CHAPTER 54: STORMWATER UTILITY

Section

General Provisions

   54.01   Stormwater utility

   54.02   Stormwater utility user fee

   54.03   Payment in lieu of taxes

   54.04   Definitions

   54.05   Stormwater utility user fee structure

   54.06   Billing and collection

   54.07   Program administration

   54.08   Stormwater utility account

Stormwater Management

   54.20   Authority and title

   54.21   Applicability and exemptions

   54.22   Purpose

   54.23   Abbreviations

   54.24   Definitions

   54.25   Responsibility for administration

   54.26   Conflicting ordinances

   54.27   Disclaimer of liability

   54.28   Prohibited discharges and connections

   54.29   Stormwater quantity management

   54.30   Stormwater pollution prevention for construction sites

   54.31   Stormwater quality management for post-construction

   54.32   Permit requirements and procedures

   54.33   Enforcement

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 54.01 STORMWATER UTILITY.

   In order to promote the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the city, and in accordance with the provisions of I.C. 8-1.5-5, there is hereby established the city’s stormwater utility.

(Ord. 2004-36, passed 12-16-2004)

§ 54.02 STORMWATER UTILITY USER FEE.

   A stormwater utility user fee shall be imposed on each and every lot or parcel of real property within the city, including those classified as non-profit or tax exempt, for services and facilities provided by the stormwater utility. This user fee is deemed reasonable and is necessary to pay for the repair, replacement, planning, improvement, operation, regulation, and maintenance of the existing and future stormwater system for the city.

(Ord. 2004-36, passed 12-16-2004)

§ 54.03 PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES.

   (A)   The city hereby elects to provide for a schedule of rates and charges sufficient to produce a sum equal to the amount the city would have received if the stormwater utility owned property were privately owned and hereby directs the Stormwater Utility Comptroller to set aside a sum equal to 3% of the gross revenues of the stormwater utility and to thereafter pay monthly to the Clerk-Treasurer for deposit into the General Fund one-twelfth of the total sum deemed sufficient to compensate the city for all sums which would ordinarily be received were the property of the stormwater utility privately owned.

   (B)   The Common Council hereby determines that the schedule of rates and charges set forth herein will provide the necessary revenue to pay the amounts set forth above.

(Ord. 2010-4, passed 3-10-2010; Ord. 2019-25, passed on 5-13-2020)