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17. Manage runoff from new development so that post-development TSS loadings after construction are reduced and post-development peak run-off rate and average volume are close to pre-development levels.
84 ordinances are available.
Municipality Ordinance Title Number Applicability to Management Measure
Anchorage Prohibited Acts 15.50.020 Watershed District Regulations
Anchorage Wastewater discharge restrictions 15.65.020 Restricts construction, installation or operation of excavation that receives wastewater and permits liquids to seep into surrounding porous soil.
Anchorage Restrictions on discharges into wastewater disposal systems. 15.65.025 Restricts discharge of surface water; roof drainage water into onsite disposal system.
Anchorage Implementation--Anchorage Wetlands Management Plan. 21.05.115 Proposed design and placement of roadways, utility lines and structures will not interfere with natural drainage function indicated in required hydrologic studies or that such interference be mitigated to maintain natural drainage function.
Anchorage Watershed district. 21.40.230 (A. & E.6.) Examination of petitioner's proposals for conditional use in watershed district for impact on groundwater supplies; stream pollution; effects of land development on surface water runoff and erosion, etc.
Anchorage Transition and buffering standards 21.45.200  
Anchorage Stream protection setback. 21.45.210  
Anchorage Storm drainage 21.45.230  
Anchorage Standards for snow disposal sites 21.50.270 Requires drainage and water quality plan for proposed water quality sites. Plan shall analyze effects of snow disposal on subsurface/surface water quality; specify mitigation measures to reduce identified impacts.
Anchorage Storm water runoff restrictions and system plan review. 21.67.050  
Anchorage Dedication--Stream maintenance and protection easements. 21.80.040  
Anchorage Subdivision design standards - Lot frontage and access. 21.80.330  
Anchorage Drainage standards 21.85.140  
Anchorage Erosion and sedimentation control 21.85.180  
Anchorage Grading, Excavation and Fill 23.105 Entire chapter provided online. See next two entries (below) for specific relevant subsections.
Bethel Evaluation of application. 15.12.040 Requires site plan applicants to submit drainage plans. Potentially adverse downstream effects must be eliminated.
Bethel Lots--Drainage. 17.24.120 Requires lots to be laid out to provide positive drainage away from all building sites. Requires individual lot drainage coordinated with general drainage pattern for area.
Bethel Easements--Drainage. 17.24.220 Requires plats for subdivision to make specific provisions for stormwater and floodwater drainage channels and basins, with drainage system separate and independent of any sanitary sewer system.
Cordova   17.16.070  
Cordova   17.20.060  
Cordova   17.20.060  
Craig   18.05.020  
Craig   18.06.002  
Craig   18.06.004-.005  
Craig   18.10.009  
Dillingham/BBCRSA   15.04.05 - .06  
Dillingham/BBCRSA   17.07.060  
Homer Design Criteria Manual -- Adopted 11.04.058 Adopts by reference the "Design Criteria Manual for Streets and Storm Drainage" to augment Chapter 11.04 standards and govern site reconnaissance, survey and soils and design for streets and storm drains.
Homer Drainage and erosion control. 11.04.080 Sets standards relating to road drainage and erosion control, in accordance with Design Criteria Manual.
Homer Construction requirements. 11.04.140 Sets standards for street construction in conformance with Design Criteria Manual, including restoration of streets and rights-of-way to original grade/condition.
Homer/KPB Drainage and erosion control 11.04.080 Sets standards relating to road drainage and erosion control, in accordance with Design Criteria Manual.
Homer/KPB Materials and substances prohibited in STW 14.05.225 Prohibits discharge of stormwater, surface water or runoff, ground-water, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water or other unpolluted water into STW.
Hoonah   08.20  
Hoonah   08.20.090  
Hoonah   17.24  
Hoonah   17.28.140 (d)  
Juneau Drainage plan. 49.35.510 Requires developer to provide total surface drainage plan showing all drainage facilities and calculated increase in stormwater runoff; evaluation of existing drainage and verification that existing drainage can accommodate the increased runoff.
Juneau Habitat 49.70.310  
Juneau Watersheds 49.70.320  
Juneau Transportation and utilities, subsection g. 49.70.925 Parking areas shall include suitable drainage controls to prevent ponding and excessive concentrated runoff. Such areas shall be buffered by a minimum ten-foot-wide natural vegetation strip.
Juneau Timber harvest and processing. 49.70.935 Roads for log transport and harvest area access shall be planned, designed, and constructed to minimize mass wasting, erosion, sedimentation. interference with drainage,
Kenai Subdivision design standards, subsections b, h 14.10.070 Street/alley standard requires wider street to accommodate stormwater drainage; stream easement standard sets drainage requirements.
Kenai Minimum improvements required. 14.10.080 Requires installation of necessary facilities to provide adequate disposal of surface water and to maintain any natural watercourses.
Kenai Issuance of permit, subsections 4, 5. 14.20.154 Sets slope, drainage requirements for zoning permit applications.
