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Council considers enforcement, maintenance options for Red Canyon Ranch detention basin after silt buildup
Summary
At a City Council conference Aug. 12, staff described silt accumulation and an altered outfall at the Red Canyon Ranch detention pond and presented legal and regulatory options — notice to the HOA/developer, injunctive relief under Title 11, and amending engineering design criteria to add enforcement penalties.
City officials told the Norman City Council on Aug. 12 that a detention basin in the Red Canyon Ranch development has substantial silt buildup and an altered outfall that together are reducing the basin’s capacity and could increase flooding risk for adjacent private properties.
City Attorney briefed councilors on the site and said the basin, located in Red Canyon Ranch Addition Section 2 near the intersection of Tecumseh Street and 12th Avenue Northeast, is private property owned by the Red Canyon Ranch Property Owners Association and not a public facility. Neighbors at 700 Riverview Drive and adjacent properties have raised concerns about capacity and potential overflow.
The attorney said the basin has accumulated about "75,000 cubic feet" of silt near the concrete outlet structure and that an opening cut into the concrete outfall — a V-shaped cut with a bar placed across it — allows water to discharge sooner than…
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