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Nashville committee defers stormwater infill rule changes after code and scope questions
Summary
The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee deferred a resolution asking Metro Water to revise the stormwater management manual to address residential infill and tree credits. Councilmembers asked for legal and planning staff to clarify how the rules apply to multi-unit development before the item returns.
The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County on Monday voted 9-0 to defer one meeting a resolution (RS 2025-11167) that would ask Metro Water Services to revise the stormwater management manual to address residential infill and tree-credit rules.
The resolution, sponsored by Councilmember Truffle, asked Metro Water and planning staff to update infill guidance and the manual’s treatment of trees and multifamily development. Truffle said the changes respond to larger homes and denser development that increase impervious cover and runoff, and…
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