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Planning staff preparing UDO irrigation updates and three‑part stormwater framework

City of Richmond Hill Mayor and Council · January 20, 2026
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Summary

Planning and Zoning Director Brian Crooks said staff is preparing updates to irrigation requirements and other articles of the Unified Development Ordinance and developing a three-part stormwater strategy focusing on maintenance, planning, and education.

Brian Crooks, Planning and Zoning Director, told the council that planning staff is drafting updates to irrigation requirements and other revisions to the Unified Development Ordinance. Crooks also described a three-part stormwater framework that emphasizes maintenance, planning, and public education as the preferred approach for the city’s stormwater work.

Crooks provided these items as staff work-in-progress; he did not present ordinance language or an implementation schedule at the workshop. Staff will return with proposed code language and an operational plan for stormwater maintenance, planning and education.