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SFPUC staff proposes city stormwater design guidelines; commissioners defer final action to January
Summary
Staff presented stormwater design guidelines and a companion ordinance that would require on-site green stormwater management for new and redevelopment projects of 5,000 sq ft or more; commissioners requested more time to review climate-adaptation, wetlands and basin-scale impacts and voted to take up the item again in January.
Sarah Minnick, planner in the Urban Watershed Management Program, presented the San Francisco stormwater design guidelines and a proposed ordinance to the commission, explaining that the documents aim to meet Clean Water Act obligations and to coordinate with the city's green building ordinance. The guidelines require low-impact development (LID) measures on new and redevelopment projects of 5,000 square feet or more and provide technical compliance tools including fact sheets, a vegetation palette…
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