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A stormwater fee is a charge imposed on real estate owners for pollution in stormwater drainage from impervious surface runoff.. This system imposes a tax that is proportional to the total impervious area on a particular property, including concrete or asphalt driveways and roofs, that do not allow rain to infiltrate.
Numerous counties in Maryland have implemented fees and programs to address polluted runoff since the 1980s. [2] In 2010, the U.S. EPA ordered the states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to reduce stormwater runoff through independent funding methods. [3] Maryland voted to use stormwater fees to cover the $14.8 billion cost. [3]
Stormwater fees have helped dozens of local governments pay for necessary infrastructure improvements. But the fees also raise questions about whether the bill is being distributed fairly.
The local initiative power under Proposition 218 can be used to reduce or repeal local taxes like utility user taxes, sales taxes, business taxes, parcel taxes, and also to reduce or repeal local government fees and charges such as stormwater fees, groundwater fees, public ambulance/paramedic fees, public park/sports fees, public parking fees ...
Nov. 21—A stormwater fee increase is brewing in Spokane Valley. The City Council last week voted 5-2 to raise stormwater fees for 2023. The annual cost for homeowners will climb from $21 to $58 ...
(The Center Square) — Beacon Center is suing the city of Nashville over stormwater capacity fees. The fee enacted by Nashville on Jan. 1, 2024, only charges residents who obtain building permits ...
The reasoning in Wilde also likely applies to other property-related fees or charges under Proposition 218 such as for sewer, stormwater or refuse collection services, but the California Supreme Court did not hold that every local government revenue-raising measure is exempt from the local referendum power. Rather, the holding is limited to ...
Jun. 22—The city of Beckley and the Beckley Sanitary Board (BSSB) claim state regulations allow them to impose a stormwater fee on property owners who live inside the Beckley watershed ...