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Stormwater Utility Bills Arriving Soon

The Department of Public Utilities mailed the stormwater utility bills to Fourth District residents October 6th. You should be getting your letter of joy today or tomorrow.

Stormwater Utility Credits

From the City of Richmond DPU website; Non-residential The city of Richmond offers non-residential customers the opportunity to apply for up to 50 percent off their stormwater utility bill. Examples of low impact development building techniques that non-residential customers can implement to receive credits include pervious pavers, bioretention drains, and rain gardens. Residential The city [...]

Southside Businesses Consider Protesting Storm-water Fee

Styleweekly is reporting that some on the south side believe that the new storm-water fee is being applied unfairly: Ralph Hodge, the pastor of Second Baptist Church on Broad Rock Boulevard, says the city formula translated into an $8,500 bill for his church. “The city came up with the numbers pretty much arbitrarily,” Hodge says. [...]

Storm Water Utility Opponents Meet Monday

The following was forwarded to me and wanted to share with the community. Southside Richmond has the full text of the letter including their demands, which include an apology form the mayor, city council and “city hall”. A group of homeowners, business people and church members along Broad Rock Blvd are addressing an unfunded mandate [...]