St. Charles Parish - File #: 2020-0317

• File #: 2020-0317
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code, Chapter 25, Article IV, Section 25-52. paragraph (b)(2) to provide downstream overbank flood and property protection for a 25-year, 24-hour storm event
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 11/16/2020
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 12/7/2020
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Enactment #: 20-12-7
• Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 - Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Article IV, Section 25-52. - Post construction stormwater standards and requirements, paragraph (b)(2) to provide downstream overbank flood and property protection for a 25-year, 24-hour storm event.
• Sponsors: Matthew Jewell, Department of Public Works/Wastewater
• Indexes: P and Z (Dept. of), Public Works (Dept. of), Subdivision Regulations
• Code sections: Ch. 25. - Storm Water Management and Erosion and Sedimentation Control
• Related files: 2013-0490, 2013-0491

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/8/2020	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
12/7/2020	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
12/7/2020	1	Parish Council	Approved 1	Pass
11/16/2020	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
11/16/2020	1	Parish President	Introduced
11/5/2020	1	Planning Commission	Recommended Approval
11/5/2020	1	Department of Planning & Zoning	Recommended Approval

2020-0317
INTRODUCED BY: MATTHEW JEWELL, PARISH PRESIDENT
(DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WASTEWATER)
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 - Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Article IV, Section 25-52. - Post construction stormwater standards and requirements, paragraph (b)(2) to provide downstream overbank flood and property protection for a 25-year, 24-hour storm event.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 25 currently requires downstream overbank flood and property protection to be provided by requiring development sites to control the post-development peak discharge rate to the pre-development rate for a 10-year, 24-hour storm event; and,
WHEREAS, the St. Charles Parish Council wishes to increase this to post-development peak discharge rate to the pre-development rate for a 25-year, 24-hour storm event.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ST PARISH COUNCIL ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 25 - Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Article IV, Section 25-52. - Post construction stormwater standards and requirements, paragraph (b)(2), is amended as follows, with additional text in underline and deleted text in strikethrough:
Sec. 25-52. - Post construction stormwater standards and requirements.
(b) Post-development stormwater management performance criteria.
(2) Overbank flooding protection of bayous and waterways. Downstream overbank flood and property protection shall be provided by controlling the post-development peak discharge rate to the pre-development rate for the ten25-year, twenty-four24-hour return frequency storm event.
The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:




And the ordinance was declared adopted this _______ day of __________, 2020 to become effective five (5) days after publication in the Official Journal.


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