within the city and the quality of stormwater discharged from the city.
STORMWATER SERVICE CHARGES. The periodic service charge imposed pursuant to this chapter by the city for the purpose of funding costs related to stormwater management services and stormwater management systems and facilities. The use of the area of impervious surface on each property as a stormwater service charge rate parameter shall not preclude the use of other parameters, or of grouping of properties having similar characteristics through the use of ranges or rounding up or down to a consistent numerical interval, or the use of flat-rate charges for one or more classes of similarly-situated properties whose impact on city's cost of providing stormwater management services and stormwater management systems and facilities is relatively consistent. STORMWATER SERVICE CHARGES may also include special charges to individual properties or persons for services, systems, or facilities related to stormwater management, including but not limited to charges for development plan review, inspection of development projects and on-site stormwater control systems, and enhanced levels of stormwater service and beyond the levels normally provided by the city.
(Ord. 18-10, passed 6-11-2018)