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Resident urges Port St. Lucie to shift culvert maintenance from homeowners to city; council promises review
Summary
A resident urged the council to remove homeowner responsibility for culvert and driveway culvert sediment removal, citing Chapter 56 and county permitting; staff said the city already provides supplemental cleaning six times a year and will review options including culvert replacement programs.
At the June 9 Port St. Lucie council meeting, a long public comment from Mr. Bouchard urged the city to amend local code so the municipality — not adjacent property owners — is responsible for clearing sediment, debris and vegetation from driveway culverts and swales.
Bouchard cited Chapter 56 of the city’s stormwater management code and noted that the South Florida Water Management District typically assigns maintenance to municipalities, homeowners’ associations or other entities rather than individual property owners.…
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