Title
Amending Chapter 63 and Chapter 69 of the Legislative Code pertaining to Stormwater Run-Off and Wetlands.
Body
An ordinance amending various section of the Legislative Code pertaining to zoning regulations: (1) amending storm water run-off from off-street parking facilities [Leg. Code § 63.319(a)]; (2) delegating review and approval authority for wetland replacement applications to the zoning administrator [Leg. Code §§ 63.604-.605 and 63.607]; and, (3) harmonizing general standards for storm water run-off rates to be consistent with run-off rates regulated under Leg. Code Chap. 52. [Leg. Code § 69.504(g)(1)].
SECTION 1.
Statement of Legislative Findings and Intent of the City Council: Upon the recommendation of the City’s water resources coordinator, the department of public works and the planning commission, for the purpose of ensuring the City continues to efficiently manage stormwater runoff in a manner consistent with applicable federal and state stormwater management requirements, the Saint Paul Local Surface Water Management Plan, the standards and best management practices of the Saint Paul Stormwater Management Design manual, and upon the report and recommendation of the planning commission set forth in planning commission resolution No.17-34, amendments to the following sections of the Legislative Code, contained in and more commonly referenced as the “zoning code,” are hereby made.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 2.
That Legislative Code §§ 63.319(a), pertaining to stormwater runoff from off-street parking facilities, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 63.319. Stormwater runoff.
(a) For off street parking facilities with greater than one-quarter (¼) of an acre of total disturbed area, the following provisions for stormwater management shall apply:
(1) Stormwater drainage into public sewers shall be controlled so that peak stormwater discharge rates from the site for all storms up to a...
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