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***UPDATE - August 2008***
The State Legislature passed a referendum this spring which allows VLAWMO to collect their storm water utility fees via the County through Property Taxes. This means that you will NOT be receiving a bill in the mail this year as you did last fall. Our annual fee will be included as a line item on your Property Taxes.
PLEASE NOTE: The Storm Water Utility Fee IS NOT A TAX. VLAWMO does not have taxing authority. By including our fee within your property taxes, we are saving the taxpayer's money by not doing a separate mailing. Your tax dollars will go towards the watershed stewardship work that VLAWMO is committed to doing.
If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact us.
In the past, VLAWMO was funded by assessments made to the six communities that are in the VLAWMO watershed area. Those assessments were paid either through the city or township general funds or a municipal storm water utility. Through this method, property owners within neighboring watersheds contributed to the VLAWMO program although they were not within the VLAWMO boundary. In an effort to charge ONLY the property owners within VLAWMO for its support, the VLAWMO Storm Water Utility (SWU) was initiated in 2007. All six communities formally approved the SWU as the most equitable way of paying for watershed activities.)
Fees are assessed on an annual basis. All single family residential lots will pay $26.40 for 2008 regardless of the size of the property. Parcels with other land uses such as commercial, institutional, or multi-family residential have a rate based on how much impervious surface they have and the acreage of the parcel.
Provided by Sandra Noel
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