§ 8.28.050. Stormwater utility user charge.

A.

There is established a stormwater utility system user charge. The charge due for the billing period shall be the obligation of the user of the public storm system on the imposition date, notwithstanding whether the user is the addressee of the bill.

B.

The charge shall be the personal obligation of the user on the imposition date, regardless of whether that person has any ownership interest in the property. This charge shall constitute a debt due the city as of the date of imposition.

C.

There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the owner of the real property, as shown in the records of the county assessor, is the occupant.

D.

The stormwater utility user charge shall be imposed upon any person who uses or discharges to the public storm and surface water drainage system by:

1.

Maintaining impervious surface connected to (directly or indirectly) and capable of discharge to the public surface water management systems; or

2.

Actually discharging storm or surface water into the system.

E.

Said charge shall be charged for all users of properties within the boundaries of the city except property owned by the city of Oskaloosa. A property containing impervious surface, is presumed to discharge stormwater to the storm and surface water drainage system, and to generate a demand for storm and surface water drainage services unless that property has an on-site disposal system which meets the standard of Section 8.28.060(A)(8) of this chapter and any rules adopted thereunder.

(Ord. 1251 §§ 4, 7—9, 2007; Ord. 1245 § 5, 2007)