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Consider enacting City Code Section Title 10, Section 7 "Stormwater Management" and related fees and standards
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Presented By: Dan Rublee, City Engineer.
Recommendation and Review:
This ordinance and associated permit program regulates land development and redevelopment projects that disturb certain acreages of land. The Virginia Stormwater Management Law and Regulations, administered by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), requires certain Virginia local governments to implement a Virginia Stormwater Management Permit (VSMP) program beginning July 1, 2014. This program regulates stormwater management practices for new land development and redevelopment projects that disturb certain acreages of land.
DEQ has requested that regulated local jurisdictions submit by May 15 final, locally-approved versions of their VSMP ordinance, fee schedules and standards, sufficient to implement their VSMP programs beginning July 1. New fees, referenced in the proposed ordinance, are included for stormwater management plan review, permitting, permit maintenance and permit transfers. Existing review fees for re-submission of site plans and erosion control plans are also proposed to be reduced slightly from what is current.
These fees are for regulation of, and permitting for, land development and redevelopment projects, and are seperate from any fees, taxes, special assessments or other potential funding sources that the City may be considering for funding of other elements of its overall stormwater program.
The City Engineer will ask City Council to approve a new Stormwater Management ordinance, new and modified fee schedules and revisions to the Design and Construction Standards Manual related to this program. Such documents shall become effective on July 1, 2014.