The Stormwater Environmental Utility (SEU) was established to provide a dedicated funding source for the operation, maintenance, planning, and improvement of the existing and future public stormwater system. Stormwater Assessments provide funding for a variety of drainage-related services. The two components are:
Base Charge.
The Stormwater Base Service Cost provides uniform level of service to all Assessed Properties and because these services are geared toward the fixed cost, baseline, utility-wide administration, customer service, and regulatory compliance, including Total Maximum Daily Load reductions, development regulations oversight, and NFIP/CRS qualifying activities, the cost of such services is not dependent on the size of the Tax Parcel, the use of the Tax Parcel, or the amount of Impervious Area on the Tax Parcel.
Impervious Area Charge
The Impervious Service Cost provides additional Stormwater Management Services to Tax Parcels of Developed Property with more than 249 square feet of Impervious Area. These Stormwater Management Services include direct operational costs, engineering planning, capital equipment, and project for maintenance and operation of the Stormwater Conveyance System and are necessitated by the existence of Impervious Area that impedes or restricts infiltration of rainfall into the soil, which then increases the need for County services and facilities to convey, retain, and treat the increased volume of Stormwater runoff from Developed Property.
