Stormwater user fee.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 131-422
in effectSec. 131-422. - Stormwater user fee.
(a) There is hereby imposed a stormwater user fee payable to the department upon each parcel of land within the Marion County Stormwater Management District. The stormwater user fee shall be based on the quantity of impervious area located on the parcel and shall be paid by the owner of the property.
(b) The stormwater user fee shall be two dollars and twenty-five cents ($2.25) per equivalent residential unit ("ERU") until and including June 30, 2015, and shall be one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per base billing unit ("BBU") beginning on July 1, 2015.
(c) The stormwater user fee provided for in this section is to be collected from properties containing measurable impervious area within the district, unless such parcels are exempt as stated in subsections (d) and (e) below.
(d) The following impervious areas are exempt from measurement and calculation of a stormwater user fee:
(1) Public streets, public roads, and public highways;
(2) Railway beds, ties, and rails in operation or an operational state; and,
(3) Open water.
(e) If a nonresidential property is situated so that all of the stormwater or some of the stormwater from the property does not contribute to the stormwater system of the district, the property may be partially exempt from the stormwater user fee. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive and exemptions may be granted by the department in response to a fee adjustment review pursuant to section 676-304.
(1) Where stormwater from a property is captured, used up in a process and never returned to the stormwater system of the district;
(2) Where stormwater from a property flows directly outside of the district and never flows back into the stormwater system of the district and is regulated by a separate individual or general stormwater NPDES permit.
(G.O. 43, 2014, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH131FE_ARTIVSPTADIFE_DIV2STUSFE_S131-422STUSFEFetched: 10/27/2026