Storm water utility code update (Chapter 23)
Updates Orem's storm water ordinance with a new $1,000 compliance bond, a storm water map and questionnaire for new developments, and a retrofit plan for sites that harm storm water quality. Approved unanimously June 28, 2022.
- Where it stands
- Approved
- Type
- Code change
- Location
- Citywide
- Applicant
- City of Orem Public Works
Every hearing and vote
June 14, 2022 · City Council
Storm water code amendments (work session)
Discussed
Public Works staff presented updates to the storm water ordinance, including a new $1,000 bond to ensure compliance between building completion and landscaping, a requirement for a storm water map and questionnaire, and a retrofitting plan for established sites that adversely affect storm water. Council Member LaNae Millet asked about turning abandoned canals into bike paths; staff said the city would have to buy the right-of-way and converting water conveyance rights would be very hard.
June 28, 2022 · City Council
Ordinance amending Chapter 23, Storm Water Utility
Approved · 6-0
The amendments clarify definitions, update titles and links, and add a $1,000 bond to ensure property owners keep complying with storm water rules between construction and landscaping, a developer questionnaire and a map of storm water controls with final approval, and a retrofitting plan for redeveloped properties over one acre and established sites that harm storm water quality.