Ordinance 92-1085ORDINANCE N0. 92- 1085
AN ORDINANCE O F LONGWOOD, FLOAI DA, AME
ORDZNANCE 92-SO]BH P TILSTYNFEES
ROPERxY ~V SEMIG ~F20~ SwTORMW
PROPERTY A STORMWATER UTILITY NREVIEW eOARD~
PROVIDING FOR SEVERAe2LITY AND EFFECTIVE DAxE.
WHEREAS, the Longwood City Commission deems it rn the best
interest of the health and welfare o£ its crtrzens to charge
stormwater utility fees fox vacant property; and
WHERE , the Longwood City Commrss ron desires tc bill owners
of vacant property semr-annually.
NOW THEREFO , E IT ORDAINED BY TAE CZTY COlMZSSION OF THE
CITY OF LONGWOOD THAT.
SECTION 1: Section 5 of Ordinance 92-10]8 shall be amended Lo
read as follows:
N 5 - TIL*TY FEES
mhe stormwater nagement tility empowered by this
ordinance t end chargas for the us of and discharge t
the city's stormwater m nagement system se uch charges shall
be based the a o£ providing stormwater m nagement
all properties ithiv the city and may be
tlifferent =for properties ing different classes of
The City Commission shall adopt and r e from time
to time schedule o£ stormwater utility fees for s water
nagement servrees to cover Funding requirements o£ utility
operations.
(a) Rates far stormwater management servrce.
There levied against all £eepayers Eor all eat
propertys in the city which contributes s noE£
to antl/or which benefit from the city= spa
nagement system a nthly stormwater utility fee it
ordance with the mollowing definitions, methodology
and schedule:
1. sto rmwater Utility Fees
(a) Single Family Property stormwater utility Fee
$3.00 per month per unit
(b7 Multi-family Property stormwater Utility Fee
$3.00 per month per un.rt
(c( sidential/commercial Property stormwater
Utility F e $1.00 per E 1 per m with (if
e
property has mitigation(
- mrnrmum charge
$S.oO per month
53.29 per E onth (if property has n
(d mitigation) - mrnrmum charge $3.29 per month
( Vacant p will be a sed a water
t ility Fee,
C-e mmi-se ien. fellows:
(1) aiaential olattea o arty:
t
e
I.OS m nth
o
6.30 s uall D1ot.
OAD. N0. 92-1085
administrator, o ity administrator's designee, for a
o£ said charges. If the property and its u
rspecif ied on the applicable fee schedule, the sc ity
administrator shall u the fee applicable t the m
arly comparable type eo£ land u n the fee scheduler
i£ the Eee payer questions the o omputation of the
utility Eee, then the feepayer shall prepare
and submit the ity administrator, city
administrator'sodes igneec, a independent £ee calculation
for the property. The independent £ee calculation study
shall follow the prescribed methodologies and formats
established by this ordinance and any regulations
promulgated hereunder. The study shall show the basis
upon which the independent fee calculation w made,
Including but not limited to surveys showing the
and engineering studies documenting the stormwater r no£f
and proposed credits attributable to the property.v The
ity administrator, ity administrator's designee,
shall sider the odocumentation submitted by the
feepayerobut i not required to a cept such documentation
wh=ch he shall r nobly deem to be r
anappl icable o not reliable and may, in the alternative,
require the feepayer t submit additional or different
documentation for siderat ion. I£ any ceptable
independent fee calculation study i not presented, the
feepayer shall pay the s til ity Eees based upon
the schedules set £orthtinmthisrchapter.
(b( If n isf ied with the determination o£ the city
administrator, city administrator's designee, the
feepayer, by Filing a ritten request with the city
administrator within t nw(10) days of the determination,
may request a hearing t aopeal the decision be{ore the
City °.,aa~-' -` "vast-...oat Stormwater [)tilit
B a d.
(c) My adjustment to the originally determined area shall be
retroactive to commencement o£ the charges and fees.
(d( The decision of the S tilit w Bo
be r wed b the rc Fef th 1eC't o£
ood e Florida est submitted to the
clerk of the vC ~t w t~LOn wood Florida herein
cht t (301 d f the date o_f the decisio uaht t
be r wed.
SECTION 3 Severability. should any sectr , paragraph,
clause, senten , [em, word, or provision o£ this Ordinance be
declared rnval id by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
decision shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole
or any part hereof, not so declared to be invalid.
(2( all other
1.05 month o 6.30 s uall ufor e
8,500 s ft actin thereof
The s water utility fees shall become effective on
June 1 ~ 1992.
2. Stormwater Management Systems Inspection Fee
The City shall charge a fee of 550.00 for each inspection
o£ completed stormwatex m nagement systems which were
approved for construction by the City.
3. lxil ling o£ s utility and Stormwater Management
Systems Inspect'ona Fees
The Stormwater utility fees and tAe Stormwater m nagement
system inspection fees imposed by this ordinance ashall be
billed i onju nction with the monthly utility bill fox n -
erties ued by the city's utility billing
uch fees shall be due and payable a the s
andtinntha s and subject to the s e penalties is
other util itymf ees nne
tko= `-----`-- ---------` -`----- A11 such bills shall be
endered monthly by the Finance Department and shall become
due and payable i ordance with the rules and regulations
of the F Department pertaining to the collection of
til ity fee gnce TFe stormwatex m nagement utility fee is part
of a solidated statement for utility customers which i
generally paid by a Ingle payment. In the e that a
partial payment ved, the payment shall of first be
applied uni£ormlyi to alliutility services fief lected on the
billing to the utility account.
' fees for v - -- shay `a b' '
ual tember 1 antl Ma c V1. i
Any charge tlue hereunder which shall n t be paid when due
shall bear all approved m nthly s ocharges as provided
for elsewhere by ordinance and may bei ro red i action
at law by the City. The ~.F aeeeexE feeoav ashall be
espons ible for all costs of collection t ncludeer noble
attorney's fees whether o uit i ary. ineaddition
any other r medies or penalties provided by this o any
other ordinance of the City, failure of any u of rCity
utilities within the city of i.ongwood to pay said charges
promptly when due shall subject such user to discontinuance of
utility s and the City Administrator of the City i
hereby empowered and directed to en{once this provision as to
any and all delinquent users.
The utility fee and inspection fee hereinabove prescribed
shall c a debt to the City for which the o
nd/oz of cupant shall he jointly and s rally liable.
Thear orris of the City shall be kept open forVthe inspection
by the o and o cupant and it shall be the
esponsib i[y t cupant o
ascertain that the prescribed fees oxntfees are dbeing paid. t
N 2: ectlon ] of Ordinance 92-10]8 shall be amended
to read as follows:
SECTION ]- A ALS
(a) Any Eeepayer who feels that the stormwatex utility {ee
for his property has been signed omputed
incorrectly may petition in writing t r the city
~ 4: x_ectavc 1 _o. ids Urd~nnae shall take ef~f ect
upon fi.na]. ya
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