File #: ORD 24-027    Version: Name: Ordinance - Storm Drainage
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/30/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/27/2024 Final action: 8/27/2024
Title: Public Hearing and Action on Ordinance 24-027, an Ordinance Amending Articles I & II of Chapter 72 - Storm Drainage, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Brookings, South Dakota.
Attachments: 1. Memo, 2. Ordinance - clean, 3. Ordinance - marked, 4. Legal Notice

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Public Hearing and Action on Ordinance 24-027, an Ordinance Amending Articles I & II of Chapter 72 - Storm Drainage, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Brookings, South Dakota.

 

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Summary and Recommended Action:

The recent update to the City’s Master Drainage Plan (Plan) recommends revisions to the City’s Storm Drainage Fee.  The current drainage fee, which was established in 1985, bases the fee on land use.  To provide a more equitable means of calculating this fee, the Plan recommends using an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU).  An ERU bases the fee on the average impervious for a residential parcel.  All residential parcels will be assessed one ERU, while commercial and industrial lots will be assessed based on the amount of impervious coverage.

 

Staff recommends approval of the proposed ordinance amendment.

 

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Attachments:

Memo

Ordinance - clean

Ordinance - marked

Legal Notice