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and quality components of their service charge. As the customer service charge for these two residential categories is based on an average amount of impervious surface for all customers within a category, there is no specific relationship between changes in runoff from a specific site and the category average. The granting of a uniform reduction amount provides residential customers an incentive to reduce runoff on site while maintaining the philosophical approach of averaged rates. The administrative and street-related components, which are not based on impervious surface area or runoff volume from a customer's site, will not be reduced. Except for the case of pre-existing conditions for single family residential properties where dry wells or other similar facilities contain the flow on-site and for which the City engineer may require less documentation, all customers must submit an engineer's study with their application for a reduction. In all cases, the customer is responsible for covering the cost of obtaining such a study. For properties, copies of approved building permit site plans or other similar documentation will be considered minimal documentation. In some cases, site inspection is required to verify submitted documentation. If an applicant provides a previously performed engineer's study that is approved by the City Engineer and can be verified through as-built information, the reduced impact indicated in that study may be used to calculate the reduction. The study must meet the standards listed in the City's adopted Stormwater Management Manual and must reflect current site conditions. Customers will be charged an application fee for a reduction application. The fee is intended to recover the utility's typical cost to review and verify the contents of an application. The City Engineer may approve, approve with conditions or reject the study's conclusions about reduced or eliminated impacts to the public stormwater system. The City Engineer may also find that a premise no longer qualifies for a reduction in stormwater charges. The findings of the City Engineer to revoke a previously-granted reduction can be appealed as described in section 6.3. In the event that the study's conclusions are approved, the customer will receive a credit for any excessive impervious area-based charges paid during all or part of the 12 months preceding the application. Any reduction given shall continue until the property is further developed or until the City engineer determines the property no longer qualifies for the reduction given. If the property is developed further, the customer must submit another application for another reduction. The City engineer may waive the requirement to reapply when the impact of development is less than the cost of processing the application and enforcing this section. Administrative Order - Page 15 of 17