Davenport controls grading and drainage through its stormwater code (Chapter 13.34) and floodplain code (Chapter 15.44). Detention facilities must limit peak runoff, graded sites must restore soil, and grading in the floodplain needs a development permit.
Davenport does not let earthwork worsen runoff or flooding. Chapter 13.34, Subchapter III requires stormwater detention that caps the peak release rate for larger sites (Sections 13.34.210 through 13.34.250), while Subchapter II governs storm sewers and drainage routing. Graded areas must meet the soil quality restoration standard of Section 13.34.320. In the floodplain, filling, grading, and excavating count as 'development' under Chapter 15.44 and require a floodplain development permit, with compensatory storage required where fill reduces natural flood storage. Any project adding 5,000 square feet of impervious surface also triggers a full stormwater management plan.
Unpermitted grading in the floodplain or drainage work that violates the stormwater code draws stop-work orders and correction notices; owners must restore compensatory flood storage or corrected drainage, and completion bonds may be forfeited.
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