Why is there a stormwater fee?

The City created a stormwater utility fee to fund the Federal and State mandated Phase II Stormwater Program. The City’s Stormwater Management Program is funded completely through this stormwater fee. This is a separate utility fee, not tax dollars. The residential fee is $5 per month. The nonresidential fee is based on the amount of impervious surfaces on each property at $5 per 2,500 square feet of impervious surfaces per month.

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1. What is stormwater?
2. Where does stormwater go if it runs off of impervious surfaces and doesn’t soak into the ground?
3. Why is there a stormwater fee?
4. How is the stormwater fee assessed?
5. What is the stormwater fee used for?
6. Why can’t I just put it in the storm drain, it’s treated because it’s part of the sewer right?
7. Why are the storm drain(s) on my street not draining?
8. I live outside the City Limits. Does the City do any stormwater work outside City Limits?
9. What can I do to keep areas of my yard from washing away or eroding?
10. Why do I have a sinkhole in my yard?