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10 St. Anthony - Public Works <br /> <br /> <br /> (B) The facilities have heretofore been financed and paid for through the imposition of special <br />assessments and ad valorem taxes. It is now necessary and desirable to provide an alternative method of <br />recovering some or all of the future facilities costs through the imposition of charges as provided in this <br />chapter. <br /> <br /> (C) In imposing charges for the facilities (“facilities charges”), it is necessary to establish a <br />procedure designed to make the charges just and equitable. Taking into account the status of completion <br />of the facilities, past methods of recovering facilities costs, the topography of the city, and other relevant <br />factors, it is determined that it would be just and equitable to assign responsibility for some or all of the <br />future facilities costs on the basis of the expected storm water runoff from the various parcels of land <br />within the city during a standard rainfall event. For purposes of this chapter, a standard rainfall event is <br />defined as a 10-year rainfall of 24-hour duration, assuming Hydrologic Soil Group §B§ soils according <br />to methods in the Hydrology Guide for Minnesota, published by the Soil Conservation Service. <br /> <br /> (D) The City Council finds that assigning costs and making facilities charges based upon expected <br />typical storm water runoff cannot be done with mathematical precision but can only be accomplished <br />within reasonable and practical limits. The provisions of this chapter undertake to establish a <br />reasonable and practical method for imposing the charges. <br />(1993 Code, § 405.02) <br /> <br /> <br />§ 51.03 RATES AND CHARGES. <br /> <br /> (A) Rates and charges for the use and availability of the facilities will be determined by the use of a <br />Residential Equivalent Factor (“REF”). For purposes of this chapter, 1 REF is defined as the ratio of <br />runoff volume (in inches) for a particular land use, to the runoff volume (in inches) for a typical <br />single-family residential lot. <br /> <br /> (B) The City Council hereby adopts the charges set forth in § 33.090 for the use and availability of <br />the facilities. The charges to be made against each parcel of land in the city will be determined by <br />multiplying the REF for the parcel, based on actual land use, times the parcel’s acreage, times the <br />facilities charge per acre, except that all R-1, R-1A, and R-2 residential parcels will be presumed to be <br />1/3 acre per dwelling unit on the presumption that most such parcels in the city are approximately that <br />size and in order to avoid computation of the actual area of every such parcel in the city. <br />(1993 Code, § 405.03) <br /> <br /> <br />§ 51.04 OTHER LAND USES. <br /> <br /> Other land uses not listed in the table in § 33.090 will be classified by the Public Works Director by <br />assigning them to classes most nearly like the listed uses from the standpoint of runoff volume for the <br />standard rainfall event. An appeal from the Public Works Director’s determination of the property <br />classification may be made to the City Council. <br />(1993 Code, § 405.04)