Bridgeport, CT Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)
Key Facts
- Compliance trigger
- 20,000 sq ft earth disturbance
- Flood-prone trigger
- 5,000 sq ft earth disturbance
- Administering department
- Engineering Department
- Manual copy fee
- $25 minimum, reviewed annually
- General penalty
- up to $100 per day
Summary
Bridgeport requires compliance with its Storm Water Management Manual for any project disturbing 20,000 square feet of earth, or 5,000 square feet in flood-prone areas, administered by the engineering department.
Any project which generates a disturbance area of earth of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more must comply to the greatest extent practical with requirements of the manual. For those projects located within a flood prone area, the earth disturbance requiring compliance with the manual is five thousand (5,000) square feet or more.
Full Breakdown
The city's Storm Water Management Manual, administered by the engineering department with assistance from the water pollution control authority, sets standards for water quality, water quantity, channel protection, and flood control on qualifying development. Any project disturbing 20,000 square feet of earth must comply to the greatest extent practical with the manual; in flood-prone areas that trigger drops to 5,000 square feet. The manual also addresses channel right-of-way, drainage easements, intersection grading, and private drains. Physical copies of the manual cost at least $25, a fee reviewed annually by the department.
Violations & Fines
Bridgeport's general penalty applies where no specific fine is set: violations are punishable by a fine of up to $100, with each day a violation continues counting as a separate offense, plus enforced abatement.
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