Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
(OP)
I am working on a stormwater design for a small businss. The county is requiring that in addition to collecting and infiltrating all the stormwater that results from property improvements the owner also has to provide catch basins and collect all of the runoff from the adjacent county road. An engineer I know in the neighboring county says thay can't legally require that. He says the runoff from the road is the county's responsibility. The runoff from the road is close to half of the total retention pond volume. Anyone have experience in this area?
Thanks,
DPA
Thanks,
DPA





RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
Does the county road currently drain onto the property?
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
DPA
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
Okay, now I'm curious, is this the same project as the rain-on-snow question, and what county is it?
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
Yep this is the same one. It is Douglas County, WA. A friend of mine in Chelan county says that permits in Chelan County are up 300% from last year but they are down in Douglas County. He also named some engineers who will not take on jobs in Douglas County. That may explain why I, who live in Seattle, got this job in the first place. When the client first called she said all the engineers in the area told her they were too busy to take it on. It's not that their requirements are bad ideas per se but most people cannot afford these kinds of improvements.
The requirements are in a new manual which I have only been able to find in draft form.
Am starting design over tonight.
DPA
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
Functionally, I would just do it (as my response to the rain on ice deal at this site) if it is economically feasable. But combined with your over-sized basin to hold back all the snow melt in the entire county, I think on this one, call in the lawyers. The reviewers sound out of control.
RE: Runoff from county road owners responsibility?
The reviewer got burned on another project recently where the grading of a project got screwed up. I don't figure it was his fault but he seems to be coming unraveled about it.
DPA