759 Stormwater & Lake Management

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to file suit thereon and to collect all such unpaid fees and interest, including actual attorney's fees and costs of the litigation. § 5~..60 CRIgDITS FOR ON-SITE STORM~IATIgR MANAGIgMENT FACILITIIgS. Credits for on-site stormwater management facilities shall be allowed and calculated as follows: (A) In order to encourage a reduction in stormwater runoff and improvement of the quality of stormwater runoff, a credit against the stormwater and lake management utility fee is authorized for those developed properties which are addressed by a stormwater retention facility designed and constructed for the purpose of stormwater flow mitigation and pollution reduction if it meets defined standards. Detention facilities are not eligible for credit. (B) A reduction in a stormwater fee may be allowed for a particular property only if the stormwater runoff from the property is served by a stormwater management facility that has been designed, constructed and is maintained properly for the purpose of stormwater flow mitigation and pollution reduction as measured against a defined standard established by the City. To be eligible for the stormwater retention credit, the facility must be constructed, owned, operated, and maintained by other than the City. The facility must also be on land owned by other parties than the City and upon which there are no drainage easements dedicated to the public for the general purposes of drainage retention, flow mitigation, or stormwater pollution abatement. (C) For applicable properties, a credit may be calculated and the fee may be reduced based upon defined standards and a formula the City Commission may establish by Resolution from time to time. No property shall have a verified right to the use of any particular formula or fee reduction other than that established by the City Commission by Resolution. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to 8