Ordinances-2014-355 - Chapter 100 - Stormwater Utility

7. "Storm Water Drainage System" means the system of publically or privately owned or operated rivers, creeks, ditches, drainage channels, pipes, basins, street gutters, and lakes within the City through which or into which storm water runoff, surface water or subsurface water is conveyed or deposited. 8. "Storm Water Drainage System District" means the area served by the storm water utility. 9. "Storm Water Management System" means the existing storm water management facilities and storm water drainage system of the City and all improvements thereto which by this division are constituted as the property and responsibility of this utility, to be operated as an enterprise fund to, among other things, conserve water, control discharges and flows necessitated by rainfall events; and incorporate methods to collect, store, absorb, inhibit, treat, use or reuse water to prevent or reduce flooding, over-drainage, environmental degradation and water pollution or otherwise affect the quality or quantity or discharge from such system. 10. "Storm Water Management Utility" means the enterprise fund utility created by this chapter to operate, maintain and improve the system and for such other purposes as stated in this chapter. 11. "Undeveloped property" means any real property that has no impervious area. 12. "User" means any person owning, operating or otherwise responsible for property within the City, which directly or indirectly discharges storm water or subsurface waters to any portion of the storm water management system, including direct or indirect discharges to the City's storm water drainage system. The term "user" means any person responsible for the direct or indirect discharge of storm water or surface or subsurface waters to the City's storm water drainage system. C. DISTRICT. The entire city is hereby organized into one storm water utility district. D. POWERS AND DUTIES. The City and its designated agents shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities with respect to the storm water utility: 1. Prepare ordinances as needed to implement this division and forward the ordinances to the Council for consideration and adoption, and adopt such regulations and procedures as are required to implement this chapter and carry out its duties and responsibilities. 2. Administer the design, construction, maintenance and operation of the utility system, including capital improvements. 3. Administer and enforce this chapter and all ordinances, regulations, and procedures relating to the design, construction, maintenance, operation and alteration of the utility system, including but not limited to the quantity, quality and/or velocity of storm water conveyed thereby.