Title
Public Hearing - Amend Minor System Storm Water Fees for the City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius
Action
ACTION:
1) Open public hearing for comments on proposed amendments to the Minor System components of Storm Water fees for the City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius
2) Close public hearing and adopt Resolutions Authorizing Amending Minor System Fees for The City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius
Staff Contact: Ebenezer S. Gujjarlapudi and 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 citizen’s requests, projects in the right of way and aging infrastructure, the City of Charlotte and Town of Cornelius propose a change to the minor system component of the Storm Water.
The changes that have been approved or still under consideration are as follows:
City of Charlotte:
Tier I: $ 7.34 to $7.66, per month
Tier II: $ 10.82 to $11.30, per month
Tier III: $ 16.00 to $16.70, per month
Tier IV: $ 26.46 to $27.62, per month
Commercial: $190.98 to $199.38, per acre of impervious acre
Town of Cornelius:
Tier I: $2.62 to $3.14, per month
Tier II: $ 3.81 to $4.57, per month
Tier III: $5.70 to ...
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