This chapter represents the application of accepted principles of storm water drainage engineering and is a working supplement to basic information obtainable from standard drainage handbooks and other publications on drainage design. The policy statements of this section provide the underlying principles by which all drainage facilities shall be designed. The application of the policy is facilitated by the technical criteria contained in the remainder of the chapter. All terms and abbreviations used in §§ 158.01-158.12 are presented in Subchapters 2 through 8, Appendix A, Appendix B and the Glossary of the Drainage Criteria Manual, last revised September 25, 2007. This policy shall prevail.
(Ord. 2007-18, passed 6-26-07; Am. Ord. 2007-26, passed 9-25-07)