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Surprise staff advance draft Chapter 58 updates on sewer pretreatment, stormwater and turf rules
Summary
City staff presented draft updates to Chapter 58 of the municipal code on Oct. 7, proposing clearer requirements for commercial sewer pretreatment devices, edits to stormwater billing and management language, and a new prohibition on certain "nonfunctional turf" in new development.
City staff presented draft updates to Chapter 58 of the municipal code on Oct. 7, 2025, proposing clearer requirements for sewer pretreatment devices, refinements to the stormwater utility code and a citywide water‑conservation provision that would prohibit certain "nonfunctional turf" in new development.
The presentation, led by staff members Mike Belay and Amy (staff), said the sewer pretreatment language will make explicit that commercial grease interceptors "are required to maintain it, and the city has the right to inspect the interceptors as well." Staff described the proposed change as a clarification of responsibility: the previous code was more passive about whose duty maintenance was.
On stormwater, staff said Article 6 edits are intended to…
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