7.The City of Diamondhead represented by Ronald Jones, Building Official, has filed an application requesting a text amendment to require the use of 100-year storm events in the Zoning Ordinance (Ord. 2012-019) and Stormwater Runoff, Illicit Discharges, and Illegal Connections Ordinance (Ord. 2013-030). Case File Number is 202100494. The proposed text amendments would make the following changes to Zoning Ordinance Article 14 – Land Alterations and Disturbances, Article 14.1.3.D – Land Clearing and Drainage, – change “5-year storm” to “100-year storm”, insert a period after "urbanized areas", remove "wherein the rainfall is one (1) hour at a rainfall of three (3) inches per hour." and add "The approximate value for "I" precipitation intensity in inches per hour, shall be obtained from the NOAA Website at http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/. This website provides precipitation intensity information." before "Runoff shall be drained...". In Stormwater Runoff, Illicit Discharges, and Illegal Connections Ordinance Chapter 24- Stormwater Management, Section 24-10 (a) – Stormwater Detention Standards and Requirements – add "100-year" after "50-year" to “two-year, five-year, ten-year, 25-year and 50-year, 24-hour storm events.”
