Ordinance 1421 - Storm Drain Assessments - Multi-Tiered System20021501 /l1Pl) O
ORDINANCE NO. 1421
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 862 BY PROVIDING A MULTI -TIERED
SYSTEM FOR STORM DRAIN ASSESSMENT AND EXEMPTING CEMETERIES, PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE PARKLANDS THEREFROM, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL,
MONTANA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. That the City Council finds that large vacant
and essentially undeveloped parcels do not
impact storm maintenance costs in direct
proportion to their size, but should,
nonetheless, shoulder a reasonable share of
these costs. Further, the City Council finds
that the impact of larger residential parcels
on storm drain maintenance costs does not
consistently rise with the increase in the
size of the residential parcel.
SECTION II. That the City Council finds that public parks
and private parks (as defined by Kalispell
City Code 28-3-19) and cemeteries have minimal
impact on the storm drain system and as a
matter of public policy should be exempt from
the storm drain assessment.
SECTION III. That the tax levied by the City for storm
drain maintenance should be reasonable and
just.
SECTION IV. That the City Council finds that the purpose
of maintaining a reasonable and just storm
drain assessment may be met by assessing
vacant land with a two acre cap and
residential parcels with a one-half acre cap,
and by exempting public and private parklands
and cemeteries from the assessment.
SECTION V. That Ordinance No. 862 is hereby amended as
follows:
Paragraph 2.01 shall be and is hereby amended to strike
all of the existing language to be replaced with the
following:
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2.01 Application and Classification: A special storm
sewer charge is hereby imposed on each lot and parcel of
land within the City, except the Airport, Golf Course,
cemeteries, all public parkland and all private parkland
as defined by Kalispell City Code 28-3-19 and adjacent
City owned areas, for services and facilities provided by
the storm sewer. For purposes of imposing the storm
sewer charge, all lots and parcels within the City,
except those areas as exempted hereby, shall be
classified and assessed as follows:
Category
1
Vacant Land
up to Two Acres:
$0.0015/square
foot
Category
1
Vacant Land
over Two Acres:
$130.68 maximum
Category
2
Residential
Land Up to 3� acre:
$0.0029/square
foot
Category
2
Residential
Land Over �i acre:
$63.16 maximum
Category
3
Commercial
90% Covered:
$0.0052/square
foot
Category
4
Commercial
100% Covered:
$0.0065/square
foot
Paragraphs 2.02, 2.03 and 2.04 shall be stricken and
paragraphs 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 shall be renumbered as
2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06 respectively.
SECTION VI. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after
final passage by the City Council.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 20TH DAY Off, 2002.
`Pamela B `/ Kenne
Mayor
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STATE OF I`0ONTAMA
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