(a) Intent.
(1) It is the intent of City Council to establish a uniform schedule of rates and fees for the services and use of the facilities of the stormwater management utility by every lot, parcel, or use within the City's corporate limits.
(2) Stormwater user rates and fees will be based on the extent to which runoff from each lot, parcel, or use creates the need for the stormwater management utility; operation and maintenance costs of the stormwater management utility; debt service costs; and construction costs, including current and future capital improvements to the stormwater management utility.
(b) Application. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, each and every residential lot, parcel, or use; nonresidential lot, parcel, or use; and undeveloped lot or parcel, other than exempt property, within the corporate limits of the City, and the owners and occupants thereof, shall have imposed upon them a monthly stormwater user fee, unless otherwise provided in this Chapter.
(c) Joint and Several Liability. In the event the owner and occupants of a particular commercial or industrial lot, parcel or use are not the same, the liability for each the owner and the occupant for the stormwater user fee attributable to that lot, parcel or use shall be joint and several.
(d) Service Charge. The stormwater user fee shall be a monthly or a regular interval service charge and shall be determined in accordance with Section 1020.04
, the provisions of this Chapter, and the ERU and the ERU rate, which shall be established and may be changed from time to time by City Council. The minimum service charge for any improved lot, parcel or use shall be equal to one (1) ERU, unless otherwise provided in this Chapter. The established rates and fees established by this Chapter shall be paid in accordance with this Chapter and Chapter 1030.
(e) Change in Applicable Fee. The monthly billing for the stormwater user fee per lot, parcel or use shall be updated by the Accounts Receivable & Billing Division, as necessary, based on the change in use, the development of a lot, parcel, or use or additions to the impervious areas on any lot, parcel, or use.
(Ord. 04/39. Adopted 09/23/04; Ord. 2023-38. Adopted 12/28/23; Em. Ord. 2024-01. Adopted 02/08/24; Ord. 2024-02. Adopted 02/22/24)