§ 8-630. General.

(a)

Persons undertaking development or redevelopment of land shall provide stormwater treatment as provided in this article.

(b)

Owners of stormwater treatment facilities shall register their facilities with the director, shall regularly inspect and maintain their facilities, and shall report inspection results and maintenance activities all as provided in this article.

(c)

This article shall apply to all development or redevelopment that is located within the limits of the City of Kansas City, Kansas, as it existed on September 30, 1997; and

(d)

Exceptions. This article shall not apply to:

(1)

Any development site that disturbs less than one acre of ground and is not part of a larger common plan of development or sale that would cumulatively exceed the one acre limit;

(2)

Any development that has a construction start date earlier than October 1, 2010 and does not experience a pause in construction for a period of more than 30 days after October 1, 2010; or

(3)

Any site that makes application for preliminary plat or preliminary development plan prior to the publication date of this article and receives approval of a final development plan or a final plat prior to September 1, 2010 and has completed all proposed improvements within two years of the date of approval.

(e)

The supplemental regulations and design standards authorized by this article shall further define exceptions for agricultural, infill, remodeling, grounds maintenance, and redevelopment activities and projects.

(f)

In the process of adopting supplemental regulations authorized by this article the county administrator may provide other exceptions to this article.

(Ord. No. O-25-10, § 1, 5-6-2010)