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or other direct stormwater connection drains, and includes without limitation all new and old impervious surfaces. c. This section E.4 applies regardless of whether the property is served by a Designated Connection or not. F. Claims Related to Overland Surcharge and Overflow The City will compromise and settle claims for damage arising from overland surcharge and system overflow from a System Surcharge Event. This compromise and settlement will be in accordance with section G. This includes, for example, claims arising from overflow from manholes in the City's combined sewer system and claims arising from overland stormwater overflows in the City's separated sewer system. This does not include claims arising from sewer backups through a side sewer, which are determined under section E. G. Settlement of Claims To the extent authorized by section E and section F, the Mayor is authorized to settle claims in accordance with the following: 1. Settlement Only for Water from City System. The City will only settle claims to the extent that damage is caused by water from the City's sewer system or from the City's stormwater system. 2. Settlement Capped at $25,000 Per Served Property. The City may pay up to $25,000 per Served Property per System Surcharge Event to the Served Property's owner, for all damage to real and personal property on the Served Property. 3. Settlement Capped at $5,000 per Tenant Unit. In addition to the $25,000 per Served Property in section G.2, the City may pay up to $5,000 for each tenant unit to tenants per System Surcharge Event, for the tenant's personal property on the Served Property. This limit also applies to storage units and condominium units. 4. Definition of System Surcharge Event. For the purposes of this section, a "System Surcharge Event" is a rain or snow storm or other weather event that causes the Everett sewer or stormwater system, in whole or in part,to surcharge or overflow, causing sewer backups and/or other related occurrences. If multiple storms cause surcharges and overflows within a reasonably concentrated number of days, all such storms are considered a single System Surcharge Event. Accordingly, storms a week apart that, for example, cause a Served Property to suffer damage by sewer backup and by overland overflows from a manhole all constitute a single Storm Surcharge Event, and the total damage is subject to the $25,000 limit in section G.2 and the $5,000 limit in G.3. 7