Loveland, CO Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

18 Stormwater Management establishes the city's stormwater utility inside the water/wastewater department, tasked with constructing, maintaining, and operating the stormwater system: detention ponds, culverts, gutters, catch basins, pipes and the natural channels the city uses to move runoff. 060 imposes a stormwater utility fee on every customer, defined as the owner of record of any parcel containing an impervious surface, with the amount set by city council resolution after two readings; public rights-of-way and lakes used as stormwater facilities are exempt. 080 layers on a separate stormwater system investment fee charged per acre of new residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional development, due no later than the final inspection for a certificate of occupancy.

050 restricts to construction, operation, and maintenance of the stormwater system and to debt service on bonds issued for it; the fund cannot be tapped for general city purposes. , dated May 15, 1986, as amended by city council resolution, to guide where and how the utility builds facilities. 100 requires every stormwater facility that will connect to the city system to be designed, built, and connected to the City of Loveland Storm Drainage Criteria and Storm Drainage Standards, most recently amended by Ordinance No. 6430 on October 20, 2020.