Bridgeport, CT Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard trigger
- 20,000 sq ft earth disturbance
- Flood-area trigger
- 5,000 sq ft earth disturbance
- Administering department
- Engineering Department
- Assisting authority
- Water Pollution Control Authority
- Manual copy fee
- $25.00 minimum, physical copy
Summary
Bridgeport requires any project that disturbs 20,000 square feet of earth, or just 5,000 square feet in a flood-prone area, to comply with the city's storm water management manual covering erosion, sediment, and drainage control.
Any project which generates a disturbance area of earth of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more must comply to the greatest extent practical with requirements of the manual. For those projects located within a flood prone area, the earth disturbance requiring compliance with the manual is five thousand (5,000) square feet or more.
Full Breakdown
Bridgeport's storm water management manual sets the city's erosion, sediment, and drainage standards for land development plans. Any project generating a disturbance area of 20,000 square feet or more of earth must comply to the greatest extent practical; within flood-prone areas that trigger drops to 5,000 square feet. The Engineering Department, with assistance from the Water Pollution Control Authority, administers the manual and proposes updates for city council approval. Its four major elements are water quality, water quantity, channel protection, and flood control, plus minor elements like drainage easements and intersection grading. The manual works alongside, not instead of, the separate Bridgeport Zoning Regulations.
Violations & Fines
No manual-specific penalty is codified; general code violations with no set fine carry up to $100 per day, with each day of continued noncompliance a separate offense (BMC § 1.12.010).
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