Legal Documents of Maryville

Stormwater service charges may be determined and modified from time to time by the Council of the City of Maryville so that the total revenue generated by said charges and any other sources of revenue that may be made available to the stormwater utility will be sufficient to meet the cost of services and facilities, including, but not limited to, the payment of principal and interest on debt incurred for stormwater management purposes, and such other expenses reasonably necessary or convenient in the acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, and regulation of the stormwater system and of properties affecting the stormwater system. These fees shall be reasonable in amount and used exclusively by the municipality for purposes set forth in this chapter. Such a graduated stormwater user's fee shall be based on actual or estimated use of the stormwater and/or flood control facilities of the municipality, and each user or user class shall only be required to pay its proportionate share of the construction, administration, operation and maintenance including replacement costs of such facilities based on the user's actual or estimated proportionate contribution to the total stormwater runoff from all users or user classes. To ensure a proportionate distribution of all costs to each user or user class, the user's contribution shall be based on factors such as the amount of impervious area utilized by the user, the water quality of the user's stormwater runoff or the volume or rate of stormwater runoff.

The use of any particular parameter as a service charge rate parameter shall not preclude the use of other parameters, or of grouping of properties having similar characteristics through the use of ranges or rounding up or down to a consistent numerical interval, or the use of flat-rate charges for one (1) or more classes of similarly-situated properties whose impact on the stormwater utility's cost of providing stormwater management services and facilities are relatively consistent. Stormwater service charges may also include special charges to individual customers for services or facilities related to stormwater management, including, but not limited to, charges for development plan review, inspection of development projects and on-site stormwater control systems, and enhanced levels of stormwater services above those normally provided by the city. (1999 Code, § 19-504)