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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 19th day of
November 19 90 at 8 p.m. at City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek
Parkway, to consider An Ordinance Adding Chapter 16 Regarding Storm Drainage
Utility.
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ORDINANCE NO. 90 -19
AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 16 REGARDING STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 16 is hereby added to the City Ordinances with language
as follows:
CHAPTER 16 STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY
Section 16 -101. FUNCTION. There shall be in the Citv of Brooklvn Center a
Storm Drainage Utility. which shall be operated as a oublic utility pursuant to
Minnesota Statutes Section 444.075.
Section 16 -102. MANAGEMENT. The citv manager shall be responsible for the
management of the Storm Drainage Utility. Operations shall be supervised by the
citv director of public works.
Section 16 -103. STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY FUND. There shall be maintained
within the Citv accounting system a separate fund to be known as the Storm
Drainage Utilitv Fund. All revenues derived by the utility shall be deposited
in such fund. Such fund shall be used to operate. maintain. repair. expand. and
administer the Citv's storm drainage system.
Section 16 -201. RESIDENTIAL EOUIVALENCY FACTOR (REF). One (1) REF is
defined as the ratio of the average volume of runoff generated by one (1) acre
of a given land use to the average volume of runoff generated by one (1) acre of
typical single family residential land. during a standard one (1) vear rainfall
event.
Section 16 -202. STORM WATER DRAINAGE FEES.
Subdivision 1. Calculation of Fee. Storm water drainage fees for parcels
of land shall be determined by multiplying the REF for a parcel's land use by
the parcel's acreage and then multiplying the resulting product by the storm
water drainage rate. The REF values for various land uses are as follows:
CLASSIFICATION LAND USES REF
1 Cemeteries. Golf Courses 0.25
2 Parks 0.50
3 Single Familv and Duplex 1.00
4 Schools and Institutional 1.25
5 Multiple Family and Churches 3.00
6 Commercial. Industrial 5.00
7 Vacant Land As assigned
ORDINANCE NO. 90 -19
Subdivision 2. Standardized Acreage. For the purpose of calculating storm
drainage fees. all developed single familv and duplex residential parcels shall
be considered to have an acreage of one fourth (1/4) acre.
Subdivision 3,. Excluded Lands. The following land uses are exempt from
storm water drainage fees: (a) public rights of wav:, and (b) vacant. unimproved
land with ground cover.
Subdivision 4. Other Land Uses. Other land uses not listed in the
foregoing table shall be classified by the city manager by assigning_ them to the
classes most nearly like the listed uses, from the standpoint of probable
hvdrologic response.
Subdivision 5. Anv_eals. Anneals regarding the determination of the proper
classifications may be made to the city council. The council may adiust. by
resolution. the storm drainage fee for a parcel or a class of parcels based upon
hvdroloeic data to be supplied by nronerty owners. which data demonstrate a
hvdrologic response substantiallv different from the standards. Such
adiustments of storm water drainage fees shall not be made retroactively.
Section 16 -203. STORM DRAINAGE RATE. The city council shall adopt by
resolution a base storm drainage rate, which shall be included in the Public
Utilities Rate Schedules, pursuant to Section 4 -104 of this code.
Section 16 -204. PAYMENT OF FEE. The city manager shall establish
procedures for determining and collecting customer charges consistent with the
adopted rate schedules,
Collection of fees shall be subject to the same obligations. service
charges. penalties, and methods of collection as are charges for water and
sanitary sewer service. pursuant to Section 4 -105 of this code.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective after publication and
thirty (30) days following its adoption.
Adopted this 19th day of November 19 90
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Mayor,
ATTEST: Pofth_J`.I' t n
Deputy City Clerk,
Date of Publication November 7, 1990
Effective Date December 7, 1990
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