Parker, CO Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

Chapter 4.08 creates the Stormwater Management Utility inside the Department of Engineering, under the Director of Engineering, to fund the design, construction, operation and maintenance of Town drainage facilities such as curbs, gutters, pipes, inlets and detention ponds. Every parcel owner in Parker must pay the stormwater utility fee under § 4.08.070: single-family dwellings pay a flat $6.00 a month as of January 1, 2009, while multifamily, apartment and nonresidential property is billed at $6.00 times the parcel's impervious area in square feet divided by 4,000 square feet.

Nonresidential owners who add impervious surface equal to ten percent of their existing impervious area, or 1,000 square feet, whichever is less, must notify the Director under § 4.08.070(b) or face a Code violation. Certain land uses are exempt outright under § 4.08.080, including public parks and open space, cemeteries, golf courses, railroad rights-of-way and property in the A-Agricultural zoning district. Bills are mailed periodically, and under § 4.08.100 a bill unpaid more than thirty-five days after its due date, once any appeal is exhausted, is deemed delinquent and draws a flat $25 surcharge for collection services; the Finance Director can certify unpaid fees to the Douglas County Treasurer under C.R.S. § 31-20-105 to be collected like property taxes.

Property owners who dispute a fee can appeal to the Town Administrator within thirty days of the billing date under § 4.08.110, and the Town Council reviews the whole fee schedule at least every five years under § 4.08.120, with an annual CPI-based adjustment under § 4.08.130 that the Council may waive.