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NRAC debates stormwater standards and LID; approves Miller Lake basin case study to guide ordinance changes
Summary
Volusia County's Environmental and Natural Resources Advisory Committee debated stormwater design standards, low-impact development and county minimums on Feb. 5, and voted to direct staff to develop a basin-level case study of the Miller Lake watershed to inform ordinance changes.
Members of Volusia County's Environmental and Natural Resources Advisory Committee spent the second half of their Feb. 5 meeting reviewing recent council direction and debating how the committee should advance stormwater policy recommendations to County Council.
Committee members and staff framed two parallel paths: amend county's unincorporated-area implementing rules (chapter 72) and, where appropriate, align or raise the countywide minimum stormwater standards in chapter 50 that apply to municipalities. Staff said chapter 50 contains concise baseline language intended as a countywide minimum; chapter 72 contains more detailed design and maintenance requirements for unincorporated areas.
Discussion ranged from technical design questions (which storm-duration and return-period to use for design; when to use open- versus…
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