25.20.020 Rate structure for the surface water management utility district.
(1) The director shall assign all developed real property located in the surface water management utility district to service charge rate categories according to the land use classification and the degree of impervious surface coverage of the real property. The "Index of Land Use Classifications and Rate Categories" dated January 8, 2002, or any revision thereafter compiled by the director, is available in the department of conservation and natural resources and incorporated by this reference. When assigning real property to appropriate service charge rate categories, if portions of any tax parcel or legal lot have been placed into separate taxation categories by the county assessor, the director shall treat each of those separate portions of the tax parcel or legal lot as separate properties and assign an appropriate service charge rate category to each. When assigning the real property to appropriate service charge rate categories, if the property exhibits mixed use, the director shall assign the rate category based on the use associated with the majority of the impervious surface area on the real property or portion thereof.
(2) Except as provided in SCC 25.20.070, 25.20.080, and 25.20.100, for the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020, developed real property located in surface water management utility district areas shall be subject to annual service charges as follows:
Rate Category |
Impervious Surface Coverage |
Annual Service Charge |
---|---|---|
Single Family Residential |
N/A |
$122.00 per dwelling unit |
Condominium |
N/A |
$109.80 per dwelling unit |
Farm |
N/A |
$122.00 per parcel |
Rate Category |
Impervious Surface Coverage |
Annual Service Charge |
---|---|---|
Exempt |
Less than 1% |
$0.00 |
Very Light |
1% to 19% |
$36.59 per quarter acre |
Light |
20% to 39% |
$122.00 per quarter acre |
Moderate |
40% to 59% |
$203.27 per quarter acre |
Heavy |
60% to 79% |
$276.49 per quarter acre |
Very Heavy |
80% to 100% |
$365.96 per quarter acre |
(3) Except as provided in SCC 25.20.070, 25.20.080, and 25.20.100, for the period beginning January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter until the county council establishes different service charges, the annual service charge shall be the annual service charge for the previous year increased by 2.8 percent. On or before the end of the second quarter of 2024 and at least every five years thereafter, the director shall provide to the county council a recommendation for future annual service charges with supporting analyses and documentation. (Added by Amended Ord. 15-069, Nov. 16, 2015, Eff date Jan. 1, 2016; Amended by Amended Ord. 17-020, July 5, 2017, Eff date July 21, 2017; Amended by Ord. 19-074, Nov. 12, 2019, Eff date Nov. 28, 2019; Amended by Ord. 23-019, Apr. 12, 2023, Eff date Apr. 22, 2023).