Stormwater Utility Fee Discount
The Stormwater Utility Fee Adjustment Program allows for a discount of up to 50 percent for qualifying properties.
Stormwater Management Regulatory Division
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The stormwater utility funds three major types of activities to manage the City’s stormwater system. Select commercial, industrial and multi-family residential properties with on-site stormwater management facilities (SWMFs) may quality for a discount on their stormwater utility fee.
Stormwater Utility Fee Adjustment Program
The City of Virginia Beach offers a stormwater utility fee adjustment program to help save up to 50% on Stormwater Utility Fees. Faith-based organizations, commercial properties, industrial properties, and private multi-family residential properties that have one or more functional on-site stormwater management facilities may be eligible for the fee adjustment.
Property owners may also be eligible for a fee adjustment by reducing impervious area (e.g., converting impervious pavement to vegetated surface).
To be considered for a fee reduction, property owners must:
- Have a developed non-residential property or a developed multi-family residential property with a minimum of five dwelling units.
- Employ an on-site stormwater management facility (SWMF) that reduces pollution from stormwater runoff and/or reduces the volume of stormwater runoff from the property.
- Enter into a stormwater management facility maintenance agreement with the City.
- Submit a stormwater utility fee adjustment application.
Once approved, property owners must continue to ensure proper continuous facility maintenance to attest to the stormwater management facility's (SWMF’s) proper operation and functionality; the city will also continue to provide the required regular inspections in accordance with the city’s ordinance.
Fact sheets for information on best practices to properly maintain some common stormwater management facility types and troubleshoot any potential issues can be found on the stormwater management facilities webpage.
For questions regarding stormwater utility fee billing, please contact Public Utilities at pustormwater@vbgov.com. To calculate stormwater fees due at closing, please use the stormwater fee query tool.
