Stormwater fee proposed to cover costs
CRANBERRY TWP — At the beginning of 2020, township residents could see a new line item on their sewer and water bills.
That line would cost residents in single-family homes about $3 per month to start before growing to about $6 per month in 2021. The cost to non-residential areas will be greater, determined by the amount of impervious space on a parcel of land.
The fees are a necessity to allow the township to pay for stormwater system requirements and address infrastructure needs in the ever-growing township, officials said.
Officials say meetings with businesses have been going on for a few years, but with an anticipated rollout of the program and fee beginning in January, officials have ramped up conversations with residents.
That includes an open house event scheduled for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers at the Municipal Building on Rochester Road as well as setting up online resources at cranberrytownship.org/stormwater.
This is an excerpt of a larger article that will appear in Friday’s Butler Eagle. Subscribe online or in print to find out the cause the fee, what the fee will be used for and more.
