Stafford requires drainage compliance and grading review for new development under Chapter 26 and the subdivision ordinance, ensuring sites do not adversely affect adjacent properties or city drainage.
Chapter 26 (Drainage and Flood Control) and Chapter 82 (Subdivisions) establish design and review standards for grading and drainage in Stafford. New subdivisions and site developments must provide engineered drainage that conveys stormwater to approved outfalls without increasing peak flows or creating flooding on adjacent properties. Detention or mitigation may be required where impervious cover increases runoff. Grading and drainage plans must be approved before construction, and Public Works inspects completed improvements before acceptance.
Grading land or altering drainage in a way that diverts stormwater onto neighboring properties, or constructing without an approved drainage plan.
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