Blue Springs, MO Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

Blue Springs handles stormwater design under Section 406.050, Drainage System, in the subdivision regulations of Chapter 406. The City incorporates its Design and Construction Manual by reference as the governing engineering standard for every stormwater management system, and it is City policy to encourage owners to lay out streets, blocks, lots, parks, and open space to slow overland flow, maximize infiltration, and preserve existing streams, channels, detention basins, and floodplain areas as open space. When the Director of Public Works determines a proposed project will aggravate downstream drainage or flooding, the developer must design temporary controlled detention facilities that regulate discharge into the downstream storm system.

Where a project touches a mapped floodplain, the engineer preparing the stormwater plan must confirm compliance with the City's other floodplain ordinances and consult the FEMA flood insurance study; any resulting change to the flood insurance rate maps is submitted to FEMA at the owner's expense. Once built, responsibility for the system does not end at acceptance: Section 406.050(D) makes the developer, its successors, and any Homeowners' Association jointly responsible for keeping the stormwater management system and BMP facilities in good working condition so they perform as designed.

Related standards in Section 406.070 require an erosion control plan approved by the Director of Public Works before construction starts and proof the project has obtained an NPDES permit from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.