Fayetteville regulates grading and drainage through Chapter 23. Development must hold peak runoff to predeveloped rates, and the city maintains only drainage inside city-owned systems and rights-of-way. Everything else belongs to the property owner.
Stormwater design plans, sealed by a registered professional engineer, support the infrastructure permit required for development and redevelopment. Facilities must limit one-year and ten-year developed peak discharge to predeveloped rates or to what the receiving downstream system accepts, whichever binds tighter. The city engineer may reject plans built around structures that resist maintenance. Section 23-1.2 confines city responsibility to city-owned drainage and rights-of-way, while a Drainage Assistance Program lets single-family owners request enterprise funds for one-time repairs serving a public purpose.
Diverting water onto adjacent property to cause nuisance or damage is barred even for exempt projects. The city issues notices of violation, per-day civil penalties, and suspends building permits and street plan approvals.
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