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<br />Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances » PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES » Chapter 58 -
<br />UTILITIES » ARTICLE V, - STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY»
<br />ARTICLE V. - STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY
<br />Sec, 58-194. - Storm sewer system: statutory authority.
<br />Sec, 68-196-F1ll_djngs nd determinations
<br />aeec. 58 j9 - RateS and charoes.
<br />S. 58-197 - Establishinn basic rate.
<br />Sec. 58-1 98 - Standardized acreage.
<br />Sec,58,1_99,,Acijuf charge
<br />Sec. 68-200. - Excluded lands.
<br />Sec, 58-201 - Supplying information.
<br />Sec. 58-202, - Estimated charges
<br />Sec. 58-203. -ajnag5 snd erosion control.
<br />I Sec. 58-194. - Storm sewer system; statutory authority.
<br />The provisions of Minn, Stets, § 444,075, authorizes cities to impose just and reasonable charges for the use
<br />and availability of storm sewer facilities ("charges"). By this article, the city elects to exercise such authority.
<br />(Code 1978, § 4.80,01; Ord, No, 00-01, 3-13-2000)
<br />Sec. 58-195. - Findings and determinations.
<br />In providing for such charges, the findings and determination set out in this article are made.
<br />(1) In the exercise of its governmental authority and in order to promote the public health, safety, convenience
<br />and general welfare, the city has constructed, operated and maintained a storm sewer system ("the
<br />system"). This article is adopted in the further exercise of such authority and for the same purposes,
<br />(2) The system, as constructed, heretofore has been financed and paid for through the imposition of special
<br />assessments and ad valorem taxes, Such financing methods were appropriate to the circumstances at the
<br />time they were used, It is now necessary and desirable to provide an alternative method of recovering
<br />some or all of the further costs of improving, maintaining and operating the system through the imposition
<br />of charges as provided in this artiole.
<br />In Imposing charges, It is necessary to establish a methodology that undertakes to make them just and
<br />equitable. Taking into account the status of completion of the system, past methods of recovering system
<br />costs, the topography of the city and other relevant factors, it is determined that It would be just and
<br />equitable to assign responsibility for some or all of the future costs of operating, maintaining and improving
<br />the system on the basis of the expected stormwater runoff from the various parcels of land within the city
<br />during a standard five-year rainfall event.
<br />(4) Assigning costs and making charges based upon expected typical stormwater runoff cannot be done with
<br />mathematical precision but can only be accomplished within reasonable and practical limits. The provisions
<br />of this article undertake to establish a reasonable and practical methodology for making such charges.
<br />(3)
<br />(Code 1978, § 4.80.02; Ord, No, 00.01, 3.13.2000; Ord, No, 00-10, 9-5-2000)
<br />I Sec. 58-196. - Rates and charges.
<br />(a) Residential equivalent factor. Rates and charge for the use and availability of the system shall be
<br />determined through the use of a residential equivalent factor (REF), For the purposes of this article, one
<br />REF Is defined as the ratio of the average volume of surface water runoff coming from one acre of land and
<br />subjected to a particular use, to the average volume of runoff coming from one acre of land subjected to
<br />typical single-family residential use within the city during a standard five-year rainfall event.
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