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ORDINANCE #00-XX CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 4 OF THE CITY CODE WHICH CHAPTER IS KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.80 TO THE CITY CODEr WHICH SECTION 4.80 IS ENTITLED "STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY" AND WHICH SECTION WAS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO CITY ORDINANCE #00-0I. The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION t. AMENDMENT Subsections 4.80.03, 4.80.04 and 4.80.05 are amended to provide as follows: 4.80.03 Rates and Charges Subdivision 1. Residential Equivalent Factor. Rates and charge for the use and availability of the system shall be determined through the use of a Residential Equivalent Factor ("REF"). For the purposes of this Section, one REF is defined as the ratio of the average volume of surface water runoff coming from one acre of land and subjected to a particular use, to the average volume of nmoff coming from one acre of land subjected to typical single-family residential use within the City during a standard five-year rainfall event. Subd 2. Residential Equivalent Unit. Rates and charges for the use and availability of the system shall be determined through the use of a Residential Equivalent Unit ("REU"). For the purposes of this Section, one REU is defined as the product of the acreage cfa particular parcel multiplied by the REF. Subd. 3. Determination of REF's and REU's. The REF shall be based on the relative runoff generated by any land use compared to the expected runoff from a typical half-acre single-family dwelling. This relationship shall be interpreted as a function of the percent of the total lot area which is improved and shall be applied as determined in the table below. I I I I I I