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Lynn Haven adopts ordinance updating cross‑connection and backflow rules to mirror state mandate
Summary
The commission approved Ordinance 1172, which updates the city's code on cross‑connection control and backflow prevention to follow state requirements and places installation, inspection and maintenance costs on customers.
The City Commission held a final public hearing and adopted Ordinance 1172 to revise Lynn Haven’s code for cross‑connection control and backflow prevention to align with state mandates.
City staff and the city attorney described the ordinance as a framework that updates definitions, clarifies appeal procedures for decisions by the public works director, and specifies that customers bear the costs of installation, inspection, testing and maintenance of backflow prevention devices.
The commission voted to adopt the ordinance on final reading after a brief staff presentation; no substantive public opposition was raised during the hearing. Staff indicated a resolution with programmatic details will follow in January that will provide the implementation specifics of the cross‑connection program.
The adoption places the city's code into alignment with state requirements and charges customers for device costs and maintenance going forward.
