Ord. No. 26-00-1728ORDINANCE NO. 26-00-1728
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE BUDGET,
CONCERNING THE STORMWATER USER FEE
RATES, SETTING THE FEE RATES FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2000/2001; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami is establishing a Stormwater Utility for the
furtherance of stormwater management goals throughout the City, and;
WHEREAS, Florida Statutes section 403 require the City to establish a fee rate sufficient
to plan, staff, construct, operate and maintain a local stormwater management system, and;
WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends a Stormwater User Fee Rate of $3.00 per
Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) per month, and an Outfall Monitoring Fee of $1,000.00 per
property per year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Mayor and City Commission hereby sets the Stormwater User Fee
rate at $3.00 per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) per month.
Section 2. The Mayor and City Commission hereby sets the Stormwater Outfall
Monitoring Fee rate at $1,000.00 per property per year.
Section 3. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be incorporated in the City of South Miami Code of
Ordinances.
Page 2 of Ordinance No. 26 -00 -1723
Section 6, This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7 day of November 2000.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
1" Reading — October 3, 2000
2 "d Reading — November 7, 2000
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
City of South Miami Stonnwater User Fee Rate Ordinance
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COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Robaina:
Vice Mayor Feliu:
Commissioner Bethel:
Commissioner Russell:
Commissioner Wiscombe: Not
4 -0
Yea
Yea
Yea
Yea
present
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
INTER- OFFICE MEMORANDUM
BACKGROUND
Currently, each resident and business owner is assessed "stormwater user fees" pursuant to the
Miami -Dade County Stormwater Utility. These fees, required by Florida Statutes, are essential
to plan, staff, construct, operate and maintain a local stormwater management system. Inasmuch,
this revenue source is set aside for such activities as storm drain cleaning, new drainage system
construction, and various water quality initiatives required under the 'National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Since the City is establishing its own Stormwater
Utility, we now have the flexibility to set our own fee rates.
The stormwater user fees are based upon a statistical construct called an Equivalent Residential
Unit (ERU). The ERU represents the estimated impervious area for a typical residential
dwelling unit with the City. As a result, the ERU is different for each City, and is contingent
upon zoning regulations and the number of "high density" residential structures such as
apartment buildings and condominiums. The current ERU in the City is set at 2,095 square feet.
The ERU does not affect the fees paid by residential properties, only commercial sites. Billing
for commercial sites is determined by calculating each site's impervious area versus the ERU.
So, for example, a commercial lot with three times the impervious area as a typical residential
home (i.e., 3 x 2,095 = 6,285 square feet of coverage) would be charged 3.00 ERUs for billing
purposes.
The second variable in billing is the fee rate. Currently, the fee rate is $2.50 per ERU per month.
Consequently, a residential home is charged $2.50 x 1 ERU x 12 months = $30.00 per year, and
the commercial example discussed above would be charged $2:50 x 3.00 ERUs x 12 months=
$90.00 per year.
/continued ...
Mayor and City Commission
Stormwater Utility Ordinance
October 17, 2000
Page 2 of 2
The stormwater user fees are assessed through the water billing system managed by the Miami-
Dade County Water & Sewer Department (WASD). However, those customers with private
water wells would have to be billed directly by our Finance Department,
RECOMMENDATIONS
As already mentioned, the City now has the flexibility to set the'Stormwater User Fee rates
within the City. The attached summary of Utility rates throughout Florida indicates that the
current $2.5.0,1../ERU is well below the industry average rate of $3.24 / ERU.
When assessing the needs of the City, it has become very apparent that in order to secure grants
from the State, County, or Federal governments; the City will need to,offer matching funds.
Moreover, as you know; the greater the available match, the'larger the grant we can secure: This
reality is the driving force behind the recommendation to set the rate' at $3.00 / ERU. This rate
represents an increase, but is still well below the industry average of $3.24 / ERU, The proposed
ERU rate will produce a net increase in revenue of at least $42,000 for FY 2000/01 to be used to
leverage grant funds.
In addition, it should be noted that Miami -Dade County was responsible for setting the ERUs for
commercial sites within the City. However, because of their inability to monitoring commercial
construction, those ERUs may be inaccurate. Now that we have established our own Utility, the
City can recalculate the ERUs for commercial sites to ensure billing accuracy, and potentially
generate additional revenue through such corrections.
Lastly, the ordinance also, establishes a billing provision for "outfalis" (systems that discharge
rainwater off -site) to canals and municipal storm drains. As we all recently learned, the canals in
our City are host to a great variety of wildlife; including the occasional manatee: These canals
also flow directly into the environmentally sensitive Biscayne Bay. Because of this, and because
of the Federal Clean Water Act regulations, a monitoring / assessment fee on these outfalis is
proposed.
These outfalis are currently not permitted, but a number of sites within the City were apparently
constructed when stormwater disposal regulations were more lax. The rainwater outfalls
represent an unconstrained source for pollution from untreated stormwater runoff, and must
therefore be monitored by the City. The proposed outfall monitoring fee is $1,000 per year per
site (a list of sites subject to this fee is attached). Far from being a punitive measure, this fee
could be avoided if those sites decided to eliminate the outfalis.
Approval of the attached ordinance is therefore recommended
Attachments
l South Dade
6380 S. Dixie Hwy
Veterinary Hospital w/ roof drains
Animal Hospital .
to canal
Siam Lotus Room
6388 S. Dixie Hwy
Restaurant w/ parking lot sheetflow, ,
drainage to canal
3 Oak Heights
6341 SW 80`' St.
Apartment Complex w/ parking lot - -.
Manor Apartments
sheetflow drainage to canal
4 Water Way Apts.
7901 SW 64th Ave.
Apartment Complex w/ parking lot'
sheetflow drainage to canal
5
6
Holiday Apartments 6396 Manor Lane
Winn Dixie 5850 SW 73`d Street
Apartment Complex w/ parking lot
sheetflow drainage to canal
Grocery Store w/ roof drains discharging
to municipal storm sewers
City of South Miami
List of Known Stormwuter Outfalls
9/13/2000
No.
Facility Name
Address
Comments
1
South Dade
6380 S. Dixie Hwy
Veterinary Hospital w/ roof drains
Animal Hospital
to canal
2
Siam Lotus Room
6388 S. Dixie Hwy
Restaurant w/ parking lot sheetflow
drainage to canal
3.'
`Dak Heights
6341 SW 80 °i St.
Apartment Complex w/ parking lot
Manor Apartments
%shee,qtflow drainage to canal
4
Water Way Apts.
7901 SW'64 °i Ave.'
, Apartment Complex w /parking lot
sheetflow drainage to canal
5
Holiday Apartments
6396 Manor Lane
Apartment Complex w/ parking lot
sheetflow drainage to canal
6
Winn Dixie
580 SW 73 "' Street
,,,,Grocery Store w/ roof drains discharging
to municipal storm sewers
Arturo A. Rodrigu , P.B.
Stormwater Utility Section
Cc: David Gooden, City of South Miami
Dorian K. Valdes, DBRM,
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