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Title 14 : Zoning and Land Use Control
Chapter 4 : Stormwater Management

14-403 : Waivers.

  1. General. No waivers will be granted any construction or site work project. All construction and site work shall provide for stormwater management as required by this ordinance. However, alternatives to the 2010 NPDES general permit for discharges from small municipal separate storm sewer systems primary requirement for on-site permanent stormwater management may be considered, if:


    1. Management measures cannot be designed, built and maintained to infiltrate, evapotranspire, harvest and/or use, at a minimum, the first inch of every rainfall event preceded by seventy-two (72) hours of no measurable precipitation. This first inch of rainfall must be one hundred percent (100%) managed with no discharge to surface waters.
    2. It can be demonstrated that the proposed development is not likely to impair attainment of the objectives of this chapter. Alternative minimum requirements for on-site management of stormwater discharges have been established in a stormwater management plan that has been approved by the city.
  2. Downstream damage, etc. prohibited. In order to receive consideration, the applicant must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director of public works and utilities that the proposed alternative will not lead to any of the following conditions downstream:


    1. Deterioration of existing culverts, bridges, dams, and other structures;
    2. Degradation of biological functions or habitat;
    3. Accelerated streambank or streambed erosion or siltation;
    4. Increased threat of flood damage to public health, life or property.
  3. Grading permit not to be issued where alternatives requested. No grading permit shall be issued where an alternative has been requested until the alternative is approved. If no alternative is approved, the plans must be resubmitted with a stormwater management plan that meets the primary requirement for on-site stormwater management. (as added by Ord. #2016-06, June 2016)