7-0 vote caps some fees, allows phase-in for others
Anne Arundel County's stormwater fee hasn't been collected yet, but the County Council has already changed it.
By a 7-0 vote Monday night, council members agreed to reduce the maximum fee that commercial property owners would pay and to phase in the fee for some property owners.
The changes were made to make the stormwater fee more palatable to County Executive Laura Neuman, who vetoed the stormwater fee that the council passed earlier this spring.
Owners of nonresidential
properties still must pay based on the percentage of their lot that's
covered by impervious surfaces such as parking lots and rooftops. But
they'll be capped at the equivalent of 25 percent of their annual
property tax, instead of 35 percent in the original version of the
stormwater fee.
By a 7-0 vote Monday night, council members agreed to reduce the maximum fee that commercial property owners would pay and to phase in the fee for some property owners.
The changes were made to make the stormwater fee more palatable to County Executive Laura Neuman, who vetoed the stormwater fee that the council passed earlier this spring.
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