Palm Bay, FL Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)
Key Facts
- Responsibility
- Owner maintains on-site drainage facilities
- Alteration rule
- Requires Public Works Director approval
- Adopted
- Ordinance 2024-42, passed 9-19-24
- Source chapter
- Ch. 204, Stormwater Management Utility
Summary
Palm Bay property owners must build and maintain their own stormwater drainage facilities and get Public Works Director approval before altering any non-city stormwater drainage system.
The owner of real property is responsible for providing and maintaining stormwater drainage facilities to collect and dispose of stormwater on-site in compliance with local law. It shall be unlawful for any person to alter non-city maintained or owned stormwater drainage facilities without the prior approval of the Public Works Director or other agencies having jurisdiction. No changes shall be permitted by the Public Works Director which will adversely affect the stormwater management system in the area of the property.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-41: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2026-13, passed 5-21-26).
Full Breakdown
Palm Bay's Stormwater Management Utility (Chapter 204) makes each property owner responsible for building and maintaining the stormwater drainage facilities that collect and dispose of stormwater on that property, in compliance with local law. Owners may not alter any non-city-maintained or non-city-owned stormwater drainage facility without prior approval from the Public Works Director or another agency with jurisdiction, and the Director will not approve changes that would adversely affect the stormwater management system serving the surrounding area. The utility is funded through stormwater charges and was adopted by Ordinance 2024-42.
Violations & Fines
Altering non-city stormwater drainage facilities without Public Works Director approval is unlawful under § 204.10; the city can pursue code enforcement action and citations for violations.
Frequently Asked Questions
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