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Home My Public Portal AboutOrdinances-1988-152 ORDINANCE NO . 1988= 152 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE. TIFFIN MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRING AN APPROVED DRAINAGE PLAN TO OBTAIN A BUILIDNG PERMIT: SETTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH STORM DRAINAGE THAT MUST BE MET; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES AND REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS. Be it enacted by the Council of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. SECTION 1. The municpal ordinances of Tiffin are amended by adding new ordinance entitled "Control of Drainage of Surface Waters" , as follows: SECTION 2. Permit. No person shall construct a building, make an addition thereto, or provide for the removal of ground or storm water on a building site without obtaining a building permit for that purpose. The applicant shall pay a permit fee of $ D before receiving a permit. A permit shall be granted if the plans comply with this chapter. SECTION 3. Application Requirements. The application shall be in writing and be accompanied by a plan to scale that shows how the roof, storm, and ground water drainage will be provided including, where applicable, information as to the method of connection to a public drainage system involving the interior plumbing or the building sewer. All culverts to be installed shall be new reinforced concrete or new galvanized corrugaged steel . All materials shall comply with requirements of the "Iowa Department of Transportation Highway Specifications. " The City Clerk shall maintain a copy of such specifications. All culvert sizes shall be determined by the City Engineer. The plan may be in pencil or ink and shall show the following elevations, related to the centerline elevation of the street: Elevations and sizes of all culverts to be installed. Elevations and sizes of all culverts immediately • I , upstream and downstream. 1 Elevations at curbline or edge of travelled way. Ditch or waterway bottom and top elevations where involved. Sidwalk elevation, or elevation at street property line if no sidewalk exists. Elevation, or elevations, at the ground line at the edge of the building' s foundation. The first floor elevation. SECTION 4. Floor Elevation. The floor elevation of all dwellings shall be at least one foot above the elevation of the centerline of the street which shall be taken as that elevation of the existing street surface taken opposite the main doorway, or the official grade at that point, but if an official grade is not set and a different elevation is contemplated, at the approximate grade agreed to by council after recommendation of the city engineer or other competent official . In no event shall floor elevation be less than one resulting from - calculating a gradient starting at curb or the edge of travelled way and using 1/8-inch per foot to the front edge of foundation above the centerline elevation. (a) Exceptions for dwellings. The floor of a dwelling on a site having a downward slope away from the street to a suitable drain or waterway which will receive storm an ground , water drainage without dumping on private property (unless there is a permanent drainage easement granted to the applicant' s property) may be set at a different grade elevation with the approval of council . (b)` Exception for commercial buildings. The floor of stores and similar structures whose fronts immediately abut the sidewalks in the central business district or other permitted locations shall be one inch above the established sidewalk grade at the edge of the sidewalk nearest the property line and in no 2 • I it II event less than the elevation calculated at 1/4-inch per foot rise from said edge of the building. Site grading shall be sloped away from the building at least 1 percent toward the lower points of the grading. SECTION 5. Application to Existing Properties. All private property owners shall operate and maintain ditches, culverts, and water courses which are adjacent to their property in the public right-of-way according to the standards set for herein for building sites. This will not include any culvert passing under a city street. SECTION 6. Connection Storm Drainage to Sanitary Sewers. No roof, footing drain or storm water drain, or drainage tile shall be connected with the sanitary sewer system. Storm water conducted from roofs or other impervious areas shall be dispersed entirely upon the grounds of the owner of the contributing property, or it shall be drained or conducted into ditches, storm drains, or gutters where available on public property or easements legally useable for that purpose, or into public streams. No building sewer or roof or footing drain outlets shall be covered or backfilled until the city' s inspector has viewed the completed work. Where outletting of footing drains is not physically possible (as requried above) the applicant may apply for a variation permitting such connection provided that - footing drains shall outlet inside the wall of the building into a suitable- sump. The sump pump outlet shall not connect directly to the sanitary sewer but have an adequate air gap and discharge into a trapped inlet to the building sewer. Such variations shall be ` granted only by council resolution. SECTION 7. Roof Drains. It shall be unlawful to s discharge a roof drain, downspout, or leader into any sanitary sewer within the city. The owner of the building so connected as to permit such discharge shall disconnect or otherwise prevent such discharge upon order of the authorized city officer. No person shall connect a roof drain to a sanitary sewer. SECTION 8. Roof Drains Previously Discharging into Sewer. Any roof drain or other storm water or footing 3 • drain discharging into a sanitary sewer prior to the adoptiong of this chapter or illegally discharging into a sanitary sewer subsequent to said passage, is `hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be abated in the same manner as any other nuisance. SECTION 9 . Rules. The Council may provide by resolution such further rules as necessary to clarify and implement the requirements of this chapter. SECTION 10 . Penalty. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a simply misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or a fine not exceeding $100 . Section 11. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 12. Severability. If any section, provi- sion, or part of this Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional , such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any section, provision, or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional . Section 13 . Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval , and posting as provided by law. On the 13th day of July , 1988 at a regular meeting of the Tiffin City Council , Tiffin, Iowa, Councilperson Spivey introduced Ordinance No. 152 , and moved that it be given its first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilperson Stoner Ayes: Spivey , Stoner , Morgan , Stratton , Eggers Nayes: Five members of the council being present and having voted "Aye" , Mayor Glenn Potter declared Motion carried, and Ordinance No. 152 was read the first time and discussed and 4 placed on record. Thereupon, it was moved by Councilperson Stratton and seconded by Councilperson Spivey that the laws and rules providing that ordinances be considered and voted on for passage at two council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended and dispensed with and that Ordinance No. 162 be placed on its last reading. Ayes: Stoner , Morgan , Stratton , Eggers , Spivey Nays: Five ' members of the council being present and having voted "Aye" , Mayor Glenn Potter thereupon declared the motion to be carried, and Ordinance No. 152 was then placed upon its last reading and was read the last time. Thereupon, it was moved by Councilperson Eggers and seconded by Councilperson Stoner that Ordinance No. 152 be placed upon its final passage and adopted. Ayes: Morgan , Stratton , Eggers , Spivey , Stoner Nays: Five members of; the Council being present and • having voted "Aye" , Mayor Glenn Potter declared the • motion carried, and the Ordinance passed and adopted. Whereupon the Mayor declared that Ordinance No. 152 be adopted and signified his approval of the same by fixing his signature thereto. Passed by the Council on the 13th day of July , 1988 and approved by the Mayor- on the 13th day of July , 1988. /y MAYOR, Glenn Potter ATTEST: ad/1/Q' A. ADELIA S . KERN , CLERK-TREAURER I, Clerk of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, state that an Ordinance -entitled An Ordinance Amending the Tiffin Municipal Code Requiring an Approved Drainage Plan to Obtain a Building Permit; Setting Requirements for Such Storm Drainage that Must be Met; and Providing Penalties and Remedies for Violations and known as 152 was duly passed by the Council on the 13th day of July , 1988 and signed by the Mayor on the 13th day of July ,, , 1988 and published on the 19th day of July , 1988 by posting copies thereof in three public places within the, limits of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. That I posted copies of Ordinance No. 152 in the following places: Tiffin Post OfficeF Flansburg ' s Hardware Morgan ' s Station Mayor 's Office ge `2c • lia S. Ke , CITY CLERK * 6