Mitigation credit

The council may, by separate resolution, or in any initial stormwater resolution or any annual stormwater resolution, establish a Mitigation Credit for a stormwater charge. The calculation of a Mitigation Credit may be based upon, but not limited to, the following factors: onsite Mitigation Facilities; discharge to a system other than the city's; and the receipt, treatment and collection of city stormwater. In order to qualify for a Mitigation Credit, a non-residential property owner or a community development district shall provide the city with as built drawings of the Mitigation Facilities sealed by a Florida registered professional engineer or a certification from a Florida registered professional engineer as to the standards of retention and detention achieved by the Mitigation Facilities. If these documents are not available, then other such documentation including but not limited to the following:

• Site survey or site plan depicting stormwater retention or detention;

• Survey depicting the area of the parcel directly discharging to eligible waters, or private system;

• Drainage survey plan;

• Stormwater pond permit (Southwest Florida Water Management District or Florida Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Resource Permit or City of Tampa permit);

• Subdivision plat;

• Demolition and cleared site documentation;

• Topographic elevation survey; or

• Hillsborough County Property Appraiser's parcel detail.

and deemed to be sufficient by the city to demonstrate that the Mitigation Facilities are operational and provide relief from all or a portion of the burden on the city system. For residential property owners and homeowners associations sufficient information shall be provided to establish an adequate basis to evaluate the property for Mitigation Credit. Such documentation may include but not be limited to documents such as those listed above. Such documentation shall be submitted to the city for review and approval within sixty (60) days of when the property owner receives notice of the proposed assessment or fee. Any reduction which may be necessary after the Stormwater Roll has been adopted will be refunded to the property owner. No Mitigation Credit shall be granted to a parcel whose mitigation is provided by a Mitigation Facility constructed or maintained by city funds or funds received by the city as part of a cooperative funding agreement or grant.

(Ord. No. 2003-200, § 7, 8-7-03; Ord. No. 2010-93, § 2, 7-29-2010; Ord. No. 2016-63, § 3, 5-5-2016)

DIVISION 3. - PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTION AND COLLECTION OF STORMWATER CHARGES