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Arnold was a focal point over the eminent domain issue in Missouri. [7] In January 2004, the City of Arnold announced that THF Realty had approached them regarding developing a section of Arnold known as the Triangle, [8] an area bordered by Route 141, Interstate 55 and Church Road in the city limits. The city voted in favor of the Triangle ...
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.
Maryland's "rain tax" was implemented in 2012 through the Watershed Protection and Restoration Act to fund stormwater management aiming to reduce the level of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. This bill, HB 987, utilized a stormwater fee in the ten most urban jurisdictions in Maryland.
On Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, the Martinsburg City Council adopted an ordinance establishing the Martinsburg Stormwater Utility.
The intent of the ordinance was for the city to set up a utility, similar to ones created for water and sewer, for stormwater and flood resiliency.
Sep. 14—HENDERSON — The city moved forward with purchasing a privately-owned property at 313 Zene Sr. on Monday as a step towards updating its stormwater policy. The house sits on the ...
As stormwater is channeled into storm drains and surface waters, the natural sediment load discharged to receiving waters decreases, but the water flow and velocity increases. In fact, the impervious cover in a typical city creates five times the runoff of a typical woodland of the same size. [9] [clarification needed]
In 1977, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that stormwater discharges must be covered by the permit program. [28] Research conducted starting in the late 1970s and 1980s indicated that stormwater runoff was a significant cause of water quality impairment in many parts of the US.