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Resident urges Hooper to revise storm-drain rules after repeated irrigation flooding
Summary
A resident told the council they had repeatedly experienced irrigation runoff across their yard and said city practice of denying private drain connections to the storm system is impractical; the resident urged staff to amend the ordinance or policies that prevent private land drain connections.
A resident delivered a lengthy public comment Thursday asking Hooper City to revisit policies that, in the resident'0s view, prevent homeowners from connecting private drainage to the municipal storm system.
The resident described multiple incidents in which irrigation water remained on the neighbor'0s property for days, causing water to migrate into the resident'0s yard and seep toward a basement entrance. To address the recurring flooding, the resident said they paid privately to install a catch drain to move irrigation…
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