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Germantown revises code to allow limited front-yard and roadside sump-pump discharges
Summary
The Public Works Committee unanimously approved an ordinance amending Germantown Municipal Code section 15-0-8 to clarify permitted discharge of clear groundwater from residential sump pumps under specified conditions, to distinguish drainage ditches from roadside ditches, and to redefine "nuisance" for enforcement clarity.
Germantown's Public Works Committee voted unanimously July 9 to amend municipal code section 15-0-8 to clarify permissible clear-water (sump pump) discharges and to update definitions that affect enforcement.
Public works staff said the existing language made many common configurations — notably sump pumps discharging to the front of a property or to roadside ditches — technically noncompliant. The proposed amendment allows…
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