Staff proposes code language requiring private detention maintenance and record-keeping

Jun 25, 2026

Development services presented draft language for Section 9.72.D to require private detention facilities be maintained operationally, preserve designed storage volume, and provide maintenance records on request; failure to do so would be a code violation.

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Christian Summers, assistant director of development services and the city's floodplain administrator, presented draft additions to Section 9.72.D that would require private detention facilities to be maintained in operational condition and preserve their designed storage volume. "Private detention facility shall be maintained in operational condition at all times," he told commissioners while displaying proposed text and examples of required language.

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