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Council reviews amendment to drainage ordinance to strengthen enforcement of roadside ditch modifications
Summary
Council considered an amendment to Chapter 153.054(f) to require engineering studies for alterations to open drainage channels and to permit enforcement and penalties when property owners modify bar ditches without approval; staff recommended approval but the transcript does not record final adoption in the excerpt.
Staff presented an ordinance amendment to Chapter 153.054(f) intended to address recurring problems with private modifications to bar ditches and open drainage channels. The amendment would require property owners who wish to alter an open drainage channel to obtain prior written approval from the city and, where proposed modifications could affect drainage, to submit a drainage analysis and engineering study demonstrating the changes would not adversely affect the public drainage system.
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