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current of the records of the city or county assessor. Regardless ofthe person to whom the bill is initially directed, the owner of the property is ultimately responsible for the payment of the service fee. All services fees due upon the date stated in the bill. E. Calculation of fee and fee classifications. For purposes of imposing the stormwater service fee, all lots and parcels within the City are classified into the following two (2) classes: single-family detached residential, and all others. The Director is directed to prepare a list oflots and parcels within the City and assign the appropriate classification to each lot or parcel. The monthly service fee to be charged for the classes shall be determined and set as follows: 1. Each single-family detached residential property shall be billed a flat fee as established herein for the average impervious area on the property. The single-family detached residential average impervious area shall be referred to as the runoff area unit (RAU). The RAU will be determined by digitally measuring and summing the impervious area on a random sample of not less than 30 single-family detached residences in the City and averaging the total. The monthly service fee to be charged for each single-family detached residential property shall be referred to as the current base rate per month. Both the RAU and the base rate shall be established by City Council resolution. Prior to consideration of a resolution to subsequently modify the RAU or the base rate, the City shall publicize the proposed base rate and/or RAU modification and provide an opportunity for public input regarding the proposed modification. 2. F or all other classes of property other than single-family detached residential, the service fee shall be determined by dividing the calculated total square footage ofimpervious area on the property by the runoff area unit (RAU), multiplying the result by the base rate, and apportioning the result to the utility accounts which serve the property, based on the RAUs attributable to each account (excluding irrigation only accounts). The service fee charged to non-single family detached residential property shall be updated as necessary to reflect any additions/subtractions to the impervious area. F. Changes in property. The owner of any non single-family residential property shall notify the Director when any undeveloped, grassed landscaped or cultivated portion of the owner's property has been modified in any manner so as to create additional impervious area often percent (10%) of the total impervious area or one thousand (1,000) square feet of impervious area, whichever is less. The owner shall provide such notice with 30 days of the modification. G. Additional fees. The service fee shall be subject to additional fees for delinquent payment, uncollectible checks, liens and any other penalties which are the same as those imposed with City water or sewer utility charges. Sec. 13.37.050. Use of Service Fees. The city's water and wastewater activity enterprise shall hold all funds received by the City under this Chapter in a separate stormwater utility account and make expenditures thereof only for the purpose of project costs. Additionally, the City may pledge service fees collected under this -4 -