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Oshkosh Sustainability Board backs updating Chapter 14 stormwater code; recommends scenario 1
Summary
The board voted 8–0 to recommend updated post‑construction stormwater management standards (scenario 1) to the city, after hearing a technical briefing on TMDL targets, technology limits for phosphorus removal and tradeoffs for redevelopment vs. new development.
The Oshkosh Sustainability Board voted unanimously on June 2 to recommend the city pursue the Chapter 14 post‑construction stormwater management update labeled “scenario 1” after hearing technical briefings from City of Oshkosh staff and consultants on TMDL targets, treatment feasibility and site‑specific tradeoffs.
James Robbie of the City of Oshkosh Department of Public Works told the board the code applies at thresholds of “either an acre of disturbance or 20,000 square feet of impervious surface on a parcel,” and typically new development is held to a higher water‑quality reduction requirement than redevelopment. “Your typical single family residential home will not be triggering those requirements,” Robbie said, but larger subdivisions or developments do.
Consultant Chuck Behm summarized the watershed targets coming from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) TMDL studies for the Upper Fox and Wolf watershed. He said the TMDL establishes substantial…
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