Item 2: Ordinance on Minor Code Amendments

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Section 18. A new Subsection (6) is added to Section 9.6790 of the Eugene Code, 1971, to provide as follows: 9.6790 Stormwater Management Manual. In order to implement Section 9.6791 through 9.6797 of this code, the City Manager shall adopt in accordance with EC 2.019, City Manager – Administrative and Rulemaking Authority and Procedures, a Stormwater Management Manual. The Stormwater Management Manual may contain forms, maps and facility agreements and shall include requirements that are consistent with the following goals: (6) Except as otherwise allowed by this land use code, allow disturbances or development within drainage ways only when all of the following conditions exist: (a) The disturbance or development will not impede or reduce flows within the drainage way; (b) The disturbance or development will not increase erosion downstream; and (c) The constructed pipe system is sized to convey all of the runoff from upstream watershed when the upstream watershed is completely developed. Section 19. Subsection (3) of Section 9.6791 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: 9.6791 Stormwater Destination. (3)Standards. Stormwater drainage facilities shall be designed and constructed according to adopted plans and policies, and in accordance with standards in EC Chapters 6 and 7, and the stormwater destination provisions and the facility design requirements set forth in the Stormwater Management Manual. On-site infiltration is the preferred stormwater destination for development in the River Road-Santa Clara Basin. An applicant proposing a new development must submit documentation to the city showing the stormwater destination into which the proposed development will be disposed. The documentation must establish that the new development will be disposed of into existing stormwater drainage facilities that, considering all developments that have received tentative or final plan approval as of the date the developer submits a complete application, have the capacity to handle the stormwater runoff that will be generated by the proposed new development for the flood control design storm, or, if the applicant cannot establish that existing stormwater drainage facilities have such capacity, the applicant must construct storm drainage facilities to accommodate the stormwater draining from the proposed development. Ordinance - 13