Title
Amend Minor System Storm Water Fees for the City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius
Action
ACTION:
Schedule a public hearing for June 16, 2026, for the Minor System component of the Storm Water Fee for the City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius
Staff Contact: Don Ceccarelli, Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) - Storm Water Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
In 1994, the County implemented a Storm Water fee to fund the administration of storm water management programs to improve water quality, reduce flood losses and repair and or maintain the storm drainage system.
Minor System Component for municipal jurisdictions: By Interlocal Agreement, the minor system of the storm water system is defined as ditches, swales, pipes, etc. that drain less than 1 square mile and is the responsibility of the City inside the City limits and each Town inside the town limits. The revenue generated from the minor system component of the storm water fee charged within each municipal jurisdiction is returned to that jurisdiction to fund their storm water management programs.
To address the substantial increase in unfunded projects and residents' requests, projects in the right-or way and aging infrastructure, the City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius propose a change to the minor system component of the Storm Water fee.
MCSWS requests a public hearing be set in accordance with the Storm Water Management Interlocal Agreement and State law for considering such increases.
On February 19, 2026, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Advisory Committee unanimously endorsed the City of Charlotte’s FY2027 Operating and Capital budgets (including the above fee increases) and forwarded its recommendations to the County Manager and the Board of County Commissioners.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
None, revenue generated from any fee adjustments will return to the municipal jurisdictio...
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