Ord 2020-041/Stormwater Utility Ch. 86, Article 8, Division 1 & 2 amendment

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(hg) The city council reserves the right to adjust the drainage stormwater charges by separate ordinance from time to time. Qh) Billing of the drainage stormwater charge against each benefitted property within the service area will be accomplished by a sepstormwater utility charge listing in the monthly city utility bill. Multi -family properties with more than 4 units on a single parcel will have a stormwater utility bill mailed to the owner of record. These bills will become due and payable, and will be subject to late payment penalties, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the city pertaining to the collection of water and wastewater fees and charges. (ii) No utility deposit will be required as a precondition to accepting surface flow from a benefitted property in the drainage utility. (1 j) Billing of stormwater charges will occur even in when other utilities are disconnected to reflect the on-going discharge from the impervious cover of the benefitted property to the stormwater system. See. 86.506. age Stormwater Uutility Ffund. (a) A separate fund is established, known as the drainage stormwater utility fund, for the purpose of identifying and controlling all revenues and expenses attributable to the draistormwater utility. All drainage charges collected by the city and other monies available to the city for the purpose of drainage will be deposited in the drainage stormwater utility fund. The revenues will be used for the purposes of the creation, operation, planning, engineering, inspection, construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, reconstruction, administration and other reasonable and customary charges associated with the operation of the drainage stormwater utility. It is not necessary that the expenses from the drainage stormwater utility fund, for any authorized purpose, specifically relate to any particular benefitted property from which the revenues were collected. (b) All drainage charges collected under this article will be used solely for creation, operation, planning, engineering, inspection, construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, reconstruction, administration and other reasonable and customary charges associated with the operation of the drainage stormwater utility unless athefwise dir-eeted by eity eetineil for- other drainage and water "-14— puToses. In the event a portion of the drainage revenues is pledged to retire any outstanding indebtedness or obligation incurred, or as a reserve or amount in any contribution for future construction, repair or extension or maintenance of the utility assets, then the pledged portion of revenues may not be transferred to the general fund. (c) The city manager will provide an annual report of the drainage stormwater utility's revenues, expenses and programs to the city council.