(A) The City of Sunset Valley desires to promote awareness and participation in various water conservation and other environmental resource programs for its residents who are eligible to participate.
(B) The City of Sunset Valley residents and commercial businesses may be able to receive rebates on pollution reduction, solar, weatherization, water conservation, irrigation, and native plants, as more fully set out in the table below. To be eligible for such rebates, City of Sunset Valley applicant must, at a minimum:
(1) Be a resident/commercial business of Sunset Valley;
(2) Complete the application from the city.
(3) Attach photos of receipts;
(4) Only one rebate per household per year;
(5) Follow the individual rebate program hyperlinks for individual additional requirements; and
(6) Submit the rebate application within 30 days of purchase.
Residential Rebates | |||
Pollution Reduction
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Rebate
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Amount
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Conditions
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Residential Rebates | |||
Pollution Reduction
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Rebate
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Amount
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Conditions
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Electric/propane lawnmowers | Up to $200 | 50% cost | |
Electric/propane lawn equipment | Up to $100 | 50% Cost | |
Home composting | Up to $100 | 75% of cost | |
Light pollution | Up to$200 x 4 | 50% of cost including installation | |
Solar Rebates | |||
Solar | Up to $3,000 | $1 per watt | |
Weatherization Rebates (Annual cap of $2,000 per resident) | |||
Home energy audit and weatherization | Up to $500 | $0.50 per square foot | |
Additional insulation | Up to $825 | $0.50 per square foot | |
Solar screening/solar shading/film | $2 per square foot up to $200 | $2 per square foot | |
Duct replacement/wrapping | Up to $200 | $2 per linear foot | |
Low E windows/doors | up to $200 per window | Up to 10 windows | |
Wi-Fi enabled thermostat | Up to $200 | 40% the cost | |
Water Conservation Landscaping Rebates | |||
Lawn to native/adapted bed | Up to $10,000 | Villas neighborhood: No minimum size. 50% of cost up to $10,000. | |
Lawn to native/adapted/prairie grass | Up to $10,000 | Villas neighborhood: No minimum size. 50% of cost up to $10,000. | |
Rainwater Harvesting | |||
Rainwater harvesting | Up to $5,000 | Villas Neighborhood: No minimum size requirement, rain barrel allowed. Annual backflow inspection rebate for rainwater harvesting systems. First $1,000 covered at 100%. Above $1,000 rebate is 50% of cost up to a total of $5,000. | |
Irrigation Update | |||
Irrigation rain sensor | Up to $50 | ||
Pressure regulating valve | Up to $100 | ||
Pressure regulating components | Up to $100 | ||
Conversion from spray to multi-stream/trajectory nozzles | Up to $150 | $5 per nozzle | |
Conversion from spray to drip | $50 per station | Must include filter and pressure regulating components | |
Capping a station | $50 per station | Valve must be removed. | |
Water Conservation Rebates | |||
Rainscape | Up to $,3000 | $1 for every foot up to $3,000 | |
Pool cover | $200 | Additional $200 | |
Landscape survival tools | $50-$150 | $50 yards for compost, $150 for core aeration. | |
Water timer | $40 | $40 | |
Native Plant Rebates | |||
Annual rebate capped at $500 per residential property | |||
Native Trees (Rebate based on size of tree planted) | |||
15-20 gallon | 30-45 gallon | Up to 36-inch boxed treeUp to a 48-inch boxed tree | |
$25 | $50 | $100$200 | |
Native Perennial Plants
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Size
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Rebate
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4 inches | $1 | ||
1 gallon | $2 | ||
2 gallon | $3 | ||
5 gallon | $5 | ||
10 gallon | $10 | ||
Native Seed (single species and mixes) | |||
Perpound | $10 | ||
Commercial Rebates |
Commercial Rebates | |||
Rebate | Amount | Conditions | |
Waterwise landscaping | Up to $10,000 | $200 per 100 square foot up to $10,000. Larger rebate for native ($200) over adapted ($150) plants. | |
Bucks for business | Up to $50,000 | 50% of cost up to $50,000, $10 for every 1,000 gallons saved per year, up to 10 years. | |
Commercial kitchen | Up to $5,000 | $40 to $5,000 depending on upgrade or new installation. | |
Rainwater harvesting | Up to $10,000. | ||
Water efficiency audit | Up to $5,000 | 100% of cost up to $5,000 promote to businesses. The city receives a copy of the report. This would be the first step to receiving any other commercial rebate. | |
Waterwise rainscape | Up to $3,000 | $1 for every foot up to $3,000. | |
Waterwise landscaping | Up to $10,000 | $200 per 100 square feet up to $10,000. Larger rebate for ($200) native over ($150) adapted plants. | |
(Ord. 210406, passed 4-6-2021; Ord. 221018-A, passed 10-18-2022; Ord. 231017-A, passed 10-17-2023)