The subdivider shall provide an adequate drainage system for the proper drainage of all surface water. The design of a system shall be subject to the approval of the Town of Fairmont.
(A) No surface water shall be channeled or directed into a sanitary sewer.
(B) Where feasible, the subdivider shall connect to an existing storm drainage system.
(C) Where an existing storm drainage system cannot feasibly be extended to the subdivision, a surface drainage system shall be designed to protect the proposed development from water damage.
(D) Surface drainage courses shall have side slopes of at least 2 feet of horizontal distance for each 1 foot of vertical distance, and courses shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the drainage area without flooding.
(E) The minimum grade along the bottom of a surface drainage course shall be a vertical fall of at least 1 foot in each 300 feet of horizontal distance.
(F) During construction, preparation, arrangement and installation of subdivision improvements, and facilities in subdivisions located at or along a stream bed, the developed shall maintain the stream bed of each stream, creek or backwash channel contiguous to the subdivision in an unobstructed state and shall remove from the channel and banks of the stream all debris, logs, timber, junk and other accumulations of a nature that would, in time of flood, clog or dam the passage of waters in their downstream course; installation of appropriately sized storm water drains, culverts or bridges shall not be construed as obstructions in the stream.
(Ord. passed 5-31-1977)