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The Utility Service Charges provided for in this chapter are imposed on each and every lot and parcel of land within the City, and the owner thereof, and are deemed reasonable and necessary to pay for the repair, replacement, planning, improvement, operation, regulation and maintenance of the existing and future stormwater system. The Utility Service Charges shall be established so as to maintain adequate fund reserves to provide for reasonable expected variations in the collection of Utility Service Charges, in the cost of providing services, and in the demand for services.
Subsequent to the initial establishment of Utility Service Charges pursuant to this chapter, the Director in each odd numbered year shall prepare a Utility report with recommended Utility Service Charges. This report shall contain data utilized in the determination of the recommended Utility Service 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 Utility Service Charges to become effective for a two year period beginning January 1 of each even numbered year.
The Director shall biennially notify, in conjunction with the billing process, all persons subject to these charges of the Utility Service Charge being charged.
(Ord. 32-96. Passed 2-12-96.)
For the purpose stated in this chapter there is hereby charged to each Utility user and property, lot, parcel of land, building or premises (collectively, "properties") situated within the corporate limits of the City, that is tributary directly or indirectly to the stormwater system, Utility Service Charges determined as provided in this section.
All properties having impervious area within the City shall be assigned an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU), or a multiple thereof, which will be at a minimum one ERU.
All improved single-family residential properties are assigned one ERU. A flat rate will apply to all single-family residential properties. All improved single-family residential properties are determined to include impervious area typical of a single-family residence.
All properties having an impervious area which are not improved single-family residential properties are to be assigned by the City Engineer an ERU multiple based upon the properties' estimated impervious area (in square feet) divided by 2,530 square feet (one ERU). This division will be calculated to the second decimal place and rounded according to mathematical convention to the nearest whole ERU.
The Utility Service Charge is six dollars and thirty-six cents ($6.36) per month per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) which shall be effective from and after January 1, 2023.
(Ord. 32-96. Passed 2-12-96; Ord. 31-04. Passed 3-22-04; Ord. 120-15. Passed 12-21-15; Ord. 135-19. Passed 12-9-19; Ord. 153-2022. Passed 11-12-22.)
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