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ORDINANCE NO. 6855-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE SCHEDULE FOR
STORMWATER UTILITY RATES; AMENDING APPENDIX
A, ARTICLE XXV PUBLIC WORKS--FEES, RATES AND
CHARGES; SECTION (3)(e) STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT UTILITY RATES, CLEARWATER CODE
OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Clearwater's Stormwater Utility was established effective
1991 and on August 6, 1998 Ordinance 6309-98 was passed increasing Stormwater
Utility rates to $4.00 per ERU beginning 10/1/98 and establishing a series of four
subsequent 4.3 per cent increases to be effective 10/1/1999 ($4.17), 10/1/2000 ($4.35),
10/1/2001 ($4.54) and 10/1/2002 ($4.73); and
WHEREAS, the revenue sufficiency and financial forecast analysis in 1998
captioned that funding a $30 Million capital improvements program every 5 years after
FY 2003 would require a perpetual annual rate increase of from 11 % to 11.5%, and
Burton and Associates has completed a five year revenue sufficiency update and
financial forecast analysis which recommends early consideration of a rate increase
due to higher than anticipated infrastructure, operating and maintenance costs, and
additional capital improvement costs beyond what had originally been projected and
approved; and
WHEREAS, the increases are necessary to provide funding for $72.4 million of
capital improvement projects to abate severe street and in structure flooding, improve
water quality, add, restore or upgrade stormwater infrastructure and comply with
mandated changes in operating, maintenance and reporting requirements; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Appendix A, Article XXV, PUBLIC WORKS--FEES, RATES AND
CHARGES, Section (3)(e) Stormwater Management Utility Rates, Clearwater Code of
Ordinances, is amended as follows:
(3) Rates:
(e) Stormwater management utility rates. The stormwater management utility rates
shall be based upon the revenue requirements for the construction,
administration, management, engineering, operation and maintenance of the
stormwater management system, and the adopted capital improvement program
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funding needs of the system. For the purposes of these rates, the terms shall
have the meanings set forth in section 32.242 or, if not defined in section 32.242,
in sections 32.002 or 1.02.
1. Basic rate. The rate per month for one equivalent residential unit or ERU
shall be established as specified below:
Effective 1/1/02 10/1198 10/1/02 10/1/99 10/1/03 10/1/2000 10/1/04 1O/1/20(}l. 10/1/05 1O/1/20m
Per 6.13 $4-;00 7.16 $4-:+1 8.01 ~ 8.65 $4M- 9.35 $4,+.J
ERU
2. Residential property fees. The monthly fee for each residential property shall be:
Single-family......... ... .... 1 ERU/dwelling unit
Duplex units ................ 1 ERU/dwelling unit
Condominium units....... 1 ERU/dwelling unit
Apartments .................. 1 ERU/dwelling unit
Mobile homes .............. 1 ERU/dwelling unit
3. Nonresidential property fees. Nonresidential property shall be charged on the
basis of the impervious area of the property in accordance with the following
formula:
Impervious area (sq. ft.) divided by 1,830 sq. ft. = Number of ERU's. A
minimum value of 1.0 ERU shall be assigned to each nonresidential
property. The impervious area of each nonresidential property shall be as
determined by the city engineer. ERU's shall be rounded to the nearest
one-tenth of a unit.
4. Undeveloped property. Stormwater management utility fees shall not be levied
against undeveloped property pursuant to this article.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
November 1, 2001
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PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Approved as to form:
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ane C. Hayman -
Assistant City Attorney
November 15, 2001
Attest:
OI1!?ynt ia E. GO!Jde~_lJ'~
r" City Clerk '.- ,
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