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City engineer presents stormwater and road-acceptance text changes; planning board approves
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City engineer Stacy Rausch told the planning board that proposed Unified Land Development Code updates would require 6 inches of freeboard for stormwater ponds, 100-year storm modeling, and geotechnical testing and reports for new roads; the board approved the package 5–0.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — City engineer Stacy Rausch presented a package of technical text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code Tuesday aimed at strengthening stormwater design and formalizing road-acceptance procedures.
Rausch said the changes respond to inconsistencies she sees across local practice and neighboring jurisdictions. She told the planning board the amendments would add a 6-inch freeboard requirement for stormwater ponds (so ponds show a 6-inch margin between the 25-year peak water level and the top of the berm), require modeling to demonstrate a pond will not…
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