(A) There is hereby imposed a storm water user fee payable to the department upon each parcel of land within the Lawrence Storm Water Management District. The storm water user fee shall be based on the quantity of impervious area located on the parcel and shall be paid by the owner of the property.
(B) The storm water user fee shall be $1.40 per base billing unit ("BBU") beginning on January 1, 2021.
(C) The storm water user fee provided for in this section is to be collected from properties containing measurable impervious area within the district, unless such parcels are exempt as stated in divisions (D) and (E) below.
(D) The following impervious areas are exempt from measurement and calculation of a storm water user fee:
(1) Public streets, public roads, and public highways;
(2) Railway beds, ties, and rails in operation or an operational state; and,
(3) Open water.
(E) If a nonresidential property is situated so that all of the storm water or some of the storm water from the property does not contribute to the storm water system of the district, the property may be partially exempt from the storm water user fee. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and exemptions may be granted by the department in response to a fee adjustment review under § 2-4-3-4.
(1) Where storm water from a property is captured, used up in a process and never returned to the storm water system of the district;
(2) Where storm water from a property flows directly outside of the district and never flows back into the storm water system of the district and is regulated by a separate individual or general storm water NPDES permit.
(Ord. 16, 2020, passed 12-7-2020)