(A) Generally. For the purposes stated herein, there is hereby assessed a Stormwater Department user fee to each Stormwater Department user within the surface water collection system of the city, in an amount as determined below. For purposes of imposing the Stormwater Department user fee, all lots and parcels within the collection system service area are classified as either:
(1) Residential;
(2) Nonresidential; or
(3) Undeveloped.
(B) Commercially owned residential property and subdivision development.
(1) All commercially owned residential property shall be billed to the property owner not the renter or leasing tenant. All commercially owned property shall be figured using the impervious area method unless the property is a single-family dwelling unit converted to a duplex or other multifamily property. In these cases where the existing structures have not been expanded from the original state, the property owner shall be billed one EDU. In cases where the property structures have been expanded to accommodate multifamily dwellings then the property shall be billed using impervious area.
(2) In the case of subdivision development the developer shall be charged the undeveloped property rate until the subdivision improvements have been completed. The developer will then be billed for those approved improvements. Example is the clubhouse and pool area, drive, sidewalks and road structures. Triggers for activating the changes will be building permits. Developers can subdivide the subdivision into sections so that each section may be phased from the undeveloped property into residential or non-development. Each section will then be treated as a separate property and billing.
(3) As builders buy a lot from a developer they will become responsible for the lot’s stormwater fee. The fee will be figured using the same format used for developers.
(C) Residential properties. Monthly fees for residential properties located within the surface water collection system are hereby established as one EDU multiplied by the base rate.
(D) Nonresidential properties. Monthly fees for nonresidential properties located within the collection system service area are hereby established as the number of EDU each contains multiplied by the base rate. The number of EDUs is determined by dividing the total amount of impervious area by 3,000 square feet, rounding the resulting calculated EDU to the next whole number, with two being the lowest whole number for each purpose.
(E) Undeveloped properties. Monthly fees for undeveloped properties located within the corporate boundary of the city are hereby established as $0.10 per acre, rounding to the next whole ten-acre increment, with a minimum charge being equal to the herein established base rate.
(Ord. 07-07, passed 5-14-2007; Ord. 07-08, passed - - ; Ord. 2015-01, passed 1-26-2015)