Titusville, FL Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit trigger
- Clearing, filling, subdividing, drainage alteration
- Design standard
- Post-development runoff = predevelopment rate
- Common exemption
- Single-family home additions may qualify
- Penalty for violation
- Up to $500 fine / 60 days jail
- Governing chapter
- LDR Ch. 30, Art. III, Div. 6
Summary
Titusville, Florida requires a Stormwater Management Permit under Land Development Regulations Sec. 30-202 before clearing, filling, subdividing, or altering drainage on a site, so that post-development runoff is no greater than pre-development conditions and groundwater tables are not artificially lowered, per Sec. 30-201's stated intent.
Sec. 30-201. - Intent. (a)It is the intent of this section to protect and enhance surface and groundwater resources by ensuring that stormwater runoff peak rates and volumes after development are no more than predevelopment conditions; that groundwater tables are not artificially lowered; and that precautions are taken to prevent erosion, sedimentation, flooding and water pollution. ... Sec. ... 30-202. - Stormwater management permit. (a)The following activities alter or disrupt existing stormwater runoff patterns or affect aquifer recharge areas and will require a permit prior to the initiation of any project except as exempted in Section 30-203.(1)Filling, clearing and/or drainage of land as an adjunct to construction.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 54 Update 1 | Land Development Regulations: Supplement 19 Update 1 | Technical Manuals: Supplement 10 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Titusville, Florida (Brevard County) regulates stormwater runoff and drainage citywide under Land Development Regulations Chapter 30, Article III, Division 6, Stormwater Management and Aquifer Protection. Sec. 30-201 states the intent: to ensure that stormwater runoff peak rates and volumes after development are no more than predevelopment conditions, that groundwater tables are not artificially lowered, and that precautions are taken to prevent erosion, sedimentation, flooding and water pollution, with particular protection for the City's well fields and for the Indian River Lagoon, St. Johns River, Fox Lake and South Lake.
Sec. 30-202 requires a Stormwater Management Permit before a broad list of activities: filling, clearing or draining land for construction; converting agricultural land to nonagricultural use; subdividing or replatting land; changing land use or building size; altering a shoreline, bank, ditch, dike, terrace, berm or swale; or moving earth on a parcel, including new impervious surfaces such as artificial turf. Certain activities are exempt from formal permitting under Sec. 30-203, including single-family residences and additions found by the Administrator not to adversely affect the aquifer or drainage system, bona fide agricultural pursuits outside the Area of Critical Concern, and improvements adding no more than one thousand square feet of new impervious area.
An owner or applicant must submit a Stormwater Management Plan as part of development review under Sec. 30-204, meeting criteria in the City's Stormwater Management Technical Manual per Sec. 30-206. Properties within the City's designated Area of Critical Concern face additional performance standards under Sec. 30-207, including dry-bottom retention facilities, twenty-five-year/twenty-four-hour storm attenuation on site, and impervious surface caps as low as twenty percent near active municipal production wells, reflecting the City's reliance on the underlying aquifer for its water supply. Ordinance No. 21-2025 amended the permit-trigger list on May 27, 2025.
Violations & Fines
Starting regulated work before obtaining a Stormwater Management Permit doubles the applicable permit fee under Sec. 30-214(a) without excusing the underlying permit requirement, and the City's Enforcement Official can issue a stop-work order under Sec. 30-214(c). A separate violation of the article is punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars, up to sixty days in the county jail, or both, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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