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About Stormwater Utility Fees
If your property is a single family home or a
residential duplex building, you do not need to calculate your stormwater
utility fee as there have been flat rates established for both of these
types of uses:
- Single Family Home $44.00/year
- Duplex Residential building $66.00/year
Other properties, depend upon the amount of
impervious surface on the property. According to the City ordinance,
impervious surface is defined as "those areas that prevent or impede the
infiltration of stormwater into the soil as it entered in natural conditions
prior to development. Impervious areas include, but are not limited to,
rooftops, sidewalks, walkways, patio areas, driveways, parking lots, storage
areas, compacted gravel surfaces, awnings and other fabric or plastic
coverings, and other surfaces that prevent or impede the natural
infiltration of stormwater runoff which existed prior to development."
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Stormwater Utility Fee Calculation |
1)
Calculate your
Total Impervious
Surface Square Footage
Obtain the square footage (Square Footage = LENGTH
measured in feet x WIDTH measured in feet) of each item with an
impervious surface on your property. Such items typically include:
- Buildings Patios & Porches
- Driveways & Roads
- Parking Areas (Do not include if same as
driveway)
- Sidewalks / Walkways
Add up the square footage of each item.
The sum is the
Total Impervious Surface Square Footage on your property.
2)
Calculate
your
Stormwater Utility Fee
The Stormwater Utility Fee for the first 2,900
square feet of impervious surface has a set base fee of $44.00.
The Stormwater Utility Fee for every square foot of
impervious surface over the first 2,900 square feet is calculated at
$0.0484 per square foot.
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Example: |
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the Total Impervious Surface Square Footage on a property
equals 4,000 square feet and the property IS NOT a Single
Family Home or Duplex Residential building. |
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The Stormwater Utility Fee would be calculated as follows: |
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2,900 sq/ ft |
$44.00 (base
fee) |
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1,100 sq/ ft x
$0.0484 |
$53.24 |
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Total
Stormwater Utility Fee: |
$97.24 |
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A
Stormwater Utility
Fee Calculation Tool has been created in Microsoft Excel
Format, and is a 25KB download.
You will need to have the Microsoft Office Application Excel
installed on your computer to use this tool. |
Please remember, these calculations are only an estimate of
Total Impervious Surface Square Footage and may differ from the amount the City will calculate
based upon the City GIS system. |
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