10550-17 Amending Chapter 17, Article 1, Section 17-4 to address Downspout Disconnections

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All funds received by the City for the In-Lieu of Disconnect Fee Program shall be specifically designated to reduce the financial burden on residents of the combined sewer overflow LTCP. By December 31 St 2020 all commercial and industrial buildings shall have either disconnected or shall have entered the In-Lieu of Disconnect Fee Program. The Department of Public Works shall, by December 31St 2017, make available on the City's website a guidance document that will assist commercial building owners in obtaining further information on how to join the Program. The guidance document shall also outline how commercial building owners may pay the In-Lieu of Disconnect Fee in installments. (2) An organization established for charitable purposes including but not limited to organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, and governmental organizations over which the City has authority, which cannot disconnect may, depending on number of fulltime equivalent employees,receive the following discounts: (a)Such organizations with twenty or fewer fulltime equivalent employees shall not be charged to enter the In-lieu of Disconnect-Fee Program. (b)Such organizations with more than twenty but fewer than 100 fulltime equivalent employees shall receive a 50%reduction of the fee to enter the In-lieu of Disconnect Fee Program. (3)For-profit businesses with twenty or fewer fulltime equivalent employees which cannot disconnect fna-�, dependine on number- of fiAltifne equivalent employees. te-eive the fell * - discounAs. with twenty er fevv,,.fulltime ,,,,,,ivalep e�, shall receive a 50% reduction of the fee to enter the In-lieu of Disconnect Fee Program. (4) Any commercial building owner that was previously issued a downspout disconnection special exemption by the Board of Public Works shall remain exempt and shall not be subject to the In-Lieu of Disconnect Fee. (5) Commercial buildings with sewer discharge meters shall be exempted from the requirement to join the In-Lieu of Disconnect Fee Program. Have a limited exemption whieh shall be subjec4 to the ovxner-(s) of eaeh sueh building filing m4th the City's DepaAment of Publie Works (DP)Aq v4diin the fffst th ee (3) years of said five (5) year-period, a fiaasibility study and a eesvbefiefit analysis te eenfirm thflt eemplieRee may be eost prohibitive due to the building having an if4emal dfainage system, due te i . suifaees, or-ethef doeumented reasons whieh shall be reviewed by DPW. DPW shall review su doeumentation and meet with the o�hmer-to detemine if there are any other altematives sueh as rooftop gar-dens aa&or-gFeeii roofs for-their-building r-oefleps, whieh should be designed to lower- min. 44ie building meal-the deeision of DPW to he Board of Publie AZor-ks m'thi +o.. (1 0) days of the DPW deeision. DPW shall maiRtaifi a oempy-ehewive listing of all sueh pr-oper-ties by Page 3