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City adopts Chapters 19 and 20 for stormwater regulation; utility ordinance deferred while staff works with GlobalFoundries
Summary
The council adopted Chapter 19 (permit transfer authority) and Chapter 20 (stormwater management regulations) and postponed the separate stormwater utility ordinance (Chapter 21) pending further work with GlobalFoundries and clarification of how large industrial parcels will be treated in a fee-based utility.
Essex Junction City Council voted on Feb. 26 to adopt amendments to Municipal Ordinance Chapter 19 and to adopt a new Chapter 20 establishing the city’s stormwater management regulations. Councilors approved the two chapters unanimously.
"We collected public comments during the process," Chelsea Mendigo, a staff member involved in the project, told the council, and staff summarized those comments in a memo…
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