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Hooper resident tells council irrigation runoff flooded his yard; seeks permit policy change
Summary
A resident told the council that irrigation water from a neighbor's system flooded his front yard and basement last summer and said he was denied a permit to connect a private drain to the city's storm system. He urged council review of the city's ordinance restricting private connections to storm drains.
Frank Thurgood, who said he no longer lives in Hooper but addressed the council as a nearby property owner, described flooding late last summer after a neighbor left irrigation on for several days. He told the council that water entered his basement and that—after attempting his own repairs—he sought a permit to connect a private drain to an existing culvert and to speed irrigation runoff from his property.
Thurgood said city staff told him Hooper City does not allow private land drain connections directly into the storm‑drain system. He noted an existing culvert…
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