LID Local Regulation Assistance

The final draft of “Integrating LID into Local Codes: A Guidebook for Local Governments” is now available

The Puget Sound Partnership, in collaboration with the Department of Ecology and with assistance from AHBL, Inc., is developing a new guidebook designed to help local government staff integrate low impact development (LID) requirements into local codes and standards.

The guidebook is intended for both local governments complying with LID requirements associated with the pending reissuance of the Phase I and Phase II Western Washington Municipal NPDES Stormwater General Permits and local governments not subject to the reissued permits that wish to integrate LID requirements into their codes and standards.

The Partnership received comments from interested parties on a draft of the guidebook from June 1 to June 30, 2011. The Partnership then made changes to the guidebook based on these comments, and is now making available a November 2011 Final Draft of the Guidebook. The Partnership is not currently accepting comments on this Final Draft – if you wish to comment on it please direct your comments to the Department of Ecology as part of your comments to Ecology on the draft Municipal NPDES Stormwater Permits for Western Washington. See below for a link to Ecology’s permits. The Partnership plans to revise this Final Draft Guidebook, as needed, in Spring 2012, in coordination with Ecology. To download a copy of the Final Draft of the Guidebook, please follow the instructions below.

November 2011 Final Draft of “Integrating LID into Local Codes: A Guidebook for Local Governments” (pdf)

To download the June 2011 draft of this guidebook, and the model ordinances that were developed in tandem with the June draft, please follow the instructions below.

Integrating LID Into Local Codes: A Guidebook for Local Governments (pdf)

Model Ordinances:

Workshops
The Partnership held three workshops around the Sound to present a draft of the guidebook and model ordinances and receive input. The workshops were held at:

June 7, 2011, Center for Urban Waters, Tacoma
June 13, 2011, Poulsbo City Hall, Poulsbo
June 20, 2011, Public Utility District No. 1 of Skagit County, Mount Vernon

To download a copy of the workshop presentation, please see: Workshop Presentation (PDF)

Ecology is soliciting comments on formal drafts of the western Washington Municipal Stormwater Permits through February 3, 2012. For more information see: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/stormwater/municipal/2012draftMUNIcom.html

Questions about “Integrating LID into Local Codes” guidebook? Contact Bruce Wulkan with the Puget Sound Partnership at bruce.wulkan@psp.wa.gov or at (360) 339-4626.
For more information about the Partnership’s LID Local Regulation Assistance Project during 2005-09, see: http://www.psparchives.com/our_work/stormwater/lid/lid_regs.htm