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For the purpose of paying the cost of operation, maintenance, administration and routine functions of the existing city’s storm water facilities and the operation, maintenance and administration of such future storm water facilities as may be established within, or without, the service area and to pay for the review of sewer plans, and the design, right-of-way acquisition and construction or reconstruction of storm sewer facilities, a monthly storm sewer service charge is imposed and made applicable to all developed property within the city limits. The cost shall be assessed to each parcel in the service area at the rate of $5 per month per water and/or sewer service utility tap.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 9-14-2009)
The monthly charge for city storm sewer service shall be included on the monthly bill for city water and/or sewer, as the case may be, delivered in the usual manner provided therefor and shall be delivered to the real property owner. The real property owner shall be responsible for the payment in full of the monthly bill for city storm sewer service imposed upon the real property so billed for said service. Failure of the real property owner to pay the bill as and when due will subject the property to the termination of water service as authorized pursuant to Montana law.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 9-14-2009)
All storm sewer charges shall be collected as provided in this chapter and credited to a fund to be known as the “Storm Water System Fund”, which Fund shall be at all times segregated and maintained by the City Clerk on the books of the city as a separate and special fund. All revenues collected from the storm sewer utility fee, grants, permit fees and other charges collected shall be deposited to the Fund. The Council may make additional appropriations to the fund. All disbursements from the fund shall be for the following purposes: The acquisition by gift, purchase or condemnation of real and personal property, and interests therein, necessary to construct, operate and maintain storm sewer facilities; all costs of administration and implementation of the storm water management program, including the establishment of reasonable operating and capital reserves to meet unanticipated or emergency storm water management requirements; engineering and design, debt service and related financing expenses, construction costs for new facilities and enlargement or improvement of existing facilities; operation and maintenance of the storm sewer system; monitoring, surveillance and inspection of storm water system facilities; water quality monitoring and water quality programs; retrofitting developed areas for pollution control; inspection and enforcement activities; billing and administrative costs; and all other activities which are reasonably required to plan, design, build, operate, maintain and administer the storm water system.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 9-14-2009)
Floods from storm drainage may occasionally occur which exceed the capacity of storm drainage sewer facilities constructed and maintained using funds made available under this code. This code does not imply that property liable for the rates and charges established in this code will always be free from storm drainage flooding or flood damage. This code does not purport to reduce the need or the necessity for the owner obtaining flood insurance and protecting the owner’s property from storm drainage.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 9-14-2009)
The city shall, in all ways and within the limits of its powers, solicit Lake County, itself or by and through its several subordinate governing bodies, to cooperate in providing drainage facilities in storm drainage basins, or parts thereof, extending outside the city and in general to carry out the drainage plan developed therein. Maps showing all storm drainage basins and proposed facilities shall be furnished to the Lake County Commission for use in this matter.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 9-14-2009)
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