2018-0319
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
RESOLUTION NO.
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A resolution requesting that the Parish President, through the Department of Public Works, take the steps needed to assure that the homeowner re-establishes flow through the two (2) adjacent 5' drainage servitudes as requested per Work Order PW #8091, and that the Parish itself re-establishes the swale should the homeowner refuse to do so.
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WHEREAS, on October 7, 2013, Ordinance No. 13-10-9 was adopted by the St. Charles Parish Council to amend the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 Drainage and Flood Control, Article I In General, Section I, making it unlawful for any person to allow any fill material such as dirt, sand, gravel, etc., and/or any other material or debris, generated by property owner or hired commercial vendor, to be placed such that its placement impedes flow in any drainage ditch or canal, or it blocks flow into any catch basins or any other drainage infrastructure under the jurisdiction of the parish council; and,
WHEREAS, any person or commercial vendor found guilty of violating the provisions of Article I In General, Section I of the Code of Ordinances shall be convicted of a misdemeanor and violators upon conviction will incur penalties as defined in State Revised Statutes 14:100.1; and,
WHEREAS, on October 11, 2017, the initial Work Order PW #7892 was issued to the Department of Public Works requesting the removal of the dirt which was placed in the 10' drainage servitude on the side of 301 First Street's driveway and to re-establish invert on the C/L of swale as needed to drain to First Street starting at the rear of 205 Matthew Drive in Bayou Gauche; and,
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2018, the initial Work Order PW #7892 was voided by the Department of Public Works; and,
WHEREAS, on November 21, 2017, the second Work Order PW #7905 was issued to the Department of Public Works requesting to re-establish the swale in the 5' drainage servitude loc...
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