TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Giselle Rodriguez, PE, CFM, City Engineer
Sheila Thomas-Ambat, PE, CFM, CCM, Interim Public Services Director
DATE: October 30, 2018
RE:
Title
Stormwater Ordinance and Impervious Surface Allowance for Development/re-development
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal II: Diverse and Viable Economy
Goal III: High Quality Built Environment
Executive Summary:
On October 27, 2008, City Council adopted Article III of Chapter 23 of the Code of Ordinances which focuses on stormwater controls associated with land development.
Staff will discuss past changes to this article and compare the City's requirements with that of peer communities.
Background:
The purpose of this article is to protect, maintain, and enhance the public health, safety, and general welfare by establishing minimum requirements and procedures to control the adverse effects of the increase in stormwater quantity and the stormwater runoff quality associated with both future land development and consideration of existing developed land within the City of Fayetteville. Proper management of the quantity and quality of stormwater runoff intends to:
* minimize damage to public and private property,
* prevent personal damage and bodily harm,
* ensure a functional drainage system,
* reduce the effects of development on land and stream channel erosion,
* promote the attainment and maintenance of water quality standards,
* reduce local flooding by maintaining as nearly as possible the predeveloped runoff characteristics of the area, and
* facilitate economic development while mitigating associated flooding and drainage impacts
Additionally, the purpose of this article is to comply with the post construction stormwater requirements as per the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater discharge permit.
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