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Corinth approves ordinance requiring 3-foot conservation pool for retention ponds
Summary
The Corinth City Council unanimously approved a zoning text amendment (ZTA26-0009) requiring retention ponds to be designed to maintain a minimum 3-foot conservation pool under normal conditions, with drought exceptions, limits on potable-water use, and design flexibility for engineering constraints.
The Corinth City Council on a unanimous vote approved a city-initiated amendment to the Unified Development Code that requires retention ponds to be designed to maintain a minimum permanent conservation pool depth of 3 feet under normal climatic conditions.
Melissa Daley, the city's director of community and economic development, told the council the measure clarifies design standards rather than overhauling retention-pond policy. "It would require ponds to be designed to maintain a minimum permanent conservation level, of 3 feet, under normal climatic conditions," Daley said, adding the requirement would not apply during droughts and would allow engineering-based modifications…
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