Sec. 138-364. Master plan.
(a) Adequate drainage and control of stormwater is an integral and important part of any development. Proper drainage planning shall be considered to be an essential element of the overall comprehensive plan. A drainage master plan shall be developed by the general manager. Such plan shall be revised when information so warrants, as determined by the general manager. The purpose of the drainage master plan shall be to:
(1) Establish the boundaries of drainage basins which are either directly located or contribute to stormwater flows within the city.
(2) Offer a means of identifying and alleviating both present and future drainage and flooding problems while reasonably maintaining the environmental and aesthetic values of drainageways.
(3) Present, in an organized fashion, basic data and information regarding the relationship between rainfall and stormwater flows.
(4) Offer an effective means by which subdividers and the city may cooperate in controlling stormwater flows.
(5) Provide the city with a process for scheduling the installation of major facilities.
(b) The city may solicit the cooperation of other governmental entities in providing drainage facilities in drainage basins or parts thereof, which extend outside the city limits for the purpose of carrying out the drainage master plan.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this article to the contrary, the city shall be deemed to be providing drainage facilities to any property within the city when stormwater from such property is accepted or capable of being accepted in any of the following types of facilities: publicly dedicated or owned streets, alleys, utility easements, gutters, ditches, catchbasins, pans, drop structures, pipes, lined or unlined channels, natural drainageways, or any other publicly owned or operated facility used for the transportation of stormwater. (Code 1979, § 17-19; Ord. No. 2023-44, § 38, 9-11-2023; Ord. No. 2005-74, § 1, 10-10-2005)