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Hays County tables Sunfield development drainage variance after commissioners raise flood concerns
Summary
The court declined to grant a variance that would allow higher post-development runoff for the Sunfield subdivision and asked developer and staff to return with more information; commissioners cited local flood history and the FM 2001 project as complicating factors.
The Hays County Commissioners Court on April 22 tabled a request for a variance to county development regulations that would have allowed the Sunfield subdivision to discharge a higher post-development runoff rate than the regulations permit.
Parks Pacheco, director of Development Services, explained that the requested variance related to Chapter 7.25.3.02, which requires post-development runoff not exceed predevelopment rates for applicable storm events. The developer's plan showed an outfall rate of about 89.5 cubic…
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