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Board approves updates to municipal code chapter 25 on erosion control and stormwater; staff to draft ordinance
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved proposed updates to municipal code chapter 25 (erosion control and stormwater management) and directed staff to draft an ordinance for Common Council consideration; changes largely clarify definitions and insert previously proposed language from a 2019 update.
The Board of Public Works voted July 6 to approve proposed revisions to municipal code chapter 25, which covers construction-site erosion control, post-construction erosion measures and illicit-discharge detection and elimination, and directed staff to draft an ordinance for Common Council consideration.
Acting Public Works Director Josh Morris said the city hired Strand Associates in 2021 to prepare a citywide stormwater management plan and that the plan delivered in 2023 recommended additional revisions to chapter 25. He said some language had been inserted into the municipal code in 2019 but the remaining recommended updates were not previously incorporated. The packet and redline language presented to the board largely clarify definitions and procedural text rather than create new substantive requirements.
A board member asked whether the proposed language would be reviewed by the city attorney to avoid ambiguous terms such as "unreasonable delays." Morris said he would flag that language and that the attorney (Hap/Wolfgram) would review the draft prior to preparing the ordinance for adoption by the Common Council.
The board approved the proposed changes by voice vote and directed staff to forward a draft ordinance to the Common Council.
No new permit fees, enforcement regimes or substantive regulatory obligations were adopted at the board level; the board's action was to approve the edits and begin the formal ordinance drafting and council review process.
