Stormwater Utility Fee Credit Program
The baseline Stormwater Utility Fee (fee) does not take into account the value provided by some property owners that independently implement and maintain Best Management Practices (BMPs) that offset, to some extent, the impacts of their developed property on the natural and constructed components of the City’s stormwater management system. Using a Fee Credit process, the City may make an adjustment to the baseline fee for any non-residential customer that provides value-added stormwater management services that support and complement the City’s stormwater management goals.
Stormwater Utility Fee Credit and Incentives Manual (updated 2016)
Residents don’t qualify for Fee Credit because the residential fee equates to the base fee every parcel of property must pay to support the community wide requirements of the stormwater permit and the benefits of stormwater management. Therefore, the Stormwater Utility Ordinance does not allow a reduction below the amount of the residential fee for any parcel. However, the Stormwater Utility Ordinance does include provisions for the City Council to adopt incentive programs for residential customers who implement best management practices that help the City’s meet its stormwater management objectives.