§ 34-97. Stormwater utility and stormwater service assessment.

(a)

Pursuant to the home rule power of Article VIII, Section 2(b) of the Florida Constitution, Chapter 166, Florida Statutes and Chapter 24 of the Marathon Code, a stormwater utility is hereby established and a stormwater service assessment is hereby imposed, upon each nonexempt parcel within the City for services and facilities provided by the stormwater utility. For purposes of imposing the stormwater service assessment, all parcels within the City are classified into four (4) customer classes:

(1)

Residential.

(2)

Nonresidential, which includes institutional (tax exempt); commercial; industrial and other.

(3)

Undeveloped.

(4)

Exempt.

(b)

The stormwater service assessment imposed on each nonexempt parcel in the City shall constitute a non-ad valorem assessment.

(c)

On or before the 15th day of September of the first year of assessment, the City Council shall hold a public hearing to adopt a final rate resolution and assessment roll. The rate resolution and assessment roll shall stay in effect until a change in the stormwater service assessment is proposed. On or before the 15th day of September in the year of a proposed assessment change, the City Council shall hold a public hearing to adopt the modified stormwater service assessment resolution and assessment roll for the purposes of imposing the stormwater service assessment upon each nonexempt parcel within the City. Said rate resolution and assessment roll shall incorporate a schedule of rates and classifications of all parcels in the City.

(d)

Notice of the public hearing concerning the above-referenced stormwater service assessment resolution shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least once, with the first publication being at least 20 days prior to the public hearing. Said public hearing may be continued to a date certain without the necessity of further newspaper advertisement or public notice.

(Ord. No. 2014-20, § 2, 12-16-2014)