Tamarac, FL Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

Tamarac Code § 22-251 establishes the article as the city's Stormwater Management Utility, applying to all lands within the city except where otherwise provided. Section 22-252 defines the technical terms that drive billing, including impervious area (roofed and paved surfaces such as slabs, driveways, sidewalks and parking areas), the equivalent residential unit (ERU) used as the base billing unit, and the three property classes the utility fee roll sorts every parcel into: undeveloped, residential and nonresidential. Section 22-253 creates and imposes the fee on all property in the city for the services and facilities the stormwater management system provides, and makes the property owner or tenant responsible for payment; the city manager or designee pulls an annual parcel list from the Broward County Property Appraiser to classify each property.

Section 22-254 sets the rate structure: undeveloped property pays a flat acreage-based rate, residential property pays the one-ERU rate, and nonresidential property pays the ERU rate multiplied by its impervious area relative to one ERU, with fees adjusted each October 1 by the greater of three percent or the CPI. A twenty-five percent facility credit is available under Section 22-254(c) for properties whose privately built and maintained stormwater treatment facility reduces pollution, subject to the public services director's determination that it is properly maintained.