The stormwater utility charge provided for in this chapter is imposed on each and every lot and parcel of land within the City, and the owner thereof, and is deemed reasonable and necessary to pay for the repair, replacement, planning, improvement, operation, regulation and maintenance of the existing and future stormwater system. The Stormwater Fund shall be established so as to maintain adequate fund reserves to provide for reasonable expected variations in the collection of stormwater utility charges, in the cost of providing services, and in the demand for services.
Subsequent to the initial establishment of stormwater utility charges pursuant to this chapter, the City Manager, in each odd-numbered year, shall prepare a utility report with recommended stormwater utility charges. This report shall contain data utilized in the determination of the recommended stormwater utility charges and shall be presented to the Council on or before October 1 of each odd-numbered year for referral to the appropriate committee.
The committee shall make a recommendation to Council on or before October 15 of each odd-numbered year concerning the stormwater utility charges to become effective for a two-year period, beginning January 1 of each even-numbered year.
The City Manager shall biennially notify, in conjunction with the billing process, all persons subject to these charges of changes in the stormwater utility charge.
(Ord. 2000-140. Passed 1-16-01.)