§ 17.10.180. Watershed restoration fund.

A.

A watershed restoration fund shall be established and the moneys therein shall be used by the City for land acquisition (including easements and rights-of-way), and the study, engineering, design, purchase, construction, expansion, repair, maintenance, landscaping and inspection of public stormwater management systems.

B.

The watershed restoration fee schedule applicable to the fund shall be established by resolution of the City Council. The fees schedule shall reflect an annual two percent rate increase in effect from July 1, 2015 until June 30, 2018 for stormwater fees under this section. To encourage environmentally sound and effective stormwater management practices, the Director of the Department of Public Works may authorize a reduction in the watershed restoration fee not to exceed fifty percent in accordance with a duly established policy setting forth which stormwater management facilities shall qualify for a reduction of the watershed restoration fee and how such reductions shall be calculated.

C.

In the case of an application for a waiver to on-site water quantity and/or water quality management under this chapter, the Director of Public Works may in his/her discretion accept the conveyance of an interest in land, the construction of a stormwater management facility, the scheduled fee or any equivalent combination thereof as the watershed restoration fee.

D.

The Director of Public Works shall not accept a conveyance of land or the construction of a stormwater management facility pursuant to the preceding subsection that does not cover adequately the cost to the City of managing the stormwater generated from the subject property or if such acceptance is otherwise not in the interest of the City.

E.

Public Works is responsible for maintenance, repair and retrofit of stormwater facilities that lie in the public right-of-way and these funds shall be used to this effect.

(Ord. O-30-08 Amended § 1 (part), 2009: Ord. O-28-03 § 1; Ord. O-26-03 § 1 (part): Ord. O-10-02 § 1 (part))

(Ord. No. O-26-15 Amended, § I, 7-27-2015; Ord. No. O-15-11 Amended, 6-6-2011; Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016; Ord. No. O-33-17, § I, 7-31-2017)

Editor's note

Ord. No. O-33-17, § I, adopted July 31, 2017, changed the title of § 17.10.180 from "Stormwater utility fund" to read as herein set out.