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� Zoning Ordinance & City Code Review 2015 <br /> ' Pages 7 through 10 reflect the City Code Sections which will require discussion by the City Councii for the development of new/amended language. <br /> File i de Current Languaae&Pronosed Changes Summary of Change/Comments Priori <br /> Number• i n Lis N <br /> 14-281 Subdivision IV. - Stormwater Trunk Fee Modify standards for how new 15 . <br /> through development/redevelopment storm water fees <br /> 14-287 Sec. 14-281. - Statutory authority. are catculated. <br /> Minn. Stat. § 444.075 authorizes cities to impose just and reasonable charges for the use and availability of storm sewer facilities (charges). By <br /> this subdivision, the city elects to exercise such authority. <br /> Staff recommendations as to possible <br /> Sec. 14-282. - Findings and determinations. options are currently being developed for <br /> In providing for such charges, the findings and determinations set out in this section are made. Council consideration in February/March. <br /> (1) In the exercise of its governmental authority and in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare, the city <br /> has constructed, operated and maintained a storm sewer system (the system). This subdivision is adopted in the further exercise of such <br /> authority and for the same purpose. <br /> (2) The system, as constructed, heretofore has been financed and paid for through the imposition of special assessments and ad valorem <br /> taxes. Such financing methods were appropriate to the circumstances at the time they were used. It is now necessary and desirable to <br /> provide an alternative method of recovering some or all of the future costs of improving, maintaining and operating the system through the <br /> imposition of charges as provided in this subdivision. <br /> (3) Development or redevelopment of land changes the characteristics of the stormwater runoff from the property and results in the need for <br /> improved stormwater facilities, and also increases the demand on the stormwater system, which results in greater maintenance and <br /> operational costs of the system. <br /> (4) In imposing charges, it is necessary to establish a methodology that undertakes to make them just and equitable. Taking into account the <br /> status of completion of the system, past methods of recovering system costs, the topography of the city and other relevant factors, it is <br /> determined that it would be just and equitable to assign responsibility for some or all of the future costs of operating, maintaining and <br /> improving the system on the basis of the acreage of land to be developed or redeveloped. <br /> (5) Assigning costs and making charges based upon expected typical stormwater runoff cannot be done with mathematical precision but can <br /> only be accomplished within reasonable and practical limits. The provisions of this subdivision undertake to establish a reasonable and <br /> practicable methodology for making such charges. <br /> Sec. 14-283. - Rates and charges. <br /> (a) Estab/ishing. The stormwater trunk fee charges, for various land uses, shall be included in the city fee schedule and shall be changed as <br /> necessary by resolution of the council. <br /> (b) Determination. The city has developed a surface water management plan that includes design criteria for stormwater systems and preliminary <br /> design information for a comprehensive stormwater system in the city. In general, stormwater trunk fees are calculated by dividing the total cost <br /> of system construction, by the number of developable acres the system will serve. The appropriate base trunk fee per acre, to be used on a <br /> citywide basis, shall be determined as necessary using this methodology. <br /> (c) Acreage equivalency factors. Recognizing that different types of land use generate different amounts of stormwater runoff, an equivalency factor <br /> multiplier is assigned to each land use type. The two-acre residential lot is considered as the standard in the city, because a large percentage of <br /> the land in the city is zoned for two-acre single-family residential land use. The two-acre single-family residential lot will be assigned an <br /> equivalency factor of 1.0. The table below lists the equivalency factors for different land uses. These equivalency factors will be applied to the <br /> base trunk fee per acre. <br /> Updated 1/23/15 Page 7 of 10 <br />