There is hereby established the following uniform schedule of rates for the services and use of facilities of the stormwater management system by the owner, tenant or occupant of the premises using the services and facilities of the system.
(a) The City Council, upon recommendation of the City Manager, shall, by resolution, establish reasonable rates for stormwater management systems for each residential dwelling unit; each residential dwelling unit shall be billed a flat fee established by the City Council. An equivalent residential unit is hereby defined as the statistical average horizontal impervious area of residential units in the city.
(b) Parcels which are undeveloped shall be assessed a stormwater user fee. The bill shall be determined by dividing the total land area of the property, in square feet, by the area of an equivalent residential unit times a correction factor. The correction factor may be based on the relative volume of runoff from an undeveloped property and that of a typical single-family residence, under typical hydrologic conditions.
(c) For all residential and nonresidential properties, that is enterprise, business establishment, building or other occupancy not covered by divisions (a) and (b) of this section, the rate shall be computed based on the total impervious area of the property divided by the average impervious area of an equivalent residential unit times the rate established for an equivalent residential unit. The billing amount shall be updated by the Engineering Department based on any additions to the impervious areas as approved through the building permit process.
(Ord. 2001-61, passed 4-23-2001)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01