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Council asks staff to study impervious-surface stormwater fee modeled on Ithaca
Summary
Council member Kaye proposed evaluating a stormwater fee tied to impervious surface area (an ERU model used in Ithaca), asking staff to study feasibility, mapping requirements, credits for runoff reduction, and possible consultant needs; council members raised classification, rollout, and budget questions.
Council member Kaye on June 17 asked the New Rochelle City Council to direct staff to study replacing the city’s flat stormwater fee with a charge tied to a property’s impervious surface area, using a model based on Ithaca’s equivalent residential unit (ERU) approach.
The proposal and why it matters: Kaye said New Rochelle’s current flat fee places roughly 93% of stormwater costs on residential properties while large commercial properties pay comparatively less. She proposed an ERU-based system that would bill properties according to impervious surface area and offer credits to property owners who install runoff-reducing measures such as rain gardens. Kaye said the city is already committed to roughly…
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