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File #: O-197-22    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/6/2022 In control: Metro Council
On agenda: 9/22/2022 Final action: 9/22/2022
Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 50.57 TO DEFINE CONDOMINIUMS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE STORM WATER DRAINAGE AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION).
Sponsors: Anthony Piagentini (R-19)
Attachments: 1. O-197-22 V.2 CAM 091322 Define Condo in Compehensive Storm Water Drainage.pdf, 2. O-197-22 V.1 060922 Define Condo in Compehensive Storm Water Drainage.pdf, 3. O-197-22 PROPOSED CABS 091322 Define Condo in Compehensive Storm Water Drainage.pdf, 4. 2022 MSD Drainage Study 8.16.22.pdf, 5. 7.20.22 ltr to Councilman Piagentini re drainage ordinance.pdf, 6. ORD 136 2022.pdf
ORDINANCE NO. ______, SERIES 2022
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES SECTION 50.57 TO DEFINE CONDOMINIUMS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE STORM WATER DRAINAGE AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTION).
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY PIAGENTINI

WHEREAS, current definitions for the Comprehensive Storm Water Drainage Authority omit condominiums;
WHEREAS, current definitions for Class A Properties and Class B Properties do not distinguish between condominiums that are single unit structures with common elements from condominiums that are multiple unit structures with common elements;
WHEREAS, without these definitions in the Comprehensive Storm Water Drainage Authority plan, the result has been that single unit condominium structures, with separate plumbing from other single unit condominium structures, are charged drainage rates as though the units were one multiple unit structure sharing the same combined plumbing;
WHEREAS, single unit condominium structures have separate and lower drainage and water runoff than the collective, multi-level, multiple unit condominium structures; and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Sewer District rates that do not account for the difference between single unit and multiple unit condominium structures unfairly overcharge single unit structures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION I: The Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances ("LMCO") ? 50.57 is amended to add the following definitions:
SINGLE UNIT CONDOMINIUM. Ownership of a single residential unit where the residential unit is the sole unit in a structure with common elements or there are no more than four (4) residential units in a structure with common elements.
MULTIPLE UNIT CONDOMINIUM. Ownership of a residential unit within a structure containing five (5) or more residential units with common elements.
CLASS A PROPERTIES. One- a...

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