Stormwater Operating Permit

While an environmental management permit addresses (among other things) how a stormwater facility will be constructed, the stormwater operating permit regulates how a stormwater facility will be operated and maintained.

Project Details

The stormwater operating permit is required near the end of the development process. The site plan or subdivision would already be approved, and all environmental documents (including the environmental management permit) would already be issued. The stormwater facility would be constructed. Stormwater operating permits are required prior to final inspection and post-construction certification of the stormwater facility.

Submittal Requirements

• A property parcel map showing the location and tax parcel numbers of each parcel for which an owner is required to either obtain an operating permit or maintain membership in a stormwater management facility property owners' association.
• If the permit is to be issued to an individual or entity other than a stormwater management facility property owners' association, a listing of the names and addresses of all applicants with cross-references to the property parcel map identifying every parcel owned by each applicant.
• If the permit is to be issued to a stormwater management facility property owners' association, a copy of the articles of incorporation and pertinent bylaws; a list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all association members and officers; and a certificate of good standing for the association, issued by the Florida Secretary of State evidencing the formal establishment of the association.
• A narrative description of the facilities to be permitted. Multiple facilities which were constructed under a single environmental management permit may be permitted by the city under one operating permit if they operate together, as practical.
• A general location map which indicates the relative location in the city and in the watershed of the facilities to be permitted, the property tax parcel numbers, and the names and addresses of the current owners of all parcels on which facilities are located, the limits of the drainage basin contributing to the facilities and the number of acres contributing runoff to each of the facilities.
• Information regarding operating capacities of the facilities, demonstrating that such capacities are not greater than those specified in the application for an environmental management permit unless approved design modifications were made in which event new calculations shall be provided.
• An operation and maintenance plan, including identification of an individual who shall be designated facility operator, and who shall be responsible for the day-to-day operation, maintenance and management of the facilities. The address and telephone number of the facility operator shall be provided. The plan shall clearly define how funding and supervision is to be provided and shall include an acceptable operation and maintenance outline specifying operating procedures and possible required facility adjustment, routine intermittent and annual maintenance including exercising of valves, cleaning of weirs and trash racks, mowing, dredging, replacing filter media and underdrains as applicable, and all other activities required to ensure that the facility performs as designed. Such an outline must include estimates of equipment required, man hours and crew size, schedules and an estimate of long term annual cost.
• Engineering Certification of submittals in accordance with TLDC Section 5-59.

Review

Operating permits must be renewed every three years, and renewal applications must be filed at least three months, but not more than six months, prior to expiration of the permit. Renewal of the permit is approved if each of the conditions listed below are met.

• Inspection by the director, or sampling at the facility, confirms that all components are in good working order, that the facility is free of debris or excessive sediment deposits and is well stabilized, and that the facility is meeting or exceeding the design performance criteria specified in the environmental management permit and the TLDC.
• If the operating permit being renewed was issued to an individual or entity other than a stormwater management facility property owners' association, the applicant submits updated records providing the names and addresses of current property owners who are required to maintain an operating permit under this ordinance.
• If the operating permit being renewed was issued to a stormwater management facility property owners' association, the applicant provides a current list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all association members, the names of all association officers, any changes made in the association bylaws subsequent to issuance of the previous operating permits, and a current certificate of good standing for the association issued by the Florida Secretary of State.
• The applicant provides the name, address and telephone number of the individual responsible for day-to-day operation, maintenance and management of the facility and who shall be designated as facility operator.
• The applicant presents up-to-date stormwater facility capacity accounting records if maintenance of such records is required by the TLDC.
• The applicant agrees to make such modifications, improvements, or operation or maintenance changes necessary to meet the requirements of the TLDC.

Approval

The applicant will be notified electronically when the stormwater operating permit is approved and available for download as a .pdf file in ePlan Review.

Appeals

Not applicable.

Information Sheets and Checklists

Document Submission Requirements and Naming Conventions