A. All residential properties and properties that are exempted from installing a stormwater management facility under paragraph B. shall be graded so that the property drains towards a permanent storm drainage structure, street or permanent body of water prior to construction of improvements thereon, in order to eliminate flooding due to sudden and heavy rainfall. If runoff cannot be directly conveyed to a permanent City drainage structure, street or permanent body of water without crossing another property, a permanent easement must be recorded by the crossing property owner to ensure conveyance is maintained. If the project includes gutters and downspouts which are connected directly into permanent City stormwater collection system (without surface discharge) or which drain to an onsite infiltration system (such as a French drain, etc.), then the development may be exempted from the above requirements regarding runoff, provided existing (pre-developed) drainage patterns are not altered and no new discharge onto adjacent properties is created. All direct connections to the City stormwater system must be coordinated with the City during the Development Order process.
B. Development activity not exempted by F.A.C. 62-330.020 for regulated activities (development which exceeds nine thousand (9,000) square feet of building space combined with four thousand (4,000) square feet of parking/drive areas) shall be required to install a stormwater management facility. For aesthetic reasons and to increase shoreline habitat, the shorelines of retention areas shall be sinuous rather than straight.
(Ord. 711, passed 2-5-2019; Am. Ord. 719, passed 5-28-2019; Am. Ord. 720, passed 5-28-2019)