The Reedsburg Stormwater Utility is hereby established as a
separate utility of the City to operate and maintain the stormwater
management facilities and functions of the City in accordance with
the policies and directives of the Common Council and this chapter.
The Stormwater Utility is created pursuant to the authority
provided in Chapter 66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, including, without
limitation, the authority granted in the following sections: §§ 66.0621,
66.0627, 66.0701, 66.0703, 66.0809, 66.0811, 66.0813 and 66.0821.
The operation of the Stormwater Utility shall be under the general
supervision of the Utility Director and the Common Council. The Utility
Director will also oversee and be in charge of the day-to-day operations
of the Utility. Currently, the Utility Director will be the City Engineer/Director
of Public Works.
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings
set forth below:
DIRECTOR
The Utility Director or his or her designee.
DUPLEX
A residential building containing two dwelling units.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms within a building that is arranged, designed
or used as living quarters for one group of individuals living as
a single housekeeping unit.
EQUIVALENT RUNOFF UNIT or ERU
The estimated average horizontal measurement of impervious
area of a fully developed single-family parcel within the City as
determined from time to time by the Common Council. One ERU is determined
on the effective date of this chapter to be equivalent to 3,024 square
feet.
FARMSTEAD HOME SITE
That portion of any agricultural property that contains a
single-family home, duplex unit or multifamily unit, regardless of
whether the dwelling unit is on a separate lot or parcel.
IMPERVIOUS AREA or IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A horizontal surface, or the horizontal area included in
a sloped surface, that is compacted or covered with a layer of material
such that it significantly reduces the ability of rainwater or other
surface water to penetrate the ground below. The term includes, but
is not limited to, semi-impervious surfaces, such as compacted clay,
as well as streets, roofs, sidewalks, patios, parking lots, driveways
and other similar surfaces.
LOT
Shall have the meaning defined in Chapter
690, Zoning, §
690-9 of this Code.
NONRESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Any developed lot or parcel other than residential property
as defined herein, and includes, but is not limited to, transient
rentals (such as hotels and motels), mobile home parks, commercial,
industrial, institutional, governmental property and parking lots.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
Any lot, parcel or farmstead home site developed for residential
purposes, including single-family homes, duplex units, and multifamily
units, but not including transient rentals (such as hotels and motels)
and mobile home parks.
UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY
Property that has not been altered by the addition of any
improvements such as a building or other structure, paving or the
installation of substantial impervious landscaping. A property shall
be considered developed pursuant to this chapter upon issuance of
a certificate of occupancy, or upon substantial completion of construction
if no such certificate is issued or where construction is at least
50% complete and construction is halted for a period of three months.
If any provision of this chapter is found to be invalid or unenforceable
for any reason, such determination shall not affect the validity or
application of, the remaining provisions. A determination of invalidity
or unenforceability of any provision as applied to any specific property
or circumstance shall not affect the validity and application of such
provisions to any other property or circumstances.