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Stanwood staff set April public hearing on grading and stormwater code changes
Summary
City planning staff presented draft grading and stormwater code updates including new preloading standards, explicit detention vault rules, and clarified dedication procedures for HOA-owned facilities; commission agreed to a public hearing on April 13 to begin public testimony.
Staff member Patricia told the commission the draft grading and stormwater amendments largely reorganize existing language while adopting the 2005 Department of Ecology stormwater manual and adding targeted provisions for common local situations. "We preload a lot of properties in the downtown area because of the high water table," Patricia said, describing a new preloading section to meet engineering and public-safety standards.
The presentation also highlighted a change to recognize detention vaults as the prevailing practice and to require maintenance access and responsibility by developers or homeowners associations. Patricia said staff expects routine cleaning cycles can absorb the maintenance burden: "I think it's every 2 or 3 years, they go in and muck them out," she said. Commissioners agreed to hold a public hearing on April 13 and to run the grading/stormwater hearing back-to-back with the permitted-use hearing so public testimony can be heard first.
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