City presents program to bring privately located development ponds into compliance
City stormwater staff presented a single‑family residential pond program to inspect and repair privately located development ponds citywide; staff said about 1,600 ponds exist in Chattanooga and a little over 200 are on single‑family parcels, with repairs that can range from $10,000–$50,000.
The full story
Maria Price, assistant city engineer and stormwater division director, told the Chattanooga City Council on Feb. 24 that the new single‑family residential (SFR) pond program is intended to bring privately located development ponds into functional compliance. "We have probably 1,600 ponds in the city and a little over 200 of those are on parcels with a single family home," Price said. She added that needed repairs can range from "$10 to $50,000," creating an "unfair burden" for homeowners.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.