04-10-25 - Charter Commission Agenda Packet

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CHAPTER 404: STORMWATER UTILITY Section 404.01 Findings 404.02 General operation 404.03 Definitions 404.04 Stormwater utility fees 404.05 Credits 404.06 Exemptions 404.07 Payment of fee 404.08 Appeal of fee 404.09 Penalty for late payment 404.10 Certification of past due fees on taxes § 404.01 FINDINGS. The City Council recognizes that the control and regulation of stormwater drainage is necessary to protect the environment and the public health safety and welfare. The Council hereby finds that: (1) In the exercise of its governmental authority the city has constructed, operated, and maintained a stormwater system; (2) It is necessary and desirable to provide a method of recovering the future costs of improving, maintaining, and operating the system by establishing a program of user charges; (3) In imposing charges, it is necessary to establish a methodology that undertakes to make them just and equitable to assign responsibility for some or all of the future costs of operating, maintaining, and improving the system on the basis of the expected stormwater runoff from the various parcels of land with the city; and (4) Assigning costs and making charges based upon impervious coverage can only be accomplished within reasonable and practical limits. The provisions of this chapter establishes a reasonable and practical methodology from making such charges. (Ord. 07-21, passed 8-23-2021) § 404.02 GENERAL OPERATION. (1) The city stormwater system shall be operated as a public utility (hereinafter called the "stormwater utility" or "utility"), pursuant to M.S. § 444.075, from which revenues will be derived subject to the provisions of this chapter and Minnesota Statutes. (2) The stormwater system consists of lift stations, catch basins and manholes, collection piping, forcemain, storage tanks and ponds, structural and non-structural BMP's (Best Management Practices), and associated appurtenances located within public right-of-way and/or dedicated easements.