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Panama City opens overhaul of stormwater and erosion rules, signals interest in green infrastructure
Summary
The commission heard the first reading Oct. 28 of Ordinance 32‑88 to update developer stormwater and erosion control design standards citywide. Staff and the city engineer stressed the update covers all neighborhoods and allows modern green‑infrastructure alternatives to ponds, with a future workshop planned to explore alternatives and fees.
City staff presented first reading of Ordinance 32‑88, which would amend the Unified Land Development Code’s stormwater and erosion control requirements and infrastructure design standards. The changes update standards the staff said were last meaningfully revised in 2019 and aim to strengthen design expectations to protect neighborhoods and infrastructure from increasingly intense rainfall events.
City Engineer Stacy Roush told the commission the revision applies…
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