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Mayfield Adopts Ordinance 2025‑2 Setting Minimum Culvert Sizes and Drainage Maintenance Rules
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 2025‑2 to establish minimum culvert diameters and drainage maintenance standards for roads and new development to reduce flood risk in storm events.
The Mayfield Town Council voted to adopt Ordinance 2025‑2, which establishes minimum drainage feature maintenance requirements and minimum culvert sizes for specified road segments and future development.
Council members said the ordinance responds to recent local flooding and to inconsistent culvert installations along Canyon Road and other streets. The ordinance sets a graduated minimum culvert size that reflects the road segment (for example, 30‑inch diameter at the cross road near the cemetery and 24‑inch in sections of Canyon Road) to preserve stormwater conveyance during heavy rain events. The ordinance also requires maintenance of gravel dips and other roadside features so paved surfaces do not block overland flow.
The measure passed after a motion and second; the council previously discussed the draft and removed duplicated language before the July 9 vote. Council members said additional work remains to address specific undersized culverts in town and to program future stormwater improvements as funds allow.
