Raildudes dad
Senior Member
I forgot, any new site work on an existing developed site will eliminate any grandfathering. Right now a property owner can request a variance from the current regs. Most are granted if a documented attempt is made to reduce / retain the runoff. Our city engineer (I'm on the planning commission) has been sounding the warning for several years but to pretty much deaf ears. There will be vacant parcels that an owner won't be able to do anything except farm. That bring up another rediculous situation. The owner can farm, disc up the topsoil / clay to raw ground and plant corn. The runoff from the raw farm field is far greater and far quicker than a developed, engineered runoff system and that can happen every year.