Twietmeyer v. City of Hampton

This appeal involves the validity of an interim ordinance adopted by the City of Hampton to impose a stormwater management fee on real property owners. Gregory M. and Rita F. Twietmeyer (the Twietmeyers) refused to pay the fee. They contend that the ordinance does not base the fee on a property’s contribution to stormwater runoff, and thus, does not comply with the enabling statute, Code § 15.1-292.4.1 Because the Twietmeyers failed to overcome the ordi*389nance’s presumption of validity, we will affirm the circuit court’s judgments against the Twietmeyers.

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Code § 15.1-292.42 authorized local…