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- . . Additional Information on Fees Charged Single family homes will be charged $3.98/unit per quarter. Residents of the Townhouse villages of Arden Hills Homes Association and Arden Hills North Homes Association will pay $7.03/unit per quarter. Residents in these cOllll1luni ties pay seventy- seven percent more than residents of single family homes. Each year we will pay $3733.20 more than if we lived in a development of single family homes. The following is a utility cost comparison with other communities in this area: Single Townhome Dollar Percent Family (per unit) Difference Difference Bloomington 5.50 2.53 -2.97 -54.00% Burnsville 3.00 2.40 -0.60 -20.00% Eagan 5.00 4.00 -1.00 -20.00% Shoreview 4.95 5.25 0.30 6.06% Vadnais 4.50 4.50 0.00 0.00% Heights . Woodbury 7.50 6.00 -1.50 -20.00% Average 5.08 4.11 -0.96 -17.99% Most communities we contacted have established a flat fee for townhome units. Arden Hills has set a rate per acre for townhome developments; this means that lower density developments will pay a much higher rate per unit. Roseville and North st. Paul also use a rate per acre. However, it is doubtful that townhome residents in those cities pay as much as we do; we could not find a townhome community that has less than five homes per acre as we do. The fee is based on the volume of storm water runoff and the formula used includes the approximate percentage of impervious surface on the property; impervious surface includes the roof area of each home and paved areas. We were told that the fee for townhouses is greater because of the greater percentage of impervious surface on the property used for drives and parking areas. It seems reasonable that a per unit fee would be more appropriate since lower density housing would mean a lesser percentage of impervious surface. .