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Planning Commission continues review of 49‑page stormwater ordinance to June 24, requests questions within two weeks
Summary
The commission continued the stormwater ordinance discussion to its June 24 meeting and asked commissioners to submit technical questions within two weeks; staff said the ordinance is a standardized IDEM‑MS4 template tailored for Michigan City and contains no citywide stormwater fee.
The Michigan City Planning Commission on May 27 voted to continue consideration of a new municipal stormwater ordinance so members and staff can gather technical questions and present clarifying responses. The commission scheduled the item for its June 24 meeting at 6 p.m. and asked commissioners to submit questions to planning staff within two weeks.
Sanitary district representative Al Wallace and city attorney Ernie Hale explained that the proposed ordinance (Exhibit A) is a technical, 49‑page document that implements requirements of the 2021 Construction Stormwater General Permit and the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit and was prepared using a statewide template developed with assistance from Purdue…
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