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Council schedules public hearing, seeks mandatory planning-board referrals to comply with MS4 rules
Summary
The Common Council set a public hearing for a zoning text amendment that would require the planning board to consult specified city departments on site-plan reviews, a change presented as necessary to meet MS4 stormwater requirements from the DEC and EPA.
The Utica Common Council scheduled a public hearing and moved related ordinance language to committee after members and staff discussed requiring planning-board referrals to address new MS4 stormwater rules.
Deputy City Engineer Nick Breidenbacher told the council the draft language updates how the planning board coordinates with city departments to comply with MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) regulations imposed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Breidenbacher said the changes are intended “so everybody's in compliance” with the new rules.
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