What services are funded by money collected from the Stormwater utility fee?

The Stormwater utility fee pays for the operations and maintenance costs of the Stormwater management program. Some of the services tied to the Stormwater program include:

  • Federal regulatory compliance
  • Construction inspections to ensure that erosion prevention methods are being utilized
  • Flood protection through capital improvement projects
  • Water quality monitoring of local waterways
  • Illicit discharge detection and elimination
  • Shoulder and ditch maintenance within the publicly owned right-of-way
  • Storm drain and storm pipe cleaning and repair, not including private driveway pipes
  • GIS mapping

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1. What is the Stormwater Fee?
2. How are the fees calculated?
3. What is Stormwater and why does it need to be managed?
4. Why do I have to pay a Stormwater utility fee?
5. What services are funded by money collected from the Stormwater utility fee?
6. How is the Stormwater utility fee different from a tax?
7. Who pays the fee?
8. Why isn't the Stormwater utility fee just included on my monthly water bill?
9. What happens to my Stormwater utility bill when I am no longer the property owner?
10. Do other cities have Stormwater user fees?
11. Is gravel considered impervious surface?
12. I think my bill may be calculated too high, what should I do?
13. How can I apply for a utility fee credit?
14. My property has drainage problems. How will the utility help me?
15. I saw someone dump something into a storm drain. Who do I call?
16. My storm drain is clogged. Who do I call?