§ 26-1. Definitions.

Base rate means the total cost to the city of the city's stormwater collection program.

Bonds means revenue bonds, notes, loans, or any other debt obligations issued or incurred by the City of Coral Springs, as authorized by resolution of the city commission.

Customer means any person who is responsible for payment of the assessment charged pursuant to this chapter. A person owning, leasing, or otherwise responsible for a property which does not contain an impervious surface is not a customer.

Debt service means, with respect to bonds, an amount equal to the sum of all monies payable in connection with such bonds, which includes (but is not limited to): principal; interest; prepayment penalties (if any); premiums for optional or mandatory redemption; costs of issuance; fees and discounts to underwriters or for the sale of bonds; advertising for public meetings (where required or determined appropriate); premiums for bonds insurance; fees of trustees; fees and charges of accountants, auditors, financial advisors, attorneys, or other consultants; and all other costs of regulatory or transaction compliance.

Developed property or property means a parcel of real property identified by an ad valorem tax folio or property identification number which:

(1)

Is located within the municipal limits of the city; and

(2)

Which has been altered from its original state by the addition of any improvements, such as a building, structure, or other form of impervious surface which exceeds four hundred fifty (450) square feet.

Dwelling unit means a single condominium unit, mobile home, townhouse, apartment, home, or other single residential unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one (1) or more humans, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Equivalent residential unit or ERU means the determined, hypothetical average square footage of impervious area for a dwelling unit of four thousand four hundred eighty-nine (4,489) square feet.

ERU rate means the stormwater collection utility non-ad valorem assessment charged per ERU.

Fiscal year debt service means an amount equal to the sum of all monies payable in connection with such bonds for a given fiscal year (October 1 of a year to September 30 of the next year).

Impervious surface means a human-made surface compacted or covered with material resistant to infiltration by water and impeding or restricting the percolation of surface water into the soil. Impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to: private streets; building floor slabs at grade; compacted building pads; roofs and roof extensions; athletic courts; oiled surfaces; and additionally, sidewalks, porches, patios, decks, driveways, and parking areas which have a concrete, asphalt, wood, concrete tile, or brick paver surface (except for any of the foregoing hard-surfaced systems which have been specifically engineered as a pervious hard-surface system, and where the system has been approved as a pervious hard-surface system by the city engineer).

Impervious surface area means the number of square feet of horizontal surface of a property covered by impervious surfaces. Measurements to determine impervious surface area should be made between exterior or outermost portions of the impervious surface.

Non-residential utility customer means all customers not classified as residential utility customers.

Operation and maintenance means the current expenses, paid or accrued, of the stormwater collection program, as calculated in accordance with sound public works, engineering and accounting practices, and which includes, but is not limited to: insurance premiums; administrative, employee, and officer expenses, compensation and benefits (whether incurred directly or through cost allocation accounting practices); materials, supplies, and equipment; contractual obligations due in the fiscal year for which the calculation is made; fiscal year debt service; other costs for current operations; and charges for the accumulation of appropriate reserves for periodic expenses not annually incurred, but which may reasonably be expected to be incurred.

Person means a natural or artificial person (such as a corporation) recognized by law. This definition includes the state or any agency or institution thereof, the United States or any agency or institution thereof, or any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association, or other entity; and additionally, any constitutional officer or governing or managing body of the state, the United States, any agency, any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation.

Property owner means the record owner(s) of a property.

Residential utility customer means the property owner of a dwelling unit. Residential utility customer does not include the place where a corporation or other enterprise conducts and is authorized to conduct business.

Revenue means all rates, fees, proceeds of the sale of bonds, or other charges or other income received by or for the account of the utility, in connection with the administration of the stormwater collection program, including amounts received from the investment or deposit of moneys in any fund or account and any amounts contributed by the city, all as calculated in accordance with sound accounting practice.

Stormwater means the flow of water which results from a precipitation event and includes, but is not limited to, stormwater runoff, surface runoff, and drainage.

Stormwater collection program or program means the same as "Stormwater management program" as defined in F.S. § 403.031(15), as amended. This term also includes the formulation and implementation and execution of comprehensive strategies for dealing with stormwater quantity and quality issues, which includes but is not limited to: (i) the planning, design, construction, financing, improvement, regulation, repair, maintenance, and operation of the city's stormwater collection system; (ii) the adoption and enforcement of regulations concerning land development, use, and activities relating to flood control (and flood plains), grading, erosion, tree conservation, deposition of material into water bodies, and sediment control; and (iii) the coordination of the foregoing municipal regulation, effort and strategies with similar regulation, effort and strategies of federal, state, regional, and local governmental units or agencies.

Stormwater collection fund, enterprise fund, or fund means the separate account of the city into which revenue is deposited and from which operation and maintenance and capital improvements for the city's stormwater collection program are paid.

Stormwater collection system or system means the same as "Stormwater management system" as defined in F.S. § 403.031(16), as amended. This term also means a system of infrastructure which is owned or operated by the city (including, but not limited to, conduits, manholes, channels, culverts, catch basins, pipes, ditches, swales, waterways and water bodies, easements and rights-of-way, retention and detention basins, infiltration facilities, and other components), and which is designed, constructed, maintained, used, or implemented to: (i) control discharges caused by precipitation events; (ii) collect, convey, store, absorb, treat, use, or re-use water to prevent or reduce flooding, over drainage, environmental degradation, and water pollution; (iii) affect the quantity and quality of discharges from the city's system of infrastructure to receiving waters and infrastructure of federal, state, regional, and local governmental units or agencies; and (iv) to facilitate groundwater re-charge.

Stormwater collection utility or utility means the municipal enterprise which is responsible for the stormwater collection program's functions.

Stormwater collection non-ad valorem assessment or assessment means an assessment established under this article, which is charged to customers deriving a service from the city's stormwater collection program. The assessment is in addition to any other fee the municipality has the right to charge under any other ordinance or resolution of the municipality or law of the state, such as interest, penalties, special charges, and costs of collection, which the customer shall also pay.

(Ord. No. 2018-110, § 3, 11-28-18)