§ 56-51. Purpose; authority.

As authorized pursuant to F.S. §§ 403.0891 and 403.0893 a Stormwater Utility is hereby created consistent with the Town of Medley's Comprehensive Plan, and stormwater utility fees are hereby established to plan, construct, operate and maintain a stormwater management system. The "Stormwater Management System" is the system designed and constructed or implemented to control discharges which are necessitated by rainfall events, incorporating methods to collect, convey, store, absorb, inhibit, treat, use or re-use, water to prevent or reduce flooding, over drainage, environmental degradation and water pollution or otherwise affect the quantity and quality of discharges from the system. The "stormwater utility" is the funding of the stormwater management system by assessing the cost of the entire program to the beneficiaries thereof based on their relative contribution to its need. It is operated as a typical utility which bills for services regularly, similar to water and wastewater services.

(Ord. No. C-284, § 1A, 3-1-99)