(A) The Storm Water Utility Fee shall be determined by first determining the percentage of total runoff in Worthington which is attributed to residential properties. The annual fee per acre for residential properties is the product of the runoff percentage and the storm water utility revenue, divided by the estimated total acres of residential land use in the City of Worthington. All residential parcels shall be considered as having an area of .24 acres for purposes of this chapter. The per acre fee for all other individual parcels shall be defined as the product of the residential per acre fee, the appropriate utility factor and the total acreage of the parcel. Residential parcels shall be assessed on a per household basis.
(B) The utility factors for various land uses are as follows:
Classification | Land Use | Utility Factor |
1 | Residential, including individual Townhouses | 1.00 |
2 | Multi-Family (4 units or more) | 1.48 |
3 | Apartments/Condominiums (4 units or more) | 1.48 |
4 | Commercial | 2.01 |
5 | Industrial | 1.67 |
6 | Public/Quasi Public | 2.01 |
7 | Parks/Open Space/Cemeteries | Exempt |
8 | Road Right-of-Way | Exempt |
9 | Lake/Streams/Wetlands | Exempt |
10 | Vacant | Exempt |
(C) The annual fee per acre for residential is $343.20.
(Ord. 956, passed 12-8-03; Am. Ord. 975, passed 12-13-04; Am. Ord. 981, passed 12-12-05; Am. Ord. 997, passed 12-11-06; Am. Ord. 1009, passed 1-14-08; Am. Ord. 1020, passed 11-24-08; Am. Ord. 1031, passed 12-14-09; Am. Ord. 1038, passed 11-8-10; Am. Ord. 1049, passed 12-12-11; Am. Ord. 1062, passed 12-10-12; Am. Ord. 1089, passed 12-28-15; Am. Ord. 1101, passed 12-12-16; Am. Ord. 1108, passed 12-11-17; Am. Ord. 1128, passed 11-26-18; Am. Ord. 1154, passed 12-9-19; Am. Ord. 1176, passed 11-22-21; Am. Ord. 1192, passed 12-12-22; Am. Ord. 1201, passed 12-11-23)