02-15-2009, 12:50 PM
There's an ordinance that you can't park on soft surfaces like grass or dirt.
Go figure!
I think that the city and the sanitation district made an agreement many years ago that the city would force homeowners to blacktop their drives and parking pads, so that he NSD could then tax them for water run off into the sewers based on a calculation of the square footage of the surface of the driveway or parking area that is hard topped.
This is based on the permit dimensions shown on the permit which has to be approved by the city.
The city then sends that information to NSD and they add it to your tax bill and the city gets the permit fee.
Go figure!
I think that the city and the sanitation district made an agreement many years ago that the city would force homeowners to blacktop their drives and parking pads, so that he NSD could then tax them for water run off into the sewers based on a calculation of the square footage of the surface of the driveway or parking area that is hard topped.
This is based on the permit dimensions shown on the permit which has to be approved by the city.
The city then sends that information to NSD and they add it to your tax bill and the city gets the permit fee.