Nick's subject owns a duplex — lumped together with all multi-family uses for stormwater fees. I was writing about single-family homeowners ... who are probably most of Nick's readers.
Personally, I think Nick should've specified his subject's home also included a rental unit, so the majority of his readers would know his example didn't apply to them (the rates for single-family homes are capped at $10.90 a month).
That said, I wish we'd added the duplex angle to our reporting for readers who live in that type of housing. Natalie writes that "in Ward 6, the vast majority of our complaints have been from duplex owners."
She adds, "The City's stormwater fee formula assumes that multifamily residential has more impervious surface mainly due to greater off-street parking. Duplex owners who have the footprint of a single family home should file a dispute and have their fee calculated on actual impervious surface, rather than the estimated percent of impervious surface applied to all multifamily housing uses."
It's more interesting when you have more facts. Thanks to Natalie for the speedy response!
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