§ 53.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY; ADMINISTRATION; POWERS AND DUTIES.

   City Council hereby establishes a Stormwater Management Utility (the “Utility”) to carry out the purposes, functions and responsibilities set forth herein. The governing body of the Utility shall be City Council. The Director of Public Works shall administer the Utility under the city’s Department of Public Works, provided, however, that City Council may delegate some or all of the Director of Public Works’s duties hereunder to Charleston County or its duly authorized representatives pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement providing for same. The Utility shall have the powers and duties set forth below, which powers are not necessarily exclusive to the Utility, to wit:

   (A)   Stormwater management planning and preparation of comprehensive watershed master plans for stormwater management;

   (B)   Regular inspections of public and private stormwater management facilities and measures and the construction thereof;

   (C)   Maintenance and improvements of stormwater management facilities that have been accepted by the city for that purpose;

   (D)   Plan review and inspection for sediment control and stormwater management plans, measures, and practices;

   (E)   Retrofitting designated watersheds to reduce existing flooding problems or to improve water quality;

   (F)   Acquisition of interests in land, including easements;

   (G)   Design and construction of stormwater management facilities and measures and acquisition of equipment;

   (H)   Water quantity and water quality management, including monitoring and surveillance;

   (I)   Billing and collecting a stormwater management utility fee shall be pursuant to §§ 53.20 through 53.24 that set forth the amount of the fees;

   (J)   Make reasonable regulations relating to the administration of this subchapter;

   (K)   Any and all powers and duties delegated or granted to it as a local government implementing agency under the laws and regulations of the State of South Carolina and the ordinances of the city; and

   (L)   Entering into intergovernmental agreements with the County of Charleston to provide for the county and its duly authorized representatives to assist the city in the implementation and administration of the Utility, enforcement of the ordinances or other regulations governed by the Utility, and the implementation, billing, collection and expenditure of the city’s stormwater management fees.

(Ord. 21-07, passed 9-25-07)