§ 56-110. Master drainage plan.

(a)

The manager of public works (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "manager") shall, as soon as is practicable, formulate and develop a plan to be known as the master drainage plan of the city. This master drainage plan, which shall be based on expert engineering studies, shall set forth the location of all drainage facilities within the city, including those facilities which presently exist and those which are planned to be constructed in the future.

(b)

The master drainage plan shall describe all major drainage ways within the city, and all major facilities which are required to provide for the drainage and control of surface waters within the basin of said drainage ways to carry such waters to the designated points of outflow or discharge. The studies of future needs shall be based upon land uses as projected by the city's comprehensive plan, and on the criteria contained in the Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual of the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District.

(c)

The manager of public works shall make such additional studies as may be necessary to determine the most cost-effective approach and the estimated costs of constructing the drainage facilities shown on the master plan which do not presently exist.

(d)

The purposes of the master plan are to identify and alleviate present and future drainage problems of the city by means of:

(1)

Presenting, in an orderly fashion, the general data and information needed to understand the relationship between rainfall and storm runoff;

(2)

Forming the basis for the development of construction priorities, budgets and long-range plans for financing storm drainage system maintenance and operations;

(3)

Providing additional engineering bases for the preparation of a plan for financing the required new and expanded facilities; and

(4)

Providing additional supportive data for the establishment of the fees and charges required to provide revenues to meet system construction, operations and maintenance needs.

(e)

The master drainage plan shall not be considered to be the official master drainage plan of the city until and unless it shall have first been adopted by resolution, by the city council. The master drainage plan shall be updated in no less frequent intervals than five (5) years, including new improvements and developing problem areas and shall be submitted to the city council for evaluation and approval.

(Ord. No. 160-80, § 1(167A.3), 4-14-80; Ord. No. 267-11, § 10, 5-16-11; Ord. No. 527-14, § 1, 9-29-14)