Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 100 STORMWATER UTILITY 100.01 Purpose 100.05 Determination of Stormwater Utility Charge 100.02 Definitions 100.06 Stormwater Utility Charge 100.03 District 100.07 Lien for Nonpayment 100.04 Powers and Duties 100.01 PURPOSE. It is determined and declared to be necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, welfare, safety and convenience of the City and its residents that charges be levied and collected from the owners or occupants of all lots, parcels of real estate, and buildings that discharge stormwater or surface or subsurface waters, directly or indirectly, to the City stormwater drainage system, and that the proceeds of such charges so derived be used for the purposes of operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and debt service for construction of the stormwater drainage improvements comprising the stormwater management utility. 100.02 DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this chapter the following terms are defined: 1. “Developed property” means real property upon which a structure or impervious surface has been placed or constructed, thus increasing the amount of rainwater or surface water runoff. 2. “Dwelling unit” means a singular unit or apartment providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. 3. “Exempt property” means public streets, alleys, and sidewalks; all undeveloped property. 4. “Impervious area” means hard-surfaced areas which either prevent or resist the entry of water into the soil mantle, as it entered under natural conditions as undeveloped property, or cause water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that present under natural conditions as undeveloped property. 5. “Nonresidential property” means any property developed for commercial, industrial, governmental, or institutional use, including churches, hospitals, parking lots and multiuse properties incorporating residential uses. 6. “Residential property” means a residential structure designed as a single- family dwelling or a structure with two or more dwelling units. 7. “Stormwater drainage system” means the system of publicly or privately owned or operated rivers, creeks, ditches, drainage channels, pipes, basins, street gutters, and lakes within the City through which or into which stormwater runoff, surface water or subsurface water is conveyed or deposited. 8. “Stormwater drainage system district” means the area served by the stormwater utility. 9. “Stormwater management system” means the existing stormwater management facilities and stormwater drainage system of the City and all CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 805 -