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Agenda Item 
IX B. Second Reading, Public Hearing, and Adoption of Ordinance 1138 Updating the City's 
           MS4 Stormwater Ordinance for Compliance 
Overview 
The city has been operating a MS4 stormwater management program as required by the Tennessee 
Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC) since 2014. The city is now required by 
TDEC to update its stormwater management ordinance, as codified in Title 14, Chapter 5 of the 
City Code, to bring the city into compliance with current regulations and requirements. The 
updates include changes due to general updates in the TDEC MS4 permit, changes to address 
TDEC audit comments, and changes to address the TDEC statewide permit (attached are more 
details). Failure to update the city’s stormwater management ordinance would place the city’s 
stormwater management program into non-compliance which may subject the city to penalties. 
A memo from the Interim Public Works Director and the updated stormwater management 
ordinance are attached. 
To remain in compliance with TDEC regulations, the first reading of the updated stormwater 
management ordinance was conducted during the February 18, 2025 regular session, a required 
advertisement was published on February 22, 2025, and a second reading, public hearing, and 
adoption is scheduled for March 18, 2025. 
Following discussion during the March 10, 2025 work session, the consensus was to place this 
item on the March 18, 2025 regular session for a second reading, public hearing, and adoption. 
Action to Consider 
Conduct a second reading, public hearing, and adopt Ordinance 1138 to update the city’s 
stormwater ordinance for compliance. 
Affected Departments 
Public Works 
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