Dade City, FL Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Section 42-252(a) of the Dade City Code of Ordinances, part of the city's stormwater management article adopted by Ord. No. 99-0743 on October 26, 1999, requires that stormwater from construction sites be controlled so as to retain sediment onsite and prevent violations of state water quality standards or NPDES permits. Rather than setting its own separate numeric erosion table, the section incorporates whatever erosion, pollution and sediment controls are already required under the pollution prevention plan of a site's NPDES construction stormwater permit, or under a state stormwater permit issued by the state department of environmental regulation or the Southwest Florida Water Management District, and requires that those controls be properly implemented, maintained and operated throughout construction.

Section 42-252(c) separately requires owners or operators of industrial facilities or construction sites discharging stormwater to the city's municipal separate storm sewer system to give the city written notice before discharging. Administration runs through the city manager under § 42-225: a violation triggers a written notification requiring the responsible party to propose corrective measures and a completion schedule, subject to the city manager's approval, and the city manager can issue a cease-and-desist order by registered mail if the situation could seriously affect public health, safety or the environment, or if irreversible harm could result.

Prosecution follows the general penalty in § 1-7, and a violator responsible for a discharge that harms a receiving water is also liable for sampling, analytical costs, any state or federal fines, and the cost of restoring the water.