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(a) When charges for storm water service are not paid when due, the Director may:
(1) Terminate water service to the property pursuant to existing written policy;
(2) Forward the account for collection by an outside collection agency;
(3) Transfer the delinquency to any other property owned by the account holder that receives service from the Department of Public Utilities;
(4) Bring an action at law for the collection of the delinquent amount;
(5) Certify the charges, together with any penalties, to the County Auditor, who shall place the certified amount on the real property tax duplicate of the property served directly or indirectly by the storm water system of the City. The amount certified shall be a lien on the property served from the date placed on the list and duplicate and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes, except that, notwithstanding section 323.15 of the Revised Code, a county treasurer shall accept a payment in such amount when separately tendered as payment for the full amount of such unpaid storm water charges and associated penalties.
(Ord. 586-99. Passed 11-9-99.)
(a) In the event the amount of impervious area on a non-residential property is increased above that assigned by the Department of Public Utilities, an adjustment may be made to the ERU multiple assigned to the property to properly reflect the amount of impervious area. The new ERU multiple shall be billed from the date on which the Department mails a notification of the change to the owner of the property and shall not be stayed by an appeal under Section 943.10. If the Department of Public Utilities finds that it has been underbilling a non-residential property as a result of the increase in impervious area, the owner may be charged for the difference between the amount actually billed and the amount that should have been billed for a period of time not to exceed one year prior to the date of the Department's mailing of a notification to the owner that an adjustment is being made to the property's ERU multiple.
(b) The owner of a non-residential property may apply for an adjustment to the ERU multiple if the owner has taken certain actions that reduce the impact of storm water runoff to the storm water system. The maximum adjustment that may be made to the ERU multiple for any non-residential property is 50% consisting of any one or more of the following credit options:
(1) brownfield reuse | 10% |
(2) detention/retention | 30% |
(3) direct discharge | 10% |
(4) forested (stream) buffer/grass filter strip | 30% |
(5) industrial NPDES | 10% |
(6) open-channel maintenance | 30% |
(7) sediment pond | 30% |
(8) swales | 30% |
(9) wetpond and extended detention | 30% |
(10) an educational credit for public or private schools that teach an environmental science curriculum approved annually by the Department of Public Utilities | up to 50% |
(Ord. 708-00. Passed 8-29-00; Ord. 607-07. Passed 10-2-07.)