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File #: 2004-0354    Version: 1 Name: Require subsurface drainage in new developments
Type: Ordinance Status: Removed (Council Rule 8)
File created: 9/7/2004 In control: Parish Council
On agenda: 9/20/2004 Final action: 10/18/2004
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles, providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Appendix C, the St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, to require subsurface drainage in new developments; to require a sixty (60) foot right-of-way for collector and local streets; to require conformance with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Standard Specifications for Roads & Bridges.
Sponsors: 'Ram' Ramchandran
Indexes: Highway Dept., P and Z (Dept. of), Subdivision Regulations
Code sections: Appendix C. II. - Subdivision procedure
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2004-0354
INTRODUCED BY: 'RAM' RAMCHANDRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT III
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance of the Parish of St. Charles, providing that the Code of Ordinances, Parish of St. Charles, be amended by revising Appendix C, the St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, to require subsurface drainage in new developments; to require a sixty (60) foot right-of-way for collector and local streets; to require conformance with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Standard Specifications for Roads & Bridges.
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THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Appendix C, the St. Charles Parish Subdivision Regulations of 1981, of the Code of Ordinances of the Parish of St. Charles be amended as follows:
1. Revise II.D.2.c. to read:
c. Storm Drainage System Plan. A layout map shall be prepared showing the proposed and existing subsurface storm drainage system within the subdivision, all outfall drainage systems, and individual drainage areas.
2. Revise II.D.2.h.(3) to read:
(3) Grade of storm sewer and drainage system.
3. Revise III.A.2.a. to read:
a. Arterial. Requirement for curb and gutter subsurface drainage shall be eighty (80) feet for two-lane roadways and one hundred (100) feet for four-lane roadways.
4. Revise III.A.2.b. to read:
b. Collector and Local. Requirement for curb and gutter subsurface drainage shall be sixty (60) feet.
5. Revise III.A.4. to read:
4. Utilities. Space within the street right-of-way shall be designated for the construction of sub-surface drainage, sanitary sewers and public facilities and shall be in accordance with the typical sections.
6. Revise IV Design standards to read:
Improvements which are required to be installed by the subdivider shall be designed by a Civil Engineer registered in the State of Louisiana and shall conform to the minimum design standards contained in these regulations as well as other regulations of the Parish and State. All subdivisi...

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