Howard County Council Approves Stormwater Management Fee
The fee will be constant for three years.
Two months after Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced the creation of a new stormwater management fee, the County Council approved a fee that property owners will see on their tax bill beginning in July. This new fee will help satisfy a 2012 state mandate that requires larger jurisdictions to collect money to develop a stormwater management program. The county commissioners set the rate at $15 per 500 square feet of impervious surface for three years. That means the owner of a home with 2,640 square feet of impervious surface would pay $75 per year. A larger home with, for instance, a longer, impervious driveway totaling 12,540 square feet, would pay $375 per year. As for the rate three years from now, stormwater manager Jim …
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Elizabeth
3:51 pm on Sunday, March 31, 2013
Ulman needs to go. Why the hell do people keep voting these guys in? Why don't Ulman stop the county for paying his full time "Police Protection" and use some of that money to pay these ridiculous new taxes. He thinks he has a shot at becoming the next Governor? I can't stand him. Always looking for a photo op. more ›