Tampa condominium properties with an existing stormwater mitigation credit must recertify every five years. The City’s program treats condos as non-single-family property for this purpose, even though people live there. Existing single-family credits are exempt from that recurring recertification requirement. Program classifications
Put both dates on the association calendar
The five-year cycle and the billing-year cutoff are different requirements, but both concern recertification:
| Record | What to check |
|---|---|
| Credit approval or last recertification letter | The next certification deadline assigned to this property |
| Recertification form | A complete package must arrive before March 1 for consideration for the next billing year |
The form says the next deadline appears on the approval letter and that the owner is responsible for meeting it without another notification. Locate the actual letter rather than calculating from a purchase date, association election or the latest tax bill. If the letter is missing or the dates appear inconsistent, ask the Stormwater Assessment team at 813-274-8386 or stormwatermitigation@tampagov.net to confirm the property’s deadline and applicable billing year. Recertification form, both pages
An earlier version of this guide associated March 1 only with new applications. The currently linked recertification form also states that cutoff. A five-year anniversary is not a reason to disregard it.
Match the parcel to the credited condition
Start with the folio, site address, property classification and existing approval. The program identifies single-family properties by Hillsborough County Property Appraiser DOR codes 100, 102, 106 or 111; an everyday description such as “residential” does not replace that classification. Condos, apartments and other non-single-family classifications are included in the five-year requirement. Classification and renewal rules
The recertification form asks which existing mitigation condition is being certified. Use the approval record, not a new selection based on the largest percentage shown on the form. Its documentation section calls for evidence, such as as-built records or inspection reports, showing that the credited infrastructure still functions as designed. It allows the City to request more information. Property, condition and documentation sections
For Condition 3, based on contributions to maintenance of a private system, the form specifically requests supporting HOA or CDD contribution documentation and says its engineer-signature section is not required. Other conditions have different support needs; this exception is not a blanket engineering exemption for every condo association. Ask the assessment team which technical documents apply before commissioning work. Condition 3 and signature sections
Know what the representative is certifying
The signer attests to the information’s accuracy, the system’s compliance and its continued function. The recertification form also grants City inspection access with at least 24 hours’ notice and requires notification of alterations that prevent the facility from performing as credited. A representative responsible for management may sign for multiple owners. These are substantive statements, not merely contact updates. Certification statements
Keep the submitted package, the City’s response and the next approval letter together for the next manager or board. Submission is not approval, and a credit for one parcel does not establish eligibility for another or for an altered drainage system.
First application or renewal?
The City links separate initial and recertification forms. The initial form lists supporting plans, surveys and permit records, says completed applications follow the Certificate of Occupancy, and describes a three-month hold for an incomplete application. Do not substitute those initial-application provisions for the recertification deadline or treat a document hold as a grace period for an existing credit. Initial application
Source comparison
LSL read the program page and all four pages of the two linked forms on September 21, 2026. Both forms are labeled February 2023; their download pages show an April 13, 2026 posting date. Those dates are preserved rather than described as newly enacted rules. The online initial-application route returned an access challenge, so this correction relies on the available official PDFs, not a successful online submission. No parcel, engineering condition, credit amount or individual deadline was independently verified.