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Coon Rapids council adopts stormwater rate increase after debate over agricultural/sod-farm exemption
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 2319 and Resolution 24-111 to amend stormwater code and increase stormwater fees; council debated creating an agricultural or sod-farm designation with a lower residential-equivalent factor (REF) and directed staff to research the idea and return with options.
The Coon Rapids City Council adopted changes to the city's stormwater code and fee schedule after an extended debate about whether large sod farms and agricultural parcels should get a lower Residential Equivalency Factor (REF).
Council adopted Ordinance 2319 (amending municipal stormwater rates and code section 13-1300) and then adopted Resolution 24-111 to amend the 2025 stormwater fee schedule. Staff and consultants explained that the stormwater utility is an…
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