A drainage system design shall be required, and may include a storm sewer system or a system of open ditches, culverts, pipes, catch basins and ponding areas or both systems. These facilities and easements shall be installed as will adequately provide for the drainage of surface waters; drainage way easements or land dedication may be required when the easements or land is needed in the public interest for purposes of floodplain management, proper drainage, prevention of erosion, pedestrian access to waterbodies or other public purposes. If there is a Watershed District, that Board must approve all surface water drainage. The City Engineer shall review and approve the stormwater drainage system and all runoff calculations for any street improvement project.
(Prior Code, § 12-1429) (Ord. 2004-5, passed 6-15-2004; Ord. 03-2017, passed 3-21-2017)