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Every person or entity who owns real property within the City shall pay a fee for clean stormwater activities. The annual fee for owners of parcels in all land use categories shall be calculated using the following formula: [(parcel size x runoff factor)/(RU)] x [rate per RU]. The standard runoff unit (RU) rate shall be established by City Council resolution.

The runoff factor for various land use categories shall be those set forth in the following table:

Land Use Category

Runoff Factor

Single-Family Residential

0.4

07 - Mobile home in mobile home park

11 - Single-family residential

12 - Single-family res. with non-economic second living unit

13 - Single-family res. with a slight commercial use

16 - Single-family res. land with or subject to communal improvements

17 - Single-family residential home converted boarding or rooming house with shared kitchen and/ or bath

18 - Planned development (tract type) with commonly owned area

19 - Mobile home on single-family land

51 - Rural-residential homesites (improved)

Duplex

0.4

22 - Double or duplex

25 - Residential property of two living units either or both of which are lesser quality than code 22

All Other Residential

0.6

21 - Two, three, or four single-family homes

23 - Triplex; double or duplex together with a single-family residential home

24 - Four living units, e.g. Fourplex; triplex together with a single-family res. home; two doubles or duplexes, etc.

26 - Residential property of three living units any or all of which are less quality than code 23.

27 - Residential property of four living units any or all of which are lesser quality than code 24.

28 - Residential property with two, three, or four identifiable living units together with rooming or boarding use

29 - More than one mobile home, or, one mobile home in addition to other residential living units, on residential land

52 - One or more mobile homes on rural homesites

71 - Five or more single-family residential homes

72 - Residential property converted to five or more units

73 - Condominiums

74 - Cooperatives

75 - Restricted income properties

76 - Fraternities and sororities

77 - Multiple residential properties (five or more units)

78 - Residential high-rise (7+ stories)

79 - Church homes

91 - Mobile home parks

Commercial

0.8

31 - One-story store

32 - Store on first floor with offices or apartments

33 - Miscellaneous commercial (improved)

34 - Department store

35 - Discount house

36 - Restaurant

37 - Shopping center

38 - Supermarket

39 - Commercial or industrial condominium prior to sale of one unit. Regular use code used on all but common area after on sale of one unit.

53 - Rural property with significant commercial use

80 - Car washes

81 - Commercial garages (repair)

82 - Automobile dealerships

83 - Parking lots

84 - Parking garages

85 - Service stations

86 - Funeral homes

87 - Nursing or boarding homes

88 - Hospital (convalescent or general)

89 - Hotels

90 - Motel

92 - Banks

93 - Medical-dental

94 - 1 to 5-story offices

95 - Over 5-story offices

96 - Bowling alleys

97 - Theaters (walk-in)

98 - Theaters (drive-in)

99 - Other recreational activities, such as rink, stadiums, race tracks

Industrial

0.8

41 - Warehouse

42 - Light industrial

43 - Heavy industrial (factories, batching plants, etc.)

44 - Miscellaneous industrial (improved), not qualified for any other industrial code

48 - Terminals, trucking and distribution

49 - Wrecking yards

54 - Rural property with significant industrial use

Institutional

0.6

03 - Exempt public agencies

04 - Property leased by a public utility

05 - Property owned by a public utility

61 - Improved government-owned property

64 - Schools

66 - Churches

67 - Other institutional properties

68 - Lodgehalls and clubhouses

Undeveloped land, Parks, and Golf Courses

0.2

10 - Vacant residential land zoned for four units or less

30 - Vacant commercial land (may include misc. Imps.)

40 - Vacant industrial land (may include misc. Imps.)

50 - Vacant rural-residential homesites (may include misc. Imps)

55 - Rural property used for agriculture (more than 10 acres)

56 - Rural property in transition to a higher use

57 - Vacant rural land not usable for even agriculture

60 - Vacant land which is a necessary part of an institutional property

63 - Golf courses

65 - Cemeteries

70 - Vacant apt. land capable of supporting five or more units

(Ord. 6382-NS § 1, 1997: Ord. 6070-NS § 3, 1991)