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Board of Adjustments rejects variance to extend downspout to curb at 2108 E. Fifth St.
Summary
The City of Washington Board of Adjustments denied a request from the owner of 2108 East Fifth Street to extend a gutter downspout into the city curb and gutter, citing a recent stormwater code requiring downspouts to daylight at least 5 feet inside the property line to comply with the city's MS4 permit.
The City of Washington Board of Adjustments on April 14 denied a variance request that would have allowed a property owner at 2108 East Fifth Street to extend a private gutter downspout into the city curb and gutter.
City engineer Charles Sankovic told the board that a 2024 update to the city's stormwater code requires gutter downspouts to “daylight at least 5 feet back of the property line,” disallowing new direct connections to the curb and gutter in order to promote on-site infiltration and meet the city's MS4 permit obligations. “You can't take 'em to the curb and gutter anymore,” Sankovic said.
The request — listed on the agenda as file number 25-0403 — drew public comment…
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