§ 31-49. Permit required for paving more than twenty per cent of swale area and construction by property owner of alternate drainage facilities in accordance with county standards.

(a)

The owner of property located in the unincorporated area of Broward County abutting the swale area of the public right-of-way, being that area immediately adjacent to the paved road surface and extending to the right-of-way line or to the edge of the sidewalk, who desires to pave more than twenty (20) per cent of said swale area of the public right-of-way abutting his property must obtain a permit from the director of the Broward County Water Management Division.

(b)

The issuance of the permit shall be conditioned upon the property owner providing to the Broward County Water Management Division a design plan for the construction of subsurface drainage areas or other drainage facilities and the approval of said plan by the director of the water management division. The plan submitted by said property owner shall be in accordance with standards set forth in the manual entitled "Requirements for Paving More Than Twenty per cent of Abutting Swale Area Within the Public Right-of-Way," approved by the board of county commissioners of Broward County, Florida, on the fifteenth day of August, 1979, on file in the Broward County Water Management Division.

(c)

The permit when issued shall be conditioned upon the property owner constructing the subsurface drainage area or facility in accordance with the standards set forth in the aforetitled manual.

(Ord. No. 79-62, § 2, 8-15-79)