(A) The function of the Storm Water Management and Drainage Systems Utility (hereinafter referred to as “Storm Water Utility”) within the Department of Public Works is to provide for the safe and efficient capture of storm water runoff, mitigate the damaging effects of storm water runoff, correction of storm water problems, to fund activities of storm water management and include design, planning, regulations, education, coordination, construction, operations, maintenance, inspection and enforcement activities.
(B) There is hereby established a Storm Water Utility within the city, which shall be responsible for creating revenue for storm water management throughout the city’s corporate limits, and shall provide for the management, protection, control, regulation, use and enhancement of storm water systems and facilities. Such utility shall be under the operational direction of the Public Works Director. The corporate limits of the city, as increased from time to time, shall constitute the boundaries of the Storm Water Utility District.
(C) The city shall establish a Storm Water Utility Fund in the city budget and accounting system, separate and apart from its General Fund, for the purpose of dedicating and protecting all funding applicable to the purposes and responsibilities of the utility.
(2013 Code, § 28-121) (Ord. 14918, passed 4-22-2013)