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Parma Heights council adopts package of stormwater, riparian and wetland ordinances
Summary
On Jan. 8, 2024, Parma Heights City Council approved four planning ordinances establishing comprehensive stormwater rules and new riparian and wetland setbacks, updating Chapter 1105 and adding Chapters 1106–1108; all passed by unanimous roll calls.
Parma Heights City Council on Jan. 8 unanimously adopted a set of ordinances overhauling local stormwater and natural-resource protections, approving amendments to Chapter 1105 and creating new Chapters 1106–1108 to establish comprehensive stormwater management and riparian and wetland setbacks.
The council read Ordinance 2023‑77 (amending Chapter 1105 to rename it “Erosion and Sediment Control” and revise erosion-control rules), Ordinance 2023‑78 (creating Chapter 1106, “Comprehensive Stormwater Management”), Ordinance 2023‑79 (creating Chapter 1107, “Riparian Setbacks”), and Ordinance 2023‑80 (creating Chapter 1108, “Wetland Setbacks”) as third readings and moved each to passage with no discussion recorded. Clerk Barbara Allen called roll for each measure; the minutes record aye votes by Councilmembers Durichko, Palmisano, DeSouza, Kolezynski, Maruschak and Council President Tom Rounds.
Why it matters: the package consolidates stormwater rules and adds explicit local standards intended to guide development near streams and wetlands. Council did not debate technical provisions during the meeting; the ordinances were considered on their third readings and were passed on the record as presented.
Council procedure and next steps: because these were third readings, adoption is effective per ordinance language; the clerk recorded passage by roll call. The administration and the planning department will be responsible for implementing the new code sections and any required permitting changes. No amendments or recorded dissent were included in the meeting minutes.
Actions at the meeting: Ordinances 2023‑77, 2023‑78, 2023‑79 and 2023‑80 were each read by title and passed on unanimous roll-call votes. The meeting minutes show motions and seconders for at least some items (e.g., Maruschak moved and DeSouza seconded passage of 2023‑77). The council did not record any audience comment on the ordinances during this session.
The council also read but did not immediately act on Resolution 2023‑89 (authorizing disposal of obsolete city vehicles via public sale platforms); that resolution appeared as a second reading during the same legislative block.