Kenai Landscaping/site plan--Submittal requirements. 14.25.030 Landscaping site plans must show drainage; on-site snow storage areas.
Kenai Site plan--Performance criteria. 14.25.045 Performance criteria for landscaping /site plan require campatibility of snow storage/removal and drainage with the surrounding area.
Kenai Street Improvements 18.10.030 Sets grading, other construction standards for street improvements.
Kenai Street drainage. 18.10.040 Street construction requirement for underground pipe/adequate drainage ditches to dispose of surface water runoff; maintenance of natural watercourses required. Drainage plan required as part of construction permit application.
Kenai Peninsula Borough Road construction standards--Drainage and culvert material. 14.06.150  
Kenai Peninsula Borough Form and contents 20.12.060 (h,k) Requires preliminary plats to show areas subject to inundation, flooding or stormwater overflow; wetlands
Ketchikan Uniform Building Code adopted. 19.04.010 Adopts by reference 1997 UBC, Appendix Chapter 33.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Drainage. 55.51.030 (b) Plats must provide for storm or floodwater runoff separate from sewer system
Kodiak Adoption of building and other codes. 14.04.010 City adopts by reference 1997 UBC:Appendix Chapter 33, Excavation and Grading.
Kodiak General requirements. 14.26.040 Sets grade specifications for drive accesses, driveways, and road approaches.
Kodiak Inspections. 14.26.050 All drive access construction subject to inspection by city building official.
Lake and Peninsula Borough   9.06.230 (m, n)  
Lake and Peninsula Borough   9.07.010  
Lake and Peninsula Borough   9.07.050 (b)  
Lake and Peninsula Borough   9.07.060  
Matanuska Susitna Borough Flood damage prevention and protection 17.29 Requires use of methods for reducing flood losses including restricting /prohibiting uses involving water/erosion hazards; controlling alteration of floodplains, stream channels, other activities which may increase flood hazards.
Nome   0-83-10-1  
Nome   Title 5  
Palmer/MSB Drainage 12.12.050 Adequate drainage system shall be required in all subdivisions; shall take into consideration preservation of designated high quality wetlands critical to water table levels and wildlife habitat.
Palmer/MSB Erosion and sedimentation plan 12.12.070 Requires developers to submit erosion and sedimentation control plan to city manager for approval prior to any recontouring or denudation.
Pelican   16.24.120  
Sitka Watershed control program. 15.02.010 - .120 Prohibits discharge of pollutants in the waters or on the slopes constituting the Sitka watershed drainage.
Sitka Major subdivision--Preliminary plat submission requirements. 21.24.040 Sets preliminary plat subdivision requirements, specifically for drainage, slope, with respect to floodplain and flood hazard area.
Sitka Final major subdivision requirements. 21.24.050 Sets final plat submission requirements, specifically for drainage, slope, with respect to floodplain and flood hazard area.
Sitka Street arrangement. 21.24.080 Requires minor streets to be laid out to conform to topography and to permit efficient drainage.
Sitka Major subdivisions--Easements. 21.24.140 Requires stormwater or drainage easements where subdivision is traversed by watercourse/drainageway/channel/stream. Requires low lying lands along watercourses subject to flooding be preserved/retained in natural state as drainageways.
Sitka Major subdivision?Preliminary plat submission requirements. 21.32.040 Preliminary subdivision plat applications required to show drainage, topography, etc.
Sitka Easements. 21.40.030 Requires provision of drainage easements conforming substantially to the exterior boundaries of on-site watercourses, drainage ways, channels, or streams.
Sitka Flood hazard areas. 21.40.150 Plats involving land within flood hazard area must show expected heights, velocity, duration, rate of rise, and sediment transport of floodwaters at site; water/sewer systems designed to minimize/eliminate discharges from systems into floodwaters
Soldotna Pollution of Waters---Prohibited Acts. 12.28.050 Prohibits discharge/throwing substance, etc. resulting in pollution of receiving waters.
Soldotna/KPB Street Design Criteria. 12.04.030 Street construction projects minimize amount of paved area to reduce storm water runoff; protect water resources;
Soldotna/KPB Kenai River Overlay District (KROD) 17.10.285 Establishes special overlay requirements to control erosion, ground or surface water contamination, or adverse alteration of riparian habitat.
Soldotna/KPB Site plan review 17.10.415 Site plan review includes h. location of snow storage areas, and j. plan for drainage of surface water runoff.
Thorne Bay   16.28  
Thorne Bay   17.04.030 (c)  
Thorne Bay   17.06  
Thorne Bay   17.08  
Thorne Bay   9.16  
Wasilla General approval criteria. 16.16.050 Subsec.11., 15., 17. Permit applicants must provide proof that proposed use provides for control of runoff during/after construction; roads/parking areas designed to alleviate runoff into public streets, adjoining lots; protect rivers lakes and streams from pollution.
Wrangell Easements--Utilities--Drainage. 19.28.010 Subdivision traversed by watercourse, drainageway, channel, or stream, shall have stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way conforming with lines of watercourse; further width or construction, or both,

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