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(a) For the purpose of determining the stormwater fee, all properties in the city shall be classified by the administrator into one of the following categories: (1) Residential; (2) Nonresidential; (3) Undeveloped; (4) Exempt. (b) The administrator shall determine impervious and semi -pervious area for nonresidential property accounts utilizing aerial planimetric data, city real estate assessment data, and other data acquired by office staff. The administrator may require additional information from the owner as necessary to make such a determination. (c) The stormwater management fee for vacant developed property, both residential and nonresidential, shall be the same as that for occupied property of the same class. (d) Undeveloped property shall be exempt from the stormwater management fee. Section 11.1-43 Stormwater utility fees. (a) The stormwater utility fees set out in Appendix A to this Code are hereby authorized for all utility customers in the city. Rates will be based upon equivalent residential units (ERU). An ERU will be the equivalent of 1,877 square feet of impervious area which will include all buildings, structures and other impervious and semi -pervious surfaces which contribute to stormwater runoff. The minimum monthly charge shall be equal to one ERU. The number of ERU's will be determined by the stormwater compliance program administrator or his designee. (b) All payments for this service shall be the responsibility of the owner. (c) When new properties are brought into the utility system, fees will accrue commencing with either completion of a frame or slab inspection or upon completion of any construction which contributes surface area where no certificate is issued or required for such construction. (d) In the event of alteration or addition to a nonresidential property which alters the amount of impervious surface area, the stormwater management fees will be adjusted upon either the completion of a frame or slab inspection or upon completion of the construction, whichever occurs first, and the adjustment will be reflected in the next billing cycle. (e) Petitions for adjustments to the stormwater fees for residential and nonresidential properties shall be submitted to the city manager or his designee, who shall be given authority to administer the procedures and standards and review criteria for the adjustment of fees as established herein, Any petition submitted for adjustment to the stormwater fees for a residential or nonresidential property shall be accompanied with a site plan or such other similar scaled drawing. A petition shall also include calculations of the property's impervious and semi -pervious area. The site plan and the calculations shall both be prepared by a professional engineer or land surveyor licensed in the commonwealth and acceptable in format and content to the administrator or his designee. Section 11.1-44 Late charges. In the event charges are not paid when due, interest thereon shall accrue, at the annual rate of ten percent, until such time as the overdue payment and interest is paid. Charges and interest may be recovered by action at law or suit in equity and shall constitute a lien against the property, ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid taxes. Section 11.1-45 Stormwater fund. Page 24 of 27